Giles on the right wing, even considering how ill suited he is to being on that side?

My point was more about the way the club is run under Venkys. It certainly wont be a smooth, quick process whereby a list of managers is already ready for Venkys to make an informed and quick decision.

That would be a worrying team, a right back playing his first game of professional football and that clown up front. I didn't take from Mowbray's press conference that those 3 are likely to be out, especially Lenihan. This would be my team assuming both Lenihan and Nyambe are fit: Kaminski Lenihan Van Hecke Wharton Nyambe Travis Rothwell Pickering Dolan Dack Brereton If either Nyambe or Lenihan don't make it, go to a back 4 and stick Buckley in a 4-3-3. I certainly wouldn't start Gallagher no matter what, if Dack doesn't start, have Brereton up top.

Best form of the season according to expected goals!

I don't think Dack will be starting anytime soon.

What is this "understanding on how they view the future of the club?" You and RevidgeBlue were waxing lyrical about these cryptic plans months ago. Is there any meat to be put on the bones yet?

Lampard is a horrendous appointment. Bet there is a lot of regret in the boardroom.

He's not going to say that he's been shit in training is he. He looked out of his depth for 2 years, thats why he didnt warrant more game time.

Lets not recreate history and make out that Brereton was underused and messed about in those first 2 years, when he played he was miles off it, he couldn't use his body at all and he wasn't ready to play more. After some time out of the team he seemingly bulked up and started to resemble the player we see today.

I don't see why Brereton won't start with a week in between games. Rich Sharpe tweeted the other day that Dack said at the weekend that he could only do 45 minutes, so unfortunately I can see him only being a sub,

We were given an allocation of more than 5k today.

Maybe "as gospel" is not quite right but most have continued it as a genuine conversation beyond a purely hypothetical one, tried to guess the club, mentioned the potential ramifications on how Mowbray's personality would be judged etc.

It shows the desperation to see the back of Mowbray that someone with a terrible track record can come on, claim that not only has our manager already agreed a new deal with another Championship club for next season but hes also (illegally) pre-arranged contracts for all 3 out of contract players on quadruple their current wage, hes purposely limiting Dacks involvement ahead of a potential sale rather than because hes just come back from 2 years out and hes still going to go to India in the summer anyway and its taken as gospel!

Are you going to put any meat on the bones or leave it cryptic? Where is this from, what is the club, are all 3 players going to the same club? I can't see this at all. And no way does he go to India for a "thanks for everything" meeting when he could be getting things in order at this mystery new club.

It probably makes little sense to have Mowbray involved in recruitment should he leave, but lets not pretend that his transfer record is just an accumulation of rubbish as you imply. Could I have an answer please regarding my question on whether anything has happened since the excitement from earlier this season regarding Venkys plans?

After all these years, do you genuinely forsee a smooth summer whereby the managerial situation will be dealt with and recruitment will be ongoing throughout without massive delays and confusion?

FFP is just assumed to be the main reason, for some reason many Rovers fans have seen how Venkys have behaved in the last 11 years and have concluded that only FFP regulations are stopping them from investing more.

Plenty of money? He got 500k of an 8 figure fee generated from one of his signings this season. Wasted a lot of it? Main 3 signings cost 15m. One was sold for not far off that and a second will be sold this summer for even more. Cant blame them? If he is so shit, surely they should act rationally and sack him. This bizarre justification that Venkys are entitled not to give the manager money thinking that hes wasted it previously, as if thats a thing. If you dont trust the manager to spend money, then surely again you sack him? You dont withhold spending money on the team.

But there are times when he isnt selected, including 3 games ago and for much of our late 2021 run. It seems a more logical explanation that we dont have an infinite number of attacking players, especially with unavailability issues, and that Mowbray has an inflated worth of how good Gallagher actually is, so he plays quite often. Not that he picks him nearly 3 years in to justify a fee paid in 2019.

Is it that simple and that cynical? We arent awash with attacking players, plus Mowbray seems to rate him more than anyone else, I think thats why hes selected so much. He wasnt selected at home to Derby even with a lack of alternatives. Brereton didnt always play for 2 years despite his price tag and Gallagher was only a sub a number of times earlier this season.

Has Gav said that he wants Mowbray in charge next season or that he is the best man to get us promotion? If so, fair enough I totally disagree and think thats crazy. But if not, why is it assumed that if anyone questions the at times personal, hyperbolic nonsense about the manager, that it equates to thinking that hes a really good manager.

Just watching Sky Sports today, is the host called Dave Jones? His presenting has been shocking, David Ginola has been on and he has at times made some very valid points, for example saying that Newcastle need their own identity. Jones just laughed, compared it to the entertainers and dismissed "ripping up the whole team" to the point that Ginola looked like he wanted to hit him. Not conducive to good debate. Defoe offers nothing as a pundit either.

Utter rubbish. I can honestly say that I dont have a strong personal opinion of Lampard either way. I just think quite justifiably that his managerial CV is below average, that the signing of Ali has been crap, that Everton have got worse since his appointment and that he wouldnt have got the job had he not enjoyed the playing career that he did.

No point fascinating at this stage as to how the squad will look next season, so many ifs, buts and maybes. Assuming we stay down, what will actually happen is there will be a massive gap before any decisions are made, Venkys will demand a flight to India, half the summer will go in the process, all of our rivals will steal a march. The manager will probably get a new deal, everything revolves around a Brereton sale, and most likely, none of the proceeds will be made available as was the case with Armstrong. Everything has been made harder with none of the Armstrong money reinvested and with a potential sale of Rothwell and 2 new assets brought in blocked in January. It's nothing to be excited about.

I have no idea who Vitor Pereira is. I also don't have a list of potential managerial appointments. All I know is that Lampard wouldn't have got that job if he didn't have his playing reputation, the two jobs he has previously done are average to be generous. He has done a shit job so far and they seem to have got worse under him. Yes, he made a big fuss about signing Ali and never plays him. Shocking signing. Also, you talk about egos, he added another big one who seemingly is not considered for selection.