arbitro

I too think we will have enough to stay up but the thought of being in a scrap worries me. The real fear for me is next season when we will have a squad of which half could be new players whilst still stuck with the likes of Ayala. That could really be a relegation fight from day one. I'm sure in my own mind though that Mowbray will still be the head honcho.

He played in a league game for their under 23 team. My understanding is that you can't be registered for two clubs unless it's a loan deal.

I didn't think you can play for another club whilst under contract, even as a trialist. We can't loan him out either as the window is closed. The only option I believe is terminating his deal.

He played for their under 23's on Monday against West Brom. He was named on the official team sheet but down as 'trialist' on the PL website. A friend was at the game and said he played well. For him to be having a trial elsewhere we must have cancelled his contract and paid him up.

eWe are just so easy to play against and since our early season flurry (albeit against teams out of form and with ten men) it seems that teams are generally happy to let us have the ball in our own half but squeeze us as soon as we advance forward. We haven't really got anyone in defensive or midfield positions who can accurately pass the ball over any distance which invariably means safe, easy and short passing which just doesn't hurt any teams. Our offensive set pieces are poor. It just doesn't look like any work on them. Two corners yesterday ended up back in our own half.

This deal was done two weeks ago but Rovers said it wasn't to be announced straight away. My suspicion is that we tore his contract up and as a free agent he could sign for LA and join them for pre season. It's a strange way of doing business but then not much should surprise us any more.

Well....... Mowbray had a dream To build a football team Had lots of money but he blew most of it on crap No one at the back Still shit in attack We Blackburn Rovers We're on our way down.

I honestly think that some fans really believe that any criticism of the club by them is almost being disloyal and therefore pretty much defend anything or in some cases don't offer an opinion. Thinking back to the protest times many fans were critical and sometimes aggressive towards those protesting and I really think that some of the fans you are referring to fell into that category.

Kudos to you for coming on here and putting your opinion forward. I'd like to ask you what confidence you have in Mowbray when tactically we have been poor this season aside from the early part. Also bizarre team selection and set up gives me no confidence in him going forward - are you happy with them aspects of his management? Sentiment has no room in professional sport and many who want him to be given more time point to a promotion from League One s a reason to give him longer. With a budget which eclipsed all the others he should have got us up. You actually mentioned the budgets of several Championship teams as an argument to justify our mid table position so to praise Mowbray for getting us up with a huge budget is hollow in my view - it was expected. Waggott said last week that if you stand still in football you fall behind but yet he and others are happy to stick with a manager who has us treading water and in performance terms have been mediocre.

The two are intrinsically linked. We can see with our own eyes what he does during a match but his commenis continually during the week and post match give us an insight into his mindset and thoughts. If we were winning games I could stomach his comments but with the drivel he is coming out with it gives fans another stick to beat him with.

He says fans have been critical of some young players but he has publicly called out several of them for the world and his wife to read. He also says he doesn't read papers or social media but is aware of fans being critical of him. And he has finally put the 'humble Tony' theory to bed with his latest inane drivel.

I didn't hear any mention of the cash relating to the sale as if he was deliberately avoiding the subject. It's just a charm offensive in my view after the extensive criticism he and the others have had this week. I don't believe he would have gone public at all until it was a done deal had the news not broke last weekend. Anybody notice his dry mouth when he was talking.

And your first sentence is my point about a new manager coming in. He needs time to assess and plan so now is the time. Summer is too late.

We might as well keep Mowbray as give the job to a coach for the rest of the season. If (big if) he gets the boot a new manager has to assess the squad, sort out contracts, plan pre season and target new signings. Time is really of the essence here.

It is. The website I saw had him as three and corrected it later.

Dan Pike has number three as his squad number which was Derrick Williams' number. I posted a while ago that he has left but for some bizarre reason the club don't want to announce it.

I have seen Watford a few times even as recently as Friday and they try and play out from the back. It will be an eye opener for them walking out on that. It could be advantageous to us if Mowbray doesn't over complicate things. Plenty of balls over the top for Armstrong to chase would be the order of the day for me with a high press out of possession.

I would have thought so. It has been steady rather than the incessant heavy rain we saw before the Swansea game.

The Ewood swamp might be a bit of a leveller tonight after a day of rain.

I once heard a comedian say "Don't get married, just find a woman you don't like and buy her a house." 😁😁😁😁😁

It was Jack. I used to be so envious of them for having two regular goal scorers like them. They always seemed to score against us too.

He has, according to his agent suffered multiple leg injuries and is in surgery. He was cut from the wreckage by the Fire Brigade. SSN showed a picture of his car and it's A real mess.

I'm not sure Lenny. It looks like we were playing flying goalkeeper though 😁😁

John Waddington on the left and Faz on the right but who is the one in the middle? Smash and Grab playing for the Gas are also in the picture.