has mowbray lost the dressing room,continued performances this bad are reminiscent of the ince and kean days,and those two never had the dressing room

gallagher will be on after the hour,sprinting down the wing like a thoroughbred racehorse,defenders left in his wake by the enigmatic skill of the man

everyone in the division has now figured us out,stick two banks of four,defend a bit deeper and they`ll run out of ideas after twenty minutes,gradually squeeze the play and one of them will make a silly mistake at a set piece

that`s all you need to do to score against us,sit deep and ping an accurate set piece in,it will be a certain goal sooner or later

i don` think this system suits him,he needs to be playing balls forward to runners,not continually having to stop and pass it square

looking like one goal will win this,just let it be in their net rovers

yes they did and no i don`t have a clue what rovers actually do in training,it looks like they`ve just met each other at the bus stop

shocking,does anyone know why they are training on it??

with a stoke defence that does`nt concede and a rovers side that passes sideways and backwards,i think i`ll leave this one alone

not many folks on here with much faith in tony today🙂

neither are we !!!!!!!!!!!

it`s mowbrays version of total football,we`re just missing a cruyff and neeskins

if we are losing tony has got an unfortunate habit of placing his subs anywhere and everywhere

hang on a minute,this formation can and will change🤫

pretty much as expected,though id`e have given johnson a rest and had him on the bench as cover at centre back

i doubt tony is to bothered about money,he`ll be financially secure no doubt,like iv`e said,he does`nt want to put the extra work in to get us promoted,in fact no one at the club does imo,most of the players,backroom staff and everyone else behind the scenes are far to content with picking up their wages

tony`s got no intention of even trying to get promoted,look at the players he`s assembled,most of them are shrinking violets who`d run away in a pub fight,having a crack at promotion means getting hungrier players which means more work on the management side and training ground,he`s happy keeping us in the division

i expect a record number of square passes,stoke sitting really deep then in their only attack they get in behind the massive amount of space that exists between our midfield and defence,0-1,in the second half they get a free kick which they whizz into our box,lenihan goes missing and their centre forward has an easy header,we then give up and spend the last twenty minutes looking totally clueless,tony is sat down with his comfy coat on wondering why they hav`nt waved the flag with his face on it for a while on the other hand,we might just have on of those games that get everything wondering about the play offs again!!!!!!!!

he might very well be better than carter and most likely is,just the fact that mowbray previously has stated young lads who are central defenders usually ar`nt up to it physically ,then he goes and signs an 18 year old with very little experience,unless he`s the second incarnation of a rio ferdinand(if he was then he`d be on the verge of the everton first team)it`s a desperate move by a man who`s run out of ideas,not that he`s ever had much of an idea about defending,astonishing as he was a very good one as a player

he had to learn how to play in the middle from evans and smallwood😊 seriously,he continually sent wharton out on loan because he said he was`nt a man,sends the underused carter out on loan and lo and behold brings in an 18 year old who`s played nine times for carlisle,this smacks of desperation,incompetence and double standards,at least as a defender he can`t nullify him like he`s gradually doing with elliot

it`s the only motivating factor for me to go back to ewood,im`e certaintly not going expecting free flowing attacking football😒

tony is having a freerole without the fans to critique his underwhelming tactics,as long as we amass a few points against the basket case teams im`e sure he`s happy to meander through another season,avoiding those bullies in the top six

a damning indictment of the club that we can`t afford to buy a player from crewe!!!!!!!!!!!!!though it could be an excuse if the lad has`nt passed the mowbray scale of fit and proper person,i.e is he a bit of a handfull to manage,is he ambitious,does he get forward to much,can he play out of position and has he got a bit of devilment about him,if the answer is yes to any of them then he`s failed the test and won`t be welcome at brockhall or ewood,likes an easy life does our tony,can`t be having anyone who might improve us,stick to the has beens and never will be`s,makes his life easier,as for that top six,**** that,far to much hassle and pressure

watching mowbrays tactics would make me go back inside and switch bargain hunt on😉

deli ali has one of those faces you just want to hit with a cricket bat🥵