Always halves.

A few seasons ago Birmingham were in an identical position to us at present and managed to stay up by scraping a point on the last day of the season Looks like a decent bet !

Dack's been one of worst players in recent weeks. He also seems to be dropping farther and farther back, picking the ball up out of defence instead of playing with and near to Graham where he is most effective. Has he been told to do this by Mowbray or is he doing it off his own bat ? Either way, he's a far less effective player and he also seems to have lost a bit of interest. Looks to me as his mind is looking elsewhere next season.

A "slow, gradual build" implies progress but his team isn't making progress at all, in fact it's going backwards. We're in a terrible rut at present and the same old failings occur every week with no sign that Mowbray knows how to fix them. There's some old heads on here who are tearing their hair out at the collective and individual mistakes going on in the defence. Judging Mowbray this time next season will probably be far too late. I'd say the alarm bells are ringing loud and clear now.

I've seen enough. It must be patently obvious to even the most rabid Rovers fan that there is something seriously wrong at the club. We are sinking like a stone down the table and although we have a cushion above the relegation places it could still be touch and go whether we stay up. Assuming we do stay up what happens next season ? As it stands, it is clear that this squad under this manager is relegation fodder. It is too old, too slow, unbalanced, with too many weary and demotivated players who are not good enough for this division. And it is badly led by a negative and weak manager who is tactically suspect and has failed to address defensive failings that have been apparent throughout his time at the club. So, as i see it, the squad needs wholesale reconstruction, with as many as 7 players from today's starting line up needing to be replaced and requiring the owners to spend substantial sums in the summer. Will they do it ? And is Mowbray the right man to continue managing the club ? Some big changes are required because even at this early stage the portents for next season do not look good at all.

Same price as Brereton. Who got the better player ?

Not as good as Duggie. Never

Friedel, Shearer, Le Saux and Duff are common to most teams, even with those fans going back 60 years or so. Le Saux didn't have alot of competition to be honest; John Bailey was excellent but we haven't been over-endowed by top quality left backs - though Sir Keith could have played there. Duff was an easy choice too, though Wilcox probably should get more votes than he has.

Well done for getting Fergie in the team. I considered putting him in and Duggie at 10 but I thought Bellamy was fantastic for us. Fred and Shearer together up front would have been interesting.

3-2-5 (proper football) Friedel Newton England Le Saux Clayton Tugay Douglas McEvoy Shearer Bellamy Duff

Mighty Preston North End ....... the only one of the former top tier Lancashire town clubs never to have made it to the Premier League. A touch of humility needed

Love my Yorkshire tea....plus you can buy it in mega bags at Costco. Used to drink Earl Grey alot but it smells perfumed and odd now. Assam is excellent if you want a stronger cup. Love visiting the US but oh dear me, the Americans just don't understand tea and have to drink coffee when I'm there.

Any players we sign this summer need to be LEADERS. We have very few (if any) players in the team at the moment who seems capable of screaming and shouting at team-mates. Stupid mistakes such as Bell's away to Reading and Mulgrew yesterday are too often met with a shrug of the shoulders instead of the rip-roaring bollocking they deserve. The Champions of 1995 was stuffed with leaders - most of them feisty, difficult characters who would argue amongst themselves but cared passionately about winning. Mowbray by common consent is a "nice" guy. He needs to sign some not-so-nice players

That's your choice. You don't have to be. You could drink tea instead. It's what civilised Lancashire folk do

More often than not I have to ask people in front of me to sit down at away matches. Even older men (and women) stand. I pick my targets though. If they look undesirable types I simply move. It's isn't worth the hassle and possible abuse. Rovers have always had an element of nutcase fans, going back to the 1960s. Some idiot even went on the pitch and attacked the QPR goalkeeper (Phil Parkes?) at Ewood circa 1967-8. The unruly element seem to be returning recently. What that is I don't know.

The signs are we "coming off the rails" this season, never mind next. Mowbray left Coventry after losing 9 in a row - would you be happy with him continuing with us in similar circumstances?

Managers live and die by results. Managers usually end of getting the sack through poor form - it's what happens in football. You're still not answering the question of how much rope Mowbray gets before his position becomes untenable.

I was waiting for the Dalglish case and boom it came back within minutes Dalglish was a different time and place and is irrelevant in the club's current situation. It goes without saying everyone hopes Mowbray will be here in 12 months and Rovers in a better place than at present. But you cannot ignore the question of our current poor form and what happens if it continues. Wishing it away and saying it will all be right in 12 months (this time next year we'll be millionaires Rodney) doesn't wash..

12 months from now is a long time in football. Mowbray might have his eyes on next season and talk a good game about "progress" but the more pertinent question is whether Mowbray will last to the end of this season. At the moment we've lost 4 in a row and the team have been so poor it's difficult to see where the next win is coming from. How many defeats is Mowbray allowed before his position becomes untenable?

So Mowbray knew the players weren't going to be quite up to it but wanted to give them a go. Sorry, but in the hard world of football that doesn't work. Would he get away with that at any other Championship club ? It's been a wasted season for me

A contrarian bet would be to stick money on a Rovers win but I just cannot see it tomorrow. A fifth defeat in a row and Mowbray to blame anyone and everything but his defence. Brum 3-0.

Long ball or short ball game is irrelevant. There's only winning football or losing football, and at the moment we're losing - badly. I don't understand why fans obsess over us having a good passing game when it leads only to defeat. Pragmatists such as Sam Allardyce and Tony Pulis understand it.

If we want a better defence, we need to start with a better, more solid goalkeeper. Forster would be an upgrade on Raya

You can't stand Pulis either but he showed up your hero in the Rovers dugout at the weekend.

Often too late by then. Where you are sitting that time of year usually (but not always) sets the tone for the season. Anyway, it might not come to a sacking. Mowbray hopefully realises the squad as it stands will be in a relegation fight next season anyway. If the owners don't back and let him bring in better players in the summer I would expect him to resign (him being an honourable man and all that).