My dog runs around alot and always gives 100 per cent chasing a tennis ball and a stick but that doesn't make him a good footballer. Sam's problem is he doesn't have a striker's nous in the penalty area. Watch him when crosses are coming in; he's rarely in the right place at the right time; usually either just too early or just too late; and usually off balance. He can't jump for toffee and gets outmuscled by big defenders; and he can't play with his back to goal and his close control is poor. In short, my dog is a better footballer. He's available this Saturday

Became a property multi-millionaire and now lives among the Cheshire "footballers' wives" set

Next year Rodney we'll be millionaires. Dream on...

Paul Ince as Reading manager..... the immutable law of the ex will no doubt come into play So we're going to glean 22 out of 24 points from here Pass the smelling salts please

Reading and Peterborough who we also play soon are fighting for their lives. This is a very difficult game I’ve never seen us get a point at the Majedski and am in 2 minds whether to go but should probably stay away. 1-1 draw at best

Really? Luton and Millwall are both in the mix

Doesn’t many any sense, sorry. Nice to see you have a little friend

Tony will deserve plaudits if we make the playoffs, which would be a big step forward for the club after the horrors of the past 10 years. I’ve said this twice today. Read my posts

That's the point - he didn't fix it. The players did If he gets us in the play-offs Tony will deserve some credit, but we're not there yet by a long chalk

That's true. Amid all the praise for Souness it was a relief when he finally left. The club should have sacked him but Newcastle made the decision for John Williams

There were no "assumptions" on what was happening between Mowbray and the players. It's all out there Mowbray gets praise when it's due. After the appalling run we've had a good 20 minutes against a bottom 3 team after the worst 45 minutes that many supporters of decades standing described as the worst they've seen, he's a long way to go to win supporters' trust again.

Yes they do

Absolute nonsense - and a misinterpretation of what was posted

Yes and no. The players told him where it was going wrong and he took it on board. Some managers wouldn't. Without their intervention though it has to be assumed he would have stuck to his guns and we'd have lost another game If Mowbray gets us in the play-offs he will be due some credit. That should have been the easy bit though from where we were at new year

Good try It appears Travis and one or two others bollocked Mowbray "in no uncertain" terms "why tf is a defensive midfielder (Johnson) playing up front"? No wonder Tony looked glum afterwards - he was being told how to set up his own team Managers are responsible for results - no one else

At the risk of stating the obvious, one has been out for the best part of 2 years and isn't anywhere near match fit and the other has been injured at a critical part of the season and will take a few games to get back in his stride even when he comes back Hence, we were crying out for some more, decent strikers in January

The Johnson thing was ridiculous, another case of Mowbray having a "system" and shoehorning players out of their natural position into it. Johnson as a "false 9" (stupid term) was never going to work Mowbray came up with the same rubbish for not going for some decent strikers in January - "they won't fit in our system" - ....as if there's only one way of playing football Hasn't he cottoned on that "our system" has been well and truly found out since the new year?

So what went on at half time last night because Mowbray doesn't deserve any credit for that win after the way he set up the team and that appalling first half performance There must have been a player revolt. It's the only explanation

...... with a wide man Gallagher who can deliver crosses. Giles plays in his correct position on the left and hey presto! There is a caveat though .......the crosses have to be plonked right on his head or on his foot in front of goal. Don't expect him to get to a cross by anticipating it or getting in front of a defender As a footballer the lad's still a braying four-legged animal

Tony's a very average manager but that patently isn't true

Tony's either glum because his favoured line up came unstuck in the first half and he was proven wrong in the second or we won and have given ourselves a promotion lifeline when he'd rather we'd continue our decline into mid table Either way, a very welcome win and no thanks really to Tony as it appears the players' revolt brought about the second half turnaround Strange match when even Gallagher gets on the scoresheet. He's been so poor for a long time that comparing him to donkeys is being unkind to donkeys. Reading got a good draw at Bournemouth and will be up for the fight on Saturday Will we?

Every donkey has his day

Tony masterminds Rovers comeback.....contract extended by 10 years

We could be down to 9th this time tomorrow night Better than last season but it's progress says Tony

9 games up to January. The rest has been standard Mowbray