If the likes of @Parsonblueare becoming 'disenfranchised' then Rovers' problems are even bigger than many of us feared. It's very true - when fans get out of the habit of going, it's almost irreversible. Sadly, I think the footballing product is, in the main, p1ss poor. We've already lost some 10,000 season ticket holders in years gone by and it's not difficult to envisage a situation where we plummet down to 3,000 or so when a degree of normality returns (especially with Waggot's, IMO, weird and not so wonderful pricing policy). If your product is so poor, your commercial revenues will also fall off the cliff. It's a huge double whammy. @toooldforthisreferred above to Mogga as a "Football Dinosaur" and Waggott as the "Businessman Dinosaur" who will kill-off our club. I think he's spot on - both are, IMO, third raters who, I would think, see this as the ultimate pension pot filler in an almost pressure free environment (I doubt they can believe their luck). Huge, huge changes are needed and I don't see them coming under Venky's. Sadly, IMO, Rovers might well have to rise from the ashes in the not too distant future.

Great fixture for Rovers this. Playing a team out of form with lots of injury problems and who struggle so much to score goals (just 2 in last 6 league games) that even our defence will look mean and competent. Mowbray badly needs a win and I see a 'purple' performance coming up with Rovers winning by 3 or 4 goals to reignite our promotion push in the eyes of Mowbray and his merry band of happy clappers. At 23/20, this is one of those licence to print money games - fill yer boots.

Bit like a doctor saying we need to amputate a leg - can be left or right, the choice is yours!

I think Makel had a much better football intelligence. Interestingly, he did clock up some 300 1st team appearances after leaving Rovers which I would be amazed if Buckley managed.

Rich Sharpe @richsharpe89 Jarrad Branthwaite deal is done, as far as Tony Mowbray is concerned. "He has to duck to come through the door which is a good sign." Seems all but certain he'll start against Stoke City on Saturday. Either Mowbray now judges a player by his height or it's the new Rovers' medical! Some of us older ones will remember John O'Mara was also a big lad!

Agreed. IMO, standard of 'local' commentators is very, very, very poor - listening to Gallagher, Bayes, Yardley and Lucy drives me mad.

and so was John O'Mara!

If we do lose the next three games, i expect something along the following from Mowbray: 'A season which started full of promise has been devastated by the impacts of Covid and our injury list. We are on a journey though and we'll continue to work through the remaining season to improve, strengthen where we need to in the summer and be ready to go again next season'.

If the likes of Antonsson, Ayala, Bell, Caddis, Douglas, Gladwin, Hart, Leutwiler, Pears, Samuel, Smallwoood, Walton, Whittingham are not too bad then God help us.

or Downing!

Okay, noted. Just a tad frustrated with @chaddyrovers He gives his absolute backing to Mowbray and that is his prerogative. All I've asked is one simple question ie under what circumstances would he sack Mowbray. I think Chaddy needs to either answer the question or state categorically he would never sack him and he's here until his contract runs out, or God forbid, a contract after that runs out! I think most posters try to rationalise their opinions and I think Chaddy should do the same. Will Rogers said there were three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves!

Signing the likes of Pickering makes good sense PROVIDING he's being signed to play and not sit on the bench for 3 months whilst he 'learns how we play and learns the position from Bell and Douglas'!!! Just turned 22 with a decent reputation, over six feet tall and close on 150 first team games to his name, sounds promising. I think it's clear he's being signed now as Douglas hasn't cut the mustard - in fact, IMO, he's proven to have been another poor and expensive signing. Sadly, much of our our summer business doesn't, IMO, seem clever when looking at Pears, Ayala, Downing and Trybull - a small fortune in wages and fees (transfer, loan and agents).

Silly games!? I've asked you a very simple question that you wont answer. One can only therefore conclude that there are NO CIRCUMSTANCES under which you would sack Mowbray and he would have a job for life even if we ended up playing in the Blackburn Combination Sunday League with only a dozen spectators or so and you being one of them!

Yet again, you evade the question. UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD YOU SACK MOWBRAY? If you wont answer such a simple question then I think your input to this MB has zero credibility. We all articulate and rationalise our opinions. Why can't you? And for clarity, Neil would not be my choice. I am just posting what I have been told.

You tell me under what circumstances you would sack Mowbray and in return I'll tell you how much I would be prepared to wager!

You never did say why you backed him Chaddy only that you would review in the summer. I have asked you on a number of occasions now, under what circumstances would you sack Mowbray? Our results are poor, our performances are even worse and even top 6 now looks wishful thinking. Surely, you must agree the time has come for Mowbray to go?

For context, we were playing an injury ravaged Doncaster from League 1 so Rovers' injuries just don't cut it with me. I think we were just horrible to watch on a horrible pitch with a disinterested manager. My thoughts / opinions on our starting eleven: Pears - horribly at fault for the goal. Unbelievable this guy has been given a four year deal. The Greek lad must be poor if Pears is 2nd choice. Buckley - 'the one' will never be a footballer whilst he's a hole in his arse Lenihan - in regression Johnson - legs gone and going through the motions Bell / Douglas - struggle to recall two worse left full backs in almost 60 years of watching Rovers Downing - just why oh why did Mowbray blow his last bit of budget on this guy. A pointless and unnecessary signing Trybull - not good enough for Norwich and not good enough for us Travis - the lad's not fit and overweight Dolan - flatters to deceive. Looks busy but no end product Dack - as Travis, the lad's not fit and overweight Brereton - gone backwards again. Needs to try and stay on his feet more instead of trying to win free kicks/penalties A sad, sad day. FA Cup Third Round day historically special. Yesterday was an abomination.

Our owners are sat in Pune possibly thinking just wtf is going on. This season was not meant to be like this. Our financial losses are growing by the week and we are, IMO, nowhere near the promised land of the PL. What do you do? I think Waggott and Mowbray are now under pressure, and not before time, and just maybe, Mowbray knows his time is now up (hence his body language today). You could sell Armstrong, sack Waggott, Mowbray, Venus et al and give a new manager a decent slug of the Armstrong sale receipts to 'go again'. Spoke again tonight with a relative with close links to PNE and he reckons Alex Neill will be managing Rovers before the window is closed! The second time within a week I've had this conversation with him.

Just feck off Mowbray.

Indefensible. IMO, Mowbray has to go. In anyone from Venky's is reading this MB then ACT NOW

Spot on.

Think we'll nick a goal and have to endure extra time!

I think the lad is awful. IMO, he is so weak and offers nothing wherever he plays. Wish those PL clubs would come in quickly with their £10million - watching a sounder of pigs fly across my garden!!!!

I think we simply reflect the manager and coaching staff.

Neither look fit to me! Think both carrying too much weight.