jim mk2

Support drops when managers fail or are unpopular. I happens at the majority of clubs and it's no different with Rovers now. Many are disillusioned - and with good reason. So they don't go. Having watched football for that long, I'm amazed at the statement in bold. Some players do not give their all for many reasons (rift with the manager, contract disputes, etc). I think some players just can't be bothered in some games. Many players coast - and some do it throughout their careers knowing they can become millionaires just by being average and staying clear of injury. Do I think this Rovers side gives 100 per cent every game? No I do not. The comparison to schoolboys is irrelevant.

I don't need to be questioned on my support after 55 years plus of watching Rovers. I pick and choose my games now, and with the cost of watching the game a major expense on a limited budget I have to justify spending that sort of money. I would go to Forest if I felt the team was giving 100 per cent and the team was being managed properly, but neither is the case, and I won't waste money on a team that I consider isn't trying. I assume you will be watching the Forest game from your lofty view of the world.

.....because by being in the top 6 expectations and hopes are raised, and he knows that he is unable to deliver promotion because the squad is not good enough and because he knows his own limitations. . Mid table is the comfort zone - he can show his superiors (if they are interested or be bothered to ask) that the team is performing adequately given its flaws and weaknesses and the budget he is given to improve it. Call me cynical but I think midtable suits Mowbray perfectly given he is probably in his last big managerial job and the need to boost his pension coffers by a few million before he packs it in

Neil Warnock is available. What are they waiting for?

Fans can criticise as many players as they like but the biggest problem is the manager. He’s happy in mid table and under no pressure from above to do any better

Playing like the last 3 games? It’s an insult to the fans

Was considering going to Forest but what’s the point?

No direction no passion no desire no quAlity no will to win no manger worthy of the name no hope

Tony’s pension manager isn’t concerned. Nicely positioned in mid table, contract safe and sound

It’s the lack of desire and passion that gets me. It’s too easy for these players under this manager

2 points out of 9 against teams below us. The genius of Tony Mowbray

Bennett us not the problem. The manager is the problem

He just proved your point

Indictment on us and Mowbray. We're a mid-table side slightly over-achieving at present.

And the prize for biggest plonker goes to..... Jim's coffers did well on the contra Mercer bet though.

BBC.... The news that all Blackburn fans were fearing - manager Tony Mowbray has confirmed that forward Bradley Dack sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in Monday's draw with Wigan and will be out of action for a lengthy period.

There's something in this. Before the unbeaten run we were slipping towards the bottom and Mowbray was under pressure - at least from fans on here and some at live matches. Now the pressure is off he and the team relaxes. Pushing for promotion is stressful. Methinks Tony likes the quiet life in midtable or just above. His pension manager thinks so too

In the end, you need that little bit of quality to win games like that last 2 matches. That, or a collective never-say-die spirit for 90 minutes. We have neither

Hats off to Stoke Goals in 93rd and 97th min to beat Owls 3-2.

Two wins in this and the last game and we would have been sitting pretty in 4th as it stands. Two points out of 6 and 4 dropped at home to lower opposition is not a top 6 team. Rubbish, Mowbray.

What was the Manic Street Preachers track - Some Kind of Nothingness? That's how I feel watching Mowbray's Rovers

West Brom have fancied Dack for some time so the move could still be on when he recovers from injury. Still not sure why they want him - I don't see him as a Premier League player.

Words fail me, and with that Merry Christmas

They didn't look a poor team last night. They impressed me from the start to the final whistle.

There have been many games this season where the players have been coasting.