Thrived is generous. Put it this way - I didn't want him back.

Did you notice the cuddle and chat Elliott got from Mowbray when he came off? He didn't even acknowledge Rothwell. Shocking man manager.

And likewise he both gave the ball away (when dropping deeper to try to link up on play) or overhit simple passes that would have put a teammate through on goal (see his pass to Brereton). He is who he is - a very one dimensional, very selfish goal scorer. His all round game is poor - which is why I'm constantly baffled by the PL links. When he's not scoring goals he contributed v little to the side - which we've seen lately.

I'd give Brereton a run there, but that wouldn't be a popular option on here as he's still the worst player evah to some.

I have an irrational hatred of Andrews. It's not his fault that Ince dragged him two leagues above his ability, but his constant pointing whilst contributing nothing of note boiled my piss.

You've clearly seen Evans and Smallwood play. I'd hope you saw Andrews play too.

It's definitely up for discussion. Mowbray has never impressed me tactically - even 4 years into the 'journey' he doesn't know his best 11 and doesn't know the best position for each player. He's also clearly a very poor man manager.

Well if they doctor the pitch again the Venky's will be free by the weekend to make a decision.

You're a glutton or punishment watching that tosser do his post match interview.

When was the last time he did? Why do you think teams can pressure us so high up the pitch at will (see Elliott calamity)? Cos they're not worried about Armstrong beating them over the top. Or Brereton or Elliott for that matter - we have no devastating pace. Why do you think teams are happy to drop off and let us pass the ball around in front of them? Cos they're not worried about Armstrong beating anyone in the air.

In terms of earning playing time, not who would own the rights to him. Dolan disappears down there for weeks at a time. So does Buckley. Pike et al can't get a sniff and Chapman was shipped off to Shrewsbury. Meanwhile Elliot is allowed to have stinker after stinker and is an automatic start every week. So is Armstrong - another player massively out of form, but apparently undroppable.

You need a bloody brilliant #9 to play a 4-2-3-1 - he has to either have the pace to consistently get in behind or the size to hold the ball up and bring the 3 into the game (or ideally both). Sadly we're stuck with Armstrong. The 4-3-3 works because it takes the onus off the #9 to be the focal point of the attack - but we seem to have shifted away from that because Mowbray is a genius.

They're not too polite, they genuinely don't care. Not a sniff of "is Tony Mowbray feeling the pressure after tumbling down the league?" Just loads of "well he's building something here / lots of injuries (to players he was trying to ship out in the summer!)". It's Kean all over again - I'd feel like I'm going mad if I finally hadn't twigged that the media don't give a fuck about little old Blackburn Rovers. They've never forgiven us for upsetting the apple cart.

Absolutely Elliot's fault and it boils my piss when middling ex-pros say "that's why he's on loan at a club like Blackburn, to learn from those mistakes". We've fallen so far it's heartbreaking. It was a schoolboy error from a player that hasn't earned his shirt in 2021. If he was a Rovers academy product, rather than a Fulham one, he'd be in the U23s right now.

He HAS to be gone. HAS to be.

Literally the best player on the park for us.

I know we're a nursery for PL clubs, but at some point Mowbray has to find his balls and bench Elliot. He's had a horror 2021. I'm not a big a fan of Dolan as most of you, but he should he on for Elliot in the second half.

Keith Andrews "it's still a transitional period". Fuck off. You were a shit player for us and you're a shit colour commentator.

I just stated to the room "they get paid for this analysis". They blatantly don't watch the games.

Dack and Armstrong, even in their richest veins of form, are carried for the vast majority of the 90 minutes. They're both out and out goal scorers. You'd be playing with 9 men if you played them both every week - that was always my concern when Armstrong started banging the goals in playing at #9. There was then no way back in the starting 11 for Dack. As for replacing Armstrong with a target man - well half of Brereton's revival this year has been his ability to hold the ball up. I'd play him at #9 next year and build around him. Our attack looks vastly different when the ball sticks to a forward - it brings everyone else into it.

Agree to disagree. We've had a long string of bad managers (including Lambert). Bowyer at least made a healthy profit on transfers whilst keeping the club in the Championship.

'St' Gary did a fantastic job, following on from the disasters that were Kean, Black, Berg and Appleton. He perhaps wasn't the man long-term, but he's probably the best manager to walk through the door since Allardyce.

He's not a PL striker - and quite frankly I wouldn't trust Mowbray with any money, but if selling Armstrong means we don't sell the training ground I'll drive him to London myself. £25m is hilarious though - he's half the player Watkins is.

It's an unbalanced squad, but yes there's good players in there. When you can throw on Trybull (he gets way too much criticism - he's a tidy DM) off the bench you've got a deep squad.

Why was Dack playing as a Deep Lying Playmaker / Right Winger when he came on? I get wanting to get on the ball, but he's done ALL of his damage as a Rover in the box.