4 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Ha ha. They don’t make them like him any more. Going back to pens I wish Garns had taken the one at Ewood v Palace in the play off final first leg............

Gayle was pretty good at them though to be fair and he was a cool cat. Don't think pressure bothered him. It rolled just wide though, can't remember if it hit the post or not.

Even if it had gone in it would have been such a Rovers thing to do to lose 0-4 in the next leg !

2 hours ago, Sparks Rover said:

Yeah, no correlation.  They are all either going back or leaving in a month.  Nobody gives a fuck on the pitch. Selfish shytes the lot of them.

That's what he's created here though just malaise where winning. losing or drawing it doesn't really matter. 

He said he was bringing in people like Trybull & Douglas because of their experience in getting to the top end. Hoping it would rub off on others i presume but for most part on the pitch their attitude has looked abysmal.

Then we have Downing, chucked another contract when no one else took him on. Complete waste of a wage this season but knowing Mowbray he was just doing him a favour.

2 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

He must have had a couple of pints before that game then 😉

Crafty drag at half time i reckon.

1 hour ago, den said:

Didn’t he say last season that we can’t expect to compete with Preston North End?

we still can’t and they are worse now. 
 

How long before we can compete with the mighty PNE - 3 years, 4 years or never?

He's thrown that one about a few times especially after we came straight back up. After only one season, this is PNE who were in league one for years.

The man is a complete fraud he's been finally brutally exposed but looking at his history it really was only a matter of time.

12 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Garner was never the best when he had time to think about things. In a one-on-one I would have backed the keeper against him. However, a snap shot from 12-18 yards out in open play and he was lethal. 

I don't really remember Garner missing pens i don't really remember him taking many at all. Wasn't it Barkers job then Gayle ?

Not sure before that but i remember him scoring when it really mattered, he stepped up to take 3 in that infamous Burnley game.  Scored all 3 but one was disallowed.

He seemed keen enough to take them that day.

He'll go nowhere unless he's shoved there's no fans there to frighten him to death. So he can just avoid certain numbers on his phone and have a quiet night.

He's just as brazen as Kean and Coyle from the safety of an empty stadium.

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Pasha should be sacking both as we speak 👍

Pasha should be sacked also he's a regular link to appointing crap managers. All from the same agents the he sits back and doing nothing as it goes south.

This guy is at the center of the rubbish at Ewood.

9 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

I think he genuinely believes he can turn it all around 🙈 (I don’t!!)

I don't, going off some of the stuff he's said over the past 12 months and his demeanor.

Working long hours doesn't mean much he's clearly the type who lives and breathes the game. So he watches as much football as possible, nobody makes him and it doesn't make his management any better. Unless he's staying behind at Brockhall every night washing the kits what good is it doing us ?

He clearly has trouble walking away from the money and the kudos of it over anything else i reckon.  Because he knows full well he won't get another gig or wage like here, that's why he's hanging on.

He has no belief in himself or this team that has been obvious a long time. Hence the constant excuses and revolving team sheet/subs.

Yet some still do the honorable thing when they know it isn't working.

You'd expect one who self promotes his honesty so much to actually be honest at some point.

Besides i'm sure he could get half his remaining salary via some sort of mutual consent.  

20 minutes ago, matt83 said:

Could it be. 5 minutes of sense from our local media. Sure they’ll forget and put on their I ♥️ Mowbray T-shirts on for the post-mortem 

The trouble is they are inconsistent, one win or a credible draw and it's like the previous few months never happened.

They should know by now that's the rule of thumb with Mowbray, the wins or little runs are the exceptions.

TOMBOLA time again boys and girls

Garner always sides with the man in the hotseat then spends the next 90 mins scratching his head at what he's watching.

14 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

I suspect that when Mowbray went to Pune, post relegation, and got himself a new contract on the back of the relegation, the early seeds were sown re the STC sale and the need to recruit Maggott and Penus to see it through.

Back then Mowbray was quite publicly anti-Academy.

Nothing to do with football got him this lifetime gig.

The Vs have once again NOT been conned.

They head the scam.

Mowbray and the other scumbags will all be here next season, regardless of what happens in the remainder of this season, to continue in their real job.

May they all rot in the Hell that awaits them.

It wouldn't surprise me if a plan B was pitched to them to raise funds at that time.  And Tony just happened to know the right people for that plan but Vs tipped up a few quid and we got back up.

Covid however and the Dack sale being scuppered by injury, along with the phone not ringing for Armstrong with enough 00's has firmly put it back in the pipeline.

Non of them will have the bottle or interest to get involved.

Think this another rare one where their style might suit ours a bit better.

Rovers   2   Bournemouth 0

Mowbray to be commissioned a new even bigger flag - The Dead Rubber King

To a large number of young fans who haven't really had many heroes Mowbray became one.  Now judging by a lot of recent comments the tide has turned but it's all part of their football education.

Being let down and realizing you were backing the wrong horse is a steep learning curve. And of course in todays silly SM lead world any staunch criticism is met by a hail of faux offence.

They need to wake up and decide do they just want the best for uncle Tony and his bank balance - or do they want a team of winners and a club with serious intentions ?

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Good job for Evans he slipped through the net before the data came in then.

Also what use is data when 50% of your business entails going round with the begging bowl at the end of the transfer window seeing what remaining crumbs you can hoover up on the cheap off the Premier League Loan table?

Thing is with Evans his stats have probably always been good that's why he's remained where he is.  He should have been out of Ewood years ago imo but for what he does he's actually quite good at it.

Going nowhere football taking no responsibility with the ball is Evans forte in blue & white. The number of times he touches the ball will be high, the tidy little sideways short passes and receiving will be high, interceptions ( picking loose balls ) or roll out from the keeper, high.  3 tackles per game, wins 1.5, average.

He is a prime example of how stats can mislead but lame arse managers can justify these players inclusion and contracts.

10 hours ago, JoeH said:

Always agreed with that. It helps whittle down and is to be used in tandem with the thoughts and feelings of people who should know a footballer when they see one.

Yes the number of deadweights we've signed in the last 10 years, i'd like to think a stats based approach would have kept a good few of them from a contract.

If it spells the end of ageing mercenaries eeking out last contracts due to old pals acts it can't be a bad thing.  They'll just have to drop down the leagues and take big pay cuts like lads who haven't made the grade if they want to carry on.

Just now, SuperBrfc said:

I bet they can't believe their luck. They will never have it this 'good' ever again at any other club and they know it. No pressure, no questions, throw a bit of flannel Balaji's way about needing to build the club up, the need to invest in drones and databases, come across like football experts, job's a good 'un. 

Balaji and co have been had for 10 years and counting and still can't see it. I fully expect a HSH crap fest to hit the club in the summer as we will be desperate for new signings to come in. I cannot wait for the day the club is free of all of these chancers, it feels like a long way away though, unfortunately.

All this talk of building football clubs and journeys is all about their own project. And that project isn't promotion it's about moulding this club the way they want it.  And what is within their capabilities.

Yes, they won the lottery when they landed this gig and deliver the bounce back promotion.  Venkys like the club to be run like one of their franchises that's what the Kean/Anderson & co regime was all about.

Well we have another little cartel in situ now!

I think all they need to really cement their position is one big player sale or this land sale money. One big influx of cash to restore the faith and cover for the 12 million they've blown down the pan.

Signing players from data stats might be a safety net against landing yourself with lazy gits. Or players who can't pass 3 yards with either foot, it doesn't though tell you if they'll gel with your others to make a fluid effective team.

That's where the scouts eyes and the managers nous comes in and that'll never change. 

Dumb the club down into their own little operation carrying their mates and mates players.  All whilst bills are paid by the wealthy foreign conglomerate. 

The further they move away from promotion talk and big spending the easier it is. Nice little set up in the middle of the championship plodding along and keeping people in jobs.

Seems the void is being exploited yet again.

3 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Must be something in him that wants to show he's a purist, even though he was a bread and butter centre half. Which there is absolutely nothing wrong with being

Very good documentary. Sad at times, but beautiful. That was the golden age of Irish football really. The long ball game, put em under pressure. They could play other ways too, but that was effective at the time.

Most players were at the top English clubs then. Paul McGrath, David O'Leary, Mick McCarthy and Kevin Moran were the centre halves at the time. McGrath and O'Leary could play, but the other 2 were the no nonsense guys. Jack's a legend. I read something in a book, I think Inverting the pyramid, about how he brought his style from Boro. The long ball percentage game. You get it long, try and win the first ball, but absolutely must win the second breaking ball. It really suited the players Ireland had at the time. He kept it simple. 

 

McGrath and O'Leary were hard as nails but both could play a bit as well. Perfect defenders for that era.

McGrath would've been a worldie had he not had such bad knees and bad habits.

Mad really how a small island turned out so many top international center halves for a period.

3 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I think they saw what happened with Dack on the eve of his alleged money spinning move and they don’t want the same thing happening with Armstrong.

Think they are trying to strike a balance between keeping him fit and in the shop window versus not risking him too much. 

Sickening really when he's getting 15 grand a week to play for us but that's how football works. Shithouse industry.

44 minutes ago, Ulrich said:

When we're allowed back in and the cameras are on the flag, someone should spark a match.

They wave this huge flag of his boat race like he's some sort of Shankly style great leader or figurehead. Then he comes out and hides slumped way up in the seats as far from the touchline he can get without going into the stands.

You really couldn't make it up.

If he's saying he's a director but he isn't surely that's a bit naughty.