Such is the reliance on these kids now though because of Dacks absence, Rothwell on the settee and the money wasted on we know who. It's no wonder they soon fade away.

The most frustrating manager in Rovers modern history for me, many good points but his blind spots are insane. Aside from having a dodgy back line his entire tenure the team as a whole has never had any balance. Certainly not for more than a few games at a time when he actually finds one, he can't wait to change it up again. That's why it's a bit misguided when fans say we have such a body out and so many to come back. True but as others have said a fully fit squad even in non covid times just means more rotation and constant tinkering with this fella is written in his dna like the middle of a stick of rock.

Does it really matter though ? An arsehole is an arsehole when it's somebody else's. When it's your own you tend to think it's alright. We aren't having cups of tea with the manager.

All I want to hear is Mr Balaji or Mrs D or preferably the whole clan have made a conference call to TM and Waggot. "Hey guys thanks for your hard work but we are concerned about losing this many already. We know the circumstances but we feel we've given you adequate backing and support to cope with this. Please put on record we are not happy with the way it's going and feel it's only fair to expect improvement in the coming weeks " Some bloody culpability and the odd kick up the backside.

You can't get a decent cup of filte coffee anywhere these days though. Damian looks like a latte man to me

We have a squad with depth now and a lot of the newbies according to the manager himself wouldn't have been expected to play anyway until they'd bedded in. THe team turned out are good enough to get some sort of results otherwise what is the point of them. The excuses that people are willing to suck up time after time now are getting farcical.

Probably just another one on a great little number at Ewood. Isn't most of his job now watching vids and dealing one on one with players ? No responsibility there.

Not that it'll be happening but if it did it's a real difficult time to change a manager given the circumstances. Would probably have to be just promote Johnson although the way its going and with players in and out we could end up staring the drop in the face. Not sure he's the man for fighting that type of fire. Might be best to just limp along and let him get us midtable again then finally for gods sake make a change. Otherwise the hamster wheel goes on and on. The big chance has been missed this season with the odd situation making the league there for the taking. However he's done his sales job on us and them again and again all signs are pointing to his muddled logic keeping us firmly in the middle pack.

Him and a few others have been lying low after their arrogance made complete fools of themselves following the last victory. Absolute flakes.

This will finish 1 - 3 I reckon. The excuses will be long and varied today. And totally absolving of the manager of course.

Something tells me it's not only the manager who speaks to India through the TV

I don't he can be called an awful manager in the same breath as linking him back here, given the truly awful ones we've mostly had. Fact is he was just the right fit at the right time. Like Souness was before him before his shelf life expired. Mowbray has been similar but more in an off pitch way than on it. We are now where we were again when we got Souness in and Hughes and Sam. Change desperately needed to drive it forward rather than just fight fires. I'd give Hughes another go tomorrow.

Just what the hell do these lot do on the training field in terms of defense ? It's basic stuff every time it's pathetic now. And looking at a defence with 3 out of a back four still who've struggled for years is again pathetic. The defensive pool needed a complete and utter overhaul. That means getting fucking rid of the weak links instead of just saying oh it's ok they'll be good back up. Doesn't happen in Mowbray world it's an old pals club.

The defence still resembles the one that's struggled for Mowbrays entire reign and now we have yet another rookie in the goal. The 2nd keeper spot looks weaker than when Lutweiler was here i hope the judgement in another jobs for a mate comes good. Teams been written off already so this is just the type of game we'll win now hopefully.

Connery RIP Moore Craig The rest are irrelevant when it comes to Bond.

David Hayes WWF style advertising campaign has won you over then ? Talks more twaddle than TM on a bad day.

Depends what form a full lockdown takes on this time i suppose.

Seems Mowbray is so blind to it he's now rating the cock ups out of 10. Del's was a 5 he just misjudged it but Barry's was only a 3 because it clipped his heel.

Isolating because they 'might' have come into contact with someone who's had it or symptoms ? Can't run football like this for a season it's farcical, nearly as farcical as the real world. Speaking of that you'd think they'd lockdown certain clubs who have a few tested positive or showing symptoms. Lockdown 2 on its way soon guaranteed. This season will turn into a pantomime way before it ends.....about next December.

Championship is a mad place but there's certainly some entertainment on offer so far this season.

If it wasn't for those pesky kids making their mistakes i'd be top of the league, no idea why people blame me i'm only the manager.

Isn't that pretty much what i said though ? It is straightforwards until he gets hold of it then it gets turned upside down. He did the same with Samuel and yes Antonsen but it worked to decent effect in league 1. To still be trying it years later a league above when it rarely works is stubborn at best and naive at worst. So the only conclussion to be drawn is it's just for the sake of getting your 5 million pound high wage earner involved regularly.

The issue is the scrapping of the mandatory twice a week testing, why in gods name has that happened ? Apart from the usual penny pinching and EFL incompetence of course but how can they or us actually moan when there's only half arsed regulations ?

The right sided forward role is Mowbrays 'keep em involved' position. At times he's had a case to stick people there because there hasn't been a lot of options. There are several now so like the persistence of plonking Evans back in every opportunity to just sit there and hope it works this one also needs chucking in the bin. Gally on up front or not at all, then hold your hands up when questioned on it by fans, media or Pune and say well i may have backed the wrong horse there ! Never going to happen of course so on we plod, shrugging our shoulders as we go.

Eh ? If you want promotion then it's not the time to be experimenting with rookie keepers. Didn't the Raya and Walton experiences add to that opinion ? The new keeper comes in being older and more experienced albeit in a different league but he looks steadier so far than the pair of them. They were highly rated rookies at that but the two new ones are what you'd probably best describe as cheap back up. We want quality fighting it out all over the park so why not in the goals is it so outrageous to expect a solid back up keeper ? I don't really care a jot about players feelings either.