who was it then last time you were scaremongering ?

Why have you switched from threatening Jurdan Ali to Phil Brown ?

35-1 i'll say no more.

Point was up until he blew that money yes he was doing a good job even if it is frustrating at times with the way he operates. Trouble now is those buys and that money is defining him in reality it's probably an average job as our league position will show.

It really doesn't a plane ride halfway across the world to say here's a budget similar to last season as it's obvious that's what you'll need just to tread water again.

The one person i wouldn't sell would be Armstrong but he's likely to interest a few ambitious Championship sides. We don't know what'll happen with Dack but with Graham now almost done for i think Arma with or without Dack in the side might guarantee 10 goals a season. Lose him and really where are any goals coming from ? He's a match winnner, game changer type we have no others.

If we take away the two big money buys i think Mowbray has done a decent job of sorting Rovers out to be fair. The bigger picture says straight back from league 1, midtable consolidation and what should be higher placed finish this time. Several youth blooded and a couple of his buys worth a lot more that he paid for them. All that is in his plus column anybody looking at managers would say that's a reasonable return. Yes we know when it's analyzed in all its gory detail there's a lot more to it but anybody glancing in from the outside just sees that. Where its all fell down in the minus column is the two huge money by our standards signings and the fact he clearly hasn't got a scooby what he supposed to be doing with them. Added in we'll have to assemble a new back line again with no money shows that he really is floundering to actually build a side. If he'd started from the back like he should have done two years ago we'd probably still only be midtable again but the base for several seasons to come would be in place. For the first time under him i genuinely fear for next season.

The manager has to shoulder some responsibility for the missed chances imo. When you constantly buy wide right sided forwards with no real goal scoring pedigree you simply cannot be surprised when they spurn good chances. Good strikers do but they also sniff out goals and often take that one gilt edged chance that might fall for them in games. Poor strikers don't and there's a world of difference. We know TM has a weak spot when it comes to a proper defensive set up but it seems he's similar in the striker dept. If that was Graham, Armstrong or Dack missing them you moan but when it's Gallagher or Samuel or Brereton you cannot be in the least bit surprised. There's 3 there combined cost of about 12 million with barely a consistent scoring record between them they just aren't finishers or poachers. He should be trying to make at least one of them into a proper target man but he doesn't so putting your stock in them to win you games is misguided. It's poor management i'm sorry but he has to be called out on it, what we see from Samuel is just history repeating itself but he's obsessed with him for some unfathomable reason. What we see from Gallagher & brereton are two lads shot of confidence not helped in anyway by the constant messing around with their positions. No team who was 1 point off the play offs should be playing like they don't believe but this lot do.

I'd have thought you lived in Tony's basement. Mind you i suppose your head office is down south ?

Look at the hole in the finances this pandemic will have created and that's when we were sailing close to the wind anyway. Not sure just why anyone expects any transfer activity inwards at all there'll be a shortfall of about 3 million to cover from this lack of income. Even if they granted him the same budget as last season which would be generous given the circumstances any room in that will be making up this seasons losses. To carry on as we are it will need them writing off similar money to the crazier days of Shagnew etc. I'm with one or two others though and will say whatever the circumstances i'll find it very very hard to stomach if he hands out new deals to the likes of Samuel, Smallwood etc.

TM has this new possession based style in mind but he's forcing it on players who are neither good enough nor confident enough to apply it effectively. That's why we get caught out dawdling or asleep time and again it just doesn't suit what he has and what he's signed. No manager in their right mind would sign the likes of 6'4" Gallagher to play wide right forward in this system. You need a right sided Armstrong to balance it out and either a competent target man to spearhead it or a competent shoe in for Dack when you play that way. I think one of the reasons behind the Tosin signing was because he wanted a ball playing center half as back up. Yet it was negated from the off by letting go the keeper best suited to playing it out from the back so straight away it's being muddled up again. I don't think it's wide of the mark to say some of the best bits of football since Kean relegated us have come under Mowbray. In terms of swift countering and passing and pressing yet he completely shies away from it as our main style. Prefering a regular mix and match set up to accommodate his players and a dull insipid core style. Some of the most frustrating unbalanced stuff in the last 8 years has also being regularly foisted upon us and the team also. It's absolutely infuriating to get themselves in such a good position only to follow it up with the manner of tactics and performances we've seen over the last 3 games. To not just have a go at it when there is absolutely nothing to lose really doesn't send out a good message.

That's the main point for me as we know we aren't spectacular. We know we are missing the talisman but it's the approach to these games that gets the hackles up. In a good position nothing to lose just have a bloody go. Not this guy though not in his DNA unless his arse is on the line of course.

3 on the bounce. Perish the thought anyone might be angry.

The thing is sell Dack and Armstrong and he's covered it for them. That'll strength his hand even more with them.

To be honest despite the flop this season i still believe Gallagher and Brereton are both capable of better than they've shown. However under this manager i doubt they ever will because his handling and use of them has been abysmal. He's done great with Armstrong and Dack but the fact that one is quality and one actually has natural goal scoring ability really helped him on that level. If the owners don't want to write off most if not all of those investments - because that's the only reason they funded them - then they need a manager who has some nous how to use them.

Well brought up point there just why is the goalkeeping coach instructing outfield players ? Why does Mowbray put so much stock in the players sorting things themselves and why are there so many so called seniors so influential ? Mulgrew, Bennett, Smallwood, Graham seem to run the show at times if you listen to some of his interviews. Just what do Mowbray and Venus do ? Too many cooks might explain the hotch potch tactics, too many having an input no wonder it all looks so confusing. I'm beginning to think uncle Tony is a very weak manager.

In rebuilding the inside of the club it also means it's pretty much stitched up in the managers favour. Only India trumps his word and only India can trump him. Dangerous turf because it makes change without fallout very difficult. Football clubs in the main are and should always be structured in a way that allows big change within because the nature of the game makes it inevitable. Not here though they want a group of people running it like a franchise sponsored by them.

No Steve he doesn't.

Basically he's good at getting players in cheap for a league 1 job. If there was no pandemic and he got another budget that allowed room for a 5 million spend this summer i'm as sure as i can be he'd completely waste it again.

He and the team have treated these games like pre season friendlies after the first sprightly game back. We were ONE point off the play offs for crying out loud. Absolutely nothing to lose just have a go at it but no he has to have them bumbling along like rabbits in headlights. Yes lost to a good side today and some fighting for points but we are supposed to be fighting for a top 6 spot. If you can't motivate your team in such a good position and just go for it or go down fighting then sorry but what's the point ? Those who remember when we were last similar to what we are now will recall that under Don Mackay this is when we stepped up to the plate. Didn't make it through the play offs because we weren't strong enough the best 11 picked itself. I can cast iron guarantee that he'd have had this lot getting into the play offs are at least die trying. I can also guarantee that this fella taking over a Mackay side in similar situation would end up with us 12th. This lot now exist just to look after each other. ENOUGH !

What for 12 month extensions ? because that's the only reason he'd be calling them in. He must keep this group together it's so important they are all kept happy and in good wages. As we've seen recently !

I'll be amazed if Mowbray doesn't look after this lad.

Good old Arma this manager should only be allowed to sign forwards under 5'10"

They've already done something they sanctioned 12 million signings for this manager. They've already been burnt, again, by those signings.

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