Only a week and a half away, and by no means guaranteed we will get the quality defenders in that we desperately require. Yes, there can be many reasons why it's got so late in the day, but we're now in dangerous, (and potential panic buy / loan), territory. Keeping our powder dry for January ?

Very sad news. Kevin was in the side when I first started attending regularly in my childhood. RIP Kevin.

Yes, then we will really have something to moan about ?

He's an ex - centre half who has had more than enough time to sort the defence by now. Nothing that he's said has suggested that he is being prevented from recruiting defenders. It's more a case of his misguided loyalty to certain players, in my opinion.

Someone once said that Mowbray looks like a confused old lady who asks you for directions to the market. He can't help how he looks, but he certainly sounds like the above.

Is that so? Not that you know me at all, or are interested in bickering with people, (or so you say).

Slightly different than last week's insuation that Raya had instigated the move. His ramblings change from one day to the next. Tomorrow he will have another version of events, when he forgets what he said today.

Mowbray's modus operandi is a muddle. That much is abundantly obvious. He's put the roof on before laying foundations. He has two weeks to bring in a couple of decent "proper men" defenders and a keeper. Start praying.

No point in labouring this, as we're not going to see eye to eye. For the record, buy time for a manager, who is a good talker, from gullible owners.

It's all smoke and mirrors in my opinion. All talk, and constantly moving the goalposts to buy time.

Mowbray "unequivocally" says a lot of things, then backtracks or does exactly the opposite. Wherever he's managed he hasn't got to grips with defending, and shows little sign of sorting ours.

No, just the hours of spinning it out and tweets about "Agent Benno" getting ready

A Lads & Dads team. Heart warming.

But it can't help when you have a terrible defence in front of you. It's an old saying that a keeper is only as good as his defence. When Mowbray has finished collecting elderly midfielders, perhaps he will get round to our biggest problem area.

I was speaking to a Blackpool supporting colleague yesterday, and he said Adam had been touted for the managers job there, prior to Grayson's re-appointment. So, yes, potentially Mowbray might see him as a threat.

Brentford look set to sign Pontus Jansson. Good luck to Raya, who will be well shot of Mowbray & the Dad's Army squad he is assembling.

Are we running out to the theme from 'Dad's Army' this season? Funny how club officials denied that Adam was training with us a few days ago. Same old pantomime.

Another spin of Mowbray's transfer tombola, selling a shot stopping but error prone keeper and probably replacing him like for like, (Newcastle fans seemingly can't wait to get shot). Still, Darlow is almost perfect for Mowbray as he plays in the North East, and although not a native of the area, his name sounds like the local term for a North Eastern town. Any sign of a defender or two? Nope, but hey, trust Tony.

I agree with much of this, but the problem is that when you stand still in this game, you stagnate and then start going backwards. That's what happened in the letter years of Bowyer and I think we have probably reached the turning point under Mowbray. He did a sound job in getting us straight back up, but the warning signs were there last season that a struggle lies ahead. Mowbray cannot complain about the backing he has received, (e.g. Brereton for silly money), so I don't agree when people start making excuses for him. There are several examples of clubs with mid-table resources making a push for promotion under the right management. That said, we all know that our owners, (and a chief exec who I wouldn't trust to pick his nose), will more than likely make another poor appointment. So it's catch 22 and an end product on the pitch that does not capture the imagination or excite, and will doubtless be watched by fewer and fewer people. I haven't renewed as yet as it's got to the stage where I'm going through nothing else but force of habit.

We are in a different era and the game has got quicker and quicker. Even with many of those mentioned above, we did not achieve promotion in that era. The team that got promoted with Cowans and Moran in was littered with other good players and signings. If the manager had come good on his spiel about recruiting from the continent and if he was showing a little more imagination, the odd mid 30 year old wouldn't be so bad. He's also blatantly backtracked regarding the need for a new defence. In 2019, signing players in the autumn of their career is not the route to a promotion push.

I'll have a guess that Alex Neil came across as an ambitious, young manager who sold his club and showed belief in the player, and Mowbray came across as a dithering, wittering old lady who didn't. Any serious runners and riders for next season will now be executing clear strategies, e.g. Stoke City. Okay, they have the advantage of parachute payments, but I would wager that if their manager was at Rovers, things would be moving by now. Time to get the transfer tombola machine out and pray.

I have no problem with people having a different point of view, and clearly there are those who still have faith in Mowbray. Sorry, but I just don't anymore, and the Bauer scenario is a good example of why. Mowbray has basically told the player he has little chance of getting in the team for the foreseeable future. To me, that is ridiculous. He could have chosen a better way of selling the club and the move to the player. It wouldn't be so bad if our defence was already adequate. What is the point of chasing a player for so long and then telling him he's not good enough to feature in a very poor defence? I'm afraid I expect the penny to drop for many people as the season progresses. We still await any fruits from the policy of having staff watch European leagues on tv. We've now moved on to the inevitable, "I don't really want to bring in loan signings, but might have to." It's all so predictable.

No surprise that a player would be put off by Mowbray's incoherent wittering. He probably lost the will to live during the talks.

But still deemed surplus to requirements by a fellow Championship club on account of his age. The other club that were chasing him are in League One. Enough said.

Good to see us building for the future. After all the garbage Mowbray spouted about slowly building and bringing in talent from Europe, this really is a signing devoid of imagination, common sense and excitement. Evidently too old for Middlesbrough, but not for us. A 35 year old winger. Dear oh dear.