We’ve spent 90m since the 2008/2009 season - that season included.

I should think so — it’s a disgrace. Let’s also have a full investigation into how has it got like this, whilst we’re at it, to ensure that we avoid having to rip the entire thing up again.

Without trying to stop the discussion, to be clear what is and isn’t acceptable here: Questioning somebodies opinion, or asking for their comment is absolutely fine. Telling someone they are wrong, just like telling someone they are right, is fine. Discussion, on a discussion forum, is encouraged. Trying to bait people into arguements is not.

@PashaSapss

Not necessarily - if Reading win than we are further away from the playoffs at this point in the season than we have been at any other full season with Mowbray in charge.

Update after 24 games... 18/19 - 31 points, 8 off the play offs 19/20 - 36 points, 3 off the play offs 20/21 - 33 points, 7 off the play offs (6th place have a game in hand)

We’re playing 4-2-2-2 now. Tony’s had two full weeks to come up with this tactical masterclass.

The rest is Swag tax.

Has anyone got any idea what formation this is and who is playing where? We've had a full pre season and half a season playing 433 yet we have absolutely no idea what is happening when the team news is announced.

Here we go again! Moderators, on your stations.

A lot of similarities then?

I’m gonna have a Mercer on a 2-0 Rovers win. I’ll go... Kaminski Nyambe Lenihan Braithwaite Douglas Dack Travis Rothwell Elliott Armstrong Brereton

Test 😀

I’m not sure it’s the specific player, it’s the balance we need. We need one ball winner, one pivot and one creator.

Great, they can have 400K plus Bell and Buckley on loan.

Douglas doesn’t have a recall option, he’s here for the season.

Easy work... The reason Tony Mowbray has to go is quite simple - repeatedly failing to learn from his mistakes. We all went into this season saying defence looked light. Questions where raised over Ayala’s injury record. But that isn’t the biggest issue. The biggest issue is Tony has been here before and never adapted - and most concerning, this has all happened before. Celtic - taken from CelticUnderground.net “The team had a habit of being changed from one week to the next. The centre backs were rarely played together for long, either through poor form or injury.” Tony also has a habit of questioning the players. Pushing the blame. In fact, he’s done it today in the LT. This isn’t a one off, remember ‘defenders are coming?’. In fact, it’s not just at this club: Celtic - taken from CelticUnderground.net “This had come from a press interview in which Mowbray had said what most of the fans had been thinking – the players weren’t up to the job and big changes were required.” We finished our last game playing 4-2-4, with four attacking players on the pitch. We’ve ended up in this position a few times this season, chasing down the game. It’s something Tony is used to - in his final games at Celtic, the Glasgow Times accused him of “having no plan B, ending the game at St Mirren with 6 strikers on the pitch.” Rovers score enough, usually. Our problem is defence and leaking goals. We’re missing a consistent centre half to take command and pull us over the line - what we had originally hoped Lenihan would be, but gambled Ayala could be. Again, Tony is used to not sorting out the defence. After leaving Coventry, Mowbray said to The BBC: I probably let them down by not getting in the big 6ft 4in centre-half we were after, who could have been a man and help us keep clean sheets. Let’s be very clear. The statistics show that, despite ‘better football’ and ‘increasing squad value’, this teams PPG is lower than 18/19 and 19/20. If you can find reason to believe any of these issues will be addressed, resulting in a top-six finish (Mowbray’s own target) - you’re much more optimistic than me.

Well, Pasha has blocked me on Twitter for tweeting he needs to bring Ainsworth in before the end of the season. So he either thinks I’m a lunatic for wanting Ainsworth, or he won’t even hear Mowbray has to go.

It’s bad news for Mrs Mercer, she’s on the cheap red tonight.

Dreadful from Buckley. Ask Doncaster if they want him on loan for 18 months to try and replace Whiteman.

Zero balance to this team now. There’s more playing out of position than in position.

This manager has no plan B. This is the second game in a row that we’ve ended up playing 4-2-4. That is insane.

I’ve only seen Pears twice including today - and haven’t ever seen Stergakis, but his resume is so much stronger than Pears. I can’t see how Pears is legitimately No2.

Pears positioning was dreadful then. The pitch didn’t help, but he should have been set much earlier. Anyone seen the young Greek keeper?

After he ran across their penalty box, ran into someone, then conceded a free kick.