I exoect us to be handsomely beaten. An Anti- Merc prediction of 4-1 to Boro.

But better than ours.

I'd question jim's use of half forgotten. 20MILL? Balaji probably drops more on Bling and his Indian Mr T look a like

Covid sensitive grass?

To me thisnis another stick to beat Mowbray with it really. He has been trying to set uo a side that plays out from the back. We have players, who are our better ones by the way (argue about ben if you wany), who can move with the ball at their feet, run at speed with the ball on the ground, control a ball and play a sweet pass. Players like Dack, Rothwell, Brereton, Dolan, Nyambe, Elliot and for slide rile passes Holtby, Downing and yes young Buckly. Now a pitch like that in my mind SERIOUSLY hampers their game, the very style of game.Mowbray has tried to instill. Mowbray should ne absolutely livid,.pulling hisnhair out seething mad on the phone to India. Has it been fixed? No just more evidence that Mowbray does not give a flying. More damagjng is it demonstrates to the players that nobody gives a toss about providing them with quality tools to perform their crafts with. Huge, Massive that. Apathy from top to bottom, an apathy that has now been rubbing off on us fans. Even me, I have loved this team since I was 6 yo. just the other week I turned off the game, at 62 it was a first for me.

Single digit win? I disagree, we'll lose.

They have not done so well previous

Is there one? Again to be fair to Mowbray in he did say if we had got a second it would have been harsh on Stoke. I think that with comments like he's hardly.touting a hard luck story is he? I would like him replaced too but let's.keep it straight.eh.

So if we don't? Would that be a good sign he's lost it?

Have to agree with that. Though Big Club tripped up Boro. Probably backfire on us.

Fair do's he admitted it would have been harsh on Stoke.

They never have

They never have

It has been for a long time for some of us, a long time.

Odd that you were wrong?

Thing with Rothwell he seems to be playing a lot deeper lately, is this him or is it Mowbrays orders. He can't get the positioning to start those lovely runs cos he seems to be picking up the ball in our half rather than half way in theirs, why is that?

Yawn, Rovers 0 Stoke 1 we have 70% possesion 19 shots and Stoke have 1. Dack has to play, fornone he is the only is one Armstrong ever passes to. Does not like to give it to Big Ben or gally but will dacky.

Perhaps I am but I am not going iff stats just what I see. I like the kid, a lot of but watching he gets me all excited, on the edge of my seat but I end up feeling ket down, more often than not. Mowbray is not his friend. Bottom line is this, we got a young lad with speed, flair, quick feet and a go for goal mentality for free. Those attributes can not be coached into a player BUT with the wrong manager/coach can easily get lost, this is my worry. He needs to make it impossible for Mowbray to keave him out.

Only way Nyambe is sticking around is if Mowbray doesn't

Onenof my faviurite non Rovers players of that era. RIP Colin, thanks for the memories.

Irrefutable evidence Mowbary is going nowhere. If Venkies are again opening purse strings for him the they clearly have no interest in potting him.

If he was a boxer one would be happy that the kid has terrific handspeed but sadly lacks a knockout punch. Sums up Dolan, quick feet a million step overs amd fancy footwork but how often do we see him actually beat a man. The better defenders have him sussed. That said I love the kid but he needs end product, he's fast and tricky but he seldom does any real damage.

Pot him now. Put DJ in charge until a top quality replacement can be found. I manager with recent track record of success at this level or above. Not a dinosaur who may have got a team promoted once then was ho hum after that. Coyle type comes to mind. Just get it done Venkies.

True, it better be. I did get a bit carried away. But still he doesn't do much does he?

Surely one that can stay awake for 90 mins would help achieve that.