Dont care what colour he wears so long as he does not turn up in shorts and knee length socks.

Just now, JAL said:

If you want some credibility chaddy just tell us what you see as the colour of Tony Mowbray's tie as worn yesterday.

If you can't provide a definitive answer then how can we trust your judgement on all footballing matters.

He'll get back to you, once he check whats being said on Twitter lol

48 minutes ago, JAL said:

If your going put in young struggling championship players then how are you going to progress with the likes of Nyambe and Raya.

Are you determined to keep supporting players that will keep Rovers down for ever and a day ?

Normally I'd agree with you but with the management and coaching of the previous regime even players who we know are better were performing at a league one level. Its unfair to expect a youth team player to come in and be premiership level from day one, especially in a team playing as poorly as we were. 

The new manager has started to rebuild confidence. Fitness will surely follow and hopefully performance levels will increase of all the team. 

A couple of weeks ago Championship level players would have been an improvement on what ww were watching. The four young players who have featured could with the right coaching could hold their heads in the Championship. If one or two can kick on and play premiership standard then all the better. 

Just now, JAL said:

Don't have to be there chaddy as I know what your seeing but if he proves me wrong then that can only be good for Rovers first team which we'd all take.

Do you think Ryan Nyambe is premiership material ?

At this moment in time, the question should be is he Championship material?

Rovers are no where near the premiership lets not judge our players above the station they are it. Next season we may need to judge if his league one standard.

Just now, meadows said:

You don't have to think back that long to come up with one... Scottish......previously managed Norwich & Villa.....initials PL

Still think PL thought he'd get the celtic gig. All he had to do was walk.

Hopefully it means everyone going in the same direction unlike previous regimes

Lambert came in, he saw that we weren't fit enough worked on fitness which was a plus but whether he was a good manager I still undecided. He came in with grand ideas about Marshall about him having a clear defined role rather than moving around then promptly moved him around until he ended up back at right back. He had a clear defined style of play which did not suit Rhodes. Whether that was because he knew Rhodes was going in Janurary only he will know. For one series of games he got the team playing, we should of beaten the Dingles, we murdered Fulham and Boro but lets not forget we went on long runs without winning as well. After his first choice 11 the rest of the squad could not play the style he wanted but he refused to alter the system.

His signings were debatable at best. Ward, Bennet and Jackson were hardly inspiring even with the limits on funding. All three had played under him previously so this hardly showed a wide range of scouting or a wide range of player knowledge. The fact that he took Marshall and was rumoured to after Hanley suggests this still an issue for him. Boywer strong point that he seemed to pick up a sound player from somewhere so did that scouting leave with him, I know it could have been his dad as rumoured, so probably yes.

Lambert's season at Wolves seems to echo his time at Rovers so a pre-season and next season will show if he is a good manager or a fraud because at this stage I genuinely don't know especially after his time at Rovers. My cousins who are both Villa fans have a clear view on him and it points to the negative.

Mowbray does need time. He has spoken a good game, he has quickly already pointed out this season's weaknesses in defence. Fitness levels will take time but I genuinely feel that if he shows one ounce of football knowledge our beloved Rovers will survive. It looks like by the end of next week injured players will be returning which will be needed for the run in.

We are well aware of the stench of certain agents around the club so I'm afraid Jal's question is a resonable one Chaddy and Parsons, but we are now stuck with Mowbray so for the good of this great club we all have to get behind him. As soon as our fate is sealed this season then questions about whose behind Mowbray can be asked. Senior is a worry though and he fans need to get him to Q and A to grill him because the local media are in the club's pocket.

6 hours ago, Parsonblue said:

Must say I've been impressed with the interviews thus far.  Sadly, the timing of the switch was all wrong - giving him four games in a matter of twelve days means he has little time to work on the training ground.  It should have happened after the Rotherham game, indeed it should have been after Barnsley.  Long term I believe he will be the right man for the job and feel far more optimistic than under Coyle.  Only time will tell, and it will be a struggle, but at least we are now in with a fighting chance of staying up.

It should of been after the Norwich game

If this is a deliberate decision there has to be a reason behind it.

I'm not saying there isn't I just need convincing that there is a creditable reason that there is.

Consistently appointing bad managers is potentially deliberate but show me what benefits Venky's in finding new ways to lose money and continually drag us down the league chain?

I suspect someone has sold Coyle to the idiots.

He then continues to blindly lead Rovers to destruction whilst everyone continues to cut costs at any point but they can't stop the money bleading out.

Venkys carry on assuming that they are untouchable.

There is no evidence of Delibrate about it......no one wins. Even third or fourth parties. If rovers go under....money is lost and any potential villians have a cash supply cut.

Philip, you cant come out with have to be relegated and not expand on it.

I bow to your far better understanding to finances etc and I suspect you have a theory but to the people who have not got a great understanding of such matters, we'd like to have your theory.

What does anybody gain by sabotage?

Paul Mckinnon was the worst player I've seen but he'd probably not look too bad compared with the rest of dross in this season's squad.

Its a top half/ mid table unbalanced squad marginally underperforming under Bowyer. PL needs to bring it up two levels.

Before Christmas I'd have agreed with you, but with the way this season has panned out I hope it isn't a bottom half/mid table team that marginally overachieved under Bowyer.

Remember that day remarkably well.

It was my first away on a pub coach and what a day it was for an eight year old. An old Ribblesdale coach with the back 4 or 5 rows of seats taken up with crates of beer. We only got on M6 at Leyland and we had the first of many toilets stops on the hard shoulder.

The return trip was as memorable as the trip down. The pitch battles on the service stations were memorable for all the wrong reasons just as idiots on our coach bricking a coach decked in black and white. Sorry to say it was Widnes' team coach on its way to the Challenge Cup Final I was lead to believe.

It's been going on for alot longer than that. Blackburn boulevard in the 1960s was packed with fans in red and white scarves waiting for buses for Manchester. I hate disloyalty to town, club and country. Made my blood boil then and still does now.

Also when I was at school in the late 70s, early 80s, maybe 2 or 3 in the class said they were Rovers fans. I was the only who went. It was the same playing out in the local area.

In the late 80s, before Uncle Jack put money in there were middle aged men in the local pub who 'supported' Liverpool as they were the successful team. They used to mock as we went to watch Rovers. As the Uncle Jack factor grew and Liverpool went into decline they switched to Rovers as lifelong fans and followed us all over. Now as the success has dried up, they never been near Ewood.

The majority of these I suspect have switched allegiances back to the Man Us and Liverpools of the world.

It is the same now as it alway has been but with the riches and media as it is today, the only club that the media want are the ones with large fan bases. As such the Premier League and the media want the rest of us to die so the next generation will have to support one of the big clubs.

I disagree with Theno who says that the only way to survive is Lancashire Utd. I suspect for a club to survive the only way is the MK dons way and franchise us to an area with a large population no professional football club within 100 miles of us.

RIP

To call Pedersen a disgrace is too strong by far. When played out wide left he has been poor because his main strength when played out wide was crossing but when have we played with a target man to aim for? His best seasons where when we had Santa Cruz and even Kuqi.

He has never been strong enough to play in a midfield two but playing in a formation like Saturday give Pedersen scope to play.

I've only seen Rovers in the flesh a couple of times over the last three and a half years but from what I've seen along with live TV games MGP remains regularly careless in possession and sloppy with his set pieces. This gives his detractors plenty of ammunition.

He appears to be careless in possession because Rovers don't move making it difficult to keep possession. Not seen anything to suggest he is more sloppy in his set pieces than any other Rovers player, so why single him out?

Couldn't agree more jim. We looked far better balanced in the second-half with Pedersen on the pitch. He linked up well with King and Morris on the left and gets through an awful lot of work which goes unnoticed by many. Gary seems to value him as part of the senior squad and hopefully he will be with us next season. As you say, there are any number of players you would be happy to see leave before Pedersen.

What Pedersen did was to allow Morris to get forward with the relative confidence that someone would fill in. This in turn started to cause their right back all sorts of problems. It was a shame that Rovers did not maximise this but seem to stop this avenue after their right back had received his final warning.

NONE of our wingers/wide players can(or even attempt to) cross the ball(which is a bit of a flaw if your going to play out wide)

To be fair both full backs put several crosses in. To defend the wide men what is the point of putting crosses in when you've only got one person to aim for?

Those complaining about pitch should remember that we played on Saturday on a pitch which was heavily watered just before we kicked off on Saturday. Just after kick off it started to rain as well. Why it was watered so heavily on Saturday was a surprise but playing another so quickly would give no time for it to repair it so probably the groundsman could only patch it up as best.

Sad to hear the news.

RIP Kelbo.

RIP Chris Thompson.

A Good player! More sad news for Rovers fans.

Looks like Friedal and Houllier are parting company again

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Aston-Villa-will-ditch-Brad-Friedel-in-January-after-U-turn-over-contract-offer-article643641.htmlurn-over-contract-offer-article643641.html

Why release him when we can sell him for money?

It's a case if agreeing to disagree as I completely disagree with what you've written about McCarthy and the fans attitude.

Would n't release him personaaly. But if you are not play him because of fitness issues then you are paying a high earner for nothing. Gross misconduct means he could sack him you get a wage of the payrole and Sam could another body in.

I still think this has arisen this week again so both parties can break the union of player and club. The more these circulate the lower his sale value becomes so bad news for Rovers.