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Obviously it is not a literal point but Mowbray being here next season would not cause the majority of the current ST base to not go, leaving a few hundred.

Dolan? Hedges? Could have Giles left, Brereton central, Dolan right and drop Gallagher

The owners should not under any circumstances be interfering with things like that. They deserve all of the blame for that, and it will cost us in the summer when Rothwell leaves for free and we dont have the 2 new players that Mowbray needed the Rothwell money to bring in in January. This bonus too, its commonplace for a team to receive bonuses upon success, surely. What relevance does that have?

That annoying Chilean fan is coming over apparently and singing at the fanzone about Brereton on Saturday.

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.