Blackburn v Doncaster, FA Cup, Sat 9th Jan

[Pennymeadowrover]

2 hours ago, neophox said:

All players were terrible... but its down to the management team who cant motivate the team... dont slag one player.

Don’t slag one player? Are you joking? Pears mistake should of been an easy take. Will always feel nervous with him in goal.

[Pennymeadowrover]

8 minutes ago, rigger said:

Although nothing can be guaranteed. The nearest thing to a certainty we have is that we are going nowhere with Mowbray

And Mowbray will be going nowhere

[Pennymeadowrover]

24 minutes ago, neophox said:

I think Gareth Ainsworth would be interesting or that German who was manager Wagner... Young with experience of getting the best out of players.. 

Ainsworth yes, Wagner no thanks

[Bigdoggsteel]

I can only assume now that Mowbray, as a centre half himself, works off the basis that defenders should know how to defend and therefore does no work with them. It's the only explanation I can think of for the recurring defensive shit shows. 

No team could go anywhere conceding soft goals like us, at any level. 

Edited January 9, 2021 by Bigdoggsteel

[LDRover]

50 minutes ago, rigger said:

Downing as player/manager

I actually thought that myself when he was subbed and ripped into those on the bench.

[JacknOry]

2 hours ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

I wonder what the MB would be like after the Trelleborg defeat.

Were you born?

[Bbrovers2288]

How much of a lift would it be to have somebody new in the dugout. Say a Michael carrick, ainsworth , Pearson 

[Bigdoggsteel]

7 minutes ago, LDRover said:

I actually thought that myself when he was subbed and ripped into those on the bench.

Missed that. Who did he rip into? 

[Pennymeadowrover]

12 minutes ago, LDRover said:

I actually thought that myself when he was subbed and ripped into those on the bench.

I seen that, he booted something aswell, wasn’t happy

[LDRover]

4 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Missed that. Who did he rip into? 

It's hard to know who exactly, just had  choice words and was clearly pissed off with being hooked.

[bazza]

1 minute ago, LDRover said:

It's hard to know who exactly, just had  choice words and was clearly pissed off with being hooked.

He was on a yellow card for being too slow earlier.

[LDRover]

8 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

How much of a lift would it be to have somebody new in the dugout. Say a Michael carrick, ainsworth , Pearson 

Steve Clarke, Giggsy?

[Bigdoggsteel]

1 minute ago, LDRover said:

It's hard to know who exactly, just had  choice words and was clearly pissed off with being hooked.

I saw that and he kicked something, but I couldn't make out who he was talking to 

[Tormund]

11 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

How much of a lift would it be to have somebody new in the dugout. Say a Michael carrick, ainsworth , Pearson 

John Terry

[bazza]

1 minute ago, Tormund said:

John Terry

Nigel Pearson for me.

[Tormund]

3 minutes ago, bazza said:

Nigel Pearson for me.

Yeah always liked him.

[JHRover]

Well a full house on the Mowbray bingo. A textbook Mowbray performance with just about every ingredient on display today.

 - Bright(ish) start to the game for the first 10-15 minutes but alas no goal to show for it

 - I said to my dad when the clock hit 15 that I'd have any bet going that we wouldn't score until the second half at the earliest, and probably wouldn't score all afternoon.

 - Rapid regression into mind-numbing rubbish for most of the game after the clock reached 15 minutes.

 - Bundles of possession but precious little to show for it yet conning viewers into thinking we are in control or dominating the game simply by having lots of passes.

 - Opposition that manages to contain our 'threats' with ease 

 - Opposition that got forward on only a few occasions yet each time carved open our defence with relative ease and only needed a couple of passes to do so  - they should have had two goals before they scored and shamefully allowing their player half the Ewood pitch to run with the ball unchallenged.

 - Once we fall behind the manager then proceeds to chuck on every attacker he has, presumably the logic being that because we need a goal throwing on everyone of an attacking instinct will increase our chances of scoring - only there seems to be no plan or strategy to this approach, it rarely works and we end up with a mess and a ridiculously imbalanced side.

- Could still be playing now and I wouldn't have expected a goal

 - A squad bereft of options and ideas, created in no small part by the manager and his poor recruitment and failure to address important positions.

 - Usual injury enforced substitution - beyond a joke now that every single game we lose at least one player to injury

 - Disgraceful body language from the manager most of the afternoon, making a point of sitting down in his chair saying very little and he only started to do anything for the first part of the second half. Once he'd made his changes it was back to sitting down looking bored. I want to see the manager or his staff in the techical area encouraging and instructing the players - we don't see anything of Johnson or Lowe who only appear when the subs are getting ready and Venus seems to spend his time whinging at the 4th official (no problem with that normally but today it was needless and embarrassing). Compare to the opposition who have a raft of coaches communicating and barking instructions throughout.

 - You know you've been worn down with it when the highlight of the day would have been MK Dons winning and then that solace was taken away in the last minute.

There's the full Mowbray set. You could be forgiven for thinking it is 2017 or 2018 but no it is 2021 and it is still groundhog day. Nothing has really changed and nothing will change. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, rigger said:

Kendall an inexperienced player/manager came into a reasonable but underperforming squad. He set up the defence to be hard to score against. He had similar playing history and seemed to thrive on the respect of the other players. He showed a passion for the game and the club he worked for. He also realised that at his age this was the chance to prolong his involvement in football as long as he was successful. Quite a few and important similarities.

Even at the end of his career Kendall was the best player on the park most of the time. That's why the players respected him.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, rigger said:

Remember Howard Kendall

Downing's not an Howard Kendall.

[alcd]

1 hour ago, Tormund said:

And there’s people on Twitter who are happy with mid table, unbelievable. 

Continuation of the results and performances since October will not maintain a mid-table position. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Bit before my time 😉 but what would Downing taking over from Mowbray have in common with him and his situation? 

Not much.

[alcd]

Time for Downing to hang up his boots. He's slow and dwells on the ball far too long. His stroppy reaction on being substituted suggests he's in denial.

[Waggy76]

12 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Even at the end of his career Kendall was the best player on the park most of the time. That's why the players respected him.

He was everything,  our midfield isn't !!!

[GHR]

The only positive in any capacity today was that it was free to watch.

The saddest thing for me is that even with all of the firepower we had at our disposal off the bench, I never genuinely felt we had the capability to produce that moment of magic to get back in the game. Elliot then Dack obviously came very close, but aside from that briefest of flurries across the 90 minutes we never once knocked on their door. Arma came on and vanished into thin air. Brereton I fear has lost a little spark since his injury, though I am sure it'll return. Elliot is unfortunately looking increasingly wasted with us: that kid is a mile above anyone else on his day. Dack looked like a man who'd not played for a year. I love Dolan and the lad has scores of potential, but I fear right now he is still a bit undercooked, being rapid and skillful is only of use when it creates meaningful chances.

I would love to know what instructions the substitutes were given today, or what the lads were tipped off about at half time. It seemed to me we just brought on more and more people who have increasing ability to score as the game went on, with little regard for how they actually fitted together in cohesive tactics.

The only other point worthy of mention today was that Stewart Downing was pissed off when he was substituted. That outburst of anger and whatever else to me is worth a thousand "We go again next week [pointless emoji" tweets afterwards. It has been said on here a lot, but it is completely true: how we miss the likes of Todd, Short and Savage - not the most naturally gifted of players but ones who would have died if it meant three points. 

[rigger]

21 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Downing's not an Howard Kendall.

Correct, but there is nothing to say as a player manager he can't be.