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That may be true for elite teams with elite players who can adapt. We are and have, neither.

From his latest LT waffle: “Formations don’t really matter in modern day football, when the game is so condensed from front to book or side to side, it doesn’t matter whether you have two in midfield or three in midfield, you watch the top teams play, when they’re defending everyone is behind the ball, when they’re attacking they’re attacking six, seven players and the best teams have that. Why does he constantly mess about with formations then, if they supposedly don't matter?

Hopefully it'll be on Rovers TV

Probably, but possibly not entirely the case. They may also be sick of playing under Mowbray et al.

Running with it? Hardly. If you read my original post in this thread, you'll have noticed that I caveated it with 'If true' You'll also have notoced that it wasn't me who quoted the 85k in the first place. I was simply responding to a hypothetical discussion with another poster.

I wouldn't be too sure about Derby. 8 points from the last 5 games, versus our 5.

Maybe if they didn't go around, as an example, spunking £85k on a knackered Brereton to play for 20 minutes, we'd have a bit more money in the kitty.

8 wins out of 32 is diabolical.

Assuming that the 85k was spent over and above what it would have cost to fly Brereton back anyway, and was spent purely so he could play some part in Saturday's game... I'd say in hindsight, that was a terrible waste of money. He sat on for the bench for 70 minutes, and when he did come on made no material impact on the game whatsoever. 85k straight down the pan. So how could we spend the money better? How about.... - putting the money towards offering soon-to-be-out-of-contract players a better deal - or putting the money towards the January transfer fund so we can buy/loan a better standard of player - or spending on remedial work for general upkeep of our scruffy looking stadium - or showing some initiative, offering more reduced priced games, and putting the money towards offsetting any potential loss of income through that - or employing sufficient staff to man the turnstiles - or employing sufficient staff so the refreshment bars are actually open - or paying back those supporters who are still owed ticket money from the previous season to last - or offering free tickets/travel to regular away supporters - or best of all, putting the money towards Mowbray's redundancy compensation package.

Exactly how I feel.

We can suffer twice over then 🤣

I don't think there's one specific reason why we threw away the game. Needlessly changing the formation though, will, IMO, have been a contributng factor. Change for the sake of it. I really don't understand why he keeps on trying to be clever and worrying about the opposition so much, rather than finding a system that works for the players he's got and sticking to it.

I'm sure it said on Radio Lancs after the match on Saturday that PNE have only won 1 in 11. I was surprised at that, as they seemed to have picked up after the first game or so. They must have drawn quite a few.

I admire your optimism @chaddyrovers 🙂

If he's any good, I would imagine that he'll be looking for a better move than to a bottom half Championship club.

Really?

Playing 3 at the back perhaps wasn't the reason for the goals, but once again he needlessly messed around with the defence, in both personel and formation. Van Hecke clearly wasn't fit, but Mowbray still felt the need to shoehorn him into the side, pushing Lenihan out left. Only one defender started yesterdays game in the same position as Blackpool. Why didn't he just stick with Nyambe/Lenihan/Ayala and put Edun is as a straight swap for Pickering? We started the season pretty solidly in defence with 4 at the back.

So in the 12 league games thus far, he's started with at least 3 formations. How does he expect to find a settled way of playing with that approach? He tries to be clever for the sake of it.

Why? He changes the side/formation/tactics at the drop of a hat. It's little wonder that he can't get results with any consistency.

2-1 QPR They'll have too much about them. Who knows what side/formation Mogga will go with. No doubt it will be some esoteric concoction that only he understands.

If true, I'd suggest there's better ways to spend 85k.

I'm not sure what his position is. Too weak to play central Too slow to play in a wide position. No ability to score from a forward position.

How do you know that is factually correct?

Why not get rid of him now and give a new guy the remainder of the season to assess what is needed? Waiting any longer just delays things.

True, but otherwise he did't do a great deal. As I said though, probably says as much about the rest of the team a sit does him.