7 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Tony Mowbray didn't get us relegated. Owen Coyle did. People that go around throwing their toys out of their pram blaming Mowbray because he's upset them are doing themselves no favours - all they are doing is taking the blame away from chimp features.

If you accept a job to keep the club up and you don't then you have failed - FULL STOP.

Of course Tony Mowbray is, IMO, responsible for our relegation.

Warnock was employed by Middlesbrough to keep them up with 8 games to go when for all the world they looked like a basket case.  Barring freak results in the last two games of the season, he has almost certainly succeeded. JOB FECKIN WELL DONE despite the mess Woodgate left behind! 

Just now, Amo said:

And probably why Keane wouldn't last two seconds here.

Keane would be my choice alongside an innovative and hungry coach.

We need a whirlwind to get rid of all the complacency, deadwood and holiday club atmosphere that, IMO, is ruining our club.

41 minutes ago, Scotland1 said:

Not long he’s the one who put us there

This is a great point.

Mowbray himself said at Blues Bar in Feb. last year that he was brought to the club to keep us up that season.

He failed.

Safety was within our grasp (relegated on goal difference) but, IMO, too many tactical blunders and game management decisions cost us badly.

14 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

Unless you asked every single fan you wont know. Do you have all their phone numbers? 

We have this last season when a poll was done on here that a majority wanted him gone. Whereas on a Rovers fan twitter account did a poll which show a vast majority wanted him to stay if my memory serves me right.

The majority of my family and friends want him to stay as manager. Different fans have different views. 

 

That's nonsense!!!

Professor John Curtice's exit poll at 2019 GE - based on 160,000 (0.5%) out of 32,000,000 was uncannily accurate.

The poll on this MB of some 200 is about 1.6% of Rovers' average gate and, within the usual margins of error, is likely to be very representative (and the sample size is 3 times bigger <1.6% v 0.5%> than the GE poll) of the Rovers' fan base.

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

He probably not even in the country with this Covid 19 crisis. 

What discontent Mercer? no one is in the stadium. They has never been any discontent in the stadium. Barnsley at home was close. 

We dont know what the owners thinking or feelings are. Predicting them is pointless as you have shown with your comments never been right in 7 years

 

Well it's over four months since we had fans in the stadium!

Do you not think this MB gives you a taster and is it not representative of the wider Rovers' fan base?

In my circle of Rovers' contacts (friends, colleagues, clients etc), I'd say 80+% would be glad to see the back of Mowbray which is not dissimilar to where the poll on this MB stands.

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

This is extra training after normal training sessions from his comments 

I know Chaddy but how long do the extra sessions last and how frequent are they?

For these drills to be effective, you need to use a number of players to replicate 'real' match situations.

Beckham did many extra hours each week practising his free kicks.

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Nyambe has been doing extra training on his crossing as he said in LT interview previously. Has it improve?

Will depend on how big the 'extra' is and how innovative our coaching team is.  If the drills are anything like our pre match sessions then, IMO, little wonder he's not improving.

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

He has no authority to do anything. This decision on Mowbray's future will be decide by 2 people in India. 

Suhail is their eyes and ears.

He can't fail to have seen how poorly we are performing in the main and how we are as far away from the PL as ever. 

I feel sure he will also have picked up the growing discontent about Mowbray.

IMO, he will make the bullets for the Raos to fire.

2 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Agree with all of that, but his end product is pretty woeful - be it crossing or shooting. What does he have, no goals and a couple of assists in 100 odd appearances? He has every other attribute going though, and agreed under a better set up he’d flourish further.

Crossing or shooting can be improved significantly with the appropriate drills in training.  You put the extra hours in and you reap the benefits.

Like a golfer who's weak at chipping around the green, with the right coaching and some hard graft you improve significantly - you may never be the best in the world but progress can be quite remarkable.

7 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I hope that Carter starts next to Lenihan with Hilton in goal. with Rothwell, Buckley and Davenport starting also

If Hilton and Carter start, I will put 10 pints for you on your slate at your local wherever that may be!

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

Its a link for us to discuss. 

Could Bond be coming here a number 2 under a more experience keeper being number 1. 

Why would he leave WBA as their number 2 to come here as a number 2?!

20 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

This European Scouting System has been up and running for around 7 or 8 months with us. So hopefully this summer we will see signings from this European Scouting System. 

Mulgrew only started that game cos Williams and Adarabioyo were injured. 

I noticed last night Mulgrew wasnt on the bench last night but Carter was. Mulgrew days at the club are done. He needs to move on and find a club where he will play regular. 

Think Mulgrew might find getting paid £1million or so next season, for doing nothing but keeping fit, to be quite an attractive proposition. 

Same as Mowbray's contract - IMO, Waggott needs metaphorically shooting for signing them off.

12 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Here is some keeper highlights of Bond's time at Watford(5 years old tho) 

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=jonathan+bond&&view=detail&mid=EC2ECE2CACF422D57586EC2ECE2CACF422D57586&&FORM=VRDGAR

All professional goalkeepers will make good saves - remember the likes of John Butcher, Matt Dickins, Alan Fettis, Jason Steele and Walton (now ) all doing the same but boy, did they make some blunders!

See if you can find highlights of Bond's worse moments!

Just about 100 games in a professional career spanning 10 years says it all for me.

If this is Mowbray's 'evolution' then it's doubtful he's read Charles Darwin!!!! 

2 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

I was wondering what prompted the Loons to jettison Bowyer in the end. Nice bloke but he really never had the CV for the job-just like most of their appointments.

I can't get my head around TM's constant theme of evolution/slow growth, when so many players are likely to need replacing in the summer

This certainly feels like a malaise-yes another one!

Bowyer signed some good players - would love to know whether that was down to him or his dad Ian who was part of a hugely successful Forest side under Cloughie and he obviously knew the game inside out as his displays showed.  Sadly, IMO, Gary didn't inherit his dad's understanding of the game.

I think Mowbray's evolution/slow growth is about job preservation and buying himself time - the problem I have with Mowbray's  view is, IMO, we've a threadbare squad, full of holes and with limited quality, more reminiscent of making it up as you go along!  Contrast that to Warnock who, I believe, would have got us promoted back to the PL within two seasons - never heard Warnock talk about evolution/slow build!

9 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I think he do a disservice to Mowbray about having no passion about the club and its fans. Mowbray has loads of passion for this football club. You can tell this from his interview over his tenure at the club and from speaking to him. 

 

If Mowbray had passion about the club and its fans then, IMO, he would walk as surely he can see the roof is about to cave in - that's what happens when you build your foundations on sand.

2 hours ago, DE. said:

Nyambe has his flaws but the one thing you can never accuse him of is a lack of effort. The lad busts a gut up and down the flank throughout every match. 

Nyambe has all the attributes to develop into a PL full back.

He needs a consistent run of games to speed up his development.

Some of the stuff Mowbray comes out with, IMO, can't do the lad's confidence much good and neither can the regular selection of Bennett over him.

With a quality manager and or coach to help him, he could become top class - Kenny and Ray Harford would have made him a real player.

I fear we will lose him and just like Raya, he will excel at his new club. 

Just now, Mattyblue said:

To be fair Mercer you’ve been saying this since the day you joined.

Look, I've thought for some time Venky's would look to 'get out'.

For some reason, they haven't.

However, I think circumstances have changed.  They are some 10 years into their very expensive 'project' (almost £200million gone in with the likelihood of no return) and it must be difficult for them to see any sort of progress whatsoever in getting back to those halycon days when they bought a top 10 PL club - our regression has been staggering!  It would seem their business in India has also been hit hard with the pandemic.  In business, including football, a 'tipping point' is always reached.  In football we've seen this with Hayward at Wolves, Davies at Bolton and Whelan with Wigan. 

I don't think the 'mood music' is good and it's getting louder.

32 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

 

Im worried about Venkys position and continued support. By all accounts the pandemic has hit them hard.

You are not alone!!!

Things just don't feel right (relative to how Venky's have been since buying Rovers) at the moment.

Not scaremongering but in some 60 years of supporting the club, never, ever felt we are so vulnerable to insolvency and the abyss.  In business, there is always a 'tipping point'.

1 minute ago, unleaded said:

Noticed the local radio station and local paper have been banned from Hull FC ..

 

At least they asked awkward questions on behalf of the locals ... Bravo ? to them 

over to you Mr Bays & Company ... 

Andy Bayes has been at Radio Lancashire for what must be going on for 15 years.  I think it is his 'natural level'.

I think he lacks the bottle to ask the cutting questions and makes life too easy for the interviewee.  IMO, and partly based upon what I've seen of him at various events, too pally, pally with the 'sporting celebrities' and simply fawns over them. 

4 hours ago, K-Hod said:

 

The lack of accountability from local journalists is a massive bug bear for me as well. 

 

IMO, the LT and Radio Lancashire have for a long, long time been way below par.

Folk of my age group might well remember David Allin who succeeded Alf Thornton.  Hell, that was one culture change.  Allin called a spade a feckin spade and the fans and readers loved his razor sharp insights and comments.  Sadly, Allin didn't last too long as he caused ructions at Ewood and he was replaced by the more pragmatic Peter White from the Blackburn Times.

As for Neil Yardley's commentaries, is he for real?  IMO, a cringeworthy joke.

3 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

And quite ironically will be one of the last in which the manager becomes aware of his budget.

Would not surprise me if Waggott and Mowbray already know and they are positioning fans for a huge let down!

I think very few will care about this game other than Mowbray.

Mowbray will, IMO, field a team that will all be about self preservation.

Sadly, I think Rovers will win their last two games to paper over the cracks and allow Mowbray to bang on about a season of progress and what would have been without the injury to Dack 

I'll take two humiliations in our last two games if it secures the departure of Mowbray.

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

It's quite simple to me. Nyambe seems to be a quiet, humble lad who won't cause a fuss when he is dropped in favour of Elliot Bennett-Mowbray. 

It's another example for me of Mowbray picking the low hanging fruit.

I have never been taken in by the talk that Mowbray is a decent chap, a man of integrity, etc.  IMO, he isn't.  What he said in Blues Bar last February and IMO hugely failed to deliver upon, merely concreted my suspicions.  Also, I think he has hung out to dry too many of our younger players - easy targets / 'low hanging fruit'.

The Nyambe stuff, IMO, is parallel to the Raya nonsense and we know where that ended up and what it has cost us.

And just what has Mowbray done for the confidence of the likes of Brereton and Gallagher?  Whatever flickering ability these two lads have has, IMO, been extinguished by Mowbray's gross mismanagement of them - even Coyle got much more out of Gallagher.

I really struggle to see just what Mowbray offers - I think it's clear he offers precious little in terms of man management skills.