3 hours ago, Mercer said:

Mowbray has been here for three years now.  More than long enough to structure a recruitment department and policy  and more than long enough to fashion a playing identity.  Sadly, I think he's failed miserably where Brentford and Sheffield United have admirably succeeded and it's now time he was replaced.

this. 

28 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

If Smallwood doesn’t move on this month (doesn’t seem likely at the minute), he’ll have pretty much thrown away 18 months of his career. 

Odd for someone, that though limited, always gave his all. Must be a nice contract.

Richie Smallwood is a model professional. 

He did give his all (and still does, i'm sure) and the contract that he has is hardly his fault. 

Rovers supporters love to hate on their own players and Smallwood seems to be, unfairly, disliked now. 

There's a nasty, negative attitude supporting the team but, i guess, that's modern times for you. 

The King is, still, very much alive! 

the only success that we've had lately was when Graham started (albeit with Dack). 

Mowbray goes with his midfielders and a shit striker. 

Can't wait till he fucks off tbh. 

busy busy around the ground/McDonald's. 

Lots of groups of young lads milling around. 

My first choice would be DG (not for his tally but the cathartic (double meaning of this word made me laugh when I was checking the spelling) effect he has on the game (either starting or when used as a sub). 

Downing is a good choice. 

48 minutes ago, JoeH said:

Preston will win this game. Ewood atmosphere is abysmal. Anyone who went to Forest as I did and heard them signing just after the players walked out, we've not heard anything like that at Ewood in decades. Even the crowd against Oxford on the last day of League One wasn't comparable. I know Forest are a big club, but the reason they won that game, I believe, and started so brightly, is their fans were loud as anything, and sucked the ball into the net.

We don't have that. So when Preston and Leeds come with 4/5/6000 fans, we get outnumbered, not literally, but vocally. It's a shame, Huddersfield had a great atmosphere too in that corner, Stoke was a fairly dead atmosphere but at the time they were second bottom of the league table. Birmingham had about 7,000 fans on in the FA Cup but made more noise than we do at home games with 14,000.

 

Why doesn't the club encourage the fans to go to an unused part of the stadium... something like the DARWEN END; and not vilify people who pay to come support the team. And not feel the need to employ extra security so the cost of opening that section is economically unsound. 

I'm not saying the DE experiment was a total success... it ebbed and flowed alongside the fortunes of the club. 

But at least there was a fanbase who wanted to sing /cheer the team on (and to vent their displeasure at a rotting regime) 

Cramming everyone into the BBE, which i'm sure looks good on an accountants balance sheet, has failed to increase the atmosphere. 

Lots of puff n huff but nothing else. 

Mowbray a manager who has, yet again, lost his way. 

The team is a reflection of the manager... dour, dull, uninspiring. 

The sooner we can get someone in with some passion, like today's opposite manager, the better. 

Mowbray Out. 

TV camera back in JW today

well i'm at the game with my lad and, if nothing, the team selection has certainly given us a laugh. 

Absolute joke of a team. 

Joke of a manager who deserves the sack. 

A total piss take

On 30/11/2019 at 11:22, HowieFive0 said:

Ive said it before on here and ill say it again ..want to increase attendances ? ...charge 25 quid ....put a free bar on 1-15pm to 2-45pm ..people can order only two drinks at once but by all means queue up again . Do it on three Saturday home games ..one week BBE then JW then Riverside. No swapping Season tickets to other parts of the ground ..keep it fair.

It would  guarantee an increase of 2000-3000 each week if not more and bloody better atmosphere more akin to an Away game. If its anything that people want its something for nothing and more so when alcohol involved (sadly) Yes it is sad having to get people in for other things rather than the football but the beauty of an Away game is simply have a good day on the pi55 and football second for a lot of people.

I was thinking along the same lines. 

Why doesn't the club introduce cheap prices in the 'Fanzone' area.

£2 a pint (they get it for around a £1 so will still be making a profit and will make more profit because of more sales). 

I know that it will effect the few local pubs still going around the area but so that goes. 

(and while i'm at it... reopen the Darwen End for home fans. Stop employing private security firms for a non-existent threat (which added £££ to the cost of policing a home game). The atmosphere has gone down since this cost cutting measure). 

We'll win this game with flair. 

10,000 happy Rovers will all sing 'Happy Birthday' to the magnificent one and we'll go home happy and content. 

Just awful. 

The football is a reflection of the manager - dour, uninspiring ect ect

Mowbray Out. 

just found this from September 2016

I've gone back through my old pics of the last time I saw the flag. 

I remembered we had to buy another one for the 2018 season as the others had gone 'missing' (destroyed, probably) in the off-season. 

This must be the one that is reported to still be at Ewood. 

This pic was taken March 2018. 

Hope this helps. 

fuck

more typical mowbray 

your team's shipped 2 goals and you just sit there looking like the clueless idiot that you are. 

This is typical from the mediocre one.

So much potential in this team. 

Keyboard warriors. 

Nothing will happen until there is a vocal demonstration of the discontent felt towards the Mediocre One. 

I've not heard a squeak at any game (home & away) that i've been to this season. 

it's time the manager and players  know how disgusted we are by their piss poor attitude and application. 

There's not a whimper of discontent where I am in the BBE. 

poor. 

Our midfield seems to be Travis/Downing. 

Gallagher disappointing. 

Forest don't seem much. 

Probably lose 0 1.

Gallagher was the game changer. 

7 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

What's the crowd like?

Like the game - quiet, slow and uninspired. 

Vocal support in the BBE quiet. 

10 minutes in and no one's paying much attention. 

Mediocre shit football. 

Just now, Alejandro Tapia said:

Anybody knowa or has some stramig for tonight's game?...won't be on Ifollow.

Best you can get tonight is Sky Sports