Don't be so feckin stupid. Just imagine, you are in hospital, lying in a bed and fighting for your life and the one consultant who can save you is a Burnley fan................ I don't give a monkey's about race, colour, creed, religion or football allegiance - can they do a feckin job and improve you. If the answer is yes, then bring them in!

At 26 not sure he'll improve enough for PL. IMO, decent Championship player - full stop. Travis has a season to prove he COULD make the step up - though surprising how younger players 'level out'. Armstrong, IMO, technically not good enough for PL. Will be a very good Championship player.

You can bugger off - you get nowt for losing!

Where has he failed as a manager? Southport, Sligo, Stanley, Chesterfield, Portsmouth and Wigan - not glamour clubs but learnt his trade the hard way. Done a good job at each before moving on to a better opportunity. If he's a w@nker, dread to think what that makes Mowbray.

Yep, Hird went to Leeds for about £440,000 and Bailey went to Everton for about £300,000. Forty+ years ago, those were sizeable fees.

Don't think the southern softies will fancy it. My money is on Cooky's Wigan.

Hird and Bailey were a delight to watch as an attacking force as they ripped defences apart down their flanks. Happy memories!

As I posted earlier, this win as an inevitability - thanks lads, will keep my wine rack nicely stocked with my winnings! Sadly, I couldn't watch the match due to work commitments. However, delighted that Carter got a chance and seemed to impress. Also delighted with Chapman's apparent 'cameo'. Have been arguing on here for some time that this lad has real ability. He just needs a bit of tlc and an opportunity to be let off the leash. Hopefully, even Mowbray might have seen the light! What seems absolutely clear is the need for a new goalkeeper. IMO, Brighton's fourth choice is a dolloper who should have no place in our team. Cheers!

Very cruel and probably costly.

A superb effort. Thing Cooky is very underrated - done well wherever he's been. I know he irritates a few but gets results.

Feckin hope Walton isn't! Glad Carter getting a chance from the start though.

In the course of my work across industry and commerce (including sport), I've seen, and been involved in, a fair old number of contract settlements / terminations and only the naive would settle in full; there are exceptions of course eg on compassionate, health grounds etc. Goal posts not changed Chaddy! You need to read the content more carefully (as you often advise others!). Three bets today and a good start: Newbury 13.05 Guru, won at 8/1, Rovers at just better than evens and Ennistymon at 7/2 in the Irish Oaks tonight. Already, well in pocket for the day with more to come I expect! Cheers!

Sick and tired of reading what, IMO, is just bullsh1t and soundbites from Mowbray. IMO, he offers no hope just excuses for mediocrity at best. We need someone with a 'can do' attitude, who exudes positivity and can fire-up the football club and its fans.

They need to start not 'game time' which under Mowbray could be as little as ten minutes. Give the lads a fair chance, play them from the start and let them get into the rhythm of the game.

Being selective again Chaddy! Read that post again and read what I posted today - there is a difference!

Where on earth do you get £millions from? You reach an agreement with Mowbray who would be the biggest cost and, at worse, if you have had to pay up the contracts of Waggott and Mowbray's coaching staff. I think you would do it all for less than £2million (substantially less than the wages of all the playing deadwood that should be shown the door this summer). The question is - can Rovers afford NOT to do it? IMO, we are not progressing as a club, in fact I think we are going backwards and our playing squad, come next week, will be threadbare, unbalanced and have limited genuine quality (so much for Mowbray's slow build upon solid foundations). We have to stop haemorrhaging huge amounts of money year after year and you can only achieve that if the club is successful (both results and player trading wise) and genuinely moves forward and gets stronger every year (look at Burnley). What value has Waggott added to Rovers? Are we really better off after three and a half years of Mowbray? As I said, IMO, Rovers can not afford NOT to do it otherwise the steady and consistent drift towards the financial abyss will become a surge and who knows what an insolvency would bring and where we would end up.

I think it's an inevitable eventuality given their 'project' has, IMO, never taken off.

Frightening similarities for Rovers - hasn't our wage bill over the last three sets of accounts averaged close on 160% of turnover!? I think Rovers are in big trouble and when the final ball of the season has been kicked next Wednesday night, to use one of Mowbray's often used sayings, 'let's see what happens'.

Excellent post. Sadly, I think the chickens are about to come home to roost.

I don't know how much Bielsa is on. If Rovers stopped, IMO, spunking money up the wall on cr@p signings like Brereton and Gallagher and swept all the deadwood away, a fraction of that money would allow us to appoint a quality manager. Posted a few days ago, the three key positions at a club are CEO, Football Manager and Chief Scout. Sadly, for us, I think we employ three muppets and that is why we are where we are.

Fixed it for you!

IMO, a certain Rovers' win tomorrow (win when it least matters!) Think Mowbray will be busting a gut to win the last two games so he can bang the drum for Pune to hear about year-on-year improvement. Those players looking for new contracts will duly oblige for 'Uncle Tone'. Banged on Rovers win at just better than evens.

I think you miss the point. When Kenny arrived, players listened because of his legendary status. He automatically commanded their attention / respect by his achievements in the game. Very early in my professional life, I had a mentor who was a retired CEO of a national organisation. I listened and learned and it was perhaps the most beneficial 12 months of my working life!

The 'happy clappers' live in a weird and wonderful world!