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Congrats on keeping up your 100 per cent record. Let this one be the last please

Mowbray's hopeless really. Hasn't a clue how to set up the defence. Leut and Bennett were our worst players at QPR last week. Why are they on the pitch?

Football reflects the economy and the way the country has been governed over the past 30-40 years. The rich have become ever more wealthy while the poorest are stuck at the bottom with no way out.

The late lamented O. Coyle gives Radio 5 Live listeners the benefit of his knowledge at Craven Cottage this afternoon.

A frustrating season for me. In retrospect we didn't buy well last summer, and it came back to haunt us over the course of the season. Despite that we started well but again we should have strengthened in the January transfer window, when we were riding high in the league. And some key signings then could see us sitting in the top six now. Performances were mixed but the players generally showed a pride in playing for the club - credit to Mowbray for that. However the capitulations at the likes of Preston, Wigan and Bristol City were inexcusable and inexplicable when compared to some of the gutsy displays against high fliers such Leeds, West Brom and Derby. The defence continues to be a problem - I cannot see the current Lenihan - Williams partnership being able to stem the flow of goals against and get us into the top 6 next season. Overall, I'd give the season 7 out of 10. Never in danger of going down, but not good enough to sustain a challenge for the top. Mowbray and the directors have to sit down and ask themselves where they see the club 12 months from now - are we going to show ambition and try to kick on next season, or sit back and hope for the best ? I'm not holding my breath. .

Fascinating story and one I wasn't aware of. He was the architect behind just about every major football ground in the country from the 1890s - 1930s, including Ewood. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48028660 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Leitch

.... so he's not strong and tough enough to be a traditional big centre forward, he's not clever enough to lead the line as a modern mobile forward, he's not skilful enough or have enough pace to play as winger / wide man, and he is clearly not a natural goalscorer. So a) what is he ? and b) why do people think he's going to be so good ?

At aged 18-20, Kane scored 16 goals on loan to various clubs. In his first full season for Spurs, aged 20, he scored 31 goals. Wilson's breakthrough season for Coventry was aged 20-21, when he scored 22 goals. Vardy is something of an outlier in professional football, having come through from the amateur game. Brereton has scored 10 goals in 134 first team appearances as a professional footballer. A common trait to all 3 is that they all appear to have a hunger to play and fight and do well. I'm not sure I've seen that in Brereton. He needs an awful lot of "development" to get anywhere near those players.

Brereton deserves the benefit of the doubt at present but in 12 months time, and he has shown no improvement, then I think it will be fair to say the club have made a huge mistake in signing him. Top young strikers who are going to make the grade should have shown more than Brereton has at his age. He plays with Danny Graham in training every day yet has clearly not watched him and learnt yet how to play with his back to goal, how to use his body to shield the ball from defenders and even how to head a ball. He looks weak physically - and if he doesn't toughen up he won't get anywhere because the rest of his game isn't good enough to compensate. I hope he makes it because he has ability. But it's not as obvious as with the likes of Kalinic and King - both of whom were raw at Rovers and needed time for the games to mature. I just don't see the same basic talent in Brereton.

I'm better than Nuttall - and I'm over 65, got 2 arthritic knees and a bad back. Unless the criterion for a professional footballer is to run to run around in circles for no particular purpose, I'll eat my flat cap if he ever makes it as a player.

Pleasant game in the sunshine today against a poor QPR team Pluses: Williams - best game I've seen in a Rovers shirt. He and Lenihan rarely put a foot wrong Rothwell and Travis: excellent in midfield. If only we had Reed in there too. Graham: he's not mobile now but my goodness, he left a big hole in the team when he went off Armstrong: gave the QPR left back a torrid afternoon and should have scored. He's still not a winger though - and no doubt Mowbray will continue to play him there. Minuses: Bennett: most of our defensive problems came down his flank. Why he plays instead of Nyambe only Mowbray knows. Does not make any sense on any level Leutweiler: if he is the answer I'm not sure what the question is. He has all the physical attributes: tall, looks a superb athlete, but has no physical presence whatsoever. He gave away the goal and in the first half, flapped at a cross that he should have punched 40 yards and almost led to a goal. Raya isn't good enough: a new goalkeeper should be our No 1 signing this summer. Nuttall: will never be good enough at this level. And he's a lazy so-and-so. Rodwell: he's in last chance saloon at Ewood as far as his career goes. Could he please show some interest when he is given an opportunity?

Yes. I thought he looked disinterested when he came on. And he can't play anyway. Get rid

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17581217.tony-mowbray-on-exceptionally-talented-rovers-loanee-reed/ Reed is 24, so he's not that young for a footballer and should be playing regular first team football by now. Soton will be likely be in the PL next season, so staying there is pointless for Reed as he's unlikely to be get much game time He's proved himself an outstanding performer in the Championship, and seems to like it at Ewood, so why isn't Mowbray making noises about trying to keep him ? And unless he has other irons in the fire, where is he going to find better ?

Rovers sold about 600 out of 1,200 allocation on Monday so should be a fair few of us there. Views are "restricted" in more than 50% of seats which isn]t surprising as it's a tinpot ground. Last time It was there about 4 years ago it was a 0-0 borefest so hoping for better this time. Avoid the Springbok pub outside the ground - it's not nice.

Have you seen Tiger's interviews today? Says he was inspired by a BRFC messageboard member and was determined to prove him wrong.

Two good wins (after a dreadful run) shouldn't paper over the flaws in Mowbray's management this season. I feel it's been a wasted season because we have some talented players who with some good signings should have been able to get us nearer the play-offs. The problem as has been well documented has been the manager's poor decision making on and off the field. I still think we will be in a relegation battle next season with Mowbray in charge and the present squad of players.

Missed this thread. A belated RIP to one of my favourite players when I was a lad. Lovely left foot, like a magic wand. I agree with those who say a minute's applause for former players are overdone, but match programmes should record the death of players like Barrie Hole. The programme editor should have an archivist or club historian to help with such matters.

Serve fans right for forcing McCarthy out

How do you explain his inability to sort out the team's defence?

Mowbray proves again he is not the right manager for this club. Assuming Rothwell is fit there is no reason not to have the same starting XI at Forest. Bringing back Smallwood and /or Evans after last night's display would be the final straw for many people

Mowbray shouldn't get any plaudits for tonight because that formation has been begging to be picked for for months. Why he hasn't done it before only he knows. The real surprise tonight was the attitude of the players, whose workrate and attitude was on a much higher level than since probably the win over Hull City. The question is whether the players can take tonight's performance on and build on it for the remaining games of the season. If they can, it will go some way to making up for the dreadful run of form since January. Tonight changes nothing for me. Mowbray has a a long way to go to convince me he will keep us in this division next season.

Mowbray in, er out, in, out, in, out, in..... That's a mighty 7 points out of 36, and a rare clean sheet. Contract extension tomorrow ? Derby must be sick at that result. Puts a severe dent in their promotion ambitions As for Rovers, and forgetting Mowbray, are the players cheating fans for not playing like that all the time?

Rubbish scriptwriters Come on Rovers, get another

The script has been written. Derby will nick a goal in the last 10 minutes. It's what promotion teams do.

Attack, please. Some people find Americanisms offensive. Bristol City 3 West Brom 0 My Baggies mate is not happy.