Corry Evans

[Oldgregg86]

  On 21/02/2022 at 22:14, simongarnerisgod said:

in defence of jason lowe,he did try but he just was`nt very good,i always did despise evans though ,he was a shirker who managed to con managers who should have known better,bloody bowyer had cairney on the wing and evans in the middle🤬

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Used cringe at every team sheet 

[Admiral Nelsen]

  On 21/02/2022 at 22:14, simongarnerisgod said:

in defence of jason lowe,he did try but he just was`nt very good,i always did despise evans though ,he was a shirker who managed to con managers who should have known better,bloody bowyer had cairney on the wing and evans in the middle🤬

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Bowyer deserves a lot of credit for stopping some of the rot when he was in charge and his transfer record overall was very good.

That said, when you look at how we wasted some quality players (King, Cairney, Judge) to play our system whilst constantly having the likes of Williamson, Evans, Lowe, Akpan and other assorted hangers on in the middle of the park. What a wasted opportunity. 

[Oldgregg86]

  On 21/02/2022 at 23:26, Admiral Nelsen said:

 

Bowyer deserves a lot of credit for stopping some of the rot when he was in charge and his transfer record overall was very good.

That said, when you look at how we wasted some quality players (King, Cairney, Judge) to play our system whilst constantly having the likes of Williamson, Evans, Lowe, Akpan and other assorted hangers on in the middle of the park. What a wasted opportunity. 

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Far to cautious and despite what he said never gave it a right good go

[Bbrovers2288]

  On 22/02/2022 at 00:51, Oldgregg86 said:

Far to cautious and despite what he said never gave it a right good go

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Bang average manager, delighted when he was potted. Same as I will be when mowbray finally goes 

[Admiral Nelsen]

  On 22/02/2022 at 00:51, Oldgregg86 said:

Far to cautious and despite what he said never gave it a right good go

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Splitting hairs a little bit, but I think his issue was more lacking imagination than being too cautious. We tended to score plenty, he just didn't seem to really know how to do anything beyond setting us up as a standard 442, even when it clearly didn't suit some of our more talented players. I can count the number of games that we genuinely controlled on one hand, it was just a case of get it to a winger who can then cross it to Rhodes/Gestede. No wonder we used to concede so many late on.

 

[riverholmes]

It's really surprising that they gave him the captaincy, as a new signing. As useful as he can be, at times, especially, in a defensive side, they didn't do their homework.

Last season's experienced quartet of Downing, Holtby, Bennett and Evans were all, arguably, kept on at Rovers for too long. Mowbray wanted Bennett to stay, with Johnson, and there's a case for retaining experience, but not when they're failing to perform or stay fit.

[tomphil]

  On 22/02/2022 at 00:51, Oldgregg86 said:

Far to cautious and despite what he said never gave it a right good go

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It was better than struggling every season obviously and we needed a bit of stability. Have to say though it was probably the most boring period in all my time watching Rovers. You could predict what was going to happen virtually every game and we seemed to draw all the time.

That's why it was so frustrating to see it creep back similarly with Mowbrays sideways and backwards experiment. 

[DE.]

Bowyer had a major blind spot when it came to central midfield. If there was anything that sabotaged his tenure it was his inability or unwillingness to give us a half-decent central midfield pairing. 

[Mattyblue]

Decent father/son scouting team, no tactician…