He plodded as a player...and he plods on as a manager...

They had the same level of intensity as I had interest....none.....all fashioned by Mowbray

“ take Mark Hughes ? “......I’d take Mark Anthony or even Mark(s) and Spencer over TM .....My post was wishing for an appointment that had legs , credibility and someone who could lift the gloom...with long term plan

....😳😳....these March minutes have frightened me to death “ the team played well on good pitches “ ” the owners have faith in the management of Mowbray “ ..oh dear.....I do believe that will be over and out for many....it certainly will for me. I will be much better off , mentally, distanced from these charlatans who present themselves like they are competent... it’s a statement too far for me 😡

Hi Chaddy....I like the mentality of the likes of Klopp, Farke, Tuchal, Wagner ....it’s a WE WILL rather than “ we’ll do what we can and go again “ ...ala Tony ......there must be more of them doing their thing in the German leagues ..

Much as I enjoyed Hughes’ time here....for me our last “ proper manager “...I would not rush to have him back. He was of an era..and I believe that era has passed. We are all desperate to see the end of the current regime...it moans, it dumbs down our club, it feeds mediocrity.....we need to look to a hungry , yet to prove himself manager. All appointments are risks , and we have a good track record in those .... For me it’s the foreign market ( particularly German ) or it’s the likes of Crowley( currently unemployed) or ....down the leagues to the likes of Bowyer at Charlton , Jimmy Floyd ( currently working miracles at Burton ) ......even Ian Evatt at Bolton ..nothing but success at Barrow and Bolton..... You might say ...is this a list of how far we, as a club , have fallen.....and it probably is ....but we are in trouble and I am desperate for a way out of the slow, painful decline ......of course, THE answer to our prayers would be Wilder ...but, there’s probably a queue ...and our friends in Pune aren’t even aware of our plight ....never mind the queue

Not sure where to start this morning.....Dack’s injury is devastating for him, and, without being mercenary, financially difficult for us. We , as a club, are at an extremely low ebb due to dereliction of duty by owners and management.....didn’t think it could get any worse than it was...but, it has. Not only is there sympathy being offered , and rightly so, to Dack....large parts of the fan base are lauding Mowbray as “The Father of this family “........it’s surprising how often opportunity comes from adversity and I have the feeling that The Daddy will come out of this well.... *not his fault...last night was all down to the ref and the pitch..... *injuries have derailed his journey... *he is what we need, a man of integrity, at this , our time of need..... * Dolan will continue to buzz in the 9 position The truth is ...we were buggered before the injury...I’m sure Mowbray feels the loss .....as was evident on Sky ...but .... the bigger picture needs to be addressed ....He’s still here, still likely to be here for some time and we will be left with very little of a squad come May. I applaud @darren_rover for his desire for us, as a fan base to unite......and I do live in hope for the future of our club.....but Mowbray and his men really dull that hope....he just has to go if there is to be any actual support post Covid

Did anyone see a leader out there? Did anyone hear a leader out there ? Men against boys, and timid boys at that..... so limited in skill, so limited in football intelligence, so limited in desire.... The team that Tony built.....

We should be all over this one. Wilder is quality. He is everything Mowbray isn’t. He’s brave, he operates without bullshit, he knows a defender when he sees one.....but there is one similarity...they’ve both been in a journey.....but, oops....Wilder’s was from league 2 to The premier league .... what his appointment would do for the town, for the turnstiles ....

Tony is a very lucky lad ....when things couldn’t get much worse his “ main man “ Armstrong, gets injured and forces his hand ....has that happened before ? Evans / Smallwood ? ....so step forward Dolan and Travis ....the question is ....would they have ever stepped forward without being forced? Our current crop of academy graduates is making him look a half decent manager...JRC , Nyambe, Lenihan, Buckley, Travis ,Wharton ....plus the emergence of Pike, Dolan etc .....compare this to what Tony’s signings have brought us.....Ayala, Bell, Douglas, Downing, Johnson, Brererton , Gallagher...and too many duds in his first couple of seasons to mention .I’ll give him credit for Dack and Armstrong...if he were to play them correctly ( even I get a golf swing perfect occasionally...law of averages) Without Jonno formerly, and Billy Barr currently...we would be in one hell of a mess ....I cannot stand his bleatings about bad luck....he must be the luckiest man in the Championship....our luck as fans, has to change at some point...so ...thank you The Academy ...let’s hope more of them get game time ahead of loanees ...and Tony takes his luck back to the North East....just imagine what a half decent manager , with this Academy and the millions this bloke has spent could do for our club?? I Iive in hope ...because when those turnstiles do eventually turn....we could be on the the edge of something good.... these kids that but more experienced ...and a new man driving us to what we can be instead of currently what we are ....

Don’t know whether Tony does Sunday football...but the bloke who was told to learn from Evans and Smallwood has just been outstanding for Fulham against Liverpool...he must have learned well.! ......and, he played centre mid !!!!!

If only Mowbray had played to the strengths of the individuals at his disposal....if only he played them in their natural positions .....today was a bit of a Travis moment ( played him because he had to...no alternative) ... If only we had someone who could assess the true value of skill and positional awareness If only....

Glad of the points.....just as 6 defeats don’t sack him...1 win shouldn’t save him ...

...that’s my point !

Fast forward to the start of next season...which league will we be in ? ....if and when the gates of Ewood open it might only be then that the length of Mowbray’s time here and the damage done will be measured.... With Mowbray and his back room staff, Championship....empty seats.....an almost empty ground. With Mowbray and his back room staff, League 1 ....empty seats....an almost empty ground Without Mowbray and his back room staff, Championship ......seats taken as hope springs eternal Without Mowbray and his back room staff, League 1 ....seats taken , the start of a new era. We can be a fickle fan base .....we’ve overcome/ become accustomed to the Venkys regime.....but we cannot and will not accept this group of ill equipped men ....” by skill and hard work “ ...I wish

I agree @den...winning games is important...but, it’s more than that for me...I will be on his back until he 1 develops our Cat 1 players ( currently they are hammered into confidence less shells ..or sent on loan to be replaced by inferior bodies 2 admits / or does something about the fact that he is dreadful defensively in his set up and his signings 3 Improves the mental and physical fitness if the squad 4 Shows that he understands and executes systems of play 5 Shows a pride in our club by letting others worry about us instead of us being scared of an opponent’s left back ( meaning changes to our play and personnel) 6 Plays each player to his strength 7 Tells the truth 8 Shows the the fan base a little respect instead of condemning what we feel / say 9 Puts his brain in gear before addressing the current issues with the press It’s not much to ask....I would think a standard job spec for most clubs....and he fails on every point. The damage is vast ...I will be in his back until we recognise our club again

I often agree with your posts but........to have Tony directing anything remotely connected with the first team fill me with dread. I have no room for sentiment....the cut needs to be clean....and soon .

Don’t worry chaps....he’ll be turning more stones on Monday...the best we can hope for is ....he will find one big enough for himself, Venus and Waggott to crawl under ...

Have you ever seen a more woeful set of “ men” in our shirts ? I can take limited ability....but this is as limited as it gets ...and as for yer man TM ..... no words . He’s been leaving no stone unturned ....I think he found some of these under them.....

...very interesting read in The Telegraph....” Im here from 7 in the morning till 7 at night....I leave no stone unturned...” Tony......you need to look under some other stones lad......these are bringing you nothing....and to do that for 12 hours a day .There must be a better way of earning a living... Dear me ...

Remember the song......” Tony had a dream, to build a football team “????? Well, at the last night’s final whistle this was it... 4 loanees 1 right back he doesn’t rate and plays when he has to 1 Irishman getting minutes in his legs before the next international 1 36 year old who couldn’t sign a contract in summer but could when he’d had no other offers in January 1 6 million pound striker on the left wing 2 players subbed ( Dack and Travis )looking broken and half the players they were. .............some team Tony , some journey .....

No interest in talking about any player.....we have much to say about their poor performances...but they are what they are because of him....he signed them, he coached them, he regressed them, he bollocked them ......and their body language says it all ...empty shells wearing blue and white shirts....

Venkys gave me a very bitter taste in my mouth ....I wrote to The Indian Times , I wrote to Jack Straw, I vented my feelings on National and Local radio, I attended meetings in the hope that the heart of our club could be massaged into life......I didn’t think I would enter Ewood again but, old habits die hard...and I did. As the years have gone my love has not lessened..but, I’ve become indifferent to what I watch , my dummed down expectations are exactly that. BUT ....to be conned, used and broken by Mowbray, Venus and Waggot hursts far more ....I told myself that the Indians couldn’t help it .....these 3 manipulative buggers can.....that taste is now even more bitter...and what can we do other than watch and listen to the s..t that comes from their mouths ....any sensible answer would be appreciated

..don’t think Neill would be that much better than Mowbray...yes, he’s had little to spend but his set up is negative......” let’s keep at 0-0 and pinch one “ ...we have to aspire . We need new blood, new ideas, someone with tough standards and expectations...someone of the 21st century....maybe The Cawley brothers are worth a shout ...and , before replies ask , “ who would come here ?”.....who wouldn’t??? If Venkys continue to support financially, with the young players we have and have coming through....and a fan base hungry, desperate for a new leader....there’s much to commend our club. They’ve got to be thinking...”.If they’ve given Mowbray that long and that amount of money.....I would be the equivalent of The Messiah.

We have a non existent “ board “ , we have absent owners, we have “ an honourable man “ way out of his depth , we have a back room staff who are more interested in Zoopla ...but we have a club to fight for.... unless these “players “ show more balls than fist pumps were buggered..I plead with them to show some courage, to show some fight for their own careers... they can bring him down ....remember Sherwood and Hodgson ( thought Sherwood was very wrong , by the way ) ...but we are in desperate times ....and as for David Dunn appearing to be in the Mowbray camp .....sick ...but, then again, it was always about David.