10 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I think he lacks  a football brain. You need that even on the wing.

I'd say you need more of a brain to play the wide position. He has to know when to stay out wide or cut in. 

I think in Samuel's case the question is whether he is prepared to do the dirty work and back track. If he doesn't then this will leave Nyambe exposed.

20 hours ago, tomphil said:

Top half of the championship is a very tough league one of the toughest around it's becoming Premier league 2 as time goes on.  Agree the bottom end isn't that great and that's what we have  to better to finish far enough up however a lot of beatings from the top half teams depending how the fixtures pan out can have you in bother from the off and it's hard to recover and that's something that needs guarding against.

We've a decent little squad it just needs help in terms of a couple of quality additions and some raw pace. No squad fillers, use our own youth and put all the eggs into getting a few who can contribute to the first 11 basket.

I don't see too much of a difference between top and bottom of the championship. I also don't too much of a gap between the bottom of the premiership and the championship either.

There is too much emphasis put onto not losing games rather than winning by teams for too long. 

I agree the one weakness the team lacks is pace but also think we need a signing in midfield and an attacker as well. The midfielder should be someone who has experience of this league but still has legs. Whittingham looked a good signing last season but his legs had gone. We have to be careful not to repeat this. Evans should have the experience by now but struggles to control games although I will say he has had poor players around him at times.

Forwards will be diffifcult to find in Rovers price range and this was Bolton's problem last year and looks like it will this year as well. This is why they were looking at Graham. Preston though have shown it is possible and the fact that Rovers were competing with North End for Boden last season suggests we are looking in similar places. We have the experienced striker in Graham so again should avoid signing another over 30 player to play there.

The problem with players with pace is that they rarely have an end product and are expensive. We saw several examples of players last season in League One who maybe able to step up and have been discussed here already but it will be a gamble.

The key to Rovers being a success next season, is keeping the momentum going but I can decide if its the worrying thing is that we never dominated sides last season or that it's a good thing we won because of the collective team spirit that usually won the day.

I know the majority of this squad was relegated last time but lets not get too doom and gloom yet.

Granted League One was poor but the Championship isn't great either. Two things we need to remember is that the points collected with Mowbray in the relegation season pro rota for the full season we'd have finished seventh. The 2nd is that momentum is positive this time around rather than the negative ones from recent times.

I'm not Mowbray's greatest fan but I accept that major surgery is not required to be a decent Championship side. The key is to keep the momentum going like Sheff Utd did last season and Bolton didn't.

On 12/06/2018 at 14:59, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I remember seeing Emile Heskey as a very young player at Leicester. He was awesome, pace and power in a young body. He was running through and over good centre halves. I thought I was looking at the next Shearer. The older he got the worse he got.

I remember COlin Hendry having a torrid time against him when Heskey got into the first team at Leicester. Then O'Neill became Leicester's maanger and taiught him to fall down everytime he was touched and the rest is history.

We are probably going to get linked with every player who is available from championship and L1 clubs. Agents just hawking their cash cows.....sorry clients around.

1 minute ago, 1864roverite said:

If otzumer was any good he would have been snapped up by now not good enough for where we want to be

Although as a free agent, he might be hanging on for the best deal but from what I've seen he is not good enough

15 hours ago, lraC said:

I truly believe that it is important not to forget. Yes as fans we now see the club moving forward again and hope we don't slide back again. These people though are responsible for what has happened to the club and one successful year in the third tier, does not suddenly put it all right. That figure of £250 million to take us to the third tier and back, is astonishing and is akin to Wolves going down this year, instead of up. It simply can't happen without something sinister going on.

You could use Sunderland as another example. We are not alone in this

14 hours ago, rigger said:

I agree the block was brilliant but then he took an age to get up off the floor and close down the next attack. From that cross they scored.

The block happend right in front of me. He took the ball right in the nuts. It clearly winded him but there was also little cover to help defend because Samuel was not back helping.

Just now, Mike E said:

Tbf the two things Evans has going for him are:

1. He performs well for NI.

2. He's never played under a proper manager here before Mowbray.

Maybe Mowbray is the man to get him right, esp' with him seemingly sorting Graham and Mulgrew's fitness this season.

Lambert rated him enough to give him a three year deal. It was the only time that Evans was consistant while he has been at Ewood. It is the annoying thing about him is that there is potential there. Still think there is a question about his core fitness as he always looks knackered after an hour.

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/16207393.Rovers_boss_Tony_Mowbray_hails_impact_of_Corry_Evans/?ref=mac

Not the first time Mogga has singled out Evans for praise. He rates him.

or trying to flog him.

1 hour ago, pomster said:

Ferguson openly admitted he felt he'd made a mistake in signing for Rovers, he could'nt settle and wanted to go back home more or less straight away

Because he and his mates had acheived what they set out to do. FLeece Rovers and save Rangers with the cash. Never was going to stay.

17 minutes ago, AlanK said:

Sorry if its already been mentioned but that fella on the left for Peterborough gave us a right hard time in the 1st half. Was it Jones ?

Edwards wasn't it.

18 hours ago, FGS5635 said:

From a player on the edge of the team who had never really locked down a place or looked like he had a prefered position, we now could do with 3 of him.

He is arguably our best RB, CM and RW now.

Add in his rallying of the troops and his fan interaction and he is possibly the 1st name on the team sheet these days.

Oddly probably not RW where IMO he is frustrating. The crosses he put accross from RW are usually floated to the back post and are very easy to defend.

Even last season he was the one that got the team going like against PNE at home with a supercharged tackle.

I think he was mentioned earlier in this thread but the worst has to be Paul McKinnon.

Rumours were Bobby Saxton went to watch Andy Mutch at Southport before he became part of the Bull/Mutch partnership at Wolves.  Saxton was more impressed with McKinnon so bought him with our very limited budget. Much went on to be successful at Wolves in the old Div. 1.

McKinnon made Chis Brown look like Harry Kane and I think is the only forward who has a worse scoring record than Brown. I think the only goal he scored in Blue and white was an own goal in a reserve game so has a record of -1. I maybe wrong there but he was still the worse I've seen.

47 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Britain's most northerly league club - Ross County, who play at Dingwall, north of Inverness, is worth a visit. It's a small, isolated town miles from anywhere. I visited in 1980, when it was still a Highland League club. Inverness had 3 clubs in those days, Caledonian, Thistle and Clacknacuddin, each with their own typical non-league type ground complete with ramshackle stands and corrugated iron fencing. Fantastic. 

but not while wee Owen is there....I'd wait a couple of weeks and that won't be a problem

Signed a contract extension last week

11 hours ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

Unless he was worried about the hamstring problem!

If that was the case he'd have give him a proper warm up, not brought him on instantly

oh....I forgot......Antonsson down the middle

8 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Which striker is going to get played on the wing now last 20 of every game I wonder

Caddis...down the right.....Hart .......down the left

Attack..Attack....Attack

Agree totally. It was clear it was hamstring even to an amateur like me. Shouldn't mess get them off

This is a massive blow to Mowbray. It looked serious on Saturday.

Daughter was Rovers mascot that day. Tugay was great that day before the game as well

"We need to make sure our best young talent is secured and he thinks he’s in the best place for his career."

The above quote I'm sure is aimed at Senior so I think it's probably aimed at both sides, so both sides' power brokers need to get their act together.

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/15146414._Hopefully_he_sees_it_here____Tony_Mowbray_on_the_future_of_Blackburn_Rovers_winger_Connor_Mahoney/?ref=mac

Interesting comments by TM on Mahoney and money. You'd hope they are aimed at Connor's agent and not at Connor. I suppose it also depends what the contract offer from Rovers was.

Not sure if TM should be alluding to this stuff in public though.

I think its more a message to the Senior and above to get CM tied down and get his contract sorted. It's obvious that TM sees Mahoney as the future of the club, even it is to sell him for a large fee.

Letting him walk for next to nothing to save a wage is very short sighted even by this club's standards.

Every manager has black spots on his CV and even wee Owen has a plus on his CV

A manager/coach can be good for one club whilst being absolutely awful at another.

TM did not fill me with confidence when I heard his appoint but since then everything he has done since, bar wearing a claret and blue tie has got me enjoying football again. He has earned the support the crowd and has given them something to believe in.