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,

@RevidgeBlue you keep repeatedly saying that Mowbray has burnt through £100m of the owners money. 1. Why have you assumed in advance a loss of £36.5m in the 2022 accounts? 2. How can you possibly put down the general inefficient running of the club from the top down in a league whereby many teams make regular losses solely down to the manager, and compared to managers in a totally different financial landscape decades ago? He seems a bit miffed lately not that he hasnt been offered a new deal but that he hasnt been communicated to on the subject, a frustration shared by all previous managers under Venkys. Edit: Apologies for a poor quality screenshots. Losses in the accounts of 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 are £6.6m, £21.9m, £18.2m and £16.8m respectively.

He deserved to be sacked at the end of last season when we regressed to 15th but based on results, not this recent obsession about "actions or lack of them on the touchline."

The Lancashire Telegraph is clearly lacking when it comes to breaking stories, but what will there be to report regarding a new manager? The current one hasn't even been officially announced as leaving, its hardly as if a series of potential candidates will have been interviewed.

The betting odds are not a reliable barometer though, it is a small market to begin with so a handful of optimistic fans putting a bit of money on their preferred options will make a considerable difference.

I suspect that the next few weeks (and beyond, no doubt it will drag out) will be a hotbed of self-anointed ITK's with a million and one different names regarding a potential new manager, and a lot of premature excitement/anger on the back of it. We haven't even officially announced that Mowbray is going so I suspect it will be a decent wait.

Is our wage bill between the 6th and 8th highest in the league?

This 15m-20m "contribution" is not relevant to judging performance.

It would be counterproductive and unrealistic to expect the crowd to go into a game that has (albeit a tiny hope of) a chance riding on it being hostile. If it was hostile, then it would surely be against our idiot owners.

If it was a straight choice, Grayson or Mowbray, who would you pick out of interest? One word answer.

I dont doubt that we need to change manager but your naivety and lack of ability to learn from the past in regards to what will likely happen this summer baffles me, we arent an efficiently run club. I also think you underestimate the difficulty in getting a top 6 place under these owners with our comparative resources, it isnt impossible by any means but it would be a very good achievement. You thinking that a new manager just has to do what you have outlined (ignoring considerable selection differences Again, mediocrity, average, ok, bang in the middle on average, probably around or indeed just above our comparative wage budget. Could do better and time for a change but certainly could have done worse and not turgid (which im not sure even makes sense in that context) but by making silly comparisons to Kean and Coyle, youve very much nailed your colours to the mast.

They wont have talked to anyone.

Is "turgid" a fair (or indeed) accurate description of a Championship record of 2x 15th finishes, an 11th place finish and likely an 8th or 9th place finish over 4 years, with resources within that range, perhaps towards the lower end? No top 6, no relegation worries in any full seasons. Mediocre, ok, decent. Also, we shouldnt treat tomorrow as a dead rubber, its beyond a long shot but until its mathematically over, why just throw in the towel?

It cant be a situation whereby simply anyone where Mowbray will do, as much as he has to go. A win in the last 2 would be (I think this is right) the most wins in a Championship during the terrible Venkys area so he does understand how to win and cant be that unambitious. We need an improvement to take us forward, however those chances are about in line with our chances of somehow making the play offs under these terrible owners sadly.

It's the longest of long shots, less than a 1% chance, but I don't get the point in being so dismissive.

I don't see us winning but these players seem to thrive on there being no pressure, Mowbray told the players that our chances were over (paraphrasing his post match comments) and to relax and it led to a 4-1 win. Why is Poveda in over Hedges and Davenport in over Rothwell? Even if both of the outs are injuries, they would be random choices to come in.

Haha, absolutely obsessed/transfixed with a director of football being appointed above a head coach at every single club!

Duncan Ferguson would be purely because he runs around a lot on the touchline, which based on recent weeks does in fairness seem to be a commonly held necessary skill. Definitely wouldn't want him. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/20105026.blackburn-rovers-preparations-next-season-underway/ "if we did win the play-offs we wouldn’t be signing some of the players that we’re maybe looking at on free transfers and on a few grand a week." Doesn't scream of a Venkys masterplan incoming featuring investment.

I want him gone and have wanted him gone much more often than yourself. I was just dismissing the blatant lie that specifically this season that he has been backed, he hasn't. A club with our resources hindered by our owners would need to overachieve to get into the top 6, that shouldn't be forgotten, and one thing I do appreciate about Mowbray is the element of safety he provides, you are unlikely to underachieve with him and get dragged into a relegation fight. That being said, we should aim bigger, that can be achieved if things come together as has been proved by teams over the years and he isn't capable of pushing us on, so his departure is needed. It's the arrogance thinking that everything is easy and you are ahead of the curve that makes me laugh. Had we played the team suggested, it would not have won 4-1 regardless of formation with a total rookie at right back and Johnson barely able to move in central midfield.

Would you add a further £30 premium for the removal of Venkys, out of interest.