This is the championship. I'am assuming 16/18 teams out of the league, including us the target will be get in or around the play offs.

Let's hope he gets backed and can give the current squad a kick up the arse. If someone doesn't want to be here ship them out. I think the whole contract bollocks with lenihan, nyambe and rothwell over shadowed most of the second half of the season. Get a squad of players full committed and bring on the dingles.

Yeah it says something about lenihan when both tosin and van hecke, two fairly inexperienced lads come in and do a better job. He is decent enough at this level and was obviously club captain but i don't think him leaving is earth shattering. He definitely needs replacing though as will van hecke and nyambe.

Yeah I'd take this over a Grayson/Pardew appointment. If it fails miserably then fair enough but at least let's try something different. Let's hope he gets backed and we can enjoy next season.

I'm married to a dingle and season ticket holder. When my son was born just over two years ago, i said he either comes the rovers with his dad or I'll leave you both 😂.

Yeah he must've had assurances that they are going to have a real go this season. Must be nice haha

He (Darragh) had arguably his best season for rover's last season. It says alot that he's moved to boro and not one of the relegated sides, or a bottom end premier league team. It's a side ways move not a step up which is the worst bit.

Surely Travis is the only real leader who plays regularly in that squad? Maybe kaminski due to experience and how good of player he is.

I mean as in every loan player bar Kasey palmer came in and did well here. The problem being none stay beyond the initial loan. The few freebies and cheap signings he got. Ie pickering and dack have been value for money. Kaminski again absolute class. There are examples where they haven't done as well but on the whole I'd say they did/have. Whether that's down to mowbray or his staff I wouldn't know.

The thing with the director or football means any manager/coach coming in, focuses almost entirely on tactics, the playing style and the players themselves. Looking back at January and how frustrated we were all left, at the lack of signings made to push on. Hopefully if we have a decent director of football in place this wouldn't happen. That said it only works well if the two work well together and more importantly any signings work. Mowbray was an absolute dinosaur but the one place I'll give him credit, he and his staff made very few poor signings.

If we're talking derby like I said either last summer or in January. Louie Sibley is the derby player I'd be looking at.

I've just been rewatching the first series of Sunderland til I die. Grayson would be a terrible appointment. Plenty of better managers out there and available. Some more realistic than others but even still 😅😅😅

Yeah keeping him around to maybe get some form of return off him even if just financially, isn't the worst idea. Surely he's nowhere near the standard we need. But I'd of said the same about Wharton this time last year.

Must of been getting his covid booster

We've already got hedges.

That's actually a great point 😂 as bad as the owners are. Any manager coming in, knows they can go on as bad a run as we did after Christmas and not get sacked.

Whatever I think of his reign overall. That year in league one was brilliant, with some great away days. As a manager for me though, he was bang average. A stubborn man, who clearly felt he'd earnt the right to stick by players/systems that didn't work. The majority of his signings varied from decent to brilliant. With very few poor signings in the five years. I think personally he should've gone the end of last season but here we are. The next manager is a massive appointment and could hopefully be the catalyst that wakes this sleeping giant of a club. Equally it could set us back and we'd be clamouring for Tony to help. but let's not think like that 😂

Dyche will work for sky sports and go watch the clone roses, until someone is struggling in the prem next Christmas then go there keep them up.

Could see Carter and Wharton being our two main central defenders next season. Carter had a pretty decent loan spell at pompey unless we bring someone more experienced in. Not sure lenihan will stay, surely he can get more money at bigger club in the championship.

I was saying this watching it. You don't gain anything by wasting time and trying to run the clock down. Especially with a jumped up little ref like yesterday. He'd sooner play way more than whatever time was wasted to prove a point.

Yeah we're fucking dog shit. Only things to look forward to, hopefully mowbray gone and Burnley down.

Terrible first half just glad they scored when they did and forced his hand. If we would've gone in 0-0, he'd of hung on and waited until we conceded. The lads came out looking fired up and that's as good of a half as we've seen all season.

Gallagher is due a good game. 1-0 rovers 😅

Yeah we seemed back to our defensive best against west brom. Just need to start scoring now which given the next two home games surely we should be able to do. I think once one goes in a few will follow. The fact is we've played well and lost two of our last three. Of that's as bad of a dip as we have I'll be happy.

If we can keep doing well at home and dack brings a few goals, then just inside the play offs. Which at the beginning of the season none of us would of expected. Then it's a lottery from there.