Tony Mowbray Discussion

[frosty]

12 minutes ago, StevenSK said:

It’s a Matteo left wing moment.  🤦🏻‍♂️

I was thinking that too, it’s gonna go down in history. 15 years from now ‘remember when Mowbray had Sam Gallagher at right back?’ will still get the occasional mention.

Let’s hope Mowbray leaves soon like Souness did after that (can’t see Midtable Mogga being poached though somehow).

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

29 minutes ago, StevenSK said:

What time was the game played in India, with it being a Friday kick off I’m picturing balaji being at home watching it in rage.

They'll be more interested in the cricket. To be honest, so am I !

[darrenrover]

1 hour ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

I still can’t believe Gallagher played at right back. 

He's between the fecking sticks next week. He's got to be some good somewhere surely......

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

52 minutes ago, Roverall said:

That interview on BBC is abysmal even by Mowbray's standards. Moaning about being cold. Why didn't he stand up and have a stroll along the touchline then instead of slumping there on a sulk?

He doesn't give a stuff. Him and Waggott should be given the heave-ho immediately. Pair of chancers both.

It's got me absolutely fucking fuming. The guy has the temerity to act like a spoilt brat in the media and moan about being fucking cold - how about having to suffer the last decade of utter shite, Tony? How about people with genuine financial or health problems, that used to count Rovers as something to enjoy and look forward to and help forget about all the other shit in their lives that now have to put up with your gross incompetence as a manager whilst you still earn £100k's per year? And you moan about being cold. You're an absolute clown in my book, I've seen through your attempt at management for some time and I now want you gone from my club. 

[Moptop1]

He should of gone ages ago. He’ll walk when he think fit. Dragging us down before hand and can’t get out of it. Yes, his steadied the ship, but can’t do no more. With the players he has, it needs to be better. He can’t help tinkering. There is no pattern to his play. It can actually be very dull. As you know the outcome. Problem is, Venkey’s don’t care. It’s not important enough to sort out. They’ve created it all and not concerned one bit. Nothing is going to change. It’s a slow death, I’m afraid. It’s very draining...

[darrenrover]

5 minutes ago, CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber said:

It's got me absolutely fucking fuming. The guy has the temerity to act like a spoilt brat in the media and moan about being fucking cold - how about having to suffer the last decade of utter shite, Tony? How about people with genuine financial or health problems, that used to count Rovers as something to enjoy and look forward to and help forget about all the other shit in their lives that now have to put up with your gross incompetence as a manager whilst you still earn £100k's per year? And you moan about being cold. You're an absolute clown in my book, I've seen through your attempt at management for some time and I now want you gone from my club. 

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Edited February 13, 2021 by darrenrover

[Roverthechimp]

2 hours ago, SuperBrfc said:

I had a similar thought last night. He didn't seem to know anything about the initial interest in Harry Pickering. The way in which we rushed into signing Brereton out of the blue, the constant use of Gallagher on the right wing, the 'let's throw all our attackers on and see what happens' tactic. It stinks and actually does feel like a real life game of Football Manager being played out. Another thing, why does this stupid false 9 tactic only seem to appear when we are closing in on the top 6? It cost us last night and at QPR. I remember a game at Wigan last season when we were in a similar position, he tried to go with Holtby as a false 9 and it failed miserably. It feels like we revert to Armstrong down the middle when we are a safe distance away from the play offs. Get within 3/4 points of the play offs and suddenly Dack/Elliott/Holtby/Whoever is played as a false 9. Why?

I remember hearing Glen mention on a podcast that when the rat was manager he would send the team sheet to Balaji for approval and he would make amendments to it. I'm not saying that's still happening today, but if somebody was to tell me that Balaji is the one who is picking the team and Mowbray is just the coach, suddenly all of this garbage would make sense.

Add in that Mowbray is just the coach but doesn't do tactics or formations and last night suddenly makes sense...

Enough (from a former happy clapper that is terrified of who will appointed but has reached his threshold).

[StevenSK]

10 minutes ago, Roverthechimp said:

Add in that Mowbray is just the coach but doesn't do tactics or formations and last night suddenly makes sense...

Enough (from a former happy clapper that is terrified of who will appointed but has reached his threshold).

With COVID 229 million pounds of debt, we haven’t got long to sort ourselves out, kick TM out ASAP and have a bash with Nigel Pearson. I’d rather we get fecked trying then Tony’s national express journey.

[darrenrover]

5 minutes ago, StevenSK said:

With COVID 229 million pounds of debt, we haven’t got long to sort ourselves out, kick TM out ASAP and have a bash with Nigel Pearson. I’d rather we get fecked trying then Tony’s national express journey.

More like Wells Fargo, with a mule and a donkey pulling the stagecoach!

[rigger]

14 minutes ago, darrenrover said:

More like Wells Fargo, with a mule and a donkey pulling the stagecoach!

 

14 minutes ago, darrenrover said:

More like Wells Fargo, with a mule and a donkey pulling the stagecoach!

The donkey is now steering the stagecoach

[G Somerset Rover]

If Balaji is playing football manager again then surely even he isn’t stupid enough to play Gallagher on the wing every week. Nor right back. That’s 100% a Mowbray move - he played him on the wing in our relegation season too.

Felt really sorry for Sam for the first time last night. He’s obviously a big confidence player and his is currently shot to absolute pieces. I hope he gave the bloke whose fault it is both barrels in the changing room.

Edited February 13, 2021 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[Richard Oakley]

4 minutes ago, darrenrover said:

More like Wells Fargo, with a mule and a donkey pulling the stagecoach!

Unlike Wells Fargo there are no chasing Indians pressuring the driver to get the most out of the team. 

[darrenrover]

 

WE ARE THE ROVERS!!!

 

 

 

 

        WE ARE THE ROVERS!!!

 

     

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[darrenrover]

3 minutes ago, Richard Oakley said:

Unlike Wells Fargo there are no chasing Indians pressuring the driver to get the most out of the team. 

The bloody irony Richard, sad but true my friend.

[G Somerset Rover]

Seeing how good the Dingles are at set pieces is quite infuriating. Let’s not bother focussing on them though eh Tony.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Join the club mate. 
 

The Mrs had enough of me yesterday. “Why do you fucking watch them if all you do is moan?”

 

She doesn’t get it. Never will. Doesn’t understand why it annoys me that our £5m striker played right back.

 

After yesterday Mowbray needs to go. It was pathetic. The commentator claimed it was a masterclass by Neil stopping us playing but that was shite. Mowbray stopped us playing; one of our best ball player on the bench, Davenport in midfield when we needed more creativity, Gally and Armstrong on the wings and Dack up front. What the fuck? It didn’t make sense. 
 

What irked me the most was, when he played Gally rb, it was actually his best 5 minutes on the pitch and then he subs him for a centre half. Couldn’t believe it. 

We had our best 5 minutes when Nyambe was subbed for Elliot.

Mostly I think because Preston are a very limited, but well drilled team and their players were clearly looking at each other thinking "well who the fuck is playing where?!" We had Dack / Elliot / Gallagher (he might have been 'playing' RB, but he went on a mazy run into their box!) / Dolan and Armstrong all on the pitch.

They re-organised themselves / we brought Harwood-Bellis on quite quickly, but those subs caused mass confusion in the PNE ranks. 

[booth]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

We had our best 5 minutes when Nyambe was subbed for Elliot.

Mostly I think because Preston are a very limited, but well drilled team and their players were clearly looking at each other thinking "well who the fuck is playing where?!" We had Dack / Elliot / Gallagher (he might have been 'playing' RB, but he went on a mazy run into their box!) / Dolan and Armstrong all on the pitch.

They re-organised themselves / we brought Harwood-Bellis on quite quickly, but those subs caused mass confusion in the PNE ranks. 

They caused mass confusion for anyone watching really.

He's come out with two corkers recently. Douglas being poor because of his black and white thinking then Gallagher at RB.

Right up there with dew on the grass and not having a dog.

[roversfan99]

Cardiff 2 up v Coventry and set for 11 points in 5 games under Mick McCarthy and set to go up to 7th. Not bad for an unfashionable dinosaur.

[simongarnerisgod]

i dread to think of the attendances next year if mowbray is still here,i`ll still be going to a few matches but im`e not trudging up and down livesey branch road my wallet 25 quid lighter having endured 90 minutes of complete boredom  every fortnight,away trips are even more of a miserable prospect😒

[Blue blood]

20 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Cardiff 2 up v Coventry and set for 11 points in 5 games under Mick McCarthy and set to go up to 7th. Not bad for an unfashionable dinosaur.

TM can only dream of McCarthys success. Several promotions to the Prem, managing an international side in (and to?) a major tournament, getting Ipswich punching above their weight. He's not an excellent manager but far better than Mr "I can play every player in the squad at right back". 

[speeeeeeedie]

5 hours ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Good piece from Sharpe: http://bit.ly/3tSWOcx

If it weren’t for Covid he would have been hounded out of Brockhall again for that.

The Telegraph article is a very good summary of this messageboard. 

Plenty have been saying for a long time what the journalist has now articulated.

What I don't understand is that if Mowbray is doing a slow build to promotion why has he signed so many Premier league teenage loanees? They all have talent but I think that more than too puts too much on their shoulders.

I have also commented previously that if Mowbray is secure he should get new coaching staff in as the group he currently has isn't good enough. Yet that apparent security allows him to keep his mate Venus around.

I still blame Venkys for all of this. 10+ years of utter mismanagement.

[roversfan99]

14 minutes ago, Blue blood said:

TM can only dream of McCarthys success. Several promotions to the Prem, managing an international side in (and to?) a major tournament, getting Ipswich punching above their weight. He's not an excellent manager but far better than Mr "I can play every player in the squad at right back". 

"Boring football" though, apparently.

[Blue blood]

15 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

"Boring football" though, apparently.

Yeah in fairness TM adds much more intreague to proceedings. Not sure I've ever seen a McCarthy team and wondered how many different formations they will use in a match or what position the £5 million pound striker will play. TM certainly is far less boring in that respect I'm give them that. 

 

[gumboots]

Winning takes a long time to get boring

[Fraserkirky]

I am a TM fan, but he said a long time ago he would step aside when he thought he wasn’t getting through to the players. He isn’t getting through to them right now.

Someone said in the match thread that his biggest problem is this new 5 subs rule. He doesn’t know who to play where in the first 11, nevermind having so many options to tinker during the match.

He won’t leave and he won’t be sacked, at least not till end of season.

The 4-5-1 false nine crap needs to get permanently selved. The signing of Harwood-Bellis was bizarre. I do think he could try the wingback system that I have wanted to see every since Sheff Utd came here and destroyed us with it a few years back. It would allow us to play all three 3 Centre backs and Breo and Armstrong up front.
 

Edited February 13, 2021 by Fraserkirky