The biggest problem is when Waggott eventually goes, presumably when he wants to, someone similarly incompetent and lacking in any power will replace him. The issues all stem from the owners. Also @Miller11 regarding the sob stories about transfers, totally agree. Sadly, a sign of the acceptance of low standards that has inevitably strangled our fanbase. Hence why many came off having watched our local rivals win their 6th successive game against us to seal the title at Ewood and go 30 points clear of us with an overwhelming feeling of pride.

Fair enough, @Ossydave has it right as bit of a cringey non-story, I was there and didn't hear it so mustn't have taken off to be too audible.

At Birmingham or at home to Bournemouth? I certainly heard neither at either game.

Where they?

You know I would, you keep asking me. Kaminski is the better keeper, he was outstanding up until the weeks in which he was carrying an injury to which he eventually broke down. My attitude isn't that form doesn't matter, I just don't think that Pears is as good and I don't think you could describe his performances as outstanding.

The tactics dont suit him either, nor does where he plays ie left in a 4231 which requires keeping the width more and tracking back more, so he offers less threat in attack.

He didn't have anything to do really, there were barely any shots on target combined. In the games prior he had a few moments of indecision.

Rankin Costello and Pickering have been 2 solid players for us in recent months. If Carvajal and Ferland Mendy from Real Madrid were available for the next game though, would we say "well do they deserve to be dropped?" Kaminski is a miles better keeper. Pears has done well as a stand in and hasn't made any major errors although he has looked shaky and indecisive lately. Rather play our best players.

From an attacking sense, it wasn't. Just trying to think out of the box. Get our top scorer up top.

Very true! Surely not that out of touch though.

Will Lampard walk into another Premier League job?

We lost and I barely remember a shot in anger. We havent scored many lately so I am just trying to find solutions to fix that.

Imagine Lampard without "knowing the club!"

I would have Brereton in the middle just in the absence of strikers due to Broughton. At least he can score goals and it might get him more involved. Could go Dolan left and Szmodics central but I would prefer Dack over Dolan for a goal threat. It is difficult to pick a team. We lack attacking quality and are in rotten form.

Don't want Dolan up top, can't play there. Kaminski Rankin Costello Carter Hyam Pickering Travis Wharton Thomas Dack Szmodics Brereton Not ideal, but worth a go. Flip of a coin for who goes wide right.

We lost 3 key players on frees but replaced all essentially with equals for a combined £4-5m. Brereton's "purple patch" can't just be considered a fluke either, the way we played both tactically and his position was much more suited to him. I can't get my head around this analysis of every word either but how you portray it simply isnt true. Tomasson says in every single press conference that we shouldnt be where we are in the league. They are all reading off the usual script of managerial platitudes, play things down I am much happier with Tomasson and Mowbray had had his day, dont get me wrong. But night and day as has been said? Not at all. Similar seasons (potentially) with falling away mainly down to an underfunded squad negligently managed by the owners and their staff and over reliant on the academy, but not without both managers making poor decisions along the way, especially towards the end, having done brilliantly to get us so high for so long in the first place.

Booking keepers for timewasting is pointless too. Has any keeper ever been sent off for two bookings for time wasting. Independent time keeper for stoppages, add them on at the end. Like in the World Cup, obviously will lead to big numbers at least to begin with but so be it.

11 times he has played half or more. Stoke as sub, think he won man of the match after just a half. Blackpool, we all know. Boro away, was excellent and key to victory. Birmingham, scored the winner. Hull, created the winner. And against Huddersfield, Coventry, Preston and Burnley, as good as anyone in a Rovers shirt. That leaves Bristol City and Coventry, both times he struggled somewhat.

For me, the best scenario would be for us to sign an experienced centre back, let Ayala go and loan out Phillips. We need a bit of experience and Phillips seems a prime candidate for a loan. Rather than play here and there, he could go to League 1 and prove himself physically. He has had issues with cramp in most starts so it would allow him to try and develop the ability to last a full 90 minutes regularly.

I get that and I was very much of the opinion that Mowbray had outstayed his welcome whereas Tomasson is someone I very much hope remains in the job into next season. I just dont really follow the narrative of the last 2 seasons being night and day. I actually think they have been very similar in so many ways, especially the way we have dipped off so badly in both. Overall very much above average seasons but tinged with (potential) frustration. But if you read on here, last season was a disgrace yet this is a success, which even factoring in season 1 v 5 is not quite balanced.

I get that he had longer but with essentially the same team they have had very similar seasons. Only major differences are Lenihan gone, Hyam bought for over a million to replace him, Nyambe gone and Brittain bought for a million to replace him. Rothwell gone and a couple of million spent on Szmodics to replace him. The usual suspects, Kaminski/Pears, Pickering, Wharton, Ayala, Dolan, Gallagher, Buckley, Travis, Brereton, Hedges all remain. Both have had us in the top 6 basically all season and I suspect both will have seen the wheels come off at the end with a catastrophic slump in form and practically identical points hauls. We have had 4 loans this season, loans will be a constant in our "projects." This season weve not used the market as well. Both had poor January windows with a reliance on trying to borrow who we can rather than any investment. Night and day? De ja vu. Assuming we dont make the play offs, based on individual seasons, I would give them both a B or B minus. Would have been an A if we had sustained a top 6 place. That being said, still a fair haul considering the running of the club even if both had similar slumps leading to massive frustration upon early promise. Obviously Mowbray had a season or two prior of seasons very much lower than a B.

Did he struggle quite a bit after Blackpool? He did in the following game against Bristol City as did the whole team. Then his next 3 starts were Boro away when he played well, Birmingham at home when he scored the winner and then another excellent performance at Hull where his assist was brilliant. We then played Coventry and he vanished after that.

For the first couple of years Mowbray had our fans eating out of his hands (I found it bizarre) with his stories and his jumpers for goalposts routine. It was only when results worsened that people started to micro analyse every press conference to conclude that he didnt want to be here which equally was strange. He did a decent job, tried his best, probably would have stayed but moved on which was the best for all concerned.

He soon after was excellent v Hull, Birmingham and Boro. This idea that Blackpool was a flash in the pan is nonsensical.

Whats caused the second 180 spin on Waggott? From calling him a Maggot, to being in his office every week, now you want rid of him. Why, and do you feel at all regretful that you were in any way tricked by his words?