Insists on depressing people by giving a squad update before a game..? So when asked about injured players, you’d rather he ignore the question? There are plenty of reasons to criticise Tony, no need to invent them.

We got ourselves a regular goal scorer in the championship. Hardly lost out. We may not see the full amount of profit but I’d suggest we still benefited from the transfer.

But can Murray play on the wing?

The owners are signing the cheques. It’s the only good thing they’ve done. Why they keep doing it is the mystery when we’ve had little to no progression over the last 10 years. It’s easy to find sticks to beat them with but you can’t argue that they’ve kept funding the club. They could always spend more money but considering they’ve already thrown in well over £150m, it’s hardly like they’ve turned the taps off. Redeveloping a part of the stadium isn’t a priority simply because, I assume, the lack of demand. We could close the Riverside and easily accommodate the displaced fans elsewhere in Ewood. I know there’s talk of a hotel but would that turn a profit??

Some people can’t have it both ways. Criticising the signing of loan players as being evidence of short-terminism but conveniently forgetting that we’re also signing a permanent long term prospect for left back. We clearly have a good relationship with top clubs in the PL so why not make the most of it? We have access to a calibre of player we could not otherwise afford.

Sinama-Pongolle.

So how do you explain the permanent signing of Pickering? Loans are too short term but permanents are not short term enough?

You’re asking that as if it’s a bad problem to have..

How does Pickering fit in with your suggested ‘lease’ policy? Or do you prefer inventing narratives to criticise the club. There are plenty of reasons to judge TM and the club hierarchy, loaning exciting talent from top PL clubs is not one of them.

Well, my comment is subjective so you can disagree but it’s not ‘untrue’. How long did it take Dolan to impress? Chapman has had game time. Not much, but enough to make an impression in my opinion. He failed to take those chances.

He’s had enough cameo appearances in the Champ and not done much. Said a lot that Middlesbrough were willing to let him go. Not saying he’s a write off and it will be interesting to see how he does over the next 3 months with a run of games.

I love the ‘just give them Bell instead’ talk. It’s not Fifa. Douglas is playing well and as it stands Pickering probably wouldn’t get many games unless Douglas gets injured. Clearly Pickering is being bought with a view to next season rather than now so if it secures the deal, I can accept him being loaned back. Sounds like it’ll be mutually beneficial.

He had his chances and didn’t take them. Plenty of young players have seized their chances and are regularly involved in the match day squads. Travis being a prime example.

Travis is worth persevering with, even though he’s far from his best. Starting to really see the strength of our squad making a difference. Not many sides can bring the likes of Dack and Holtby off the bench.

You’re trying desperately hard to be contrarian. Score the odd one? How about 17. Strange time to be making this point after he scored the winning goal. Pick your battles. Scrappy game but thought we edged it. Look far more solid with Branthwaite. Result is all that matters and the pitch clearly made things difficult again. Keep up the clean sheets and you never know. Travis is still some way short of sharpness. Wasteful in possession too often.

Good result but hardly convincing. Arguably the biggest positive other than the win was Dack’s cameo. Really made a difference. Douglas still doesn’t appear to be a significant upgrade on Bell. Got beaten too often. Buckley isn’t cutting it and Travis is still yet to fully fire. Impressed with Brereton and Gallagher. Useful to call upon two very different types of players to replace Rothwell and Elliott.

I’m fairly certain this has SOMETHING to do with the amount of rain. Doesnt get away from the obvious. The pitch has been terrible all season. Even against Wycombe, it was cutting up. Not seen a league pitch this bad since the late 90s. Feel sorry for the ground staff who clearly have no chance. There needs to be a massive re-think. Saw a video yesterday of Leicester’s new training complex. That is how you invest in a football club.

He’s not denying all knowledge. He’s being selective with the truth, presumably to not reveal why we tried to sign a LB when we already have two on the books.

With Dack and Travis returning, the priority is not central midfield. Certainly can’t justify spending a seven figure fee to add another option. It’s hard enough to pick a midfield as it is. Centre back is far more important.

We don’t need another midfielder. There are many reasons to want Mowbray to go. This is not one of them. I’d argue that signing whiteman over a defender would be a far more legitimate reason for sacking him.

When did we last sell a decent player? Of all the accusations to throw at Mowbray or Venkys, you can’t argue that they’ve shown willingness to sell our best players at the first opportunity. If Armstrong goes for good money to a prem team, so be it. It happens to all Championship clubs. I don’t want him to go and I’d be concerned where the money might end up, but I wouldn’t blame the club IF the offer is right. Hopefully we’ll hold on to him until the summer at least.

Would have thought CB was the priority, not LB. As our first bid has been rejected, I assume it’s still unlikely that Pickering will sign but at least there’s some money about.

If Mowbray is the man I hope he is, he’ll walk. Forget all the nonsense about body language and comments in the press. That’s irrelevant. It’s all about results. Expectations were high going into this season and we’ve gone nowhere. I genuinely worry who’ll be brought in to replace him but the time might now be right to take the gamble.

So what if we’re a bigger club? It’s not about how much bigger we are, it’s that we have, supposedly, far superior players that should have won that game. Our cup history is irrelevant. Right now, we’re no better than a league one team based on today.

Well done. Tell you what, I’m now going to start chanting for our next manager to be sacked. And when that day comes, I’ll be on here to say I told you so..