January was down to the fact Mowbray threw that game, he wasn’t interested, when Ayala nutted in what could and should have been a late equaliser the players hardly reacted in relief and joy, Ayala had a face on like wtf have I done so it was clear Mowbray sent that team out not to bother, he just fielded a strong looking team so nobody could question it but his mistake in that is not realising it’s about the effort and enthusiasm plus mentality towards the cup games that counts regardless of if it’s a strong 11 or not, jdt has proven that winning two cup games already with a second string that Mowbray would have lost

My 9th visit, first was 07 Santa Cruz hatrick in a 5-3 defeat despite coming back from 3 down, not seen us win there once, the last time we won there was New Year’s Day 07 wasn’t it ? I would go kaminski Carter hyam ayala pickering travis buckley hedges dack brereton hirst

Successful window, rovers fans need to stop assuming the worst and be patient, anoint if times I’ve seen comments like gregg is doing fuck all just cause we haven’t heard anything when it’s obvious our business is done behind the scenes is boring and tiresome. gregg and the team came late and have conducted good business, can’t have expected better, rather than stockpile like what a lot of fans wanted to do for the sake of looking good on paper we recruited smartly aswell as giving youngsters a chance to shin aka Adam Wharton which has turned out to be like new signings itself, if Mowbray was still here we would have stockpiled loans from premiership academies and I guarantee our start to the season would have been awful, jdt has brought a fantastic mentality of your good enough your old enough trusting in two teenagers ( one from the academy) to hold midfield against big physical players and a lad who was school age just a couple months ago or so in the heart of defence. from now until Jan we can monitoring the squad and figure out what’s needed in jan, I would monitor Pickering and if there is no improvement to his performances then lb should be a priority, a back up reliable rb is needed too, if the young midfielders Wharton, garret continue to perform well then central mid dosent need much attention minus cover which tbf we could do with an experienced hitter to backup /compete, as we all know Travis is a walking breathing card he’s gonna pick up suspensions that leaves us with only one experienced midfielder, 2 if you count Edun being able to cover so we could do with another travis like player to right it up and get a foot in, I’ve seen someone post before even though he’s a bit of a dick when your against him but Ben Pearson would be ideal to look into especially if we are trying to keep a lead under pressure late on and he can be partnered with trav to frustrate and get in the oppositions faces, don’t think he would cost much either if not a loan and would certainly ruffle the knobbers feathers. all in all I’m happy with business we are covered for every position (technically) bar right back and a central midfielder wouldn’t go a miss in jan

Just got back Absolutely superb effort from everybody but special mention to Wharton, what a superb talent, like a young David dunn, so much confidence, natural ability and swagger 👏 you wouldn’t have thought our midfield was two teenagers so hats off to Morton 👏 also fantastic so much maturity, hayam also solid with Carter. soon as we got the goal we settled down and if it wasn’t for some outstanding goalkeeping we could have been 4 up, vale did very well when he came on, seemed up for the fight. Really solid battling performance despite another piss poor ref determined to get blackpool level giving them stupid decisions like a simple lawful shoulder barge, so we should great character and determination to be awarded the 3 points we deserved 👏

Since the new century came in we have been to Bloomfield 6 times competitively 10/11 2-1 win 12/13 2-0 loss 13/14 2-2 draw 14/15 2-1 win 17/18 4-2 win 20/21 2-1 loss wouldn’t call it a bogey ground like Wigan is, we go there next week and we haven’t won there since 2007

Last season was lost by mowbrays stupid mentality, he put a piss poor magloire at right back off the back of a shocker earlier that week and blackpool knew that and all their luck came from that side which both their goals happened despite rovers dominance second half worthy of a draw atleast in tyoical Mowbray fashion we huffed and puffed but didn’t have the cutting edge aswell as the ref letting blackpool away with too much, blackpool credit to then defended and commited very well but we’re a poor side in which we’re gifted poor goals by an even poorer 1st half rovers, blackpool had a good manager at the time now they have Appleton who we know well so I don’t think it could possibly be any worse than last season when they had a better manager than they do now and we had a poorer manager than we do now. If we come out with the right mindset and fired up in which we should be after a run of three loses in the league then we will batter them

Win needed badly a defeat to the worse of our Lancashire rivals would bring horrid negativity especially live on the box, unlikely brereton will play as his move away heats up, question is will Ayala be rested as Carter isn’t fit enough yet and hyam will likely be able to slit straight in so does he partner Phillips ? Blackpool will have had a good look at us and despite Phillips being brilliant he was also bullied a bit which is expected but blackpool have some big lads who will really look to get at him and in his face, personally I would keep Ayala on to partner hyam even if it’s for 60 mins kaminski brittain ayala hyam Edun buckley travis hedges dack markanday gallagher subs: pears, Phillips, Carter, Pickering, Wharton, Morton, Dolan or would like us to go three at the back with wing backs and 3 in midfield (one as a more attacking role) and two upfront

He came with a poor record and bowyer played to his strengths the rest is history

With Hyam signed and one other cb on route it looks as though jdt wants a back 3, Ayala, hyam, Wharton, Carter, Phillips and a new CB ( hopefully JPVH is solid and not only provides cover but also room for loans out would prefer a 532 as we don’t have any quality wide forwards/ wingers but I can see it being 523 which me personally I don’t like leaves you vulnerable in the middle andeans dack and sznodics are out of position

Remember Rudy gestede ?

Brereton replacement will be a wide forward/winger not a striker. Why so negative ?

Not really given the circumstances our squad is paper thin and can barely cope with two games a week let alone 3 games in 6 days, he’s gotta kick the bad ways if a group of players who have had a negative mediocre managers ways installed into them like not being able to fight their way back into games which was well and truly a Mowbray problem

Can’t believe I’m already seeing people question jdt, isn’t hard to see what he’s trying to do but he hasn’t got the team yet, we are patched up fortunately with good academy players but there is plenty of positives, poor first half conceded a stupid goal but great second just lacked a striker to score the goals which is what we need to recruit, only Gallagher and vale are recognised strikers and vale is far from good enough and Gallagher ain’t gonna score for fun so a proper out and out striker is what’s needed and it’s what we haven’t had since graham left no thanks to Mowbray and his false 9 obsession. the lad from cov coming in and apparently we are pushing for van hecke so to me I think jdt wants to play a back 3, which fair play to the guy he’s picked the team for the best options available rather than square pegs and round holes like Mowbray did and would do. adam Wharton superb 👏 I am not worried aslong as we get the players in, but I do think we need at least just the cov lad in at centre back, we need a left back as Pickering isn’t up to this system nor this level, even a centre as we have little experience there, Diaz replacement which depends on the system jdt wants to play, if he opts for a back 3 then I hope it’s 532 and a striker

The club are backing him the best they can it’s not the lack of trying it’s a very difficult market for clubs like us these days who haven’t had the parachute payments and tv revenue like the ones who have come Shen in recent years so we are having to kee the books balanced

Phillips will be stupid to leave now, he’s in the team, at 17 he should trust his ability and be patient for he big Money, he should be delighted with 5k a week if we offered it, stay here establish then the big move will come, we could go up this season then he’s in the prem, a promotion pay rise to add to the deal too, if we go up and he bosses it then he will be on the verge of the England team and will be a more attractive punt for the big boys, if he fucks off now for a few extra k to go back into the youth system to be forgotten about then he is an idiot, here he is an asset at spurs or whatever he’s a number like the rest of the talent them clubs have, how many quality young prospects fall from the radar and never reach their potential cause they got too greedy too soon and listened to some slimy agent ? diaz needs to make his kind up is he signing or not ? If not then we need to sell so we can get his replacement in fast and more cash will be left for further recruitment

Different management and structure

Jdt showing everyone even more what a fraud Mowbray was and a dull tactician, refreshing to see what we can do when we hand a tactician, let them have possession hit their weaknesses and our strengths and we’ve done it brilliantly 👏 months ago we lost to the same Swansea with 10 men for the majority of the game and we looked clueless and today we smashed it got it Bob on well done jdt and the lads

Jdt 👏 proper tactician unlike the last clown who couldn’t even get a draw against these lot with 10 men

The whole dack defeat got me thinking weather to experiment him as a CF ? He’s certainly got the instinct and goal scoring ability of a quality striker at this level, that way despite still needing to press he’s not being asked of too much of as he would in number 10 role, certainly worth a go for a couple cameos

Dolan is best off the bench atm

For me it’s Kaminski brittain ayala wharton pickering travis buckley hedges Szmodics brereton gallagher pears, Barnes, Edun, Morton, dack, Dolan, Markanday

Sammie signing means great competition and depth for the number 10 role with dack and Dolan, hedges, Markanday and co also able to play there

BBD bring linked to wolves, it’s clear he ain’t gonna sign a new deal unless stupid money which will be his agent doing a number on us like the rest so sell while we can still make a profit and that should fund his replacement (bowler) and more like styles

Wharton and garret are just coming in yes we have a great academy but Liverpool being one of the top 4 biggest clubs in the world will obviously have quality from theirs that will yes won’t compete with like Harvey Elliot

Totally agree