Has anyone received Peterborough tickets via post? I ordered some and also some for the Preston game and the latter have come but the ones for Friday haven't.

Was Steele with the assist.

Just farfetched nonsense to ensure that Mowbray gets no credit for when things go well but the full blame when things go wrong. For a start, we certainly have not reverted back to playing possession football.

This idea that Mowbray's assistant had somehow outranked him and was enforcing a style of play that Mowbray didn't want and led to him sulking is beyond farfetched.

It goes against the whole point of being a football fan or indeed any sports fan if too many wins would result in a reward that would be counterproductive to your enjoyment.

Burnley have had 2 top half finishes including a 7th placed finish that allowed them to play in Europe. Especially considering some of the dire quality matches you see at Championship level, I still cannot fathom why anyone would prefer to be in the Championship.

I am not sure that this is the attitude. The problem is that if he starts and we aren't winning at half time and he gets subbed off, that would provoke a natural feeling of frustration. In theory he is more likely to score in a second half when other players are tiring. I would like to see him start on Friday but I suspect that he won't.

If we went up hed either get a considerable pay rise here or be in a position to get a much better contract elsewhere.

Thats just Mowbrays personality, it doesnt mean that he doesnt care. You could argue that one of Jones' weakness is his inability at times to control his emotions. Many successful managers are reserved and many poor managers are animated. Thats not the issue. Totally agree on not limiting ourselves to a specific age/criteria of manager though. Especially a flawed idea of dynamic.

His objectives? It would make no sense whatsoever for him to want anything other than promotion.

Bell was abysmal for years, Pickering was very good prior to his injury but has not been the same player since coming back into a struggling team. He is definitely an upgrade even if he has been poor lately, he looks particularly off the pace. Bell technically was really poor, Pickering is a lot tighter when the ball comes to him rather than shanking it out of play. Bell also used to allow crossed to come in freely, Pickering's main weakness is his lack of pace, his reading of the game prior to his injury tended to cover that well but lately not so much. He has not really taken set pieces which is a bit surprising considering that Rothwell is not particularly good at them.

As if they would listen.

Did you not name Ryan Mason who has only ever managed in a very brief interim role at Spurs, and Jason Wilcox who has never managed and presumably wouldn't even be under consideration had he not played here previously? I don't get how you could have possibly deemed these names as dynamic when there is basically no evidence whatsoever as to how good they are as managers or even if they want to become managers. I dont get why you are so fixated on this specific criteria.

Tough team selection, its hard to come up with 11 worthy players. Khadra should play if fit, Dolan again didn't take his chance on Saturday. Gallagher wasn't anything special but got a goal so may aswell continue. I think Dack needs to start too. Rothwell doesn't deserve to start but then again, do we have a serious alternative? I would also probably likely go to a back 4 which would see Wharton miss out.

Sacking Dyche would be idiocy of the highest order. Please do it Burnley.

Its not fair to not give credit to Mowbray when we win games. If we get in the play offs which I doubt, our last 4 games involve at least 3 teams (assuming Bournemouth arent up early) who have nothing to play for. Would they also be dismissed? You still have to win those games. That season we went down, I think its obvious that Coyle gets much of the blame but Mowbray had a difficult task that he ultimately didnt succeed in. You can criticise that without having to void points won.

To be fair, Pickering for much of the season especially prior to his injury was good and a noticeable upgrade on Bell who put in performances similar to Pickering yesterday throughout his time here. Pickering was really poor yesterday and has correctly been criticised for it. Giles was really poor when he came on, he looked like a rabbit in the headlights and had no urgency at all, often he just eventually kicked the ball aimlessly forward.

2 more home games left, are Venkys still going to grace us with their presence?

Paul Mani said last week that Mowbray has a deal signed with another Championship club for next season and has tapped up all 3 out of contract players to join him, and even speculated that he may be saving Dack for a summer bid. He also said that teams were looking at Buckley for 10m and that Venkys never refuse to sign a cheque. A Mercer-esque track record.

Are there any examples of managers being appointed so late and getting teams up? Its a job to all managers, the 1995 comment was just him asked an awkward question after a defeat and getting all crabby and defensive as managers often do when trying to justify poor results. If he wanted to be elsewhere he would. Hes always been how he is now, reserved and fairly dour.

The thing is though, we would have to really rush through the process of appointing a manager and would be potentially eliminating options that are more likely to be available in the summer for the sake of giving him a few games before the summer, with a squad of which many will be off. Even if we could get someone appropriate in and quickly, I dont think much could be learnt in at most 5 games, but most likely less. The focus should purely be on this season anyway, there is no point focusing on next season when as much as it is an outside chance, we are 7th going into the final 5 games. We shouldnt throw in the towel now as unlikely as it seems. I get why a roll of the dice for this season would be wanted but I dont think a new manager could have an impact with less than a month to go. Short term, I doubt it would work and you are going to struggle to get someone in for just 5 games. Longer term, you are rushing through an appointment with a potentially limited shortlist due to managers having contracts/jobs to do elsewhere in the remaining games. I dont get the clamour for Ainsworth but perfect example, hes 7th in League 1, would he want to leave that early, and would it be much costlier even if he is willing to pay compensation?

He's won the Championship twice hasn't he?

Ainsworth wouldn't be mentioned if he wasn't a Rovers fan. The problem at the moment isn't a lack of effort, we don't need a manager "who knows the club" as if the remit is noticeably different here compared to elsewhere. We need the most competent man to get the best results, nothing to do with who they support. I personally don't see the point in appointing anyone new now, I get why people would want to roll the dice but by the time someone has been selected, brought in and settled in, the season is over.

Whoever that was sounds like they were pretty spot on today.

No different from what he has ever been like. He has never been one to jump around on the touchline, hes not that type of person and to be honest it doesnt matter either way.