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And how many of the other reasons are to do with Mowbray? I thought about returning and bought a matchday ticket. I was treated to a 1-0 loss to Luton and some of the worst football I'd seen at Ewood. If there's nothing but blind loyalty dragging you to Ewood then it's hard to justify buying tickets, and especially putting in money upfront for a ST, if there's no real enjoyment or pleasure. Like many others, I've found other things to do because nothing about Mowbray's team or brand of football excites me. I dont follow other league football but have gone non league and Rugby Union. I couldn't support another club but the difference between the other things I do now follow, and Rovers, in terms of the professionalism with which the entire club is run, is phenomenal. Clitheroe do a better job of communicating.

You lost me at Reliable journalist. When, in Rovers terms, was Nixon last that?

Dont get your hopes up. I thought he was going on my birthday a couple of weeks ago.

We can't interview anyone because we still have a manager. I really wish we could come up with an idea on how to get rid of him.

The problem is that NO manager is guaranteed success at any given club. Some will give you a better chance than others but every managerial appointment is a gamble. We need to get rid of the one we have first anyway.

Youd give him that much?

One thing you can be sure of if Ainsworth came in would be that we wouldn't lose out on or reject players because of fashion faux pas.

No, I saw Caroli several times and he was actually funny

Today would be a great day to get out Tony. So much else going on nobody would notice your departure except the delighted Rovers fans

Wont be much of a battle with him in charge, will it?

Lorient fluked promotion because they had a good start to the season and when they finished the season early because of covid, promotion happened because of how they worked out the points. If the season had finished normally, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have been promoted as results were going the wrong way at the time and they were dropping down the table.

This is not some random French team. It's the team I've watched every time I could for the last 20 or so years. In the last 10 years I've probably watched them more than Rovers. I've stuck with them from the days when they had Kevin Gameiro up front with Vahirua, through days in Ligue 2 when they lost all their decent players and really struggled back to their fluked promotion last season. I think I probably know more about their players than I do Rovers' nowadays. They're certainly easier to watch. Rovers have my heart but not my interest

In normal circumstances I spend about 10 weeks a year, sometimes 13 or 14 in Brittany. I dont think Pelissier would do well at Rovers as it's a very different set up and I haven't a clue whether he speaks English. Any manager that can get his team, in the relegation zone, to beat PSG with most of their big stars playing has to be doing a good job. They're still hovering around the relegation zone but did well away at Marseille yesterday, only beaten by a late goal. I'm not sure for me that Venkys Rovers do come first. I feel less connection with the current set up than I do with other teams I'm interested in in other sports or playing football in other countries. Do I want Rovers to do well again? Yes of course I do. Will I be back at Ewood? Not for the foreseeable future. Being a Rovers fan ceased being a joy even before Venkeys turned up. It ceased being even something I enjoyed shortly after their arrival, and although I persisted as a season ticket holder, they lost me when they closed my stand and appointed Coyle at the same time. Either of those and i might have hung on but both together was too much. I still follow scores when were playing and theres always part of me that rejoices in a win but I no longer feel the connection that took me all over the country. I no longer plan my life around attending Ewood. I no longer go to youth games. I no longer know who we're playing over the next 6 weeks or enter the entire season's fixtures in my diary when they come out.

Leave Pelissier alone. Lorient are my team when I'm in France. My husband has been watching lorient for nearly 30 years and I've been to the Moustoir countless times.

Good to hear from you bob

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Paying for the best managers is often a saving. You get better results, a better league placing, more fans paying more upfront for season tickets, more merchandise sold, more tv coverage so TV income, better players will sign, leading to more interest and improvement all round until your manager reaches the end of his shelflife. Its not like other jobs where the manager facilitates the running of the club. He IS the club's front man. He's what players, public and media see. He makes the club's statement of intent by who he is.

Well, we didn't see that coming did we? In fact I'd just finished saying to my husband, who read out a comment saying Rovers were beginning to dominate, that Derby would score and lo and behold they did

I try not to say in case I taught anyone on here😆 There are plenty on here who know which one

Not fixated. Just think it's a barometer of what's going on at the club. More failure, more rubbish spouted, less interest in actually winning a match, fewer goals scored, more lies told, more underhand schemes hatched = more swear words on message board.

I taught in an 11-16 high school in Blackburn for nearly 20 years and so of course it doesnt offend me. However, this is one of the few message boards where swearing wasnt commonplace. In this thread it is becoming more prevalent so I just made the observation that this might be an effect of Mowbray's still being here. Nobody is listening to us and it's driving us mad. I've even been tempted to swear myself at what he's saying and doing here and those of you who know a bit more about me will know that's not like me at all.

I've noticed a distinct downturn in the standard of language on here these last few weeks. We've got through many years without directly using bad language. What has Mowbray driven us to?

Because our manager is going nowhere

Well, it works for the government, lie after lie after lie, so I suppose you can't blame Mowbray for trying it too.

Dont forget, Tony, that fans do look, and do know how perilous things are. Dont just expect them to fall into line and renew their Season Tickets. Stop treating them like ignorant little people. Stop assuming you have carte blanche to run the club into League 1 and won't face any consequences. In fact, just take your myopia and leave our club. We want someone who knows exactly where we are and has a clear view of how to get us out of the mess you've created.