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Pretty damning comments about Mowbray there. Looks like he'll be another one who'll be gutted if he stays.

It was allegedly common knowledge within the Club he was gone at the end of the campaign well before the end of last season. The team performed (or rather didn't perform) accordingly and Mowbray stropped accordingly. Something seemingly went wrong with the target or targets they were after then and here Mowbray still is. We also had the scenario a few years ago where Warnock was more or less done and dusted then the representatives of Coyle steamed in with a much cheaper offer and we know how that panned out. I have little doubt that Mowbray is primarily angling for a new deal or if one is still not forthcoming, at worst he's trying to stage manage the situation and make it look like he jumped rather than being pushed. Given what has happened previously though and given the Club's previous record and their inexplicable reluctance to confirm Mowbray's departure now, I won't be celebrating until he's physically out of the building.

I think that's fairly spot on. I can't see why either party would have wanted to discuss Mowbray's situation until our fate was confirmed. However once Mowbray had his little outburst before the Bournemouth game I thought "Well if they want him to go they'll have to issue the bog standard statement now." Nothing was forthcoming and I thought "Hopefully it's because of Bank Holiday weekend". Unfortunately however nothing whatsoever has happened after that so the only logical conclusion to be drawn is that either he caught them on the hop by steaming in first in public on the issue and they either haven't a clue what to do next,or, are still hopeful of persuading him to stay. Mowbray has always left plenty of room for ambiguity as well with everything he's said so I don't think he's anywhere near as set on departing as for example chaddy makes out. (No offence chaddy). All that said I hope beyond hope I'm completely wrong and Glen is spot on and Farke will be confirmed in a few days. Can't see it as things stand though sadly.

He let the cat out of the bag about him not giving a shit when he said "We're not going to get disappointed about drawing at home to Blackpool" or similar. A proper manager who gave a toss would have been devastated/incandescent in equal measure at the run of form in general and that performance in particular.

Give over. How many games has he genuinely missed this season due to injury and not Mowbray thinking he's Pep Guardiola? Picked up one nasty injury in a challenge that could have happened to anyone. Was available again sooner than expected. Other than that relatively injury free this season

Great Post. Mowbray chose not to bring in a back up striker by his own admission - the inevitable happened and BBD got injured - the tinkerman returned and started playing people in positions they were not comfortable with and the players seemingly lost belief in what they were doing.

" Couple of surprise additions" on there as well. Lol. Am I right in thinking people actually now pay him for that shite?

I agree with roversfan99 on this, we don't even have a vacancy until the Club announce he is going. I hope Mowbray will reimburse anyone who has placed bets on the next manager market should he agree a new deal this week having previously insisted on several occasions he will be leaving. Almost definitely, well probably, well I'll wait and see what they have to say. Never say never.

Looks like Nixon is talking through his backside as per. How can we have compiled a shortlist of 6 if we haven't decided what type of coach/manager we want. ?

Also had the cushion of a potential BBD sale in the summer.

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A statement which way? Does Sharpe still think he's leaving then? Edit: Will be Aldi Champagne for me if it's announced. Might even stretch to a second bottle.

Pretty sure that that was rumoured to be another wealthy Indian chap who was connected to cricket in some way. There's nothing whatsoever to suggest the Issa brothers have any interest in the Club.

As Norwich Leeds and Watford were in a higher division than us season just gone..... No!

Well, whether by luck or by design, thank god he was kept in the dark in January, otherwise, he'd now be sat happily on the balance of a new deal with no-one, (not even yourself by your own admission) wanting him to stay! I don't know what it is you're complaining about, you're arguing against yourself.

Bit of a stretch to describe 15th as "mid-table".

They have been (and continue to be) led a merry dance by various charlatans imo (The bringing in of John Park for example, good grief) and of course if they're not keeping a close enough eye on what's going on on the ground then of course the buck stops with them. All I would say is that the financial contribution combined with the apparent determination not to sell us any time soon indicates am element of good faith on their part as opposed to being malicious. I just don't think we're top of their list of priorities in terms of their overall business empire unfortunately. Will that improve or change going forward, who knows? It's not looking like it just yet despite promises to the contrary 12 months ago. However a stellar managerial appointment would be a major step forward and might indicate the start of a shift in attitude.

I don't know anything about Cocu's background but you might be right. Not sure there's any real evidence he's in line for the job here bit that might only be down to the fact he's not with the right agency. It would be just as bad for me if we end up with another HSH dud ( of which Mowbray is one).

I'm not sure why you're on one with me just recently. I've never pretended their record as owners has been good. I merely note that they have made and continue to make a massive financial contribution to the Club. To which Im sure you would say - "It's the least they can do it's entirely self inflicted" to which I'd agree BUT in an ideal world the best way forward would still be to combine their financial clout with a top class manager and competent personnel running the Club behind the scenes. If they continue to refuse to do that (I.e. by re-hiring Mowbray and retaining Waggott) then it doesn't matter how much money they plough in, it will continue to go to waste.

Not sure exactly what point you're trying to make there? if he gets a new deal, to coin one of Gav's favourite phrases it will mark a new low in their period of ownership for me

Just looked it up 2013/14, 8th with 70 points from 46 games. Only 2 points behind Brighton in 6th. They've been on a somewhat different "journey" to us since then. They've found their way onto the motorway whilst we're stumbling down a dead end country lane like a man in a blindfold. Still, "slow builds" are best, eh?

The arrogance of the man is utterly breathtaking. By February we needed to produce relegation form.in the second half of the season to somehow avoid the play offs and he duly obliged. That proves beyond a shadow of a doubt it was the correct move NOT to dive in with both feet at Christmas and offer him a new deal. Yet he's got the bloody nerve to moan about. it. The owners will probably be naive, gullible and stupid enough to give him a new contract on improved terms now anyway after he's played them like a fiddle in the press over the last ten days with his "woe is me" routine but that's a separate issue.

On the plus side I don't believe there is any sell on clause in Brereton's contract. On the downside, given he currently only has 12 months to go (at best) our hand may be forced.

Be about Tuesday when Venkys ring Mowbray.

Only took over at Wednesday on 1st of March 2021 and was unable to stop them from going down but I'm sure you knew that. Wonder who else that sounds like? Don't recall you blaming him for that here!