It really is that simple.

Again, self-fulfilling as he won’t as long as Armstrong is here.

It’s interesting isn’t it. The link between SEM, HSH and our managers is strong. But why don’t Venky’s just appoint a different organisation to run the club? Is Pasha employed by them? Are they bound by a long term contract? Is there a question (still) over ownership? Do Venkys have any control or judgement or are their hands tied?

“Judge him after 10 games”. “Most of these players are new and need time to bed in”. “He needs at least the January window”. It’s really hard to see what is going to change before Mowbray leaves. He has a contract until Summer 2022 and a CEO that won’t hold him to account. I could just as easily see his getting a new contract as leaving.

Strikers played on the wing score fewer goals. Who knew?

You can’t genuinely believe that nobody but Adam Armstrong could get 20 goals from 160 shots with the team set up to do exactly that. If Gallagher had been treated the same way Armstrong has: played centrally, had the team set up to get the best out of him and had been played consistently every week for 90 minutes even when badly out of form then he would be a far better player than the one you see today.

Only if we had been playing with 10 men in all those games. Without him and with Mowbray? Maybe.

I think we’ll get enough points ourselves but it’s more likely other teams won’t get enough to catch us. However, it is possible to lose the last five games as we saw with Hull. Even if we don’t lose them all, unless we improve our form we could set up an interesting final day: Draw 2 Lose 2 in next 4 (while everyone else draws) Draw 1 Lose 3 in next 4 (while everyone else draws) Key games: Rotherham v Coventry Rotherham* v Birmingham Preston v Derby Coventry v Preston & Derby v Birmingham Rotherham* v Rovers * if they can avoid defeat to Coventry, Rotherham need to win both to have a chance of catching us. If the worst happens and it gets as that far: W46 Rovers v Birmingham & Coventry v Derby In all honesty I think Rotherham may run out of steam. Although they play more teams with nothing to play for than us, they have four games between yesterday and next Sunday, including Tues against QPR and their crunch game against Coventry two days later. If Rotherham do capitulate (but scrape a point against us) then Derby and Coventry playing each other would keep us up on goal difference. But that requires us getting three draws out of four. We have five cup finals in front of us, win one and I think we are safe.

I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you aren’t being deliberately obtuse. If they aren’t getting chances because one player is hogging them then they won’t score. As per the link, he isn’t just the highest shot taker at Rovers but in the entire division.

Not at all. There is a heck of a lot of money in the PL, £20m is nothing, and his goals scored stat will fool potential suitors. However, it’s more likely we’ll get £8-£10m from one of the newly promoted teams.

Strongly disagree. Other players would have scored. However, good points made above about Mowbray ruining Gallagher and, to a lesser extent, Brereton by putting them out wide. The only reason that makes sense is that he was trying to increase Armstrong’s financial value. Let’s hope so and that the next manager gets to spend it. Because, thanks to the decimation done to the rest of the squad, by this Summer, he’s going to need it.

Don’t you think it’s possible that this is self-fulfilling? Even when there are players in a better position than him he will shoot rather than pass. This isn’t me being churlish, it’s something I’ve watched. Our one win in the last 15 games... Armstrong wasn’t in the squad. Our next two games were a draw against Swansea and a narrow loss to Brentford (an Ivan Toney penalty). We also drew with Norwich without him. (Three of the current top 4). We look more like a team when he is not playing. It’s not the first time I’ve said this. I don’t even necessarily blame Armstrong. Goalscorers are naturally greedy but this guy appears to have a remit to ‘shoot first think later’. Don’t just take my word for it. Before today’s game: - Armstrong has registered 156 shots in 34 games, translating to 4.78 shots per 90 minutes, most by any Championship player. - 65 shots have been on target and he leads the table for most shots on target per 90 minutes with 1.99 shots on target https://princerupertstower.com/2021/04/07/everton-scout-blackburn-adam-armstrong/ Yes, he had got 19 goals (21 after today) but that’s (now) out of over 160 shots so about 8 shots for every goal. Less than half of his shots are even on target. He also has 4 penalty goals in that (and 3 misses!). Which actually makes his goal stats slightly worse. He is hugely overrated. I just hope we can get a £20m+ fee because of how much Mowbray has invested in him (to the exclusion of everyone and everything else). However, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least to hear him get sold for an undisclosed fee. Who knows, maybe even a bonus for certain senior club staff?

Very early thread - although proper match threads are no longer a thing - but with Prince Philip’s funeral now arranged, oddly, next Saturday at 3pm I’m wondering if the kick off time will change.

It’s not hate, it’s his strike rate combined with our awful form and league position. He plays for himself. If you can’t see that you must not be watching. If we are to progress we need Mowbray gone and a different remit to, or sale of, Armstrong. Ideally we will get a large fee before he ends up injured or able to run his contract down. Not sure Mowbray has made a fee on a single player though? Was the Raya fee ever published?

Which is exactly why solitary wins are so bad for the club but so good for Mowbray. They reset the clock. Even with today’s injury time equaliser it’s one win and nine defeats in fifteen games. No manager survives that at any other club. Questions should be being asked - at the very least by the local press. Maybe if they did that they wouldn’t be so reliant on advertising.

I said big not good. Before the game I said we needed to win today. Today’s result will be used as evidence that Mowbray still has the players. If there was any chance of him going (there wasn’t) then there certainly isn’t now. We now go into our last five games against all teams below us and fighting for their lives, with Mowbray still in change. One win in 15.

Objection: argumentative

That’s a big goal in the context of our season.

We shouldn’t be worried about Wycombe in any case. It’s all about Rotherham. It may even be all about Rotherham v Rovers in two weeks.

Someone should put together a compilation of Armstrong misses. He must shoot enough for any three players.

The team we are 10 points ahead of still have four games in hand.

Brum were 21st and now one point and one place behind us!

Five subs!

Thing is, it really isn’t funny.

Bloody hell