Maggott & Mowbray|: Coventry connection Maggott & Eustace: Coventry connection The old boys' network alive and well in football If Maggott could get Mark Robins instead I guess he might even earn a few Brownie points on here Have to say I don't know much about Eustace except he was well regarded at Brum and clearly didn't deserve to be sacked Roll the dice. Here we go again

Mark Hughes is a strange one, a brilliant manager for Rovers yet failed just about everywhere else, most recently at Bradford. Odd

Lovely

Possibly but he’s the absent elephant in the room. I don’t see how they could have a discussion of that nature without the manager’s name coming up

I assume the part in black type was about Tomasson and his impending departure. You can understand why it should not be revealed on here

No surprise that the players want to see more fans in the ground. But it’s in their hands to start winning matches and give fans something to cheer about I’m fed up with the excuses for Tomasson and claims that he doesn’t deserve this. He’s a failing manager who is leading the club towards relegation. His resignation offer should be accepted forthwith

Oliver Kay is a former Times football writer. Big name, good contacts. You'd hope he might provide some insight

The conclusion has to be that Venky's don't want promotion. Our 2 big chances to go up in recent seasons, under Mowbray and Tomasson, and the funding was never there to give us that final push into the playoffs. I think it suits them for Rovers to be out of the top flight, where the glare of publicity and worldwide attention that the Premier League receives would cast a spotlight on the owners and their "activities". I still maintain Rovers as a club have for the past decade been used as a money laundering (tax dodging) vehicle by Venkys

That would be ironic and it's a delicious thought, I'd love him back. I think he's enjoying counting his millions at Casa St James's though

I know, he's just joined Aberdeen...... that's why I said it was a matter of days

It's more of a fire fighting exercise than a fresh start. We're in a relegation battle here. If we somehow survive the summer will be the time for a complete revamp. Without any money of course

And for the about the third occasion the timing is wrong to get Neil Warnock in and sort out the mess, this time by a matter of days.

Tomasson's position is/was untenable. He's been undermined because the "project" has changed, and he's been told lies by the managemernt. And results have been dire, sackable. . Either way, he should leave the club

I thin it's more likely she doesn't want to spend any more money and is seeking to recoup some of the losses built up over the years. Sadly, the Wharton deal might have given her encouragement to hang on in the hope of selling other assets.

Would you also on something this important (and bearing in mind previous mistakes) back it up with a phone call to the league just to make sure it has arrived? I'm assuming the league is contactable on important days like the last day of a transfer window. We do it in business and at a personal level with very important things. Checking up and a belts and braces approach is never wrong

Can someone explain the difference between the two? Cheston does the plus column and Hasan does the minus column? Same with head coach and director of football: two people doing the job of one And the club is supposed to be short of money

Memo from the Ewood board: All staff to attend IT refresher course on Friday item 1: how to use the send button The is beyond parade now. Or they’re telling lies again

We were on the pitch protesting against the board more than 50 years ago. Good luck with your WhatsApp discussion

The Cup game will be on national TV but it was a response to the idea to contact Newcastle fans - which I think would be a waste of time for the reasons stated. There's differing views on how we should go about the protests and this is one forum where they can be expressed. If you don't understand that perhaps you should stick to your WhatsApp group where you might be more useful?

Agree. It's a daft idea to target the Newcastle game. They're a deluded lot who think they support the biggest club in the world. They look down on us like they do most clubs and we won't get any sympathy from them let alone support

And there's another variation. This is catching

Freudian slip there in view of speculation that Rovers might have spelt his name wrongly on the paperwork

..... or money laundering / tax evasion.

There's a few variants of the name McGuire........McGwire, McGwyre, McQuire, for instance, and, most commonly, Maguire It wouldn't be surprising if they misspelt it on the form but it would be typical of the low calibre people at Ewood

Tomasson has to carry the can for the current crisis on the pitch - it's his job to get good results and he's failing badly at present. So they're right about that. But to absolve the cancer at the heart of the club and the mess Venky's have created over the past decade or so as they are doing is just putting their head in the sand.