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Yet you had no problem with either yourself or others slagging off Ainsworth on the basis of his appearance.

I'd like to know what he means by "finish the job". Take us down to League 1 like he did originally? (Yes yes I know it wasn't all his fault)

About his level. And he'd be nearer his family. A match made in heaven.

Even twelve months would be twelve months too long for me. I would rather see ANYONE (that hasn't already been here and failed that is) get the gig than Mowbray. Reason being, we know for a fact Mowbray is a failure. With a new appointment, no matter how unpromising it may look on paper (I.e. Woodgate) there is always that tiny 1% chance they may confound us and exceed all expectations no matter how unlikely it might seem.

So IF (long way off) they make a top class appointment and provide in your words "significant funding" that's somehow a machiavellian plot to stifle any progression? Does not compute.

I've no idea why people complain about people complaining about a lack of enthusiasm when the results aren't good enough in the first place!

That would be Chaddy's wet dream. Farke AND a Director of Football!

Fully agree. It's virtually impossible to succeed without a really good manager and very difficult to succeed if you haven't got good people behind the scenes.

Fully agree on para 3.

I find it incredible how some fans now are seemingly happy to see us do badly and don't seem that bothered whether we will, lose or draw or go on record bad runs etc etc. I clearly remember in Bob Saxton's day a section of the Blackburn End storming the normally sedate Nuttal St Stand enclosure sending Messrs. Fox and Bancroft scurrying for the sanctuary of the Boardroom!. Funny wasn't the word for it.

I really really hope you're right on the Farke front. IF he is appointed would you agree that would represent a fairly significant step forward as regards their ownership given he's the best we could realistically get? What though do you Make of Mowbray saying "He'd wait and see what they had to say" in a phone call sometime over the next week. That doesn't sound like a man who wants to leave to me.

Oops good point!

Or maybe it's simply because they have never appointed a genuinely tip class manager?

Sorry Chaddy. I meant your source that he'd only come back to us because a move had broken down.

He was a driver/chauffeur for them as well in a previous incarnation seemingly.

Tony, what if the Club and Mowbray had previously agreed his situation would be discussed at the end of the playing season? (Whenever that was). Secondly, as a point of order I have never tried to convince people that the owners are any different to when they walked in the door. All I did was report that other people were told some time ago about extremely promising changes in general were in the offing, which,if they had happened, would have possibly indicated a shift in the owners attitude. I said a few weeks ago I personally couldn't see much evidence of those changes being put into effect (apart from the community work) Nevertheless the people in question are still trying their best and if some posters on here knew the lengths they were going to (even as we speak) to try and help the Club they would hang their head in shame. Whether the Club accepts or acts on this offer of help and assistance is a different matter entirely of course. You can take a horse to water and all that. However the help support and assistance is there if they want it.

What were you saying earlier about "reading between the lines"? Instead of simply confirming he's off he's said he'll wait and see what the owners have to say and whilst it wouldnt be his first choice, it might be nice being a DOF. Seems a fairly clear "I would like a new deal as manager. Failing that I would consider a role as DOF".

The hyperbole is necessary because he's been THAT bad a manager. - Just finished with 17 points from 19 games to avoid getting in the play offs. - Another record breaking run last season (for the wrong reasons) - 2 very disappointing seasons before that and various death spirals. Yet some people still seem to think he's all right. I just don't get it. It's like they support Tony Mowbray and not the Club.

And the answer is........(drumroll) Tony Mowbray! I'll see if I can get them to offer you a new deal!

It' would hardly be a case of the Club hiring a manager JH didn't rate from scratch and JH not giving him a chance though would it? It would be a case of giving a manager who has already been an abject failure over a number of seasons an extended dea for no good reason. I'd be in the same boat. Even if he gets a cushy well paid job as DOF that he seems to be favouring in that interview. Whilst someone else might be in the hotseat we know who'd be calling the shots. And what about his comments that indicate as DOF he wouldn't mind losing particularly as long as he wasn't the one getting the stick for it! The man is utterly shameless.

Holy shit. Sounds like they're going to beg him to stay. He's playing them like an absolute fiddle. New contract, nice pay rise - Happy Days. Edit: "I'll see what they have to say" Why would he do that if he'd made his mind up he was leaving?

Couldn't defend that at all if it happened but it would prove Mowbray is a lying scumbag, happily agreeing to a new deal after his comments last week and consistently moaning about being away from his family season after season. If that happened that would be it for me. You couldn't defend the owners any longer and they and Mowbray would fully deserve each other.

You're just being Gav style argumentative for the sake of it now. He made his announcement before the Bournemouth game at which point we still had a mathematical choice of going up. Say we had somehow scraped into the play offs and then gone up. Most people would have been wanting him given a new deal in that instance and Gav would have been lobbying for his status outside the ground again and saying what a disgrace it was we'd previously announced we were letting him go.

"Idols in Pune" Lol. As soon as Mowbray started playing the violin last week, they should have thought "Thank goodness for that, you've saved us a job" and straightaway issued the standard leaving statement. The fact that no statement has subsequently been subdequently forthcoming is an absolute farce but that will be nothing compared to if he ends up staying.

You're going to look rather silly if he ends up agreeing a new contract. There's only one logical explanation why there hasn't been a statement from the Club on the matter, they weren't expecting his comments last week and they either want him to stay or hadn't made their mind up.