His was a very significant contribution to Rovers winning that final.

I heard all wasn’t well behind the scenes when he was on the coaching staff at Ewood, he upset one or two people.

Mowbray was saying tonight on Radio Lancs that Ayala might get some game time before the end of the season !

Just seen the goals. That could possibly be the worst bit of goalkeeping I’ve seen in a long while. The guy looked like an outfield player having to take over the gloves in an emergency.

The usual disinterested group of players will stroll through a bore fest ending with a 1-1 draw. The lucky fans will be the ones who fall asleep by the half time interval.

Me and a pal stayed outside the ground all night to get our tickets. We were in the first half a dozen. We’d be on our way home to bed when that photo was taken.

Along with the “ I saw Stuart Munro play “ tee shirt. Big money signing that played 1 game for us. I think he got Don McKay fired as a result.

I felt like that after they appointed Coyle. There’s only so much madness you can take in one lifetime.

That’s their master plan. Continually demoralise the support until there’s hardly anybody left. Then pull the plug when there’s nobody left who cares.

Not for me. There’s a reason why Boro are releasing him.

For the first time in 60 years of watching Rovers I’ll be backing us to go down at the bookies if Mowbray is still here in August. Just like when we appointed Coyle, it’s a licence to print money.

If nothing changes at the top where we are now in the league will be considered a success story.

I’m not sure home or away means much these days.

I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to lose the next three. All those teams are still putting in performances. We’ve got the deck chairs out. In fact they’ve been out since last autumn.

He keeps telling them they’re “ jaded “ so what do you expect. A ready made excuse not to perform. I used to know the chief exec at my local Rugby League team. He told me “ 90 % of my job is making sure the buggers don’t have any excuses for not performing ! “ Mowbray gives them a get out every time we play.

Rotherham can afford to lose two games and still get to 51 points, we’re still on 50 points.

Are you sure that’s Ian Lawther Jim ? It looks like Keith Newton to me. The first game was actually played on March 5th. A 1-1 draw at Ewood. We lost the replay 3-1 to a 2nd Div team on the 11th. Another post 1960 FA Cup flop. Being fair to the team we’d played on the 2nd, 5th, 9th, 11th, 16th, 23rd, 25th, 29th of March that year. Mick McGrath, John Byrom and Fred Pickering carried the can for the defeat and were all dropped for the next game. I think Mick asked for a transfer afterwards. He lost his place for more or less the rest of the season, the other two were soon re-instated.

How many managers would want to ?

I’d rather have a starter. I leave the desserts to Mrs Shoelaces.

He must have no pride or self respect. Anybody with a modicum of either would have called time by now.

If Derby win all three games they have left they can get to 51 points. If Rotherham win four out of six games they have left they can also get to 51 points. I can’t see us getting another point playing like we did tonight.

To say they didn’t rate him would be putting it mildly. He was a flop to be honest.

They paid it for dumb and dumber.

I don’t think he’s ever known his best team.

He’ll be on his own if he is.