He would walk into todays team with a manager with any sense. I never said that he is a regular starter in a top 6 side anymore, thats irrelevant.

The front 3 that started today were as toothless as you could have wished to see. I hope we get more supposed bad apples.

No he wouldnt, because Mowbrays tactics are bollocks.

A very strange game to analyse, and a difficult one to becone enthused about. It is a good result in reality but there is certainly as much wrong as there is right. Firstly the positives, Kaminski was excellent and saved us, the centre backs again were very good although no clean sheet, and Corry Evans was as good as anyone on the pitch finally playing in a role that suits him. Rankin Costello was impressive too although his lack of durability is a major concern. This false 9 bollocks needs to stop, Buckley in a totally uncomfortable role so not a criticism of him was fairly pitiful, the highlights being 2 shots that barely reached. I maintain my opinion that even as a striker, Sam Gallagher is at best a bottom of the Champonship standard striker, but that is much better than a frail midfielder playing in a totally uncomfortable position, replaced by more of the same. His goal came from a set piece whereby obviously his position was an irrelevance. Mowbray will have no doubt had smoke blown up his backside by the incompetent journalists as to how "heroic" our performance was against the mighty Norwich and not questioned as to why this bollocks continues and seemingly will do so indefinitely. Of the front 3 in general, I repeat my question at half time, have we ever had an attack as blunt and toothless as that? Brereton was hopeless again, seen only occasionally when bumbling around without purpose, whilst I felt a bit sorry for Dolan, he couldnt have looked any more out of place on that pitch and I dont think he did anything successfully. Holtby and Rothwell meandered around fairly tidily but as usual not to any real effect.

Rhodes with another goal, seems to be finding his goalscoring touch again. We should be far more inventive in the summer but there is no way that he doesnt walk into our team today.

Its been ok but we havent had anything like a clear cut chance. Brereton has reverted back to bumbling fool.

Many aspects of our game have been decent even if the game has been incredibly dull but we havent had any serious chances. Evans definitely our best player. Has anyone ever seen such a toothless strikeforce as what we have on show today?

Either Dolan or Buckley up front would be equally stupid I suspect he wont be quizzed on his bizarre tactics and the poor set of players he has assembled later by the inadequate journalists although I suppose he will be staying in his job regardless so why does it matter.

To be fair, Rothwell has played most of this season centrally and done nothing. Yeah, Davenport is again injured.

Him, Johnson and Gallagher are all players that couldnt be any more alien to the supposed style that Mowbray wants to play. Bizarre recruitment.

What a shocking team. Where are the goals in that considering that we "are going to win?" Brereton should be central, Dolan right, Rothwell left. Alas that wont be the case.

I think most of his belters came in the second half of last season when he was put in the middle. For the first 18 months of his permanent spell, he played wide and most wanted him dropped. The burden of goalscoring is placed on his shoulders because the supporting cast are so poor. His selfishness should of course be managed but a striker should have a selfish streak.

I dont necessarily think that he would need to score less to become more productive, in fact to an extent, his selfishness as a goalscorer should be embraced, since he has become less selfish he has become less effective. The problem is that even though his goal tally is competitive with the best strikers, the supporting cast are poor and dont contribute both due to tactical issues and simply a lack of quality. I dont think that aiming to dominate possession and the general way in which we play suits Armstrong, never mind anyone else. The Armstrong that struggled from a wide position was a different player.

What happened to Gallagher getting a run centrally?

He wont be sacked regardless of the result so we need to cling onto a forlorn hope of a result to move us away from the drop zone.

What style of play would suit Gallagher if direct football doesnt? Technically he is a donkey, not overly fast, what suits him? Our tactics may be curious but Armstrong and when he played Dack both manage to score plenty of goals, because they are goalscorers. Goalscorers tend to score goals regardless. Rhodes scored plenty in some really shit teams. Your mockery of Mowbray is hilarious and when he goes into next season probably still managing us, I suspect it will all be locked away and never seen again. I would have sacked him long ago but sadly I dont anticipate it anytime soon.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/april/rankin-costello-to-remain-a-rover/ No mention of one here for Rankin Costello.

Yeah, he played most of the first half of last season there and didnt score very many at all. It should be a case of is he good enough to merit a place centrally, if not then be doesnt play at all. The wing experiment is rubbish but I dont think he is good enough to warrant a regular run centrally. That being said, if Armstrong is unavailable, or even potentially together, then maybe. When Armstrong goes we definitely need a new striker though.

How Eric Dier repeatedly makes the squad is a mystery. The right back situation is strange too.

Gallagher seems to be one of those players and to be honest, and we have a few, that if this happened or if that happened, he would be far better, when there is no real evidence that it would be the case. He has never scored 15-20 goals before, and I suspect although would love to be wrong, never will. It is also unrealistic to expect to be in a front 2 every week in an attacking team with a constant deluge of chances. Gallagher lacks anticipation and ultimately is not a natural goalscorer, either with his movement or indeed his finishing ability. You seem to think that there is no responsibility of a striker to get into goalscoring positions, and it is solely down to the other players to create those chances and it doesnt work like that. I would love to be a striker to you, I would never get into goalscoring positions, stand next to the corner flag, shrug my shoulders and say well, where are the chances? I would say that the wide experiment has always been senseless, even when you used to defend it by being pedantic over the role you felt he was playing. But he played much of the first half of last season up front, he played basically all of his first spell up front, and I think the Birmingham spell although no, I didnt watch them every week, believe it or not. Would you think that Sam Gallagher can be a regular starter as a striker for a side supposedly aiming for the top 6, out of interest? And why would we wait until the Norwich game to sack him? It makes no sense, its a nice hope to have but its one that will only frustrate you when it doesnt happen. Venkys wont have a clue that we are even playing Norwich or that there is an international break.

A few things regarding how you feel I have been over critical on Dolan which you seem to have misunderstood: - The fact that it is his first professional season led me to suggest that unlike many of our other players, it is very reasonable for his output to be limited, that was a defence of him if anything. - I did also suggest that it was a prudent move to sign him on a long term contract. Wouldnt have him as a starter though, im not sure he starts in any other Championship clubs, so the debate is squad player or a loan spell elsewhere for me. - Dolan isnt a striker, he ran around a lot and little else there, thats not his position though and indeed my comments about his position are criticisms of our manager, not him. If he played as a striker all season, I suspect that he would struggle to get over 5 goals. Mind you, so would Kaminski if you played him there. My overall opinion on Dolan is he is a kid with a lot of talent but in his first year of professional football, is incredibly raw, and usually doesnt offer a threat for all of the tricks and flicks. Im sure that will come over time though. I dont think that is a critical opinion. Your conclusions about the managers future as well as the criticisms of Waggott are things I totally agree with and in fact things that I wanted quite a long time ago.

I dont doubt that Mowbray makes odd decisions tactically and I am not defending him for that. I am just unconvinced as to the names of the players that can have us around the top 6 under any manager. Players like Rothwell and Holtby have played centrally this season and just not performed often enough, and Gallagher's reputation grows each time he is played wide with people forgetting that he isnt particularly good full stop. I do think we need a new plan and a new manager, but also there has to be a overhaul on the playing staff. I am not convinced that we would miss the majority of the players for whom their contracts are about to expire, it may be worth renewing one or two but in the main, they should all be jettisoned in my opinion.

Me neither, im certainly not suggesting that we should accept being 15th. Teams dont finish in an order exactly based on the quality of their squads which is obviously subjective anyway and perhaps our squad whilst not being top 6 calibre is better than 15th. A very good manager for one is a variable which will be able to get more than average out of your players. The league position suggests that our team is no better than the team we had in our first season in this league, most would disagree but I am not sure it is to be honest. Which of our players would you describe as good, and which of those are top 6 calibre? I just think that it is not just the case that a new manager will come in and suddenly change the fortunes of these players overnight. Part of the reason as to why we need a new manager is because Mowbray has not built a very good squad of players and with many about to go out of contract and our sole asset seemingly being primed for a sale, it is the perfect chance for a change of direction.

Your obsession with Armstrong when the supporting cast are so poor is totally bizarre. He isnt perfect, he isnt clinical and he might not be Premier League quality but he has scored loads in a poor side and without him, wed be in a relegation battle. For what its worth, his unselfishness should have created a goal yesterday but for a tame shot by Rankin Costello from a good position after a poor first touch by him. The fact that his goal record is so competitive with the best in the league and that is who is compared against says enough, even if he is inferior in whatever way. Do we compare Gallagher and Brereton against these or even the likes of Buendia, Sarr, Cantwell, Danjuma, Jed Wallace and Mbuemo, do we compare Rothwell and Holtby to Josh DaSilva, Lerma, Hourihane, Will Hughes, do we compare Lenihan and Ayala to Gibson, Hanley, Jansson, Pinnock, Morrison, I could go on? No because everywhere else, our players are so inferior to the top players in the league.

I am not 100% sure I did, but even so, Boro dont have a top 6 squad either, in fact they have a top 6 level manager perhaps overachieving a tad. And if I did say that, I myself perhaps was fooled slightly at the start, I didnt realise that Ayala was quite so past it, that Douglas was past it etc. Cardiff and Barnsley also have very good managers, neither probably have top 6 squads but I think both of their managers would not swap their squads for ours. Who would we miss if they went? We are disproportionally reliant on our goals coming from Armstrong, so when he isnt firing, they just dont come at all, aside from a brief respite from Dack who undoubtedly has the quality but we will be without again for a while. Defensively its never been addressed and nothing in the midfield to shout home about. Which players will you be genuinely sad if they left tomorrow? Which players are a good manager away from a transformation? The blame does lie with the manager tactically but mainly for assembling a sorry squad of players despite the time and money to do much better.