RevidgeBlue

Based on past results, unless we look to be in actual danger of going down, you'd have to say unlikely. The only straw I'm clutching desperately on to is that occasionally Venky's act out of the blue when you least expect it. In this instance I'm hoping it means Mowbray getting a long overdue bullet rather than him getting a new long term deal.

I think he's been really poor for quite a while but this has been masked somewhat by the fact that in some games where he has otherwise contributed absolutely nothing, he has popped up out of nowhere with a clever assist. If this is adequate for you then fair enough. He's a player who clearly has a lot of natural talent and in years to come may turn out to be a very good player. However I think he's miles short of being the world beater he is constantly hailed as and given the same amount of game time I'm not sure Dolan would have contributes any less.

Yet any request for extra funding, such as the loans for the latest 2 children or a £2m new pitch are met in the affirmative?

I think it's nonsense to suggest that the pressure to play these kids would have come from India. Mowbray will have been so desperate that he would have had to make assurances to the PL Clubs that they would all get a certain amount of game time. If he didn't then the PL Clubs quite simply wouldn't send them here and would send them where they would play regularly even if it was further down the pyramid. Of course loaning in players from PL Clubs be they youngsters or otherwise, simply to limp in mid table every season runs directly contrary to the tosh we are constantly fed about slow builds, long term plans or being on a journey. Unless said players are good enough to help us achieve promotion then we're just throwing dead money away and are left back in square one every summer. The only way to progress in the long term is to develop our own players, not those of other Clubs. I'll bet Everton are delighted with the fact that Braithwaite appears to be a nailed on starter, but City might be questioning the wisdom of their lad being shoehorned into a struggling side out of position for a cameo appearance to make up his agreed minutes every week.

Attempting to cover for both CB's who had gone missing.

Best Post on here for many a year. Bravo Sir.

Top 6 has gone, it did a couple of months ago (this time round) that is pie in the sky talk. However, a change now would low a new man time to assess the squad and clear the decks in summer in preparation for the new season. That said, that should have happened in each of the last two seasons so we can only hope it happens now albeit two years too late.

Exactly. If he hadn't been trying to cover no-one would have been there.

He's been Mowbrayed. Who did look decent tonight? This manager could make Messi look average.

Never seen anything like the Nyambe/Gallagher/Harwood Bellis farce in 50 years of watching football. Has to be a line in the sand moment. He has to go now. NO MORE!

Is Mowbray deliberately trying to get the sack? Brings off Nyambe who had absolutely no need to come off, replaces him with a centre forward Gallagher, then after humiliating him for 10 mins hauls him off as well and brings on the City lad. 2 substitutes completely wasted. Speechless, dumbfounded, flabbergasted you name it.

Absolute garbage, don't know what to say any more, let's hope the Rao's are watching. Braithwaite is absolute rubbish. We'd be far better off developing our own youngsters than other Clubs' We'll have to see what the second half brings, hope we turn it round and win but if we're to lose anyway we might be better having another half like that and losing by 5 or 6. Then the powers that be might sit up and take notice.

Another defeat for Lambert. What the Ipswich owner was thinking giving him a five year deal last season as Lambert was failing miserably God only knows.

We have a 40% win record this time round which doesn't sound bad, but the problem is that up until yesterday we'd lost as many as we'd won hence the reason we're languishing some way outside the play offs.

That's great news and tends to confirm the view of some that the owners always provide money when asked. There's only one missing ingredient!

Fantastic news.

Not much in it, 40.2 to 41.8 and I would imagine that would be accounted for by TM's time at Celtic. I'd rather judge it on Warnock's eight career promotions to Tony's two really. I also saw a piece online from Mowbray in the Liverpool Echo in which he said Warnock was a wonderful individual away from the pitch but he's a very emotional manager and on reflection might think he shouldn't be fronting up to an 18 year old. About right and credit to Mowbray the best interview he's given in a very long time.

The three Club rule?

Substitute Lambert's name for Mowbray and League 1 for the Championship and that more or less mirrors our situation here. Doubt we'll ever see a similarly ballsy piece in the LT though. As for Lambert, he doesnt seem to have changed much since he was here, says all the right things but the performances and results under his watch don't match the spin. At least he didnt insert a get out clause at Ipswich then walk out when things didn't go to plan. Probably realises his stock is going lower and lower with every job he takes.

We're fine thanks Gav. I saw Tris in Blues just before Christmas 2019 and he imparted some news I wasn't aware of at that point so hope all is OK at your end.

Very strange. Not going to do his development any good whatsoever.

Serious question re: the Greek lad as I've heard nothing whatsoever about him since the initial euphoria about it supposedly being a massive feather in the cap of the European Scouting System when he signed. Is he playing at all and if so at what level?

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Yep, that's it in a nutshell.

Hi Tony. Actions speak louder than words and I've formed my opinion over a period of time based on Mowbray's tenure here. You obviously have a different view and that's fine. I doubt you know Warnock any better than I know Mowbray but even if we were to accept your character assessment of them both, Warnock's managerial CV eclipses that of our manager and I want a manager who'll get us success not one I can invite round for tea.