Sounds awful and sadly predictable given the starting eleven. Mowbray doesn't help himself. Leaves Palmer out after one of his best games for us, shunts Reed out wide and plays 'dumber and dumber' as our two holding men. Defensive and square pegs rule!

Get the £7million man on then!

Can't get to the match today as having to work - looking at that line-up, not sorry about it. Defensive and square pegs again!

What has he ever done?

Who says Marriott's wages were a problem? He's 19 for goodness sake and joined in a £7m deal. Shudder to think what Mowbray would do with 'youngsters' like Mbappe, Alex-Arnold, Ampadu, Sessegnon ! Bottom line is if you are good enough then you are old enough and, IMV, Brereton isn't good enough and will be an expensive flop. And if Mowbray was reliant on scouting reports from others and hadn't seen the player himself and committed the club to a huge deal then, IMV, he should be sacked.

Now you are being silly. Of course training is crucial. Many of the top, top players are where they are because they practise their skills long after others have sauntered off. There are other players who hate training and don't show up well but on the field of play they are dynamite. The bottom line here is that Mowbray has, IMV, come out with ludicrous comments about Brereton earlier today which could be interpreted as a serious indictment on the way Rovers scout players and make judgements on players. To sign a central striker in a huge deal for Rovers and then say based on training, he's more suited to playing out wide is, IMV, farcical - it's then compounded by commenting we are a striker short! If this had been Kean or Coyley..........................................................................................!!!!!

Didn't seem to for Ben Gladwin. Seemingly stunning in training but, IMV, total cr@p where it really mattered! LV has also mentioned Bruno Ribeiro, seemingly another star in training but who looked useless again where it mattered.

Wow. Incredible comments. Did Mowbray watch the lad at Forest before we signed him? I think this signing has horror story written all over it.

Got family in and around Preston, and a soft spot for the place, so always an 'interesting' match for the family. Sadly, can't make it this time due to a work commitment. Three previous matches stand out for me at Deepdale. A misty Saturday in either Nov or Dec 1967 when we hammered them 5-3 and there was quite a bit of nasty crowd aggro that day. Seem to recall 'give us a goal' Barry Hole notching at least once that day. Goodness knows what the likes of Keith Newton, Mike Ferguson, Eamonn Rogers and Barry Hole would be worth today - now they were players. Kendall's second season (1980/81) when we missed promotion back to Div 1 (now PL) on goal diff.. I put it down to the 0-0 at Preston with only two matches remaining after that match. We missed some chances that night and it might have been Marshall Burke who missed a sitter at the Town End in the 2nd half when it was easier to score. Won that and we'd have gone up. May 2001 and happier times when Souey's lot took us back to the PL. Will be disappointing if we don't sell our full allocation for this one.

Did you never see Kean walking his dog?

Perhaps Chaddy you need to think a little more deeply and then you would not have asked the question in the first place! As for change of tact - I still don't think you understand posters sometimes don't want to reveal full detail behind gossip/rumour, or sometimes even fact, as they do not wish to be compromised. I think it was only yesterday you asked a poster to PM you with other strikers Rovers may have been interested in - you just don't leave people alone. I am certain the majority of members on this MB post in good faith and find it irksome when you seem to frequently dis their contributions should those contributions be contrary to your own agenda / opinions.

If Rovers/Waggott/Mowbray were clients of mine, I would not be commenting about them on a MB!!! A thought for you to consider about Rhodes. Maybe before he eventually left Rovers, he had been close to the exit door on other occasions until a key individual (or more than one individual) had a change of mind!?

You shouldn't. All I'm suggesting is 'information' picked up at such events should be tempered with caution.

I am an accountant and I deal with people and organisations in all walks of life (including sport). Through knowledge and experience, you have a feeling of what's going on in many aspects of life. I can tell you that 99.9% of professionals in the fields of law, accountancy etc will maintain the highest standards of confidentiality and integrity expected.

You have therefore seen the contracts for both players?

On a £7million+ deal, any half decent agent would have ensured Brereton wouldn't need a mortgage for a £600k house!!! I would be extremely surprised if Brereton is earning much less, if anything, than Marriott. You don't buy a Merc and put remoulds on!

An old, old trick of 'managing' the fans. Don't buy everything you are told!!!

Maybe quite a bit higher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When the deal was done, seem to recall Posh owner stating wages 'were big' but certainly not £20k!! How much do you think Charlie & Bradley are on?

We even managed a few results under Coyley!

Think some need to bear in mind we are playing QPR and not Barcelona or Manchester City. For crying out loud, they have just one point more than us and we have home advantage. Why should the supporters not feel confident with Graham leading our attack and £9million worth of striking talent in reserve!?

Teams like QPR don't travel well to the 'outbound frozen north'. It's a home banker irrespective of what system or players Mowbray juggles with.

Think Mowbray would have been playing him at left back or anywhere but the wing !

"As a manager, Coyley had a decent track record (St Johnstone <cups and near promotion>), Burnley <promotion to PL> and Bolton <kept them in PL when joining part way through season>) up until his first full season at Bolton since when he's bombed. He was a disaster for us." What I have said is factually correct. Coyley had success in his earlier managerial career and then it all went wrong. What is wrong with that?