1) Mowbray is the sort of guy you expect to be telling the truth. 2) Given what has been said to detract from Rodwell in the past, those comments are perfect demon killers so 3) Very smart psychology to phrase it that way.

Sheer physicality of Rotherham's team of man mountain's means this is no game for Brereton to build his confidence in. I normally back the lad but the kindest thing today is keep him in the u-23 squad.

Fully expect Rotherham to be completely fired up for this one. Big test for Mowbray to make sure our mindset is right. No reason otherwise for not winning this one.

All that matters is he is gone!

Really enjoyed hearing that- thank you.

Leeds v West Brom a crunchy one this evening.

Rotherham are big brutes so we need to be agile and quick for this one. Also probably owe us a beating for us losing at Reading.. As has been pointed out, they have drawn the last five. We should end that sequence for them by winning there but I suspect we will end it the wrong way. If Chapman is anywhere near fit, put him on the bench. I would not have Brereton in the 18- he will get bullied in this one.

A book published in 1912 written by a John Lingard (not the 18th century chronicler of the Catholic Faith in England prior to emancipation) describes journey by tram around all the municipal systems of Lancashire and the distinct dialects and accents of each town. I remember one of those excruciating evenings when main board directors had dinner with graduate recruits a Shell being sat with a particularly full of himself individual. I had worked out he wasn't Leeds and wasn't Bradford as sussing out his accent was more interesting than what he was saying when suddenly he threw down the challenge to the sycophants: "I bet you can't work out where I come from from my accent". Before I knew I'd done it I said Pudsey. Cue one very crestfallen Shell Member of the Committee of Managing Directors trying to explain to the rest of the table where Pudsey, the town of his birth, is... This was before Pudsey Bear so nobody had ever heard of it- nor of Bradford... Leeds still had a football team in the early '80s.

This austerity impact is bound to have had an affect: 5 areas that have seen the biggest falls in spending since 2010 - Barnsley (-40%) Liverpool (-32%) Doncaster (-31%) Wakefield (-30%) Blackburn (-27%) British average -14.3%.

Connor Mahoney scored one made one for Brum

Been introduced to the delights of Chinese White Tea- delicious. I love Green Tea but have to be careful where I drink it because of the diuretic effect... Earl Grey with a tiny drop of milk from time to time is very pleasant. A good Assam is a cup of wonderful taste. Herbal teas always smell much better than they taste.. says he with a mug of Yogi lemon and ginger on his desk.

I expect to see a few signings but for me a couple of hugely commanding defenders are what we are missing. If we could have stopped conceding late goals we would be 18 points better off and in an automatic promotion slot.

Looking forwards to printing the result coming in.

Points deduction 6 March- they might avoid it because the club is not bust... https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17441803.efl-eyes-swift-resolution-to-blackpool-points-deduction-issue/

If Bolton can win at Brum.. No idea- equal odds on a win, draw or defeat my reckoning. For 70 minutes we had this lot on toast at Ewood.

Answering a couple of points on this thread> - do the owners want us to progress to a higher level? we don't know given the lack of communication- we can assume so based on logical deduction but the whole of 2010-2017 defied logical deduction - did Mowbray sign Brereton? yes but probably within a spec which read "funds will be released for signing an English youth international level forward who won't break our wage structure."

Crete is fabulous as a place to visit.

Crete is the dodgy end of Greece and that is saying something.

I always said that after the desperately needed and desperately hard to ignite campaign to get Kean out, Rovers fans would go to the opposite extreme and get trigger happy about firing bosses. Sure I am not happy with the last four games just as I was happy about the four before. The idea of firing Mowbray now is just bonkers.

Bell, Nyambe and Travis brought energy to the team. Raya outstanding, Mulgrew unusually fragile. Every Rovers player in the first half was losing their personal battles. On that showing, Obi Mikel is an inspired signing for Boro and they are serious contenders for automatic promotion with their game in hand over the top two. Certainly showed how to close a game out when leading by a single goal. (hint, hint)

Get a grip.

Rovers second best all over the park but from 35th minute began to have some self-belief until the sending off which was excessively harsh. Rot started from three horror giveaways by Reed in first 5 and we were totally over powered for the next 30. Will be fortunate for this not to be a heavy defeat.

Do we know if Boro coming down today? Hear there is a bit of flu about.

Just as I felt we could lose at Reading, Boro are capable of losing this one...