Tony Mowbray Discussion

[Wood26]

Something I will say about us is, Fulham lose 3-0 at home, Sheff Wed 5-0, Forest 4-0, we don’t look like a side that will happen to us.

[Sparks Rover]

5 minutes ago, Wood26 said:

Something I will say about us is, Fulham lose 3-0 at home, Sheff Wed 5-0, Forest 4-0, we don’t look like a side that will happen to us.

We did when Ell and Del were in the back 4...Mowbray has reluctantly picked the right defence and he should have done it months ago. We could be top 2 by now. Mowbray out!

[47er]

45 minutes ago, bob fleming said:

Fair enough. We shall see my man. I’ll not lie, I had massive doubts about TM. And I still have. BUT...

You just never know!

He’s a good guy, and sometimes the good guys get what they deserve.

Look, I agree with all of that! He is a good guy and I would love it all to work out.

Makes me sick when I read references to "haters" on here.

 

[47er]

35 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

We did when Ell and Del were in the back 4...Mowbray has reluctantly picked the right defence and he should have done it months ago. We could be top 2 by now. Mowbray out!

I agree with that too! But no owners would dump him now, As Bob says we have to see where this goes.

[Wood26]

47 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

We did when Ell and Del were in the back 4...Mowbray has reluctantly picked the right defence and he should have done it months ago. We could be top 2 by now. Mowbray out!

Reluctant? Williams played due to injuries.  Elliott i agree should never of been right back.

Admire your ambition, but realistically where Mowbray took us from league one to feel hard we should be top 2 other Leeds and WBA is off the mark.

Whats with this anti Mowbray agenda? Clearly building a good side that’s playing well with limited resources. Unless there’s some amazing manager out there you know that’s gonna take over this team and get us over the line then I think you should abort Mowbray out and get behind our club.

[Bbrovers2288]

1 hour ago, Wood26 said:

Standard comment from Klopp to Mowbray that.

When he was saying bare with him he’s changing our style of play, which is now working hence our league position and form (I know you don’t like form tables) no one listened to him.

He really is doing a great job for us, and I’m glad to fans at the games agree and sing his name.

Let’s not get too carried away mate, we failed against Fulham , got past a very weak hull team but today was a good result. I found his interview very unambitious however, almost as if he doesn’t want promotion hmm

[Bbrovers2288]

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Taking the pressure off the players. Best thing for the players. 

I like his post match interview on radio Lancs

Nope 13 cup finals, make it count , make yourself a hero. If you don’t perform , you lose your shirt 

[chaddyrovers]

12 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Nope 13 cup finals, make it count , make yourself a hero. If you don’t perform , you lose your shirt 

Take all the pressure off them media wise. What said inside the dressing room will be different 

[Wood26]

36 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Let’s not get too carried away mate, we failed against Fulham , got past a very weak hull team but today was a good result. I found his interview very unambitious however, almost as if he doesn’t want promotion hmm

I rarely listen to him as it’s same old lines usually, never expect anything of value from a post match or pre match interview.

Yes Hull were crap, but we put them away 3-0, just think Swansea let them score 4 times Friday! 4 times! Didn’t watch it, but that’s abysmal 

[Sparks Rover]

No ifs or buts, Mowbray has to get us into the play offs now.  We have momentum,  our goal difference is getting better. Does he want to go up?

[Bbrovers2288]

21 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Take all the pressure off them media wise. What said inside the dressing room will be different 

Don’t think the media care too much about lil old us , wouldn’t be the worst idea to ham us up a bit

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

The question for me.  Are we doing better BECAUSE of injuries? TM being forced to play players he may not have done normally - in more natural positions and it seems to be working.  Every credit for it but I'm on the fence whether it's luck or good judgement.

Long may it continue mind!

Next weekend is a biggie.  We need a result against a team at the top.  Get a win with 2 home games to follow -  could get us right in the mix.  Millwall no doubt thouht the same yesterday.

Lose and the 6 point gap is back.  

Reckon we'll finish around tenth personally. 

[Ossydave]

Next week basically defines our entire season for me.

Beat them and yep we are 100% promotion candidates. 

Lose and heads will undoubtedly drop.

I'm just pissed off it's an early KO, can't stay over as my missus is nearly due!

[K-Hod]

Morning all, whilst we should be basking in the glow of an amazing away win, some are still more concerned with scoring points, instead of celebrating the three that we won yesterday?

Please can we stop? The extra admin is annoying, especially first thing on a Sunday morning.

Thanks.

Edited February 16, 2020 by K-Hod

[JacknOry]

Make no mistake, Brentford will be tough. A massive +27 GD, best defence (Jansson and Raya big reason for this) and second best attack in the league. 

What a statement it would be if we were to beat them.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

2 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

Make no mistake, Brentford will be tough. A massive +27 GD, best defence (Jansson and Raya big reason for this) and second best attack in the league. 

What a statement it would be if we were to beat them.

*do the double!

[Ossydave]

11 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

Make no mistake, Brentford will be tough. A massive +27 GD, best defence (Jansson and Raya big reason for this) and second best attack in the league. 

What a statement it would be if we were to beat them.

Captain flappy will probably gift us a goal tbh, Tony knows his weaknesses all too well and should look to exploit them. #teamwalton

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

8 hours ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Let’s not get too carried away mate, we failed against Fulham , got past a very weak hull team but today was a good result. I found his interview very unambitious however, almost as if he doesn’t want promotion hmm

It’s a post match interview, why on earth are you taking comments so literally? All managers down play wins to avoid bringing pressure on themselves. 
 

Just give credit where it’s due. He’s done well over the last 4/5 weeks. Failure against Fulham isn’t something to beat him with.

[47er]

8 hours ago, Wood26 said:

Whats with this anti Mowbray agenda? Clearly building a good side that’s playing well with limited resources.

Not spending those limited resources well?

[Paul Mani]

9 hours ago, 47er said:

Look, I agree with all of that! He is a good guy and I would love it all to work out.

Makes me sick when I read references to "haters" on here.

 

Ahhh the irony. So it makes you “sick” when you read references to haters? The post above yours following a 0-2 away win, 3pts off the playoffs, best points tally at this stage, most clean sheets etc is the EPITOME of hate.

I think the recent form in spite of the injuries has done a bloody wonderful job of separating supporters vs haters with agendas. Many Doubters (including myself) are happy to put our hands up and say ‘fair enough’ the manager is doing some job to keep us in this position with the injuries. Whilst others are working tirelessly to prove their point. The “I think we’re winning in spite of Mowbray” one is particularly amusing to me! ??

 

[Paul Mani]

7 minutes ago, 47er said:

Not spending those limited resources well?

He obviously has spent some of those resources quite well or we wouldn’t be winning games like yesterday with the likes of Walton, Armstrong, Samuel, Johnson and Downing starring!

Fyi - all this with our best three creative players (all signed by Mowbray) currently injured.

[Amo]

1 hour ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

The question for me.  Are we doing better BECAUSE of injuries? TM being forced to play players he may not have done normally - in more natural positions and it seems to be working.  Every credit for it but I'm on the fence whether it's luck or good judgement. 

The paradox of choice.

[Atko's Engine]

In my view, every fan needs to forget the issues of the past for now & just get behind TM & the players. That doesn't mean don't objectively criticise his decision-making going forwards, but let's not colour it with prejudices from the past. No major changes will happen now & we wee with the willy we've got, as Souey so eloquently put. The end of the season will be the time to drill into the detail of where we succeeded and failed & how we can learn from that.

However we've got here, whether people think it's because of TM or in spite of him, this represents our best chance of the playoffs in years and I'm pretty sure everyone on here would have taken this position back in the summer. It's a short, 13 game season from hereon in

So let's embrace it, embrace each other (virtually, of course!), get down in force to watch this team home & away where possible and be as one to help do our bit as fans to give this tight knit squad the added confidence to go on & achieve something that would be fantastic for our great club that's suffered so much adversity this last decade.

Tubthumping over!!

[chaddyrovers]

6 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

He obviously has spent some of those resources quite well or we wouldn’t be winning games like yesterday with the likes of Walton, Armstrong, Samuel, Johnson and Downing starring!

Fyi - all this with our best three creative players (all signed by Mowbray) currently injured.

Signing Armstrong for 1.8.mil(3 mil including adds on) was a bargain. Signing Downing was a masterstroke. Bringing in Adarabioyo and Walton on loan have proven good signings. The improvement of Travis, Lenihan and Nyambe is down to Mowbray and his staff. Then Buckley and Rankin Costello coming there. Samuel looks a different player last 2 games. 

All this whilst with Dack injured long term, Holtby injured for season, Cunningham injured. Sent back now. Rothwell coming back now after a couple of weeks injured. 

Could Rothwell coming back be the player to push us to top 6?

[Paul Mani]

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

Signing Armstrong for 1.8.mil(3 mil including adds on) was a bargain. Signing Downing was a masterstroke. Bringing in Adarabioyo and Walton on loan have proven good signings. The improvement of Travis, Lenihan and Nyambe is down to Mowbray and his staff. Then Buckley and Rankin Costello coming there. Samuel looks a different player last 2 games. 

All this whilst with Dack injured long term, Holtby injured for season, Cunningham injured. Sent back now. Rothwell coming back now after a couple of weeks injured. 

Could Rothwell coming back be the player to push us to top 6?

I’m not sure mate, Rothwell is very talented but at times can be an enigma. I think us getting the 6/7 more wins to get us into that top 6 will depend on whether we can keep the back 5 plus Trav, Arma and Downing fit. The defensive improvement from the signings of Tosin, Walton and briefly Cunningham as well as the progress of Nyambe who has improved dramatically since last season is giving us the platform. Meanwhile our pattern of play appears to be working in forward areas. Regardless of who is picked.