No, it’s nothing new for most of us. Pick any of his numerous collapses in form and you’ll find there were plenty that wanted rid of him then. I said in December that I couldn’t see any situation where if it were my choice I’d give him a new deal come the end of the season, and that included promotion. His performance since February has been a utterly disgraceful, not for the first time. His comments today are equally as bad. For all the “stability” he’s brought us, he’s been well paid, allowed to get away with numerous spells of terrible performances, and rebuilt his wreck of a career at a level he could’ve only dreamed of if it weren’t for his agents relationship with our shit owners.

I’m fuming with this. Fuck off Mowbray, there’s plenty of disappointment that we have completely blown out best chance in years of getting out of this division (upwards at least). Whenever anyone does express any disappointment all you ever do is give us a hard luck story, if we are lucky. Usually though you just have a monumental sulk. Another sly dig at the fans on your way out too. You were beyond lucky to get this job, League two teams didn’t want you, and that’s the level you’ll have to settle for if you want another job.

You won’t find anyone who has banged this drum any louder than me. I agree wholeheartedly with his observations and criticisms of the hierarchy… Unfortunately, Mr Integrity has spent the last 5 and a bit years telling us Venky’s are “supportive”, “committed”, “knowledgeable” and “humble”. It was never an issue before, but he’s changed his tune all of a sudden when it suits his own agenda.

I expected us to really struggle this season and be in a dogfight towards the bottom - that doesn’t mean that if we had it would’ve been remotely acceptable. I think the fact so many of us were so pessimistic goes to show that Mowbray has long outlived his usefulness, saps supporters of their optimism, and sets the bar really low. For as long as Rovers are in the Championship, our aim should be promotion. No two ways about it. The fact we have surrendered our best chance since we left the premier league is disgraceful.

Any sign of the big protests that were rumoured from the Birmingham fans?

That’s not true. He has played 62% of our total minutes this season. The Fulham game is what really skews things. A third of the goals conceded while Nyambe has been on the pitch were in that one match. It’s undeniable that defensively and results wise we do better with him in the team.

No he wasn’t. He was on the bench for most and first for each and every one.

That 10 game spell cost us massively. Bennett was absolutely dire and I can’t remember if it was an injury to him or a red card that finally opened the door for Nyambe. We had the first quarter of the season with him as an unused sub, a disgraceful decision. As always, our point per game haul is significantly higher with Nyambe than without him. That particular season of you extrapolate it across the season it would’ve got us playoffs. Have a look back at the stats with and without him I’ve posted for this season. Leaving him out for any other reason than injury or suspension is severely detrimental to our team, in fact I’d go as far as to call it sabotage. We have suffered with him being subbed off far more times than we have benefitted by introducing a more attacking player too.

I know which I’d prefer! One is an asset, one has long since become a burden.

I still think the biggest issue with our fullbacks final ball is they have nobody to hit. The last striker we had who you could try and pick out with an early cross was Gestede.

I think Bell got a really rough ride here. He wasn’t great but I didn’t think he was anywhere near as bad as he was made out to be. Granted he did have the occasional horror show, but which defender during that time didn’t. It got to the point where he’d have to be flawless to get a 6/10 in most peoples eyes, and exceptional to get a 7. He’s probably kicked on, but there’s probably a bit of “you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone” too. Same with Raya. I expect it will be the same with some of the others too, particularly Nyambe.

Yeah, I’m clutching at straws. I can see us suddenly throwing about bigger contracts and paying fees after they have gone. It would be typical.

I still think there could be some twists and turns in all this yet. The Brereton situation could easily drag out into a saga. His stock isn’t as high as it was at the turn of the year, and he’s looking like more a 10-15 million player than a 25-30. Will the big bids come? The fact remains that he’d be bonkers to sign a new deal with us, so I can see him being sold at the last minute ala Armstrong… and we all saw what happened (or didn’t) with the Armstrong fee. But we also know how stubborn they can be at holding out for the fee they want. I can just as easily see Venky’s decide to loosen the purse strings and have a bit of a spend. The cutbacks last summer and the Brockhall business should give a fair bit of FFP wiggle room, and we could be at the start of another 3 year cycle. If this does happen it will no doubt be after Lenihan, Nyambe and Rothwell have got fixed up elsewhere. I wouldn’t be surprised to see us paying a hefty fee and wages 4/5 times that of Nyambe for an inferior player in Zeefuik. There are whispers about interest in Dolan and Phillips. Travis, Buckley and Wharton may be on other teams radars too. On the flip side there is apparently some hope of Lenihan signing a new deal… maybe a new boss with sufficient backing may be able to persuade him and Nyambe. If we can get a good manager in quickly, there’s reason to be excited. If not it’s a terrifying prospect.

Aye, 75 quid a ticket though. Anyone daft enough to pay that will probably be more interested in having a selfie with Waggott than asking him what he’s playing at.

You stand rigidly by your comments and repeat them ad nauseum, but frequently something gives and you end up doing a complete u turn and shouting about something else for dozens of posts a day. You’ve arbitrarily decided that the club need to interview 6 people for a managers job, you’ve even decided who those 6 should be. Presumably because this mirrors your own experiences in your working life you think it’s the best/only way for us to go about appointing someone into a role as high profile as Rovers manager. You then convince yourself that this is absolutely what is happening and get mad when anyone suggests that this might not be the way things actually pan out. You obviously want Farke, so if the decision makers at the club felt the same, why interview 5 other people? It’s not to get them to run through their CV is it? Managers accomplishments or otherwise are pretty public. What would Lee Johnson have to say in his interview to jump to the top of the pile ahead of Farke? That Dingle comment doesn’t come as much of a surprise considering the small minded views you often portray and your completely insular views on everything.

Once again, you seem to have a real problem separating what you want to happen with reality. That Dingle comment makes you look very small minded. Dyche is streets ahead of the vast majority of managers on yours or anyone else’s lists.

Has a 6 man shortlist been mentioned anywhere? Big questions around who would be conducting the interviews - if Venky’s are making the decision on a manager it seems as waste of time anyone being interviewed by Waggott, Cheston or even Pasha. Interviews are a pretty outmoded recruitment tool generally these days, particularly with a job as unique as football management. A two way discussion sharing ideas and expectations is one thing, but a traditional interview process would be laughable really… and so I fully expect Steve Waggott will be reading questions from a sheet like “where do you see yourself in 5 years time” and “what are your strengths and weaknesses”.

An additional stat… when Nyambe has played over 45 minutes we average 1.8 points per game In games where Nyambe plays less than 45 minutes, or not at all, we average 0.9 points per game

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I expect Waggott is currently ignoring calls form Rich Sharpe, Andy Bayes and others. He will have nothing to say to them because he will be as in the dark as Mowbray. He’s probably taking calls from the agents of prospective new managers, putting the feelers out and getting a bit of info. He will no doubt listen and talk, maybe even have thoughts in his own mind about what we ought to do. It won’t matter though, it’ll be down to Horner, Honeyman, Sheron and Suhail, maybe another of Jerome’s cronies if they fancy something to do. Waggott will be out in public tomorrow for the end of season awards, so no doubt he will get a light quizzing then… not that he will be able to give any answers.

You’re on form today. Yes, I’d be more than happy with Farke or Ainsworth being Mowbray’s replacement. I’ve advocated both for a while and was certainly doing so while your Chadometer was still pointing firmly towards Mowbray in.

I said it as soon as we moved to a back 5 - it made all 3 of the centre backs look a lot better. Why are you banging on about the Preston game? It was a complete false dawn and an anomaly, and for as good as we were, Preston were equally crap. Making statements about future formations and playing styles with your usual certainty is ridiculous at the present moment. We are set to lose half our squad, manager and coaching staff,

To reflect a bit on the actual game: We defended abysmally throughout, as is usually the case when Nyambe doesn’t play. I’m not sure how many of our centre backs are suited to/currently good enough to play in a back 4 and look far more suited to a 5. Brereton really frustrated. Lost track of how many times he was caught offside, and made some poor and greedy decisions. His raw attributes have served him and us really well this season, but needs to smarten up if he is to get the big move everyone expects. Travis had a melt down during the game and went even further off the boil after. Has some growing up to do. As usual the substitutions turned us into a confused mess. Didn’t really matter, we never got going and were lethargic from the off. Bournemouth were superb off the ball… reminded me a bit of how we were during our good spell this season.

A few stats from this season… When Nyambe is on the pitch we concede a goal on average every 109 minutes. When Nyambe is off the pitch we concede a goal on average every 60 minutes. Goals conceded with Nyambe - 23* Goals conceded without Nyambe - 26 Nyambe has played 62% of total minutes this season *This includes 7 in one game against Fulham In the 21 games where Nyambe has played the full 90 minutes we have taken 38 points. In the other 24 games we have taken 28 points. Clean sheets with Nyambe - 11 Clean sheets without Nyambe - 1

I don’t disagree with your sentiments here Chaddy, unfortunately I think we will be lucky to have a new manager in by the end of June.