I think that was fair to point out.

The “Truth” is that the manager is doing his job and on track to meet his target for the season. It’s really that simple. The rest is just pure waffle. Now back to transfers...

I’m not splashing that all over here pal. I spoke once on one person and it resulted in lots of similar but weird reactions like yours. Because it turns out that some don’t want any real insight or direct opinion. They just want to be amongst others who share their (usually negative) rhetoric. You do know that people in football are just people? They’re not make belief? That they live in and around us? They have friends and friends of friends like anyone else... The person who said that TM and Veno are very good coaches is a current league manager. I might also be able to get an opinion on Whitehead from Doncaster from someone who I think will have worked with him directly last season. If you don’t believe me, that’s fine. I’m genuinely not bothered either way. I was just making a point to you in my previous post.

Just because you don’t understand it, doesn’t mean it’s not true pal...?

As long as the owners and CEO are sensible and pragmatic in considering that the manager has achieved his targets then common sense should prevail. Im sure that those targets will be revised for next season and the manager has to meet them. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I thank the lord that you emotionally charged, trigger happy lot aren’t in charge! We’d be going through managers on a weekly basis! ??

He’s a good manager mate. That’s not difficult to see. He’s achieving his goals, has a hard working team and has united the fan base with the club. Has he made mistakes? Yes. Will he continue to make mistakes? Yes. Will he ever become a Rovers legend? Who knows? The point is, that we have a good manager and a team of players who work hard and care. The summer is crucial in us moving forwards and imo will be Tony’s defining moment at Rovers. If he has a great summer then who knows. A bad summer and he may be gone before Christmas.

Bang on mate.

He’s right btw. Reed and Travis at times vacate the CM and create holes for teams to annaihilate us in transition and on the counter. Derby didn’t do this because their style of play is not incisive, it’s possession based and (currently) very lethargic. The conundrum for TM is that Reed and Travis are far superior footballers than Evans and Smallwood. I personally would like to see Reed and Travis continue against the remaining teams purely to see how it affects this thread! Because teams like Norwich, Swansea and even Forest will murder us if our midfield vacates chasing into areas that weaken us. Ideally, they both play every week and learn to play that position better.

Seething that we’ve won. Would rather prove your weird point about a manager who’s done a great job. Relax mate, you should be happy!!

Mate, you only have to read this mb to see that not all Rovers fans are rejoicing. Been waiting for the claws to come out. Guys sarcastically asking if fans are p#%%ed because they’re happy. No one stepping in there.

Correct. Anyone who knows anything about football can see that pal. ??

Correct. Anyone who knows anything about football can see that pal. ??

Some Rovers fans genuinely gutted that we’ve just played fantastically well and won. jeez ???

I think we could get a point at Forest too. My initial thought was between 6-8. So I went for 7.

I think we’ll get a point on Tues. derby are blowing hot and cold. Then I think we’ll beat Bolton and then Swansea at home who won’t have anything to play for.

Cool. I’ll go for 7pts

Hard to say. I think it’s a bit of everything. What This late season slide does do is ensures that changes have to be made.

There’s 6 matches to go lads!! ??

Correction. This was the points total of the caretaker manager Tony Mowbray whose side got to 51 points and accumulated them at a rate associated to a team in mid table to get there. Coyle was on for a much lower points total.

No, I understood your point but decided to flip it because you can’t have it both ways. You can’t lambast the manager for not changing things and then blame the form of our talisman on that team. A team he had previously thrived in. A team which is and always has been built to accommodate him. Why cant you see that there’s the slightest possibility that the team started to suffer because the star man decided to concentrate more on his new flame than his performances? The team hadn’t changed...I watch them home and away. The team don’t make him misplace 5yrd passes or miss guilt edged chances or look like he has two size 5 mitre deltas in the back of his shorts....

I personally think Williams could play for another Championship club. I’d play him every week over Bell as it is. Richie may struggle and end up in league 1. But those players only have another year after this season anyway. If we’re going for it and decide to sell Williams to a Millwall for £250k and loan Smallwood to a top half league 1 team for 50% of his wages then it’s not a big deal imo.

Fair enough. If it’s beyond him to understand the ambitions of his bosses and to see that Mulgrew, Bell, Smallwood aren’t good enough. If he can’t comprehend that no team in the world could go up with the likes of Bennet, Graham and Evans playing every week. Then he needs to go! He’s given them a fair crack at the whip. They started off we’ll be have ultimately shown they are not upto the required standard.

Yes mate, and as I’ve said 6436636763 times now. IF Mowbray decides to be stubborn and unable to change his tact by remaining loyal to players who have proven since the new year that they are not good enough, then I will join you in your view that he’s not the right man for this job. Im not trying to change your mind. Barring us losing every game and going down I’m pretty sure he’s going nowhere anyway so we’re going to be able to see how this plays out.

I don’t know what those players went from and too in terms of salary but I can’t see that we broke the bank for them and none were signed on extended term contracts. In terms of what fee we’d get for them, as far as I’m concerned we wouldn’t have been expecting big money for them either way. At least should someone want to prise a Smallwood or Williams away they will have to pay something for them? TM would’ve been slaughtered had they all been able to walk away for nothing. This is nothing like the Etuhu, Murphy, Best scenarios. They were on massive, long term contracts...next seasons squad fillers will be on nothing like that.

That’s a fantastic post. I 100% agree.