A coincidence in line with being within 2 months away from being unemployed.

The best way to attract new fans is to win more games which is why the sole factor should be managerial ability, nothing depresses fans less than not winning matches. Roy Keane is a great pundit but it doesn't directly translate as a manager.

I know its a popular narrative but I see no reason to buy into the theory that the players dislike Mowbray, it's just an easy and lazy conclusion that people come to based on their views on Mowbray himself. I don't think that Nyambe has been victimised or treated poorly under Mowbray either, he is not a perfect right back by any means, he is a very good one on one defender and very poor going forward, but he has somewhat developed in the last few years. He flirted with the first team as a youngster under Coyle and became a regular under Mowbray who has not really signed a strong alternative to him throughout that time nor has he dropped him for a prolonged period of time. He is often sacrificed when we need a goal but that is understandable considering his attacking limitations. He was dropped for a spell in our second season up seemingly just to cram Bennett it, that was a stupid decision by Mowbray but it was only for about 10 games if I recall, and also he has been dropped for the odd game for the far inferior Rankin Costello, but in the main and especially considering his succeptibility to muscle injuries, he has started the vast, vast majority of games. He has missed the last 2 but the first selection was justified with a convincing win and the second was a case of same again. Rich Sharpe has suggested that it was Nyambe's agent rather than the player himself who wanted to try the market. The most likely scenario is that they have not had offers coming in, neither are Premier League players and I suspect that the top sides in this league including any that come down would also think they can do better. Out of them 2 and Rothwell, the 2 that have resumed talks to me are more important and I would be delighted for all of their flaws to see them stay, but I won't hold my breath until they sign. We would no doubt replace them with inferior players on a budget of peanuts.

We havent even officially announced Mowbray's departure yet, and Rich Sharpe himself said yesterday that there are no front runners because weve not even encouraged any applicants yet. I havent read the article as it was premium but perhaps Woodgate was mentioned to try and encourage people to pay to see, the article was around betting odds. Needless to say appointing him wouldnt surprise me under Venkys and he would be a downgrade on Mowbray.

Becoming "box office" and raising a profile via a name generated as a playee and then as a pundit should not be considerations.

His overall spending on players over 1m have left us with 3 players, one of whom generated 15m the other way and the other set to follow. I think that is a pretty respectable record. The sale mentioned also was followed by a good replacement at a fraction of the cost, albeit with a year gap.

I dont see the problem with players playing on their wrong side, it can lead to more goals. Brereton has played from that left hand side and scored lots this season. Obviously with both of those mentioned, the big question is regarding their ability which is a bit of an unknown.

Investment is only useful if its followed by allowing a percentage of re-investment on a continious basis. Mowbray spent 10m that first summer on 3 players, one of whom was sold for 15m, one of whom will likely be sold for similar and one of whom would have been sold at considerable profit had Venkys not meddled. Theres just a lack of a plan from the top and I suspect that wont change.

I think the loan market is a different market altogether in the January window with most promising youngsters loaned out in the summer instead, as was the case with Adarabioyo, Elliott, Van Hecke etc. The parent clubs would also presumably want to know that these players will play and with us in such good form at the time it was always going to take time for them to break through. The loans that went elsewhere in the Championship were underwhelming on the whole. You look at both Balogun and Connolly at Boro and Forss at Hull and they have done little. Archer has done ok at Preston but again hes played every game, Keinan Davis has been the stand out.

We have Hedges and Markanday as left footed right wingers, it seems to be over-stocking to get a third of a similar ilk so I wouldn't sign him again. To describe him as "awful" is hyperbolic in the extreme though. Mixed bag in mainly cameos.

Plenty of free transfers available in January? And how is that absolving Mowbray of any blame? I don't need to come up with conspiracy stories in a game we ended up winning comfortably nor fabricating a host of available free transfers in January to know that the manager played a huge part and was ultimately responsible as manager for where we are set to finish in the table, hence me wanting him to go, equally he was responsible for getting us to 2nd in the first place. I was merely pointing out that giving the manager 700k knowing that 500k worth was knowingly injured well in advance of the deadline, as well as refusing the manager the autonomy to sell a player and use the funds to reinvest is not what I would consider to be backing a manager considering the position that we was in. My point was against Venkys, not in support of Mowbray.

Not as simple as saying the fault lies with "no one else." Amidst a promotion push and aside from the excused Markanday, he spent 200k and the other 2 were loans, maybe it would be reasonable to expect more even in those limited markets but you are always facing an uphill battle to do much with that.

I think the opposite, like with many departing players, I think people forget how poor a player is once he has not worn a Rovers shirt for a while. Another example of that would be Ruben Rochina. Bell was rubbish, he may well be in general doing better at Luton and it shows how poor a League it is quality wise that players like him and many others easily get contracts at this level. That being said, when I have seen Luton play this season he has not impressed, in the last game Nathan Jones was going crazy at him at one point. I also don't think he had many horror shows, I just thought that he was consistently below par, technically so par regularly slicing and mis-hitting the ball out, offered nothing going forward and not one to be in the trenches with, often allowing crosses to go in and not good when the chips were down. Pickering is an improvement and there are big question marks about him.

Exactly, they have always been the problem.

He was not a burden 3 years ago. And as ever, the responsibility falls with the owners to sack a manager.

Haha believe me, I realised long ago!

Its crazy how quickly some people believe any old rumour.

No chance.

If only our owners had a bit of ambition and invested some money.

Its very unlikely that a series of young players will all break through at once. Maybe Vale and Garrett for example are best off with loan spells in the 2 leagues below us, Brown the same. Carter we likely will need.

😂 I have "accepted" it. The total lack of clarity coming from Venkys even since he as good as announced it himself plus the general lack of clarity and transparency on top of the way the club has been run across 12 terrible years tells me NOT to expect a plan. There is no way that 6 targets have been identified pending imminent interviews. Do you think that Venkys even know that Mowbray is leaving? Surely after all of these years, you dont expect a reasonable plan surely? And if that was the case, surely they would have announced Mowbrays imminent exit already? Even if it was a case of Mowbray will leave upon the expiry of his contract, x will take over.

As others have touched on, what we need to do and what Venkys will do are 2 different things. And I wouldnt get too obsessive over tabloid hacks making stories up about 6 man shortlists when we havent even announced Mowbrays departure. Your comments about Dyche are very childish. He would never come but he would be an incredible appointment if we had any ambition. I presume that if Cornet, Tarkowski and Pope became available in the summer, you would be equally dismissive.

Indeed, should, but this is Venkys.

Considering that 4 mid-table finishes seem set to be the Championship track record of Mowbray, then yes, he could do much worse and actually take us down or even into a relegation scrap. Mowbray will rightfully be leaving, that much is clear, and if we delay that just out of fear of appointing another Coyle/Kean (an upgrade in your logic) then we are just kicking the can down the road and may aswell give up completely. But no matter how many times you try to deflect the continuous neglectful way in which our club has been run over 12 years in a league whereby teams across the board make regular losses on top of that onto one man as if he has wrecklessly been going on spending spree after spending spree, make no mistake, things can get worse, and Mowbray's time managing us at Championship level has actually been mediocre, not disastrous to the point that it would be hard to do any worse.

Chaddy, we haven't even announced the departure of Mowbray yet, this idea of a 6 man shortlist is beyond premature,