seems his new mantra is to foul every single player of the opposition,he was litterally having a hack at anybody on thursday night,he`s going to clash with travis or johnson at some point as he plays deeper these days?

well thank goodness you ar`nt giving the team talk on sunday?

because they distinctly average with nothing to play for and got given the runaround on thursday night

derby are there for the taking imo,anything less than 3 points at this stage of the season is not cutting it

used to adore gabriel batistuta,what a player,always liked fiorentina after watching him,he stayed loyal to them for years,even after they got relegated

kevin moran was another great signing and a proper defender,he`s up in the keeley,faz,hendry and short list for one of our all time best centre backs

the champions league has always annoyed me ever since they started the pointless group stages,it should be for the league champions only,**** all the money making pointless games,managers babble on about to much football,well then stop playing pointless euro games that are invariably rubbish the competition does`nt even get remotely interesting until the knock out stages

big respect to don for giving us 3 season of cracking football and a great day at wembley,sellars roasting full backs,gayle geeing up the blackburn end,reidy bossing midfield,moran stopping everyone literally and garner smashing hattricks in against man city,fate and a blind referee stopped him getting us into the top flight(i still get miserable when i think of that palace game),some say the 80`s were barren years for rovers,not to me,they were seasons where we played good football in a club that belonged to the community,rovers was always a homely club

tony really does`nt like genuine wingers does he,maybe he sees them as undisciplined and a bit renegade,they do however offer you width and the ability to get to the byeline,all he needs to say to chapman and whoever is on the the other side is "if you don`t track back and help out the fullback,i`ll kick your a**e up and down brockhall" pretty sure they`de get the message,mowbray was well hard in his playing days,bet he`s still well handy in a fight or dishing out a rollicking

why would you play johnson in defence,are you taking mind altering substances

fair play to him,he actually looked a handful today,the first time i`ve ever seen him in that disguise,i think he deserves a starting place for a few games,armstrong on wednesday and today looked a bit laboured,give him a rest and give ben the beast an airing!!!!!!!!!!!!

unlikely but im`e hoping next season will be the one where we go for it,providing we keep hold of our best players and add 3 or 4 more that is,not a certainty with this regime

frustrating in the fact we could have been in the play off places but at least we are still in the running,knowing rovers we`ll probably get 6 points from two difficult away games?brereton looked a completely different player to the one we`ve all been despairing about,he actually looked very handy indeed

on the subject of sam,lets not pretend he`s ever going to be a star,but we ar`nt using him like we should,mix the play up and stick the occasional long ball up to him,same with set pieces,try to get him on the end of them,of course this is all conjecture,the poor bloke is mostly stuck out wide or up front on his own,look at the size of him,he should be terrorising centre backs not receiving tippy tappy passes that end up nowhere because his first touch is`nt good

mowbray will approach this game with a defensive mindset,swansea are a decent side with lots of attacking potential and pace,expect armstrong up front on his own and we`ll set up like the away side,trying to hit swansea on the counter,it might work but we`ll be buggered if they score quickly,expect confusion and players out of position all over the park if that happens

i find it strange the lad on loan at northampton,wharton,is seemingly a non entity as far as tony is concerned,he`s now got a complete novice on the bench,sure it would be better to have someone who`s been playing regularly and quite well as cover,should`nt have been sent on loan imo,he`s a better option than williams or the young lad carter

tony`s gradual improvement policy is so slow by the time we are launching a promotion bid he`ll be getting a telegram from the queen,there is no ambition in the man and from what i see on the pitch,half the squad are content to just pick up their wages,i just hope he decided to pack it in at the end of the season,our club needs a fresh approach

i don`t think mowbray understands strikers,wingers or attacking midfielders ,how they think or how to the best out of them,most likely he sees them as show ponies who steal all the glory,leaving the hard working centre backs with no credit whatsoever,he`s part of the centre back union,allardyce was the same,venus(mowbrays assistant was also a centre back)all about trying to stop the opposition rather than outscore them,when it comes to expansive football that creates chances our tony is all in a muddle

major investment needed in the summer,left back,goalkeeper,centre back,two wingers and a striker(don`t think danny graham will be here next season),you can`t stand still in the higher levels of football,if you do then you`ll get relegated eventually

he`d be better if he had a genuine wide player backing him up to offer an overlap,on the negative,he can`t cross a football,literally,it goes anywhere but the middle

the only 3 to come out with any credit tonight are travis,lenihan and tosin,it was wigan all over again,to pedestrian,to many passes and just not good enough to break down a determined team

bunch of dirty ****** are the nobenders

can`t see them getting anything on saturday either,away at fulham

Waggott is a money man and there's money in a hotel. What the owners want is another thing though. still don`t get this hotel idea,miles out of the town centre in a "rustic area" area of residential dwellings and a view of a polluted river and a few trees,got no potential of ever paying for itself imo

hopefully a decent crowd for tommorow night