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That tweet got me looking at fixtures and working things out. Put simply, we need maximum points out of our next two games, and the teams above us not to. That would take it in to the final game.

Decent performance against strong opposition. Fair result, but a shame we couldn’t nick it. More of the same over the next three games please. Suppose all we can do now is win all three and keep our fingers crossed for a miracle. If we’d have performed anything like that against Barnsley and Wigan we’d be right in contention. That’s the frustration.

More hopeful than confident! If there are any changes to the starting 11 I’m sure he will be in! I’m hopeful it will be the same lot that started against Cardiff though.

We could’ve been going into this very tough fixture with a real incentive - a good chance of a playoff spot. Sadly the debacles against Wigan and Barnsley have left us needing a miracle. No real expectations, but I’ll be furious if there are any unenforced changes to the starting 11 from midweek. Thank God Brereton is still banned. Hopefully Mowbray doesn’t pick Gallagher’s number out of the tombola drum. I predict a Walton howler and Bennett to be the first substitute to come on.

If we’d have beaten Barnsley and Wigan, we’d be 6th in the league. If we played with Graham, Armstrong and Samuel as a front three in those games we’d have been far more likely to win them. If Gallagher and Brereton has come through the youth ranks instead of costing millions of pounds they would be nowhere near the first team squad based on their ability and influence on games. These big money flops are a massive hinderance.

League one fodder? I’ve also seen the job Mowbray has done described as “stabilising us when we were in a tailspin on our way to league 2” This revisionist history is appalling. And the ever more popular notion that we have “found our level” and are “about where we should be” is a disgrace to the legacy and memory of Jack Walker.

Not if they have any sense! But if they did I’d snap their hands off.

Yeah, very possible. I doubt it’s something we work on in training either way, considering how rarely we see an early cross.

Last night was an exception, but there is rarely a target in the box for a cross. When Gallagher plays he is stood out wide with Nyambe looking for a short pass, a false 9 would be lurking around the edge of the box. Maybe Armstrong might be coming in at the back post, but if it was Brereton he’d likely be falling over on the halfway line or contemplating his next haircut. I really do wish we would put more crosses in. If Graham plays, and to a lesser degree Samuel, we have decent targets in there.

So if we forget for a minute that Brereton has been utterly crap ever since he came here, and his pitiful scoring record, let’s have a look at the “one for the future” argument. If we have ambitions to get back to the premier league, surely any players “for the future” need to progress to be good enough to play at that level. That’s never ever going to be the case with Brereton. A criminally bad signing and a complete misuse of funds. Just completely baffling and there could well be more to this signing than meets the eye. For context, Spurs paid £5 million for Dele Alli as “one for the future”. Yeah, he might be a prick, but it just goes to further show how bad a signing Brereton has been. Get rid of him for whatever we can get. Even if it’s a free at least his wage is gone. He is a hinderance.

I was delighted with the result and most of the performances last night, but that quickly gave way to anger. Graham as an out and out centre forward, with Samuel grafting hard on one side and the pure quality of Armstrong on the other worked. We looked dangerous throughout and gave their defence a really tough time, and lo and behold, each of our front three scored a goal in keeping with their performance. Graham showed natural instinct, Samuel persevered and Armstrong’s was class. As soon as we abandon the ludicrous false 9 nonsense and the hopeless Gallagher and Brereton are out of the front three, look what happens. The stubborn insistence from Mowbray to persevere with that crap for our previous three games has effectively sabotaged our chances of the playoffs. I voted “Don’t care” in this poll. Normally my ire is focused towards Venky’s, but this is squarely on Mowbray. I’d fancy us to be 6 points better off were it not for his mind boggling selections and formations. I’m as pissed off with him as I’ve ever been.

If we want to balance the books we’d need to sell every player, Brockhall and Ewood Park and all its contents. And we’d probably get more back for Brereton and Gallagher by stripping them down and selling them for parts/harvesting their organs.

Even so, you could have 10 of him for one Gallagher. Or 14 for a Brereton.

Nothing to do with the pressure being off, we won tonight because we played a proper front 3. Shame we had to all but play ourselves out of playoff contention with Gallagher, Brereton and a false 9 before Graham got a chance. And Samuel is far more effective than either of our two big money buys. Very enjoyable and a great result... but really frustrating considering the opportunity our last three performances have blown.

There are whispers Mowbray never really wanted Davenport in the first place. The Chapman situation is a head scratcher though... a few substitute appearances in league one and the fans really took to him. Mowbray must have had some idea of his character before we pursued him so doggedly only to never pick him. Maybe signed to appease the fans, or an an agents/Venkys command.

Absolutely spot on. Sadly there is large portion of our fan base who thing we should just be pathetically grateful they haven’t decided to wind the club up yet.

It’s been tricky to be honest. Lots of digging in lots of different places! Their Twitter account will give you an insight into the players and managers on their books... I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we brought in Marcus Forss as our obligatory striker this summer. There is a really worrying thread running through all our recent managers (Appleton aside) Kean - we all know about that Berg - Rune Hauge (the one who get banned for the dodgy dealings with George Graham involving John Jensen... another SEM man who was foisted on us. Hauge and Jerome were also both involved in the John Obi Mikel controversy) Appleton - Oporto Sports Bowyer - HSH Lambert - HSH Coyle - HSH Mowbray - HSH Below is HSH’s companies house listing... Plenty of crossover with SEM. Several familiar names on the SEM filing history. HSH were incorporated around 6 months after Jerome resigned as an SEM director. Little more than a rebranding?

Manager of Dingles U18s, and represented by HSH

Don’t think he’s on HSH’s books, so no.

I’d be putting money on some of the following to replace Mowbray, whenever the time comes... Steve Cooper Mark Robins Craig Bellamy Gary Holt Tony Pulis Graham Wesley Micky Mellon Dave Challinor Dean Keats Tony Philliskirk

Yep. Very true. Not that he’d get the job in the first place. He doesn’t have the right agent.

In that case he should be given the job immediately. We could do with someone who may stand up to our dimwit owners instead of trotting out the usual propaganda they are instructed to.

Hummel or Kappa ??

This thread has become fucking ridiculous

Bloody hell... I’d hope they would! Expecting anyone to miss the birth of their child for their work is bonkers.