I get why they want him from Chile's side, but as a Rovers fan, following the initial novelty factor, Chile are really becoming a bit of a hindrance to us, with the extra games, the extra travelling, and now potentially risking him when he isnt fully fit and there is nothing that we can do. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/19974714.blackburn-rovers-chile-locked-talks-ben-brereton-diaz-fitness/ I can't say I'd be disappointed if they lost the first of their 2 games coming up and had no chance of the World Cup going into the second!

2 more games I think.

Surely that would depend on how we finish the season? If we made the play offs and/or got promoted, surely that would be the ultimate progression? 4th suggests a level of competence, of course the only full gauge will be after the full season.

A good striker will also anticipate potential chances which Gallagher doesnt really do. I dont think playing him central will lead to a significant improvement in his performances and I definitely dont think loads of crosses against big centre backs will be too fruitful as he is deceptively poor in the air. That being said, it would make sense to try him centrally just to try something slightly different.

A reason why I was unsure as to whether to suggest Gallagher up front is that he isnt a physical presence and playing against 3 big centre backs, crossing balls in to him will not be a successful plan. Quick players and balls slipped through might be the way forward.

That implies that any signing would have been a loan, Premier League clubs offering their players to us. Hardly a sign of available finance.

Giles has been a disapointment so far, he always impressed me at Cardiff and we did need strength in depth at left wing back but with Pickering now back, he needs to play further forward. He is a creative player who can cross but unfortunately our only good forward got injured soon after his arrival.

Key being the word "if."

I don't think there was a specific timeline or date of any bid for Dembele. The fact that he left on deadline day doesn't mean that Bournemouth bid or declared interest on that same day, never mind us. If you want to take your interpretation as proof that funds were there and not spent and put it solely down to incompetence by Mowbray, Waggott or whoever, fair enough. I tend to judge available budgets by what we do spend, not by rumours of deals that fell away. It doesn't even seem that Mowbray has full autonomy on transfers anyway, not being given the choice to sell and replace as he wishes, so it wouldn't surprise me if we didn't have a specific budget and Mowbray could only spend funds based on specific parameters, including age/position, but again that would be purely speculation on my side. The idea that supporters with no direct influence on anything can lack focus on this season is a bizarre one. But if this is genuinely your stance, why have you spent all weekend talking about contract offers for beyond this season?

As I said, we have no idea if that bid was made on the condition that Rothwell was about to be sold, which is plausible considering that Mowbray mentioned 2 coming in with the proceeds. All ifs buts and maybes, we spent 700k. I know, youve taken my comment out of context. Either way, not much to supplement a promotion push, especially when 500k of it goes on a player unfortunately injured straight away.

I would certainly have liked to have seen him more. That being said, suppose you are limited trying to improve a Championship attack with 200k.

Weird how its solely down to management incompetence that Armstrong was never replaced rather than budget constraints, yet even if it was merely a case of the management not getting deals over the line, that money never seems to get spent in subsequent windows.

Again I was more identifying the potential reasons and stances behind people specifically not attending based on the manager, because surely that is based on results historically in which case, surely going on to be potentially successful would then allow those people to change their minds. If we went up, it would be a superb achievement, and Mowbray would almost certainly be given a new contract which would be totally justified. I don't think that will happen mind. I would personally probably consider a contract warranted if we finished the top 6 regardless of whether we went up. Anything less than top 6 and a change would make sense. I do think that as @Mattyblue has pointed out, many have cornered themselves and will not even allow themselves to praise the manager even if the season ends in success. Whether we ought to have beaten Sheffield United or not, we didn't, thats all that matters. The wins v Boro and QPR were important though and have us 4th at the moment, so hopefully the poor run is overcome/

I feel like you are being pedantic there, what I meant was: So if we went up and Mowbray remained, you wouldn't get a season ticket? But out of interest, do you have a season ticket this season? Did you last? And would getting one next season be dependant on Mowbray being in situ still, and if he was, would that stance remain unaltered even if we achieved promotion under him?

Kaminski Lenihan Van Hecke Wharton Buckley Travis Rothwell Pickering Hedges Gallagher Giles Subs: Pears, Rankin Costello, Johnson, Davenport, Dack, Khadra, Dolan Keep the back 5, I would opt for Buckley at wing back over Rankin Costello I think. Bit of a change from the false 9 with Dolan and Khadra dropping out, I am not convinced by Gallagher central but I would try it with Giles on his natural side and also Hedges able to cut inside from the right. Hopefully Dack off the bench for 20 minutes.

So if we went up and Mowbray remained, you wouldn't go? I don't really understand that but fair enough.

My question was specific to rigger to understand the exact reason why he hasn't and will not renew with Mowbray in charge, to understand whether it is personal or result based, and whether there is any flexibility in that statement should we do better than expected. Have you stopped attending for similar reasons? If so, is it personal or results based? Is there any flexibility to that? And away from personal attendance, would you sack him if we went up? If we finished in the top 6 but didnt quite make it?

I don't think that anyone has described the season as a whole as a crisis, just a very specific, focused issue that we are currently suffering from.

Is the Styles bid now a fact? Even with Dembele, their chairman did come out (unprofessionally again) and say that we had a bid accepted, but we don't know the details. 1.5m, is that true, or was it less? We don't know. Plus was it a deal lined up if Rothwell was to leave? We don't know. Fact of the matter is we spent around 700k, thats it. Don't focus on ifs but and maybes, judge on what we do, not what we could have done.

How much flexibility is there in that statement? If we went up with him in charge, would you not renew? If we finished in the top 6 but didnt go up, would you not renew? On both accounts assuming he stays. And also, is it him as a manager based on results that you don't like? In which case, would an overachivement/successful season not counteract a poor one prior? Or is it something deeper, a personal dislike?

1 goal in 11 in non League. He will fit in.

We didnt do enough to beat Sheffield United though, its about results not chances created. The flaws of the measurement of expected goals that I could go into is one thing that doesnt seem relevant here, but even accepting that in certain games we did create enough chances to score, eg v Swansea, that brings us to the main problem that we cant finish them chances! Most of them chances were dropping in the net through Brereton earlier in the season, and without him as we will be for the next 4 critical games at least, those chances are less likely to end in the net when players who clearly arent as clinical are having them. We all want to enjoy the play offs but people are having justified doubts as to whether we will reach them.

I dont think that at least the majority are overreacting to today. I think the problems from the last 2 months were evident again today but I certainly dont sense an overreaction to today in isolation. You mention the Swansea game, but the inability to take chances even when we do create them is a huge part of the problem we are suffering in regards to a lack of goal threat.

Are the "pitchforks" out solely because we lost away at Fulham? The underlying worry is the fact that for 2 months, we have had next to no goal threat. 3 goals in 11 games is certainly beyond todays performance in which we seldom if ever looked like improving that tally. With our main striker whose absence has been a major contributing factor to this run not back for at least 5 more games, I think the problems on show today certainly run far deeper than a frustrating but solitary defeat today and are a genuine cause for concern.

Do you have one this season out of interest and if not, why not? If we finished in the top 6, didnt go up but Mowbray got a new deal. Which I personally would see as fair. Would that genuinely reduce your likelihood of a season ticket? Not criticising in any way by the way, just curious. Im very much of the opinion that it is down to the club and its ticketing policies etc to get as big of a crowd as possible.