harry chapman still learning to be serious about it,he`ll get it by the time he`s 30

we`re not set up to score goals,simple as that,mowbrays tactics are contain,keep it tight,wait for the opposition to tire or make a mistake then score (hopefully),it puzzles me mightily why he`s spent 12 million quid on two strikers he does`nt use (one on the wing and the other who appears to be anything but a footballer)

got a confident feeling that it will be an uninspiring performance but a 1-0 win,i think birmingham will come to play and not kick us off the park,we can expect changes in the line up with 2 tough away games pending,bennett,tosin and gallagher to start,tony to fire up the tactic tachometer tommorow morning and come up with a strange formation,we did`nt really gell on monday night so no doubt he`ll be planning something bizarre

dack has to come deep to get the ball,thats why he`s always marked tightly,if he played a free role or just behind or off a main striker he`d have loads of room,we don`t play that way though so he`ll never get the chance,holtby by the way is a great passer of the ball but does`nt have the skill or movement of dack,though i hope he gets the chance to replace him as he`s the only one left who can pass forwards

they only looked useful because we let them to be honest,did anyone in that first half get in amongst the wigan midfield,no they were mincing about like tarts,we only showed passion in the last hour half hour

thats the difference between managers who go to the top or are going to the top and the also rans,imo players need to be kept motivated and in fear of their place in the side,as soon as they become comfortable their levels drop considerably,i think that is what is happening,if they don`t like it then ship them out and get better ones,the great liverpool sides of the 70`s and 80`s operated on the system "if you are not doing it on the pitch then you are not getting played on saturday"

i did say it was optimistic?

im`e hoping it`s a case at the end of the season where someone in the hierarchy says "thanks for your efforts tony,you`ve done a fine job rebuilding the team and solidifying what was a squad heading nowhere,but you`ve gone as far as you possibly can,we are now looking for someone who can take us to a higher level" no disrespect to mowbray,he`s a nice fellow,was a fantastic defender but he`s reached his plateau of achievement,we cannot go any higher under his administration,i doubt this will happen but inconsistent team selections,negative tactics at home and a poor transfer policy are the hallmarks of the mowbray regime,we need a fresh start,it`s all to comfortable for some of our players

pretty much impossible to guess tony`s line up,apart from walton!!!,you would think holtby is a shoe in for dack,not as mobile but a fine passer of the football,however we can`t be sure if he`ll play until tony puts the numbers in a bingo machine and picks them out,im`e sure thats what he does

does anyone in the north west see wigan as a rival???they seem to be so bitter that no one takes them seriously they have to invent one

that why i find armstrong and to a lesser extent rothwell so frustrating,both of them drift inside,end up nowhere and don`t find space,just tell them your job consists of two things,supporting your full back and finding space out wide

is this mowbray speak for "stop going past defenders you flash git!!"

nyambe was hamstrung by bloody armstrong disapearing inside and not backing him up or overlapping,same with rothwell on the otherside,neither are to intelligent football wise but can do two things,run and dribble,why the **** they keep going inside is beyond me,i think id`e end up throwing the tea urn at both of them

to narrow,to slow and to predictable,disapointing result against a commited but limited side,armstrong and rothwell kept coming inside and on the rare occasions they stay wider we looked slightly dangerous,tbh the way mowbray sets the team up we are more effective away from home,tony is terrified of putting the hammer down and going for a win,we are going to miss dack,holtby is not as mobile but is a good passer of the ball,that is if he gets picked as his replacement

might be a red card tonight,cookes side are as ugly as he is and we are capable of some "mistimed" tackles!!you can get 4/1 on paddy power

for the first time in ages im`e actually really looking forward to tonight,usually a case of hoping we get a result,tonight is all about positivity,hope tony does`nt tinker to much

probably due to the fact that our match is the only bit of football in europe today,got to give them something to do?

twas a s**thole with more mud than terracing if i remember right,still better than the soulless concrete monstrosity that is jjb stadium(or whatever its called)

absolutely no excuse for dropping points against a team that can`t win away from home and are bottom,i hope mowbray is pumping the lads up and they come out tearing into the pie eaters,im`e predicting a 4-0 win?

i think it was christmas 1990 we lost to bristol city just before christmas,notts county on boxing day and oxford on the 28th,the oxford game was so bad the blackburn end got fed up,changed alliegence and started to cheer the oxford lads there was a sit down protest against bill fox after the final whistle as well,rumour has it that after this was the game that jack walker started to get involved,strangely enough we had liverpool in the fa cup the week after and played them off the park,only for atkins to score that tragic own goal?,when garner smashed that volley in,i started off at the top of the blackburn end and finished halfway down the terrace pinned to a crush barrier!!!!absolute mayhem

all about the police getting their overtime in,they have the final say on security and arrangements so they think we`ll milk this one for all it`s worth,i think they do the same for swansea vs cardiff,id`e love to know what would happen if we ever drew the dingles in a cup semi final or final at a neutral ground!!!!would the law insist on giving us an escort all the way down to wembley and would they insist on us setting off the night before?,maybe they`de even call on the armed division to keep us seperated,be some fun at hilton park services as well!!

think that was new years eve or new years day,supposedly you got a free pie but it lasted about 1/2 an hour before they ran out!

mostly remembered by me for clattenberg the ref simply guessing at decisions,santa cruz running off wearing a santa hat after scoring and some completely inept defending by us,i agree with you,it was a great day out

1977 was before my supporting time,best ones i remember were beating leeds 1-0 at home over christmas 1984 to go top of the league and tugays masterclass over gerrard and liverpool to give us a 1-0 win in circa 2006-2007,though in truth is should have been more.honourable mention to beating bolton away as well when the robbing **** charged us 38 quid a ticket,a dickov volley sending the notlobs into a sulk,best remembered for the train journey back to chorley,it was bouncing!!

mowbray in the telegraph talking about the future of scott wharton,how he won`t be recalling him in january,according to tony,scott is not yet developed enough to handle the physical demands of this league,despite him starring for northampton in a league full of cloggers,he does`nt feel wharton is up to it but he`ll play williams at centre back,who gets bullied and dominated by everybody and anybody,sometimes i wonder if mowbray just hates anyone under 25,it can`t do anything positive for their confidence the way he speaks to the media