Comical from the referee. It’s pure incompetence. 

First time in a while that Diaz has looked fit and my god we’re so much better when he is. 

We’ve turned up again now Bruce has confirmed he’s staying at WBA next season 😉

The Tombola strikes again 

They’re so out of touch it’s beyond belief.
Record home defeat, Record losing runs and expect record low crowds to be added to this lots honours. 

The difference in income between £429 and £299 =~ a year of Daniel Ayala’s wages give or take, and that’s without accounting for any increase on the 8,000 that lowering the price may add.

It’s just so minuscule in the grand scheme of things yet it’s crushing our fan base. Our cheapest adult season ticket will be in the top 5 most expensive in the league next year. 

The cut-off point for the price freeze too, wow, it’s like that idiotic match day surcharge all over again. 

He gets paid £300k a year for this!!!! (which rather conveniently is quite close to the £30 increase x 8,000)

39 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

We might be far enough removed from the playoffs for Mowbray to actually change it up for this one. He’ll also be looking for a scapegoat or two, so I wouldn’t be too surprised to see some changes.

I think there’s a chance he moves to a back 4, and a slimmer one the forwards come back inside.

Is that ever surprising? He’s always desperate for at least 3 changes each match. It just depends whose name comes out the tombola.

3 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

He isn’t staying on guys. I’m completely convinced….don’t believe there’s an appetite on either for that to happen.

The ‘open secret’ came from members of the squad who are being tapped up and advised not to sign new contracts elsewhere by Veno (Who is apparently a troublemaker) so that Mowbray and his team can make them offers once installed at WBA.

No suggestion that they’re telling them not to sign Rovers contracts but by the sounds of it that’s just purely financial. JR offered 4x what Rovers are and likely PL football whilst RN’s offer from Rovers is apparently a joke (Very low). The only one we have a chance with is DL…but I think he’ll wait for Tony et al to turn up at WBA and at least double his current offer 🙁

It wouldn't make much sense that Travis and Kaminski both signed new deals would it?
Also not a chance that Rothwell or Nyambe would want to play under Mowbray elsewhere (Lenihan is the only plausible player in this scenario)

Spineless, pathetic and useless, Gally the only player who can come off with his head held high and being one of his loudest critics it’s pleasing to say that. He looked like the player he can be, while Diaz looked unfit.

Starting Bradley Johnson was just pure Tombola Tony….(Gallagher LB, Johnson False 9 etc). Then the irony of Josh Maja dominating our lot too felt too much to watch.

My only enjoyable moment was the 30 seconds of Stoke fans singing Only One Jack Walker.

Mowbray has butchered this so much. Rock bottom 24th over the last 15 games. Man of honour my arse

I just want a bit of passion and fire now, it’s just so predictable and depressing. 
Get shot and get Ainsworth, not only would he have the desire and ambition (not just topping up the pension like Tony) but he also deserves the crack, he got Wycombe to the championship and got stung out of keeping them up.

People forget Mowbray had just failed at League 1 Coventry (look at them since) when we got him. He isn’t good enough for our club, he was a 3rd division failure. 

9 minutes ago, Fraserkirky said:

Nyambe off 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Came to watch Chorley today instead and hoped to keep my head out of Rovers for my sanity. 
If we were down to 10 men I actually think Nyambe is the 1st player in that team I want playing. Pace, strength and versatility. 
Get out Tony

On 12/04/2022 at 12:35, Hasta said:

Peterborough haven't won a Championship game at home this year.

 

In fairness, we've only won 1 away from home this year!

1-1 draw and cement 8th place

Fixtures below for anyone still holding on to a bit of hope....
I agree with a post above that 75 points feels like a safe number (means Rovers need to win 4 out of 5!) - 6 points at Easter is absolute paramount 

Though i'd say it's just 1 place from 3 in Luton, Boro and Rovers. With Forest, Huddersfield and Sheffield Utd making up 3rd-5th

That Sheffield United away match really was devastating. Missed penalty and a few sitters followed by a last minute winner for them. A 6 point swing there and it's a completely different story.

Fulham still have to play Luton and Sheffield Utd so lets hope their lot don't head to the beach early.

Sneaky feeling that Forest will catch Bournemouth. 
I’d rather play Bournemouth myself if we do somehow sneak into 6th

Peterborough should have won that, unlucky at the end. 
It’s still points dropped for Luton. 
8th looks nailed on for us now. Teams below us not good enough to catch us.

Tomorrow 
Boro home to Fulham 
Forest home to Coventry

22 minutes ago, Gordon Gekko said:

I think it’s Huddersfield and Luton that we need to look at overtaking. Both play each other on Monday as well so points will be dropped.

Reckon it will end up being:

Forest

Middlesbrough

Sheff Utd

Then hopefully us scraping into 6th! 

Fully agree with that. 
Wouldn’t fancy 2 legs against Forest though!

Sounds like Peterborough are battering Luton so hopefully they can nick a goal. 

Regardless, we need 4 wins from our 6 as 74 points looks a minimum need…..and I can’t see that happening regardless of who we have to play. 

16 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

Also, it’s handy being able to make a couple of subs when your players are knackered with 5 minutes to go. Unfortunately we can’t cos we have to use them to completely reshape the team at half time.

Yep exactly, great point. 

16 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Mark Atkins on Radio Lancs criticising the way the team was set up for the first half.

Every pundit has been saying it for months, even the muppets they have in the sky studio were saying it during the death spiral. 
 

Dolan scores his first goal for his country, probably on the biggest possible high, then sits in the bench for 90 minutes. 

Mowbray logic

I’m absolutely devastated by that, Luton draw, Sheff Utd lose, what an opportunity for us going into a home match. 
 

Edit: just noticed darrenbot said the same above

DACKYYYY! Who would have thought it! 
Please be the kick start we all need!

Wing Backs: Less said the better. Both are L1 standard

Buckley: Anonymous

Rothwell: Even more anonymous - shouldn’t be anywhere near our first 11 for the rest of the season. He’s playing as a poor holding midfielder here.

Gallagher: It’s all been said, every week

Van Hecke: Red card waiting to happen. At least he’s got some passion

Giles: 1 good cross to every 4 that hit the first man

Our only hope is we kept it at 1-0 (by fluke) and we have another player revolt here. 
The season is over though. Bottom half is more likely than playoffs now. 

1 minute ago, J*B said:

Trav is the only one with any heart out here. He’s had very public spats so far with Kaminski, Wharton and Pickering. 

Harsh on Van Hecke. I’m actually ashamed he’s the man with most passion and commitment out there and he’s on loan and gone in a few weeks 

Wing backs don’t work when those wing backs are JRC and Pickering. 
They’re just not athletes - miles off the likes of Spence, Jones etc. who play in this formation also pushing promotion. 

1 minute ago, DE. said:

I wonder where we'll finish in the end? 10th - 12th? To finish mid table after being 2nd at the turn of the year will surely be one of the biggest collapses,  if not the biggest, in Championship history? Surely even Mowbray's staunchest defenders, on here at least, will have to stop deflecting to the owners and admit the second half of this season has simply been rank bad management at every conceivable level?

Somebody in another thread linked to the 2 other worst collapses in Championship history.
Both were Boro…..Both were Mowbray.

All over the show at the back. 
This has to be the end for those defending the clown in charge. 

We are all over the show. That JRC pass, so so bad.