Pretty bad to have a game called off. Shows us up badly for how we maintain our pitch.

I think we'll take a slight hammering here. Maybe 3-1 but we will be second best all game.

Ha, doesn't it just. All in the box for corners and free kicks but we know how bad we are at those!

Mark Hughes ready to return to management after a break.

Yer its a shocking stat that we've only scored 1 header all season. Gallagher, Johnson, Lenihan, Ayala all big lads who should be getting onto the end of corners and crosses and contributing more.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/19017407.rovers-fans-left-fearing-another-long-run-finish/ Sharpe not pulling many punches here. Also, considering we have players like Johnson, Ayala, Lenihan, Gallagher etc. we have only scored 1 header all season. Nick Powell now has 2 totally unmarked ones against us alone.

Buckley!

Same old shit then?

And there it is

Bit late catching up but Sharpe reckons its a return to 4-2-3-1? Is that how we've lined up?

Yep, definitely go with that.

It has some bearing on the game if they field a stronger team than the one that's already beaten us. I doubt we will be rolling over their better team by 3 or 4 goals as Mercer suggested.

The other kid we have pinched from PNE reserves(Joe Nolan) has signed a pro deal with us.

They beat us only a few games ago, with a weaker team.

That screams "We worry about the opposition" Instead of "Let the opposition worry about us"

Last time we played them, it was practically a Stoke B side and they beat us. Have we beaten a team in the top half of the table yet? Not confident, certainly won't be sticking a Mercer on a Rovers win. Last time we beat them at home was in 2015, in the cup.

And this is it basically. This Everton kid might be class but this one player, in this one position isn't going to resolve much, short term or long term. The players at our disposal are largely irrelevant when the man in the hot seat can't set them up or use them correctly.

5mins warning on twitter. Lanky lad inbound

Another one in?

The mismanagement of Harrison Reed is a huge black mark against Mowbray for me. Such a waste of a good player.

Yer i think we'll get this Everton lad and that will be it.

It won't be us! It would however be typical that we desperately need a centre back but buy a cente mid for a couple of mil instead.

When Kean was bulletproof, that was the closest I think I've ever been from giving up on football altogether. Every week the same old horrible performances and defeats but with owners with no desire to pull the trigger. With Mowbray, we obviously haven't hit those depths but its hugely infuriating knowing the owners have no desire to sack him just because he's a nice bloke. The absolute opposite of how they need to approach the situation. Football is about 1 thing and 1 thing only, results.

Unless we've offered a curly wurly and a packet of love hearts I doubt very much we've offered any money for a player. Pretty sure Mowbray said we wouldn't be making any permanent additions in this window, only a loan from a premium club, perhaps 2.

Sounds like Bournemouth want the Everton defender and King might be used as part of the deal. I hope we have other targets lined up.