Tony Mowbray Discussion

[Inta Beaver]

I think he will be given a couple more games, I’m not saying that is the right thing to do but surely he would have been gone by now. The way we are playing we are so open, he needs to tighten up so going 352 with wing backs is the way forward for me.

                       TK

         THB Lenihan Branthwaite 

Nyambe                             Douglas

              Evans Travis

             Elliott (Dack/Rothwell)

           Breo     Armstrong 

[USABlue]

17 minutes ago, Stuart said:

You could very well be right. I still believe he was ‘promoted’ to avoid further embarrassing Mowbray.

His U23s were playing a better and more successful brand of football than the first team at the time.

The new fella doing pretty well too looks like.  I would deffo give Johnson a shot.  I agree with the promition point too.

[Cherry Blue]

The team are going to have a massive loss of confidence now especially after TM Sky interview. They need a boost and it wont come from any journey talk.

Got to look short term and DJ will know the situation from inside. Good call.

VENKYS READ THIS MESSAGE BOARD!

[simongarnerisgod]

i think he`ll get 3 or 4 more games but now the fun will really start tactics wise,i can imagine him right now,chalk in hand,manically poring over the blackboard like some physicist working out an equation!!!!

[Exiled in Toronto]

8 hours ago, booth said:

I doubt they have any idea what getting into the Premier League is worth.

Or care. £100 million a year will make zero difference to them, not that they’d get that much anyway. Burnley only managed to salt away £40 million in five years.

They are without doubt much wealthier than they were ten years ago, despite Mercer announcing every year they are cash-strapped. £200 million yacht needs its ashtrays emptying? Sod it, let it rot in Tangiers harbour.

[tina]

Blimey. Didn't even care they were playing. No interest anymore. The guy has to walk and take his cronies with him. What a mess the Venkies have made of a previously well run club

[Tormund]

This sums some of our fans up, zero ambition. Typical ‘we wouldn’t be able to attract anyone better’ 

[JHRover]

How about Billy Barr as our next manager? His u23 record is as good or better than Johnson's

[TheRoversReturn]

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/19131462.concerns-facing-rovers-mowbray-winless-run/

The comments section on this article tells the story. Rich Sharpe lambasted for his negative slant on Rovers. Those wanting a change are, rather bizarrely and with a startling lack of self awareness, labelled as "fan boys" (eh, of what, Rovers?!? It certainly isn't of Mowbray). Statistics randomly massaged and others ignored. One post from some Ewood Wobbler chap which must be some equivalent of Hamlet's soliloquy considering the fawning adoration it's received; the town of Blackburn has finally found its equivalent of the Bard of Avon, it appears.

What is it, sixteen points from eighteen? How can that be acceptable to these lot? Are they just masochists, is that the answer?

Finally, when did a crap loss against Reading in which we created next to nothing turn into our Dunkirk moment? Where has this bs narrative of a great performance come from? One poster on the LET brands it as "criminal" that we didn't come away with something from a game in which the opposition scored more goals than us.

Who needs enemies when you have fans like that? We're sleepwalking into a relegation scrap. To be or not to be, indeed...let's keep doing nothing, eh? 

 

Edited March 3, 2021 by TheRoversReturn

[Sparks Rover]

4 minutes ago, JHRover said:

How about Billy Barr as our next manager? His u23 record is as good or better than Johnson's

Billy Barr and Ben Benson 😆 Bloody Bollox

[AllRoverAsia]

7 minutes ago, TheRoversReturn said:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/19131462.concerns-facing-rovers-mowbray-winless-run/

The comments section on this article tells the story. Rich Sharpe lambasted for his negative slant on Rovers. Those wanting a change are, rather bizarrely and with a startling lack of self awareness, as "fan boys". Statistics randomly massaged and others ignored. One post from some Ewood Wobbler chap which must be some equivalent of Hamlet's soliloquy considering the fawning adoration it's received; the town of Blackburn has finally found its equivalent of the Bard of Avon, it appears.

What is it, sixteen points from eighteen? How can that be acceptable to these lot? Are they just masochists, is that the answer?

Finally, when did a crap loss against Reading in which we created next to nothing turn into our Dunkirk moment? Where has this bs narrative of a great performance come from? One poster on the LET brands it as "criminal" that we didn't come away with something from a game in which the opposition scored more goals than us.

Who needs enemies when you have fans like that? We're sleepwalking into a relegation scrap. To be or not to be, indeed...let's keep doing nothing, eh? 

 

I gave up reading the LT comments section soon after Mowbray arrived.

I gave up reading or listening to the shit that comes out of his mouth about 2 years ago as it always triggered me.

These days I can cope better so I did watch his latest Sky spew.

The LT I can do without, they are Rovers plants, related to Mowbray or Dingles or simply Twats.

This Club is not what I fell for in the early 1960s, it is a shell infested by Maggots and worse.

Its structure is such that it cannot heal itself.

[davulsukur]

Mowbrays aim was the top 6 and now we are fighting a relegation battle. 

Mowbray won't admit that we are now in a relegation battle though, which makes the situation worse.

[Darrenbot]

53 minutes ago, Tormund said:

This sums some of our fans up, zero ambition. Typical ‘we wouldn’t be able to attract anyone better’ 

The fact that he got 65 likes is as depressing as the tweet,how many stupid fans do we have.

[tomphil]

If there is one platform that always doesn't reflect the genuine feelings it's the LT comments section. Makes twitter and facebook seem 99% sane, the club or whoevers PR mob camp on the LT site.

In between the dingles of course.

[Tormund]

14 points behind Barnsley, who’d of thought that 6/7 weeks back.

Edited March 3, 2021 by Tormund

[roverandout]

13 minutes ago, Tormund said:

14 points behind Barnsley, who’d of thought that 6/7 weeks back.

Probably anyone who has seen a Mowbray collapse over and over

[Tom]

15 points from the playoffs, 8 points from the drop zone!

Although when Mowbray does leave I’m not mentally prepared for Dunn’s name to be touted around, I can’t see it now, ‘local lad’ ‘knows the club’ etc

[Mike E]

Just now, Tom said:

15 points from the playoffs, 8 points from the drop zone!

Although when Mowbray does leave I’m not mentally prepared for Dunn’s name to be touted around, I can’t see it now, ‘local lad’ ‘knows the club’ etc

Get real, Tom 😉

[RevidgeBlue]

47 minutes ago, tomphil said:

If there is one platform that always doesn't reflect the genuine feelings it's the LT comments section. Makes twitter and facebook seem 99% sane, the club or whoevers PR mob camp on the LT site.

In between the dingles of course.

I went on there this morning to see if opinion had changed, to be fair I think most have woken up and smelt the coffee but bizarrely there are still a few who think TM is still the man and as long as we don't go down there's no cause for concern and next season with the crowd in ** and a new pitch etc etc

I really don't understand it, it's like Tom said a week or two ago, it's as if these supporters (if they are genuine accounts) support Mowbray and not the Club.

** of which there won't be so bloody many if Mowbray is still here.

[Stuart]

8 hours ago, TheRoversReturn said:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/19131462.concerns-facing-rovers-mowbray-winless-run/

The comments section on this article tells the story. Rich Sharpe lambasted for his negative slant on Rovers. Those wanting a change are, rather bizarrely and with a startling lack of self awareness, labelled as "fan boys" (eh, of what, Rovers?!? It certainly isn't of Mowbray). Statistics randomly massaged and others ignored. One post from some Ewood Wobbler chap which must be some equivalent of Hamlet's soliloquy considering the fawning adoration it's received; the town of Blackburn has finally found its equivalent of the Bard of Avon, it appears.

What is it, sixteen points from eighteen? How can that be acceptable to these lot? Are they just masochists, is that the answer?

Finally, when did a crap loss against Reading in which we created next to nothing turn into our Dunkirk moment? Where has this bs narrative of a great performance come from? One poster on the LET brands it as "criminal" that we didn't come away with something from a game in which the opposition scored more goals than us.

Who needs enemies when you have fans like that? We're sleepwalking into a relegation scrap. To be or not to be, indeed...let's keep doing nothing, eh? 

In some ways many of these fans seem to prefer relegation with Mowbray in charge than the unknown of replacing him.

They seen to lap up every excuse that he makes and aren’t prepared to challenge or have any opinion of their own.

There were mumblings about him needed to go a little over a week ago and now people are beginning to flip-flop again. Nobody likes fighting a losing battle but Mowbray’s comments on Tuesday seem to have garnered some sympathy.

The thing is, he isn’t a captive employee, he’s a wealthy man and could walk away. Instead he is publicly saying that Venkys need to tell him if he is a burden and until then he will carry on doing his thing - which right is the most worrying prospect.

2 more defeats could put is in real trouble. Already we are relying on teams below us to lose.

[AllRoverAsia]

By the end of March we will be 18th or lower and Mowbray will be Manager.

He runs the circus at the Ewood level and he's not going to tell his mate Maggot to bin him.

We are screwed big time but it may be next season before Mowbray relegates us.

Absentee owners leaving the door open to chancers and part of the fan base supports them/ him.

Fucking surreal.

[Waggy76]

30 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

By the end of March we will be 18th or lower and Mowbray will be Manager.

He runs the circus at the Ewood level and he's not going to tell his mate Maggot to bin him.

We are screwed big time but it may be next season before Mowbray relegates us.

Absentee owners leaving the door open to chancers and part of the fan base supports them/ him.

Fucking surreal.

You are right , carry on regardless ala Kean and next season we will go down without a whimper ....

 

[tomphil]

9 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I went on there this morning to see if opinion had changed, to be fair I think most have woken up and smelt the coffee but bizarrely there are still a few who think TM is still the man and as long as we don't go down there's no cause for concern and next season with the crowd in ** and a new pitch etc etc

I really don't understand it, it's like Tom said a week or two ago, it's as if these supporters (if they are genuine accounts) support Mowbray and not the Club.

** of which there won't be so bloody many if Mowbray is still here.

Yes there's definitely been quite a swing in recent weeks on twitter and facebook.  A lot of it is now directed towards Mowbray himself on the back of some of his jibes and excuses. So i suppose it prompts the old 'but he's a nice honest guy' crew to fire back.

As for crowds i agree i think we'll be back to 6 or 7k next season if restrictions are off, which will be embarrassing for a club like us in this era. Of course they'l have the after effects of covid to hide behind. 

Swaggo will be doing all he can, after another price hike.

[rigger]

In the 70s I was one of "The faithful few". If Mowbray is still manager, I wont be next season. 

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

3 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Yes there's definitely been quite a swing in recent weeks on twitter and facebook.  A lot of it is now directed towards Mowbray himself on the back of some of his jibes and excuses. So i suppose it prompts the old 'but he's a nice honest guy' crew to fire back.

As for crowds i agree i think we'll be back to 6 or 7k next season if restrictions are off, which will be embarrassing for a club like us in this era. Of course they'l have the after effects of covid to hide behind. 

Swaggo will be doing all he can, after another price 

If they let Mowbray limp on to next season I honestly think 7k might be optimistic.