jim mk2

Worst defensive away record in goals conceded in the entire division Mowbray is hopeless

Yep, there's something amiss that's for sure. It's not normal for a club that was riding high to fall apart like this. Where is the catalyst for change though? Who holds the levers of power when hard decisions have to be made ?

Mowbray has lost all the goodwill from last season and bar a sudden reversal of form I cannot see a way back for him If I were CEO I'd be looking for another manager

Wait for parson with his Mowbray excuses and "long term" view.

Go now Mowbray, please go. You don't know what to do and these players don't want to play for you. The club is in freefall

Defeat today will make it 1 point out of 21 - is that right?

Agreed on railway stations. I also prefer the correct description of Blackburn Rovers' blue and white halves.

This is as bad as 2 years ago when Williams won it in the relegation season. Graham's been the best of an inconsistent and underachieving bunch

No he hasn't. It's nonsense

Sorry, that's rubbish. I know some Bristol Rovers fans shirts through family. They have never referred to their shirts as "eighths". This site talks about Bristol's "quartered" shirts. http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Bristol_Rovers/Bristol_Rovers.htm And these Bristol Rovers site talks about the club's traditional "blue and white quarters". https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/what-history-bristol-rovers-iconic-221679 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-rovers-new-201819-home-1810244 Blackburn Rovers play in halves.

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.