Fair enough, did not dig that deep! India’s richest man too, so can afford to lose a few Bob getting us promoted

I had a look too & concluded that Kolkata & Rajasthan’s owners seemed most likely to be interested due to their other ventures. I realise it doesn’t always work that way, but Lachlan Murdoch (son of Rupert) part-owning Rajasthan seems a more likely investor in an English football team to me than say Chennai’s owner who’s background is concrete. I am sure it’s all hypothetical and nothing comes from it, but it’s a least a glimmer of hope…

I’d be very surprised if it’s true, given the situation.

I won’t even check the scores if that useless twunt even gets mentioned in relation to being our manager.

As funny as it would be, do you really want to face them again next season given how we’re likely to look? I definitely don’t!

As though the current situation paints the club in a good light? It’s people’s right to protest, having a few pints doesn’t change that does it? All I am saying is Ewood Park is not a long walk from the Brown Cow, Havelock etc. A bit of liquid courage and people may want to tell Mowbray he’s a prick in person.

With pubs half opening on Monday, if by Saturday we are 1/17 I can see some drunken folk making a beeline for Ewood anyway, regardless of anything being planned, when they realise they can make their voice heard for the first time…

Is it worth getting in touch with Plagiarism Begins At Home (https://instagram.com/plagiarism_begins_at_home?igshid=qmbt8txit7r6)? He’s a sticker guy but also a Rovers fan. If he’s willing & can produce a sticker with the QR code on, it could be plastered around the town perhaps?

Was being somewhat facetious.

Can we get this in writing? Not that I don’t like you, it’s just quite the hill to die on. Must have some serious faith in him leaving.

Did it fuck as like. That would be a sensible thing to do, and they are outlawed at boardroom level within this club.

Tony, Steve and Venus are here for the long haul. But if by some miracle the Venky’s pot them - I want Ainsworth. No doubt he isn’t the best manager out there, but his interviews ahead of the game yesterday and back in Autumn tell me everything I need to hear. He loves this club & town, probably more than any person in football today. His rock and roll, balls to the wall attitude would be the most fun we’ve had following the club in 10+ years. I would take GA & a relegation scrap over Mowbray & mid table every week, because I would be 100% sure that everything possible was being done to achieve success. There is just something about the way he speaks about the club that totally enamours me with him. Mowbray out.

He’s probably been mentioned, but David Artell is the route I would go down for a manager from the league below. Done wonders at Crewe. I’d take a punt on Ainsworth too. I think the injection of enthusiasm would be re-invigorating for the fanbase & the players. He hasn’t done too badly this season with a significantly worse squad than we have at our disposal & must have something about him to get Wycombe players playing to a level that saw them end up in the Championship. A left field shout from me would be Di Matteo. EDIT. I am aware it will be more of a Tony Pulis than any of these. I would prefer we kept Mowbray than Pulis.

Embarrassing.

Is this Tony saying: “Who the fuck has leaked this?” or is he saying “I no longer control the transfers”? As far as I can see it’s been pretty black and white, we have placed a bid. Confirmed by their manager & both Sharpe & Crooke? https://twitter.com/jaquobc/status/1349715503938461696?s=21

Two adaptations of the Chapman song: There’s a star man, playing on the wing, he came from Preston North End and he didn’t cost a thing There’s a star man, playing on the right, his name is Tyrhys Dolan and he thinks North End are shite.

On this basis I’d do what Derby have done with Rooney. Offer him a player coach role on a mint. Can’t be any worse than Benson...

Genuine curiousness... If the worst should happen to the Venky family. Who would then take control of the club? A trust like the Walker Trust?

For me the biggest problem with Bennett is the captaincy. If I remember correctly, when Mulgrew was shipped down the M6, the other players voted on a new captain didn’t they? I don’t speak for anyone else, but I know for a fact if I was to vote who I’d want as my team leader at work, I wouldn’t be voting for the person who makes my life most difficult & demands the most out of me. It should never have been the players’ decision who was temporary captain, that was doomed from the very start. They picked their mate. What’s more worrying is the fact that TM didn’t have the conviction to make the decision himself! If (and no doubt when) both TM & EB are still around on match day one next season, we will be regressing further.

Surely it’s Jones? We’ve been linked with him and Rangers have confirmed he can leave on loan as they’re looking to free up wages for a player who can help sustain their push for the title

Not going to pretend to be his best mate, but I know of Mahoney’s brother through friends. Both are Rovers fans. Connor is probably less so than his brother, but a friend of mine who does know them both well, said he left for the opportunity. The money helps, but Christ, nobody sane would’ve turned that down at the time. Could he have asked for a straight loan back (a la Jack Clarke to Leeds)? Maybe. But he is a Rovers fan, and didn’t just abandon the club.

Realise I could get hammered for this... Bony is still without a club training at Newport, Le Havre were linked with him last I saw but were struggling to meet his wages. Cant be that demanding in his position surely? Would be worth a punt IMO...

I cannot believe what I’m reading regarding comments on a young man’s mental health, so I won’t even get into that apart from to say some people need a reality check as to how fragile mental health can be and I hope for their own sake it doesn’t come from personal experience. On the footballing aspect of things, I had no idea why we were buying him or why we were paying what was touted, however to me it seemed as though there must have been good reason. That’s clearly gone to shit. The blame for me sits entirely with Mowbray. He picks (or doesn’t) him to play & where to play. Playing him out of position in a style of play that clearly doesn’t suit him (or 80% of our squad) has battered his confidence - that much is visible. There’s still been the odd spurt of potential even in these festive games where BB (and again, the 80%) has been frankly shite, so I don’t think he’s fully destroyed yet, however I don’t think he will want to stay any longer, which I don’t blame him for. Best bet (Imo) is a loan elsewhere with the possibility of a sale, but the option for us to veto that if he does get his confidence back (or we get a manager who won’t mismanage everyone).

There’s no chance he walks, in my eyes. There’s no way he’s sacked either. This is going to be a LONG season.

That line is the straw that broke the camel’s back, as if the awful form wasn’t enough. His time is up with the majority of the fan base now, surely. Mowbray out.