The warning bells started ringing in my head when he let Wigan walk away with the trophy for winning the division. I made my mind up he wasn’t the right man for the job after seeing the calibre of his signings when we actually got back up. Just a few bodies in to help the existing lads out etc.

I know where I’d rather live.

I can’t believe that after all that time being at a professional club his play in possession of the ball has hardly improved at all from when he first made his debut.

That was Roy Boy, he hadn’t got a clue. The only good signing he made was Henchoz, the rest were bobbins. He paid £5.25 million for Christian Bloody Dailly ! What would that be today ?

“ Total football “ with guys who aren’t the Dutch national team. What can go wrong there ?

Are they completely insane ? It’ll be like Coyle all over again only Cocu hasn’t got as many fuck ups to his name yet. It’s like I said the other day - have a good look at that long list of potential candidates and then try and find a name that isn’t on it. That’s their man.

Cocu would be the end for me. Nothing would convince me that the demolition of Rovers isn’t deliberate in that case.

Who the worst appointment there ? Get your money on them.

There’s absolutely nothing to say that we wouldn’t be relegated next season under Mowbray - and it would have been his fault.

Yes, he has got better, but that was until very recently in a back 5 were there’s less temptation to be drawn out.

Sometimes he goes in for challenges when he shouldn’t. He gets carried away with natural enthusiasm. He leaves the guy he’s marking to fire fight, does quite make the challenge and his guy is left un marked. He should have learnt years ago “ do your job and let the other players do theirs ”.

If only we knew the answer to that question. Inexplicable as far as I’m concerned.

It was briefly on bbc national tv news over here. When was the last time we were on national news ? When we got relegated under Kean ?

Khadra and Poveda I’d take on loan but I wouldn’t be signing them. Van Hecke, I’d sign if we can get him.

A chance like that won’t come again for a long while.

He also brought Alan Irvine as his number 2. If I remember rightly Irvine was on some peoples list for the managers job in his own right at the time. So in theory as strong a management team as we’ve had since Big Sam left. Something went wrong very early on and his time here was over almost before it had begun. His subsequent career at Wolves, Stoke and Ipswich was nothing to write home about.

In this case ignorance is bliss.

You knew he was subsequently going to fail at Wolves and Ipswich when we signed him then ? You’ll already know who our next manager is then ?

I’m an underwhelming non-entity Jim, is it my turn this time ?

Nearly as many yellow cards as they conceded goals.

It can only be a good thing.

Mm, blood pressure through the roof would be my guess !

But Tim Sherwood is a former Rovers hero, in some peoples eyes anyway, and knowing the Chicken Chokers as we do - Hughes or Sherwood ? Which one would cost the least ?

This is true. By fair means or foul also.

Mark Hughes is a “ former Rovers hero “.