52 minutes ago, Tom said:

Mowbray just put the first goal on Nyambe on sky 

Never bought this man of integrity stuff about Mowbray.

IMO, he's an opportunist and it's all about himself.  Never to blame.  Think he's shown form for hanging out to dry who he thinks are the easier targets.

Personally, I don't trust Mowbray.

1 minute ago, Lucimo said:

Kiss goodbye to it like you did with your 5nil bet or whatever it was 😂

It's a funny old game.

We could come out and blow PNE away.

Waiting for curry to arrive - another wine uncorked.  Need some solace.

Shite, shite and more shite.

However, Rovers having inordinate amount of luck as seen with penalty again.

Rovers' win at 5/1 is ridiculously generous.  Given our luck, just stuck £25 on.

Just now, rigger said:

I don't get why Mowbrey insists on depressing people by keep harping on about players who are not available. Why not big up the players that are available. Give out a positive attitude. That is what the squad is for.

Think it's all spin and bullsh1t for India in case we lose!

31 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

He was absolutely woeful for 2 of those starts as well. 3 year deal now looks absolutely shambolic

It is.

Think it's symptomatic of an acute lack of nous at Ewood - we saw it with the Mulgrew deal and extended end of season contracts for Hart and Smallwood.

IMO, Mowbray and Waggott's financial stewardship leaves much to be desired and if you look at the money, IMO, wasted on Mulgew, Hart, Smallwood etc, we could have had the Ewood pitch replaced with the finest state of art playing surface.  IMO, it's just shambolic.

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

from Mowbray's comments today it appears that Johnson, Holtby and Trybull are out of the game injured. 

None will be missed!

2 hours ago, ProudPreston29 said:

For the past few years ive been confident going into these fixtures of getting at least a point and possibly 3 . On current form and the transition the squad is going through at the moment though ive no idea what to expect. If theres one fixture i think we could do with a crowd at the moment its this one. I dont think you (rovers) have been in a better position to take all 3 points and the bragging rights than you will be this week end.

Echoes what I posted earlier regarding family and friends of mine who follow PNE.

They are bricking it.

FL should just cancel the fixture and award us the points.................!!!

3 hours ago, Ulrich said:

Hi Mercer, will you guarantee my stake? If I win you can have 25% of the winnings. Deal? 🤝👍😎

Oh deary me - you didn't go to the same school as Waggott did you...............!!!

Absolute home banker this one - even 'Tinkerman Tony' couldn't screw this one up.

PNE in poor form (and transition) having just one point from their last three games and just one win in their last five games.

Know a good few folk who follow PNE (family and friends) and they are bricking it, fearing a real thumping.  They look at the likes of Armstrong, Elliott, Dack and even Dolan (with a big point to prove) and can see four or five goals flying in.

I'd put every bit of money you could afford to lose on a Rovers' win at evens or slightly better.  Fill yer boots.

Hopefully, a bit of clarity.

Firstly, the relationship between Venky's London Limited (parent company) and The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited (football club) needs to be understood.

Venky's London Limited (parent company) issue shares and then make loans to The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited.  The last accounts for the football club (y.e. June 2019) showed these loans (£127million) under creditors falling due within one year.  The accounts also stated the loans were interest free with no fixed date for repayment, however, these loans are repayable.  The bottom line is if VLL call in these loans then we are well and truly fecked.

Since the football club's last filed accounts (y.e. June 2019), VLL have issued something in the region of a further £35million shares - to provide further loans to the football club.

I think it is inevitable there will be a 'tipping point'.

The Raos have an asset, which under present circumstances, is worth only a tiny fraction of their almost £200million investment.

I feel sure the Raos' realise their only hope of making a substantial recovery on their investment would be if we got promoted to the PL.  IMO, this looks an increasingly forlorn hope and as each season goes by without us even threatening to get promoted, I feel their perception will change and we will be getting closer to them deciding enough is enough.

Make no mistake, there is no magic money tree.  As a finance professional, I think we are up financial sh1t creek without a paddle and our ongoing existence hangs by, what I would consider to be, an increasingly tenuous thread.  As Bolton found with Eddie Davis, there comes a time...........................   

To be honest@chaddyrovers, I have never known anyone to feel so strongly about a manager as I think you do with Mowbray.  I think it almost verges on hero / cult worship.

A question and assume money is no object.

Do you think there is any manager in the world capable of replacing Mowbray and if so, who would you chose and why?

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Cos he might never the same player he was before the injury. He might to adapt his game. Hopefully this is not the case but it could be the case. 

Rovers will be managing his game time for months to come following the advice of his surgeon and our medical team. You want to keep rushing him back. 

You just cant expect the old Dack to return a few weeks. 

 

It's over 12 months now since Dack's injury and he looks a long way off match fitness.

Looking at Dack, IMO, he is also overweight.

Agree, he may never be the same player again.

Sadly, Dack was not blessed with pace pre injury and, IMO, he seems significantly less mobile than he was pre injury.

I don't think the signs for Dack are overly encouraging.  Compare to Shearer (almost 30 years since he did his cruciate - Boxing Day 1992 if my memory is correct) who I seem to think was back scoring goals prodigiously in well under 12 months and since those days, surgery and rehab have advanced enormously.  

23 minutes ago, Dolly blue said:

Chaddy .....I cannot believe that you feel this message board goes

“ into meltdown after 10 points from 4 games “ ......get a grip man ....Most posts convey a far bigger picture... the journey, the slow build, the inability to progress a player, limited tactical awareness, square pegs / round holes, a team which mirrors his demeanour, some weary signings, a slow death , jam tomorrow ......bugger all to do with the last 4 games .....where have you been for the last 3 plus years ????????

Mowbray is one lucky man that Ewood is empty....he’s had far  too easy a ride .... don’t be sucked in with the last 4 games....did you actually WATCH the performances ??????

 

Excellent post - saves me responding to @chaddyrovers

13 minutes ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

You've changed your tune.

Nail on head!

@chaddyrovershas been extolling the virtues of Mowbray's footballing philosophy for some time now.

IMO, for 4 years under Mowbray, our football, in the main, has been sh1te, sh1te and more sh1te.  It makes Sam's time here look like City under Pep at their best.

My views on Mowbray have been well versed since he was even appointed.

As each match goes by, even 'die-hard' supporters like @Parsonblueare realising Mowbray is not the answer.

'Slow build' and 'evolution' are just trite soundbites with self preservation, IMO, being Mowbray's key objective.

I think we are way behind the footballing curve due to our managerial dinosaur.

Even 'the last of the Mohicans' @chaddyroversmust realise it's time for the club to end this, IMO, managerial farce and disaster.

20 minutes ago, darrenrover said:

We should have offered £750k with add ons in January, for Dion Charles at Accy Stanley IMO.

Admittedly he's not a big and cumbersome type of striker but he bagged a hat-trick yesterday and looks like he can score for fun.

What's our scouting network doing when he's on our doorstep but yet they saw it fit to pay £5 million for Gallagher?

Exactly the same as they were when we 'missed' Vardy at Fleetwood some 8 years ago!

7 minutes ago, J*B said:

I’m so pissed off with this teams consistent failings when it comes to the top six. I could write a long post trying to emphasis the point but at this stage, I’m with StevenSK, I realise it’s pointless and instead should turn this into #MercersWineClub. 

@MercerI’m looking for a white to go with sea bass tomorrow evening, maximum budget £20, typically stay in the NZ Sauvignon territory. I’ll be buying from Whalley Wine Shop, so ideally something they will have it stock. 

Go for a Tohu - lovely nose and palate especially if you like herbal and fruit tones.  You should have a few quid left from your £20 as well!

9 minutes ago, StevenSK said:

Preferably a Malbec say up to 50?

Argentina is the world's biggest producer of Malbec and if you mean your budget is £50 then you could almost buy Argentina!

I wouldn't be spending £50 on a Malbec.

However, if you live anywhere near Whalley, get yourself down to Whalley Wines and get a Zuccardi Malbec (think it's a 2015) - had one as a Christmas present and it was very decent, think it retails about £30.

Well, I think that was sh1te again, again, again and again.  Think we've been scrambling results playing sh1te and today it caught up with us.

Will the happy clappers STOP going on about Mowbray's football.  IMO, it's a myth and in his 4 years here, in the main, he's served up utter sh1te.

I said in my pre match post that only Mowbray could lose this game for us.  QPR were there for the taking, a bog average Championship team we should be beating.

Nothing positive about today.  Get close to play offs and we bottle it.  As I feared, with additions coming in and players coming back, I think we are going to see Mowbray play his favourites and also hammer square pegs into round holes.

Feckin sick of Mowbray and Rovers spoiling my weekends so the reds will get hammered tonight.

MOWBRAY OUT, OUT, OUT !!! 

1 minute ago, StevenSK said:

@Mercerreccomend me a red!?

What's your budget?

Just now, West Yorks Rover said:

Bloody hell Merceman, surely it's better than having him on the touchline and picking the team.......... No ?

Is it feck.................I think we need him as far away from our club as possible as he has nothing to offer.

11 minutes ago, StevenSK said:

He’s finished 

Might never be the same force..............Shearer didn't p1ss about on his return from cruciate, was at it straight away.

15 minutes ago, West Yorks Rover said:

Mowbray should move himself upstairs and let someone else be coach.

God forbid.

IMO, could even direct traffic. 

17 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Can see no further than a Rovers' win.

We have some momentum and confidence should be soaring with 10 points out of our last 12.

Think only Mowbray can defeat us today - more players at his disposal so big risk is selection of his favourites and/or square pegs in round holes syndrome.

Unless he makes a dog breakfast of his team selection, will be going big on Rovers' win at almost 3/2 - fill yer boots.

Is Douglas injured?

That team more than good enough to get a win.

Gone big on Rovers' win with a £fiver on 4-1 at 66/1.

COYB

Can see no further than a Rovers' win.

We have some momentum and confidence should be soaring with 10 points out of our last 12.

Think only Mowbray can defeat us today - more players at his disposal so big risk is selection of his favourites and/or square pegs in round holes syndrome.

Unless he makes a dog breakfast of his team selection, will be going big on Rovers' win at almost 3/2 - fill yer boots.

15 minutes ago, den said:

Is Pickering a Premier League standard player? If he’s not then have we given up on promotion, and if he is what use is it having PL class players on loan in league one?

Trying to work this one out.

Would take it a step further - if he's no better than Bell or Douglas then why sign him at all?  If he is better then he should be playing for us NOW starting at QPR on Saturday.  We know all about Bell and although Douglas has had a couple of better games really, it doesn't say too much following his string of, IMO, abysmal performances for Rovers

Just hope this is another another 'Stagliakis' type signing where we were supposed to have unearthed a gem and then Mowbray found it necessary to sign Pears.....................................!