Clubs can't back a manager forever, it's a results business. The same will (or should) apply to Tomasson at some point if our results don't start to improve.

This could be a watershed game one way or another. Lose, and we could be in the bottom 3. Win, and postivity starts to return. It'll be a draw.

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Apologies if this isn't the correct thread. I was charged double last night (2 lots of £10) for the Coventry game on Rovers TV. I've emailed the streamamg address as received on the payment confirmation asking for a refund, but to no avail. Has anyone experienced similar?

I think it will. The Head Coach is the easy target.

Tomasson is a victim in all of this, a victim of the shambolic way in which the club is run and those above him. He isn't infallible though and ultimately has to take some responsibility for results. Unless it starts to pick up, something will have to change, if for no other reason than simply for change's sake. And as wrong as it is - considering those above him - that something will likely be him, doing so with dignity and of his own accord.

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Come on Rovers. We can get a win here.

What's mind boggling is the total refusal of some folk to question the club in any way.

If Tomasson changes the formation to be a bit more defensive, we should get something out of the game. If he carries on as-is, we'll likely concede and lose the game.

Some players get injured a lot because they're never fully fit. And they're never fully fit,because they get injured all the time. I suspect that Ennis is in this category.

I'm not saying that it isn't a good move for him, I think it is. Rather, I was questioning another of Chaddy's conflicting views; in this instance, the Bundesliga vs the PL, the latter of which he's historically regarded as the be-all-and-end-all of world football.

Tomasson himself questioned the state of Ennis' fitness on arrival. A simple V02 type test would have show this up, if indeed they bothered to do one.

Due to the terrible window and increasing injury list, we're now in a position where Tomasson is rushing Ennis back into the squad. What could possibly go wrong?

So it's a good move for 'footballing reasons' for him to join Bayern and play a few CL games, a competition he may or not win, rather than play every week in 'the best league in the world' at a club who are also in the CL.

I thought you were of the opinion that the PL is 'the best league in the world'?

We've lost 4 out of the last 5, conceding 15 goals in the process. I dread to think what playing poorly would look like.

Ennis could be one of those who's never 100% fit cos he's always recovering from injury, and then gets injured playing when not 100% fit. So a vicious cycle.

Terrible window. We needlessly spunked most of our budget on a reserve goalie; Ennis is a crock; Tronstad looks way off so far; the German is a million miles off However, Sigurrson looks promising, Moran is learning on the job with us and looks a prospect for Brighton; jury out on Hill who looked decent against Cardiff.

If we set up as we have been doing, we'll lose again. If Tomasson recognises that he needs to stiffen the midfield up, we may get a draw.

To me, he doesn't look suited to the English game. It's too quick for him.

I genuinely think we're heading straight on into a relegation scrap. We're so easy to play against and so easy to scrore against. Tomasson needs to swallow his pride and look to grind out a few draws.

Involuntarily laughting at the idea that a top 5 English club would touch Tomasson with a barge pole. Andd absolutely pissing myself laughing at the notion that he'll be managing in the top flight with Rovers.

Ibrox would be a good move for Tomasson.

Someone described the Rovers to me the other day as now being a 'pointless club'. I pondered on it for a day or so, before realising what they meant. There's no ambition here, other than to just about exist, to get running costs down to bare bones, to stay just above FFP, sell an odd player here and there when it hits the fan, and hopefully keep plodding along low-mid table without getting relegated. This is what we've got to look forward to under these owners and execs.