……..and if he gets a reasonable level of backing from those above him.

I work for a TOC and, trust me, at the moment they definitely are not. It gets noticed more with Northern as they are so big and operate so many services.

I think that’s easily one of the best games at Ewood this season. Felt a bit like a cup tie. The win was well deserved, but I would credit Reading for making it difficult, more than our own failures. In particular, a couple of brilliant last ditch blocks where goals looked certain. Three hard earned points.

Wednesday doesn't look too bad. Tomorrow may have been a problem.

I would imagine the role with the Welsh FA will be a much easier one, ie a smaller pool of players to watch and, as you have said, he's probably realised what he's up against at Rovers. You would think that being the recruitment guy at a decent club would be far more interesting than working for a national side, so it is quite worrying that he's off already.

I’ve just told one on Twitter 🙂

Well JDT now knows he cannot trust the people responsible for transfers. Not good.

and a total waste of time and money continuing to pursue it.

Won away in every round so far. Hopefully, an omen.

To be fair, most of the inside information on this has come from Nixon. Sharpe just reports things when they are out in the open and already widely known.

It probably hadn’t gone unnoticed by JDT how much time Mowbray had been given, so at least job security is a positive at Rovers. That said, he must be extremely peeved by January’s events, and will be seeking assurances for the Summer. Unless he is being unrealistic in his demands, Broughton has got to get in the owners ears and get them to cough up. Given reasonable backing, this guy will have us there or thereabouts over the next few seasons. If he goes, we will likely be back to square one, and quite possibly be less fortunate with the next manager.

Quite! It’s all about mentality.

Fair point and makes me look at it a bit more positively, although it still further reduces our likely goal threat. Maybe the enforced rest will be a blessing in disguise for Diaz.

Yes, I agree to a point, but Dack and Brereton Diaz getting injured tipped the scales. We are desperately short up front.

QPR will have the benefit of not playing in midweek, to add to their new manager bounce. We are running out of fit players. Best hope is to grind out another hard fought draw.

He’ll have to up his game from Saturday. I counted him touching the ball once.

Don't be fooled by the table. Until a flaky, late win on Saturday we hadn't won in the League since New Year's Day, (another flaky win). Furthermore, we struggle for goals, and are likely to be without our two main goal threats this evening, (Dack and Brereton -Diaz). Hopefully, you will be a lucky charm.

Expecting another dull grind, where the first goal will be crucial. Saturday was reminiscent of early season home games, with the let - off when they hit the bar being crucial. 0 - 0 OR 1 - 0 either way.

We are a terrible watch, but I agree that JDT is doing well with the resources he has at his disposal. I just don’t see any way we will qualify for the Play Offs with such a weak forward line and mediocre midfield, (assuming we don’t get O’Brien). After a fiasco of a transfer window, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him leave at the end of the season. He will surely seek assurances, and may not get them.

I reckon it’s the former, hence the confusion.

The sandwiches are under prepared, but we’re trying to add to their value.

……if only we’d just had a month to sign a striker.

That’s the Rochdale youthy who was sent out on loan to Spenymoor last season 😂

Agreed. Broughton appears to be out of his depth.

For me it's evoking memories of Derek Shaw and the fax machine.