Oops. Only started reading this today, so hadn't seen several others post my thoughts on the subject.....so moving on.

He played on that devasting day at Brenford on the wing from memory

Formation 3-4-3. Another option would be Cunningham-Williams-Lenihan Bennett-Johnson-Travis-Downing Dack-Gallagher-Rothwell or and not advocating this XI Toisin-Nyambe-Grayson Rank.Costello-Evans-Smallwood-Bell Armstrong-Graham-Chapman Just proving, in Mowbray's mind, there is cover i every posiition

One or the other for me. Got to give teams more to think about other than Dack but also need some cover for full backs

I can only assume Nyambe will be considered a centre half by Mowbray going forward. Grayson will get more game time this season. Wingbacks will have JRC as cover for Bennett. Which leaves left the left side. Cunningham is the obvious choice but where does that leave Downing? It is the only way that this season's transfers begin to make sense

In the present formation the only round pegs are Graham, Dack and Downing but on the whole oppositon teams have worked it out. As Warnock proved man mark Dack and take him out of the game. Give him space and we are seen as an attacking force. Hughes also had McCarthy and Santa Cruz as well. When we had Dickov and Stead we struggled for goals as well so lets not paint Hughes as a miracle worker with limited players. What he had a strong defence and strong tigerish midfield, not dissimilar to Mowbray in the last three games. I actually think Rothwell might be the better option instead of Armstrong playing off Gallagher. I also think he may need to go three at the back with wing backs [Downing and because he has to play, Bennett] to try and get the best of the forwards.

I'm sorry he was not outstanding although he played well. I'm really am puzzled with this ethic from Rovers fans in general. They would rather see someone put in 110% effort and contribute nothing to a game than actually influence the game by using their brains and skills. Who played better in the game Graham who touched the ball 7 times all game or Gallagher who won everything in the air but in most cases contributed very little to in an attacking sense? I accept not all players are blessed with great skill and as such they as a minimum requirement have to put total effort in. but as Chris Wilder said on Saturday at Sheff Utd, he cant understand why it gets a round of applause when it is their minimum requirement.

In theory, Gallagher and Armstrong partnership could work but there is a big reason why it won't happen. Bradley Dack. Another thing is whether Armstrong has the intelligence to read Gallagher's knock ons. One of Jordan Rhodes' problems was that he couldn't read where Gestede was flicking it onto. Third thing is whether Gallagher could do it consistently win the aerial duels against a big strong centre half pairing like Gestede used to do.

Disagree slightly. The system stays the same, he justs moves players round the positions until something works. It does not have to work well either. The only positions that Nymabe and Rothwell fill in Mowbray's eyes are scapegoats.

Mowbray likes one of his wide players to be a converted striker, whether it be Antonnson, Samuel, Armstrong and now Gallagher so in my view Armstrong or Gallagher was always going to play a wide berth. Downing has replaced Rothwell. I agree Rothwell needs some games and offers something that this team does not have present. As I Mentioned after the Boro game, the long ball is Gallagher to flick on the right wing is pointless if we don't win the second ball. The only ways would be for Bennett to be more advanced than Gallagher or to overload that particular wing and Rothwell or Dack connecting on to flicks and going down that wing would definitely scare the opposition. It would also need Gallagher as soon as he made the flick to bust his gut and get into the box and not follow the ball. If Mowbray is to continue with Gallagher wide with Armstrong in the middle then Rothwell has then to learn to release the ball and not has he has an habit of doing of keeping it too long. As a team we need to get more players and the ball into the box to create shooting opportuniites and the goals will come. Too much play is outside the box. Other than the Oldham game I can't recall many clearcut chances where you think we've missed a sitter or their keeper made a save.

I personally saw a player who struggled to do the basics but there were a couple of glimpses of his ability. Nowhere near ready for first team

Downing's replaced him down the left hasn't he?

Norwich away last season

Yes as a championship defender, about his level

Davenport injured. buckley nowhere near strong enough for defensive midfield

Yes he does offer something different than Rothwell and Armstrong but it still needs a lot of work to become effective. As a result he has not offered as much of an attacking threat as he has the potential to be. What he does give you is someone who will back track and offer Bennett some help at defending which Armstrong in particular does not.

Its all very well playing Gallagher RW and quoting how successful he is at winning headers against a full back but what is the point if he flicks it on and no Rovers player picks it up? All it does is it adds a few yards to a long punt down field.

Ironically my concern is more central midfield than defence. Two injuries there brings back Smallwood and Evans

Gary Weaver was main one. He is ex Century FM colleague of Andy Bayes of Radio Lancashire. He is one of Sky's North West based reporters. The other was Andy Hinchcliffe, ex over rated player.

Hold on a minute. Watch the build up to it. Armstrong takes up his position, not touching the keeper. Their keeper then starts pushing Armstrong and as the free kick is being taken actually pulls Armstrong closer to him. So VAR should pick this as well and as their keeper commits the first offence it would be a penalty. But in today's world then yes I agree Armstrong is backing into him and it is also a foul.

Re: Gallagher....yes he won headers.......but he flicked them onto......usually a Boro player. Not blaming him it's just that if it is to be a tactic, someone has to be on the end of the flicks. it reminded me of Rhodes failing to read Gestede's flick ons.

Nutall goal scoring ratio was not bad, it was his alround play that was poor. Antonsson wasn't too bad but granted he was way too weak. There is more than goals to Gallagher's play and originally was a Coyle signing. As someone else has said Coyle did not sign Graham originally it was Lambert. Johnson is exactly then the type of midfielder we've been after for years. We'll see if Williams is going to be first choice partner at the back to Lenighan or if the City lad is. By no ways I'm a Mowbray fan but there are far more faults that you can beat him with but yesterday's performance wasn't one of them

Gallagher predominently wide after the subs but Armstrong was more central. Buckley did play the Dack role with Rothwell was wide. Armstrong, buckley and Gallagher did change positions several times.

He did win the ball a lot but be interesting to see how many times he won it and it went to a Rovers player.

Both he and Buckley need to go on loan but Buckley looks like he is going to get game time with the first XI.