5.5 from me. The way he has handed out lengthy contracts to average, older and simply not good enough players has cost this club a fortune. I also believe that his over thinking and over complicating tactics has cost us a lot of points but I will counter that with some games where his in play decisions have gained us points but the deficit of points lost is far greater. However by far his biggest failing is not bringing in the right type of player in January when we were second in the league and will not, in my opinion get a better chance to get automatic promotion. Two of three players of the right ilk would have got us over the line but in his infinite way he didn't think so. The promotion he took us too gets him some credit but in all honesty with the players at his disposal for that level of was fully expected. Mowbrays time will generally be remembered by me as better that the likes of Ince, Kean and Coyle but way short of the likes of Don Mackay, Bob Saxton and Jim Smith.

Lenihan's injury will give Mowbray another excuse to take to India in the summer in his quest for a new deal.

'Coffee house ball jugglers' - brilliant 😂😂😂 His first club was Girton Road Gasworks. Sounds like something from Alf Tupper in The Tough of the Track.

Steve Cooper is no longer with them.

I thought Dack looked fitter and sharper last night that he has in any game since he came back. He tired, understandably, towards the end but out in a real shift quite often picking the ball up deep and getting us on the front foot. It will be a while yet before we see anything like the Dack we want but I think his comeback has been managed well so far.

For me he started with a back four with Lenihan at right back. And then ahead of them it was three in the middle and three up front.

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/mowbray-explains-new-challenges-young-23443918 Mowbray having a go at the players mentality. This is a bloke who sulked his way through the second half against Derby because a few players told him he had got his tactics and set up wrong (which is universally acknowledged that he did). I wonder how these young players viewed our leader doing that?

I'm convinced if he gets on that plane to India he'll come back with a new contract. These wretched owners won't sack him face to face. When Kean got us relegated from the PL he went to India in the summer and came back with an improved deal. They are a cowardly bunch.

Another hugely disappointing game for us all and worryingly (in light of the Bristol City defeat) against a really like side extremely low on confidence. I wasn't comfortable with the selection of a back four despite the comeback against Derby. The excellent run we went on was with a back three/five and suits our players and the ability to counter attack. After Mowbrays strop on Tuesday he was omnipresent in the technical area today but might as well have been sat down. I noted several times when he wandered about with his head in his hands after a mistake by a Rovers player. There seems to be a malaise going on that Mowbray can't fix despite all his bluff and bluster. He can blame individual errors for ever but solely from a results perspective the buck stops with him. I'm dreading another three years of him.

What a terrific game of football which turned on the sending off of Jiminez. Even at that point I don't think anyone foresaw what was coming as Leeds showed great character. And for us Rovers fans it couldn't have been any better. I could almost hear those Benedictine glasses smashing from Darwen 😂😂😂

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60780404 A nice gesture from the Nobbers.

I think we can nick this with the right formation and square pegs in the right holes. For anybody who hasn't been before it's a soulless place, probably the worst of the new grounds primarily for the lack of amenities around the place. Parking isn't great neither and last time we were able to go the standard charge for parking was £10. Paul Ince - enough said.

I firmly believe that Mowbrays ego was pricked last night. The fact he got it badly wrong in the first half, the crowd chanting for him to sort it out, the alleged player revolt and the fact he sulked his way through the second half were all indicators to me that he had a cob on. His second half no show was almost childish.

One incident summed up Mowbrays nonsensical first half tactics. For forty five minutes there was no press at all, the Derby keeper and central defenders had plenty of the ball, lots of touches and time to pick a pass. Within minutes of the second half starting Gallagher steamed at their keeper, frightened him to death and won a corner. That gave everyone a lift, the crowd became vociferous and gave the players a sense of purpose. I honestly believe that was the catalyst for us going on to win.

His body language here is shocking. I would really like him to admit he got it badly wrong in the first half, I would have more respect for him if he did.

The objective of any match is to win and that feeling eclipses anything else and hopefully we can get a win on Saturday, reset during the break and come back with a fit and healthy squad for the run in. The specifics of tonights game are a real worry for me though. Why on earth Mowbray thought Johnson could play this ridiculous false nine role is beyond me. He hung Johnson out to dry in my book. Derby took advantage of the lack of a press and played through us at will and deservedly went in at half time one up. We simply stood off them and sat in far too deep for my liking. The lack of intensity was worrying. Mowbray is his own worst enemy with his bird brained ideas which just don't suit us. He over thinks and consequently comes up with nonsense decisions. The changes had to come and even then something didn't sit right as Dack and Gallagher went in just before the interval ended and Derby and the officials were out for some time before we emerged. The impact of the changes and playing further forward had an immediate effect as Gallagher closed down their keeper which didn't happen once in the first half. From my vantage point the technical areas are in my eyeline all the time and Mowbray wasn't seen until the last minute of stoppage time when he spoke to Rooney and Rosenior. There was something really odd about that and the way the half time substitutions came about. Anyway as I said the most important thing was the win.

It couldn't be simpler really. We have to score.

And it sounds like that pillock Jim 'Venkys we're coming for you' White get put in his place too.

Their arrogance is astounding. The statement from Middlesbrough is the perfect riposte. https://news.sky.com/story/chelsea-ask-for-fa-cup-game-to-be-played-behind-closed-doors-as-club-not-allowed-to-sell-tickets-12566765

I remember Souness describing Rovers as 'a proper football club' in an interview. That made me feel so proud of my club and everybody knew exactly what he meant. Now, after a decade of being dragged through the mire by errant owners we are so far removed from that.

Whenever Ayala has played he has been decent but you can't build stability around a player like this. So then the question has to be asked why on earth he got a three year deal? I'm guessing he is one of our top paid players too.

The difference between them losing key players and us losing them is that the Forest manager can have his team play a different system to compensate for this. They lost Joe Worrall recently with broken ribs but it didn't really affect them. We lose Brereton and the season goes belly up.

You have missed the point. He is better now than he was with us and that really has be down to coaching. To satisfy your point I'll say he's less shit now than he was with us.

Luton and Amari Bell above Rovers in the Championship - who would have thought it. The little shit of a manager and his coaching staff have got more out of Bell in six months than Mowbray and his cabal did in three years. 'Nuff said.

That, tied into the record home defeat is embedded into the history books. And all on Tony 'give us a wave' Mowbrays watch.