You can scoff all you like. @Gav said Dyche was in La Manga but can't back it up. I am telling you what one of my lads saw. As for today, have high confidence in my source and I know what I saw. Take it or leave it.

Reception committee on hand at entrance to Academy and car with darkened windows whisked in. Source very confident Carvalhal was going there today.

Told at least one managerial candidate being taken around Brockhall today (seen for myself) and understand Carvalhal is one.

Not sure where you get £25million from - read somewhere that during Hughton's fairly brief reign, £19million was spent and £16million brought in from sales. Interestingly, same report said Forest had a net spend of just £2million over last 5 seasons. Sadly, Mowbray's spent around £20million on new players and they haven't helped! Yep, he's recouped some through sales of Armstrong and Raya. I guess if you look at the respective transfer spends over Mowbray's tenure they are very similar but i think you have to agree Forest are much better placed to move forward as evidenced by what's happened since Cooper went. To me, it's pretty clear Cooper is streets ahead of Mowbray and the difference is managerial ability and not monies spent.

Shows exactly what a half decent manager can achieve. No 5+ year journey nonsense.

I think you have to be very open minded about it all. In my experience, football is not the only industry where things are seemingly done unethically. Rovers are hardly likely to come out, at any point in time, and say they were considering / interviewing candidates when a manager was already in situ.. To think clubs act with integrity and honour is one helluva stretch and, IMO, naive - you only need to see what has happened at Watford recently.

I would disagree with you. I think at least two candidates have been seen. A number of posters on this MB are of the opinion Rovers were interviewing prospective managers last April (2021) even when Mowbray was in post; Wilder and Neil are two of the names speculated upon - I think (and posted at the time) Wilder thought he had bigger fish to fry whilst I think Neil (and those links go back almost 18 months) came as close to being appointed manager as Warnock did prior to Coyle's appointment - one day, the facts might emerge. Similarly, I think Warburton came close to being Rovers' manager prior to joining Glasgow Rangers.

Sharpe now catching up. Told Webber / Farke combo on agenda.

Crikey, with that number of bets you wont win much even if you've backed the right one!

I think you can see neglect with the Academy and STC - from the perimeter, it looks tired with fencing and signage leaning in some areas and grass uncut. As with the outside of some houses, looks unkempt to me. IMO, a market deterioration over the years.

TBH, I love the New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs. It's personal preference but I prefer to the French stuff.

Sea Bass on a Thursday night, wow! Seriously, one of my favourite fishes. Because Sea Bass has a mild/delicate flavour, I'd go for a Sauvignon Blanc with fresh juicy gooseberry/grapefruit flavours with a lingering finish. You should be able to pick up a very decent bottle for about a tenner. Usually, Booths / Waitrose have some terrific offers on for this type of wine.

Pago De Sangara Crianza available from Booths is excellent for a wine sub £20.

So something posted 4 weeks ago with no mention of La Manga is the foundation for Dyche being there now? Am I missing something @Gavor perhaps maybe my lad was right in what he saw?

Is he? Where do you get that from? From the personal car registration, I'd be pretty sure it was a car owned by Dyche.

Lol! TBH, think any of Dyche, Farke and Neil would be a huge improvement on Mowbray. As for Webber replacing Waggott, think only Waggott and madmen wouldn't rejoice!

Was driving through Dinckley earlier tonight (about a mile from Brockhall) and one of my lads swears Dyche passed us in his car. Personally took no notice but my lad says it was a distinctive personal reg that suggested it was Dyche's car (not going to post the reg on a MB). Not a wind-up, make of it what you will.

Doing a cracking job at Sunderland.

Would be no surprise to see both Webber and Farke rock up at Ewood!

Wouldn't it be nice to think a replacement for Waggott is working quietly behind the scenes and getting all his ducks lined up in a row!

Wrong again when talking about me. Coyle was NOT my man - I did neither advocate nor endorse his appointment. Yes I did refer to him as 'Coyley' but NEVER 'Wee Coyley'. Mowbray got us relegated - in his own words at Blues, he was appointed to keep us up. He failed, simple as that. As for Mowbray and today's game, I have posted at least twice since Thursday (once in response to you I think) that before meeting Waggott on Wednesday even Mowbray didn't know he was taking the team today to Brum. Your mate Sharpe covered this. Clearly, there was a doubt about whether he would still be here this weekend. So why raise it again - a moot point. You love having a go at me but the most galling thing is at best you distort the facts or at worse get them plain wrong!

I don't have an ounce of sympathy for Mowbray. I think he is very different from the personal persona the public get fed. IMO, should have been sacked a number of times since arriving at Ewood. Firstly when we were relegated - no excuses, he was hired to keep us up. The last two second half seasons have have been disastrous. In over 5 years, our club should be way, way further down the line in terms of development, performance and achievement. IMO, good riddance to a man whose 5+ year journey has turned out to be a great illusion perpetrated by a man who puts himself first. I think his legacy is a club built on pillars of sand.

I am surprised Mowbray is stlll 'in the building'. This has similarities to the noise that was about in April 2021 when it seemed Mowbray could have been very close to the exit door. Clearly from Sharpe's article, until yesterday, it seems even Mowbray was unclear whether he'd be in charge at Brum. "There is nothing really to report. Nothing has changed as far as I am concerned. I asked whether he would like me to take the team to Birmingham and he said yes and that is what we have done".

Dyche's record and cv are far more impressive than Farke's. Dyche has shown he can keep a team on limited resources in the PL - Farke failed in this respect at Norwich. Dyche v Farke would be a no brainer for 99% of Rovers' fans. I think Mrs D will wake up tomorrow morning and probably recall why she has put an alarm on her phone for Friday AM UK time!

Would you or would you not have a 'Dingle' Consultant surgeon operate on you if it was needed to save your life. Yes or No?