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IMO, not fit to be CEO of our great club. I think the man talks utter b0ll0cks.

Good luck to Holtby. It's a huge blow for him and Rovers. This is a nasty injury and when its torn from the bone (either thigh or shin) then there's a likelihood of other knee damage. I think Mowbray is wildly optimistic thinking the lad might be back for the play offs, if we get there, as I understand recovery for a sports person is generally a minimum of three months and in some instances up to seven to nine months.

Look at our Academy and all the £millions invested over the years. Didn't Rovers say the cost was in the region of £3million+ per year. My challenge would be is it really working? Look at Liverpool last night, in a FA Cup match against Liverpool, they fielded a team of youngsters with an average age of 19 and won and look at the team that defeated Everton in the previous round. I could not see Rovers fielding a team in such circumstances from the 'ranks' and winning. Mowbray talks about our 'kids' and Lenihan is going on 26 and Nyambe and Travis are 22 - these are not 'kids'. 'Kids' are what Liverpool fielded last night. When did our Academy last produce a real talent sought by PL clubs or European clubs? As a very, very bare minimum, as a Championship club, I would expect Rovers to 'produce' the likes of Lenihan, Nyambe and Travis. As as PL club, IMO, that would be a shocking return given the resource going into the Academy. You say we have "good youth players coming through and IMO some players who could become 1st team players in the future". IMO, the likes of Grayson (age 20), Magloire (age 21) and Mols (age 21) are not good enough and never will be. As for Buckley (age 20), Butterworth (age 20) and Rankin-Costello (age 20), a couple of them might become a Championship player but they are not, IMO, hammering down the doors to our first team nor set to become the 'next big thing' in the way Damien Duff, David Dunn and Phil Jones were - all playing regular first team football (and in the PL) as 17/18/19 year old lads. So if you measure our Academy objectively, IMO, it isn't working as it should. As for our Sports Science department again, I look at 'results' and the evidence I see in matches. I think we are one of the least mentally and physically fit teams in the league and as a result, the incidence of injury is higher. IMO, there are examples of players being injured and then sent back on the field, possibly worsening their injuries (posters above have given examples including Lenihan and Chapman). What sort of medical judgement calls are those? We seem to pick up lots of injuries and take an age to get players back. Younger players (as opposed to those 30+) shouldn't be injured as often as they are or take months to get into a state where Mowbray thinks they are fit enough for first team contention; Lenihan, Nyambe, Evans (excluding his facial injury), Holtby, Chapman and Davenport all readily spring to mind. Sit back Chaddy, think about it and try to measure things more objectively. Sadly, too many fans seem happy with mediocrity, are blinded by smoke and mirrors and think all things are rosy in the Ewood garden.

Absolutely. I think we once had very decent fitness and medical departments. Sadly, IMO, I think every level of the club has been downgraded under the present owners and its executive management. IMO, we have paid, and will continue to do so, a very heavy price. You get what you pay for. I think we've squandered tens of £millions on transfer fees and wages for some very, very mediocre footballers and that's being kind!. A fraction of that invested in key personnel would have reaped dividends. You need a quality CEO, football manger, chief scout, academy director and head of sports' medicine and you then give them a decent infrastructure to work with. Sadly, IMO, we fail in those five key positions and have done so for too long now; as a result, I think our club has regressed from an established PL club to, at best, a Championship club where stagnation prevails with our owners looking down the barrel at a near £200million loss. IMO, unnecessarily tragic.

Trouble is Chaddy, you don't accept what many see, with good reason, as blindingly obvious. I think we signed a dud in Brereton and, IMO, Gallagher isn't that much better! You can have all the technical / tactical video booths in the world but if you haven't got a degree of natural ability then you are stuffed. As the old proverb goes 'you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear'!

Don't see any reason why we can't win this. Despite taking a three goal lead, Fulham fortunate to win their home game against Huddersfield and owe a huge debt of gratitude to their keeper for some great stops. We need to get on the front foot from the off and get in their faces and then we've a chance. As posted late Saturday, think there's bad news to come on Holtby and we wont see him until early / mid March.

Absolutely awful for Tony and his family. I remember Tony joining Rovers from Buxton some 50 years ago. As a player, coach and manager he gave everything for Rovers. A true, true stalwart. Over the years, would often pass Tony in the car whilst he enjoyed his almost daily walks, listening to his music as he strode along so purposefully. A really nice, genuine guy and you can only wish Tony and his family the very best as they try to come to terms with a dreadful illness.

The answer is that, IMO, Mowbray makes it up as he goes along. I struggle to see a strategy where our recruitment is concerned. It's why, I think, we've seen square pegs in round holes for too long and too often.

Chaddy, look at it carefully, don't be sucked in !!

@Chaddyrovers house down the road on the market for seven figures+ I've bid £500k. Told the missus to hold fire on booking Pickfords just yet. Bottom line is you can bid for anything. Think there's more chance of me landing the 'des res' than Rovers landing Atsu or the QPR lad. Has the penny not dropped with you yet!?!?

Fortuitous point based on those I've spoken with who went. Hearing we'll be lucky to see Holtby before mid March. If correct, huge blow given injuries to Dack and Rothwell.

Have tried it Chaddy, albeit a little while ago. IMO, League One in comparison to Premier League Shajan - Mohammad is a difficult act to match!

I think we have very, very little to be optimistic about. IMO, until we get a football manager who knows how to work the transfer market, can organise and get the best out of our players and is tactically astute then we are fecked. I think Laurel and Hardy (Mowbray and Waggott) need the order of the boot asap. This summer is going to huge and I have zero confidence that Mowbray and Waggott have the faintest idea, ability or inclination to plan and execute it successfully. A new manager needs to take stock soonest.

There can be absolutely no excuse. Even within constraints you wheel and deal like we have seen so many Rovers' managers do in the past. I think Waggott, Mowbray, Venus have demonstrated, once again, what poor, poor operators they are. IMO, they, along with others like Lowe and Benson are nowhere near good enough for our our once great football club. I think our club needs a complete clear out from top to bottom. Sadly, some supporters will be unable to see beyond, IMO, the smoke, mirrors, bullsh1t and b0ll0cks pervading Ewood and Brockhall.

Shajan and their chips you seem to savour? Going in there later, buy you a pint if you are there?

IF, and I think it's a very big IF, we do have a 20% sell on clause for King, I do not think we will see more than loose change made available either now or in the summer. I think it's quite clear from this transfer window that we barely have a transfer pot to p1ss in. IMO, all smoke and mirrors, bullsh1t and b0ll0cks.

It's all feckin nonsense. Can we start signing players to play in their rightful positions. Square pegs in round holes syndrome is, IMO, a huge reason for our mediocrity and for Mowbray failing to get the best out of what we've got.

Maybe but, IMO, he's definitely not a £7million player.

IMO, to further his football career, he should have gone to Brentford - they seem to know what they are doing there and players develop. It seems to me he came to Rovers and took a pay cut because we were offering the highest dollar of the three!

I would beg to differ. IMO, has improved but still technically poor with a limited football brain. Really? If that was the case, why did he reportedly take a wage cut? If you are in demand, you call the tunes on your contract.

Think only the sale of someone like Lenihan would enable us to sign Maddison. We have Mulgrew and Magloire back so Tony might think are are covered at the back!!!

Uncertain of their total wealth but I haven't seen any financials which show they make "100s of millions per year" or anything remotely close to that.

There comes a time when an owner decides enough is enough. Hayward (Wolves), Davies (Bolton) and Whelan (Bolton) readily come to mind. What is the V's tipping point? Relatively, £100 might mean very little to you but you wouldn't want to keep losing £100 several times over!!!

Sadly, I don't. IMO, it's a share issue for working capital purposes given ongoing financial losses of up to £20million+ per annum. I said before the window opened that, IMO, transfer fees in plus wages saved would far outweigh transfer fees out plus wages spent. I still think I will be proven right. I think Rovers' financial position is horrendous. Over my professional career, I've seen and been involved in (trying to salvage!!!) a good number of 'basket cases'. I obviously hope Rovers is not one in waiting but as a supporter for 50+ years, I have rarely been as worried for the future of the club as what I am now.