Mattyblue

Relegation was the best thing to happen to Mowbray. A lot of these Facebook fans now see us as ‘little old Rovers’ who are lucky to even be on the same pitch as a Derby or Middlesbrough.

If we’d have stayed up in 2017. Then had a couple of 15th placed finishes, he’d have been hounded out by the very same fans by now, ‘we’ll never go anywhere with this guy’ etc.

32 minutes ago, Harry The Bass said:

 

I just think if you’re going to make the assertion a players no experience in a role, it’s probably better to use facts as opposed to opinion.

I don’t think it’s as clear cut as Nyambe over Bennett personally either.

Facts are this is his first stint as a full back, as I said.

Just now, Harry The Bass said:

It’s funny because much of that thread is exactly the same argument - he obviously shows something to the managers who’ve picked him in the wider defensive positions.

He played a dozen games on loan for Bristol City 5 years ago, some of those very few matches as a wing back.

What on earth has that got to do with him playing badly at full back for us in 2019?

Just now, Harry The Bass said:

RWB and RB are similar? That’s quite stark relevance in my world MB

Not relevant as we don’t play with wingbacks, maybe he’d do a better job as one, who knows. The only evidence we have is that he’s a poor full back.

Just now, Harry The Bass said:

https://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/173858-elliott-bennett-merged/

Some discussion about him leaving BCFC due being used as a RWB. Sounds nonsensical to me, probably just a better contract.

Does show he has been used more defensively on the right previously, and with a few years more experience - not unthinkable to suggest that’s his main position now with time against him.

So he played a few games as a wing back years ago? 

He probably would be better suited as a wingback but as we haven’t as yet played 3 at the back and he’s been playing as an actual full back, I don’t see the relevance?

Gate of 5,200 against Lincoln in the 2nd round last season (just under 4,000 Rovers fans that night).

Do well to get to that.

Not including checkatrade?

When I went to buy mine online on Sunday, think there’d only been about 20 sales in all of NO1.

Only thing stopping it being perhaps, would be if a fair few Oldham fans trapped up on the night.

Saturday’s game called off for Bury (the 4th).

Looking bleak...

Just now, Parsonblue said:

Players change position all the time - one of the best teams, possibly the best team, I've ever seen in blue and white was made up of players who were switched from one position to another. 

Quality footballers can adapt and adapt quickly. However Elliott Bennett is a rank average wide midfielder playing at right back for the first time in his career, with the wholly expected problems as a result.

Of course TM is free to play whoever he wants wherever he wants, however we are also free to say his decision making is becoming increasingly pig-headed to the detriment of the team we all passionately want to do well.

No it isn’t a top 6 side. 

However, a lot of that is down the wrong priorities - £12 million on two young forwards when we have one of the worst defences being the main one, another going into a season with two out and out senior centre halves (one who’s injury prone and is out already, the other a young loanee).

Don’t go to West Bromwich itself for pubs, stay in Birmingham city centre and jump on the tram that stops right outside The Hawthorns 

Just now, DeeCee said:

Should have 10 thousand on at that price, absolute bargain

 

Do well to get 10,000 at Leyland!

Just now, oldjamfan1 said:

The best teams have eleven captains on the park. Go through the Rovers premier league champions - even the wingers would have been fine captains. Same with the promotion sides of 1992 and 2001

Indeed. That’s why we are a million miles from promotion. 

Yes we had quality players in 2001, but the side was full of captains or ‘men’ as TM would put it.

Friedel, Bjornebye, Short, Berg, Hignett, Flitcroft, Hughes. Even the young lads like Dunn and Johnson had some balls about them.

Compare it to where we are now.

He obviously ‘runs the dressing room’ and I suppose with another one of the shop stewards gone he’ll need to keep the others onside.

Captain is a non-job in football. Make him Club president for all its worth, however it should not in anyway keep him in the side if his performances do not merit it.

Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

So has it being confirmed that Bennett will be captain going forward and not just because Lenihan was injured? 

Confirmed 

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17831629.rovers-confirm-new-captain-charlie-mulgrews-departure/

They’ll be paying £28 (Cat A), all games are priced up already. Any side expected to fetch c2000 and upwards will be A (or A+)

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/july/matchday-prices-2019-20/

£20 for West Brom.

Shame they’ll be paying £28 when they come here. This ‘reciprocal policy’ only seems to come into being when it is to rip off Leeds and Sheff Wed fans.

Chapman is playing for the U23s tonight, Christ knows when he’ll be with the first team again.

21 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

No good whining about Raya being sold he asked to leave end of! 

That was one of Mowbray’s tales over the summer, Another was that he needed to be sold to buy Gallagher.

Who knows what really went on.

Just now, LDRover said:

For me, the manager gets a free pass from many despite spunking close to 14 million on 3 shite strikers. With recruitment that bad allied to a complete lack of tactical nous or style of play I cannot see how there is an argument for him to stay.

Because of relegation and subsequent promotion.

If we’d had stayed up in 2017, and plodded along in the Championship since he’d have been given plenty by now (if not already potted).

Do we play ‘good football’, chaddy?

The fact he openly lamented that not buying a big, ugly centre half cost him his job at Coventry, yet what we’ve just witnessed in the last window says he has alarming blind spots that could well cost him another.

Just now, Tugay-is-God said:

It's really not. 

That's just the inverse of the tired cliche that "playing badly and still winning" is what title winning sides do. 

Of course they do, we ground out a load of wins in our title winning season. You don’t get 90+ points just playing sparkling football.