Tony Mowbray Discussion

[StevenSK]

Bring in Pulis. 
 

Will take a few weeks to get his shape into the team and set up. Won’t be pretty, but with the squad he will get them results and we may recover the season what is left for a PO spot. Then go from there at the end of the season. It’s the last shot before the squad gets dismantled in the summer and ffp cycle hits.
 

This can’t go own. 56 points all year in 2020, that’s relegation form. Tony just isn’t good enough and is now becoming a drain on everyone.

Edited December 29, 2020 by StevenSK

[Darwen Rover 007]

7 minutes ago, StevenSK said:

Bring in Pulis. 
 

Will take a few weeks to get his shape into the team and set up. Won’t be pretty, but with the squad he will get them results and we may recover the season what is left for a PO spot. Then go from there at the end of the season. It’s the last shot before the squad gets dismantled in the summer and ffp cycle hits.
 

This can’t go own. 56 points all year in 2020, that’s relegation form. Tony just isn’t good enough and is now becoming a drain on everyone.

We can do better than another Dinosaur 

[StevenSK]

1 minute ago, Darwen Rover 007 said:

We can do better than another Dinosaur 

Not sure there is anyone better than TP in the business of grinding out results and keeping a tight defence. Could see Gallagher improving under him. I’d take him on. A deal to the season and a PO winners bonus/long contract. 

[Darwen Rover 007]

1 minute ago, StevenSK said:

Not sure there is anyone better than TP in the business of grinding out results and keeping a tight defence. Could see Gallagher improving under him. I’d take him on. A deal to the season and a PO winners bonus/long contract. 

I would prefer to go for Bilic personally 

[G Somerset Rover]

One win in seven. We’ve fallen behind in our last six matches (not scoring ourselves in all of those six first halves). He has not, cannot and will never ever be able to sort the defence out. 

If you have an ounce of dignity about you Tony, then just go. You know very well that your number is up. Have you got the decency to do the right thing? I very much suspect not. 

From Josh on Twitter:

Update after 22 games...

18/19 - 31 points, 5 off the play offs. 
19/20 - 34 points, 1 off the play offs. 
20/21 - 29 points, 7 off the play offs. 

Edited December 29, 2020 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[dingles staying down 4ever]

He has to go now!!

Nothing else to say! 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Enough is enough..time for new ideas and tactics.This side is massively underperforming and the buck stops with you Mowbray.

Tired of this crap.

[RV Blue]

Got to go Tony.

[Mr. E]

He's been given a job for life, that much is clear. The sinking thing is he seems to have no intention of leaving. Mediocrity is our sentence. 

[TheRoversReturn]

If you can listen to the iFollow commentators at the end of the game, then you'll be able to hear a manager being savaged by the most optimistic sources you can find.

When even the cheerleaders have nothing to cheer, then you know that time's up.

As for those Rovers fans who want to give him time, the question is...why don't you want the best for your club? As there ain't no way in hell that this is the best Rovers can be doing. 

[Ossydave]

Season can still be saved if action is taken NOW.

Wtf were them subs tonight. Look at the state of the teams above us now too. Teams who would love the resources TM has had.

Cap in hand to Billic now, pay him whatever he wants.

Although tbh I think the season will be canned for at least a few weeks after tomorrow's games anyway if not more....

[Mattyblue]

The Warren Lucy comments were interesting, obviously checked himself just in time from saying what he actually wanted to say, though maybe an insight into what folk working at the club are feeling behind the scenes...

[StevenSK]

2 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

The Warren Lucy comments were interesting, obviously checked himself just in time from saying what he actually wanted to say, though maybe an insight into what folk working at the club are feeling behind the scenes...

What was he saying?

[Mattyblue]

‘Don’t know where we go from here’ .

‘It’s not good enough.

‘Something needs to change’.

[Ewood Ace]

What can you say really, everyone can see that he has taken the club as far as he can but nothing is going to change. Tonight with some of his bizarre decisions he reminded me of Souness when his tenure was coming to an end. Thankfully with Souness we got lucky and Newcastle did us a favour no other clubs are coming in for this chump and even if they did he wouldn't leave his cushy number here where his mate is CEO.

He will still be here this time next year only we won't be bouncing around mid table with him we will be in a fight for survival after many of our better players have left for clubs and managers with some ambition.

[K-Hod]

I’d just love to know what the justification was for the Buckley sub, in particular.

Saw a tweet from Rich Sharpe which indicated even he was confused about that.

Why do we ship so many goals, why do we make so many mistakes at the back and why have we been defensively suspect in all of your time here?

He’s had good backing this summer and he’s underachieving in a big way.

Bet Mowbray isn’t asked about any of these things by the good folks at the LT though.

[rigger]

There was a quote on one of the threads about crowds dropping down to 7/8000. With Mowbray still here, we will be lucky if the crowds go up to 7/8000 

[Stuart]

75 points is generally the target for a top 6 finish.

We are on 29 so need 46 points from the next 24 games. That’s 1.91 points per game.

Simply put its WWL all the way, with only one D allowed to upset that winning sequence.

On the current trajectory we should reach 60 points. Lower-midtable.

The question is, assuming Venkys continue servicing (and adding to) our debt, is the faux-security of another midtable finish enough for us to continue watching football as bad as that for the foreseeable future?

It’s becoming stunningly awful to watch, with selection problems, misuse of substitutions, no clear game plan or style of play (I think Lucy called it ‘possession-based football’ today), no plan B, and watching us criminally waste the young talent that we have in our squad. The football is dire.

It’s lose-lose in my view. We play poor football and don’t get the necessary results.

After the game, in the iFollow interview, Mowbray bemoaned us not taking our chances.

Some Mowbray pearls of wisdom after the game...

“We shouldn’t have lost having equalised”

“Huddersfield put their bodies on the line”

“It was a decent game of football”

“1-1 would have been a fair result”

“We have to take it on the chin”

 Blaming individual an mistake for the goal.

“I don’t want to moan about referees but...”

“Add the injuries to the list “

“Struggling with defenders”

“We has a midfielder playing right back “ (!)

“Disappointed and we move on “

[SamTheShrew]

Twitter 95% against Mowbray in replying to @rovers full time except some guy who wants to raise a statue to Mowbray 🤷‍♂️🤦

[Roverinbelfast]

I've backed him to the hilt. But certain things tonight has me thinking has he lost the dressing room. That was as toothless rovers performance as I've seen. The V's have backed him to the hilt. Surely they will demand better results than what is currently happening 

[Roverinbelfast]

How unrealistic would it be to bring sparky back 

[Stuart]

10 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

‘Don’t know where we go from here’ .

‘It’s not good enough.

‘Something needs to change’.

Wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up John Jenson’d...

[StevenSK]

2 minutes ago, Roverinbelfast said:

How unrealistic would it be to bring sparky back 

I’d love that to happen but needs his staff don’t he like; Hitchcock, Bowen, Niedzerwecki, kruickshank, Roden be an expensive hire

[StevenSK]

3 minutes ago, Stuart said:

Wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up John Jenson’d...

Aye could be given the old tin tack hope not!

[StevenSK]

Is it possible to have a poll to sack him?