A great scouse saying for somebody who is naive is 'as green as the grass'.

But please Tyrone Don't Stop Believin'. This could be Mowbrays mantra and ties in with his oft used word. https://m.youtube.com/watch/1k8craCGpgs

I have been reliably informed that he limped out of the warm up prior to training today with a calf injury. Without stating the bleeding obvious this lad clearly has issues and we have another two and a half seasons of this. It's appearing to be more of a panic signing with every injury given his record.

Skinners parallels were the order of the day along with, as you allude to Doc Martens (cherry red of course). AG-AGR-AGRO 😁😁😁😁😁😁

That's a great shout. It was bitterly cold, certainly the coldest have been watching Rovers but a few weeks earlier we were scheduled to play Gillingham away and the game was called off a few hours before. We were on the train to London when we heard and had a scheduled return so we scoured the games on in London and decided to go to Barnet v Wycombe. That was seriously cold and it was only on the train back that I got some feeling back in my extremeties. 😃😃😃

You've nailed it Jack.

It looks more like the old Wine Lodge bar to me Gav. I remember the contraptions on the front of the bar so help with an orderly queue. Hopefully somebody will remember for definite.

Are you referring to the original one? If so can you remember the street name? Edit: Just found this. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6041750.mystery-old-yatess-wine-lodge/

Wasn't that the new Wine Lodge which Gav said became the Blob Shop. Before that there was a different one which, if I remember correctly was demolished.

Is that not the original Wine Lodge? I don't remember the name of the street but it was round the corner from where M&S is now.

Great stuff Gav. So many forgotten memories.

Shocking journalism.

He sells himself well to the public and he has done it at every club he has been at. I can tell you that after refereeing his teams on at least a dozen occasions he is a nasty piece of work. Here is an example. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2304152/Neil-Warnock-wont-missed-referees--GRAHAM-POLL.html I had a conversation with another manager a few days after I did a game between him team and Warnocks. He told me he heard Warnock telling one of his players to break an opponents leg. He called Diouf a sewer rat and then signed him. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/neil-warnock-signs-sewer-rat-el-hadji-diouf-8034496.html Ternant has it right. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/jan/01/newsstory.sport4

I'm happy with the win today and I've always said substance over style for me any day if results depend on it. Although we were under the cosh we were quite resilient and in truth limited Boro to very few chances. There wasn't any real stand out performances but the team and work ethic were highlights for me. I have always said the secret to success in the Championship is clean sheets and for me that's were our focus should be in every game.

I had several rows with him over the years and I have to say I found him a nasty individual who invariably blamed me when his team had lost. In the same season he called me the best first year referee he had ever seen to the worst official on the list later in the season. Today's rant was typical of him and it's simply a deflection tactic designed to ease any criticism for losing. This is a man who called Diouf a sewer rat then signed him.

The Co-op was demolished many years ago Tyrone but when I was growing up there was a nightclub above it which had a few different names. I first remember it as Uncle Toms Cabin, then Tiffany's with an adjoining club called Nocturne. On the site of the old Co-op now stands a couple of charity shops, Savers, Iceland and Asda.

Mowbray is praising the owners (again - yawn) for allowing him to bring in Branthwaite. Nov I don't know for sure but I'd imagine we are picking up a percentage of the 18 year olds wages which in reality shouldn't be a fortune. And to mitigate some of that Carter has gone out on loan. For me it's all part of Mowbray's continuing ingratiation with the owners.

I suspect strongly he is retiring as the rumour has been rife for some time now. If there is pressure on Mowbray it has to be coming from within but I honestly think he still holds all the cards in respect of his future.

Do you think he'll walk or are you saying you think he'll be sacked? I have heard from two different people who work at Ewood that the word is Swag is retiring. His absence from Ewood and pretty much non attendance at games indicates to me that he has lost interest. Maybe Mowbray realises this and is getting his ducks in a row to help him keep his job.

I haven't listened to this because, quite simply he bores me with his twaddle. Mowbray has well and truly ingratiated himself on the owners who, like some Rovers fans buy his bluster and bull. If the rumour of Waggott retiring at the end of the season is true I think our only hope of Mowbray going is a new CEO who can see through the self preservation nonsense he comes out with. However I don't hold out too much hope and have resigned myself to the mediocrity Mowbray brings for as long as he wants to be here.

Mowbray will be like a dog with two dicks for this game. Live on Sky, one of Boro's favourite sons returning and he will regale bore anybody who can be bothered listening about how he used to sit on his dads shoulders to go to the game, John Hickton and the Holgate End sucking the ball into the goal yadda, yadda. I really don't think we will get anything here despite The Riverside being a good ground for using recent years. Warnock will have Mowbray on toast.

I see lots of potential in Buckley and I think he could be a top player. Unfortunately I don't think the coaching currently at Rovers will bring that out of him. A new manager and coach could make a huge difference to him and others.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11731/12192407/transfer-news-conor-hourihane-joins-swansea-on-loan-from-aston-villa-for-rest-of-the-season A really good signing for Swansea.

A local referee was called in so primarily it's his call. I always used to insist on the managers (if possible) being there so they could have a view and input but I don't think either manager was there this morning.

I really think they have jumped the gun here. Why there was a mid morning inspection doesn't make sense as Swansea are already here having travelled yesterday, no visiting fans to consider, no police charges and no food waste. Surely a decision could have been delayed until mid/late afternoon to give it a chance. Although the forecast is for heavy rain it's been dry in Darwen for the last hour and the clouds look like they are shifting. The amateurish way this has been handled sums up Rovers to me.