Err, Mowbray " expected " us to win. He said so immediately after the Wigan debacle. I can see why he was so confident now.

I see that Grabban got two more yesterday. What a poor signing he's turned out to be.

We played them at a good time Chaddy. They seem to be where we were about 3 years ago. Turmoil at the club.

Mm, what Danny Graham did today was what I consider a major impact.

Only if you disregard Breretons fee which interestingly they have down as £4.5 million. Thanks for the information though, really comprehensive, I couldn't really give it the time it deserves. 12 points above the drop zone is great for this time of year. Only another 21 to go and we can breathe easier.

The natives are certainly getting restless over there.

Huth a year or two back would have been good. I think that ship has sailed now.

I'll let you know when I see some.

How Mowbray got a 4-2 out of that team I'll never know. Great win, made my day. Dingles getting beat as well - Happy days.

Lets hope Forest " forget the price" in January.

Which clubs around us have outspent us massively ? I don't know about you but when I look at the League table the first thing I look for us how many points we are above the third from bottom.

You're dead right about that game at Old Trafford. We'd been running away with game playing 4-4-2 with Gally and Sutton up front prior to that game. Roy Boy loses his bottle in team selection and we go out 4-5-1 with a lone striker and got rightly battered. There's a lesson in that. Subsequently the wheels gradually fell off and the internal differences caused by that game saw us tumble down the League

No manager gets every signing right. Kenny signed the odd dud, Souey signed one or two. Fergie signed several duds, some them expensive duds. Roy Boy specialized in signing duds. Having said that a good manager will get his signings right 75% of the time. Average managers about 50% of the time. I'd suggest that Mowbray is running at less than 50% at the moment. I sincerely hope he proves me wrong because if I'm proved right things won't be looking rosy come May time.

I'd take that now. We need to stop the rot.

Win, lose or draw today we need a performance. A repeat of Preston and Wigan will not be tolerated. Having said that can't see the prospective team doing much. There are players in that team that weren't good enough last season at a lower level. Come on Rovers, come out fighting and put a smile on our faces.

Playing the buying very young English players is a risky game. That's why I thought the Brereton deal was a gamble we didn't need to take. Two or three seasons back the " Brereton " was Zac Clough at Bolton. Loads of big clubs were casting an eye over him but Forest pulled the trigger and signed him for a substantial fee. He can't get a game on loan at Rochdale at the moment.

He's just as injury prone. As my mum would say " He's out grown his strength ".

I agree that we can't really discuss Mowbray's career in a logical fashion. He could lose the next ten games, this board could be on fire, yet there could be no reaction from the Chicken Chokers. We still aren't living in the real World.

Looking at that prospective line up is depressing. What happened to our recruitment in the close season ?

You make him sound like a statue !

Bloody hell, that's brilliant for a left back ! Sign him up. Has he got more than Henderson ?

I'd be surprised if he's still here in 2022. Just saying.

That's the problem, we're 1/3rd of the way through the season and 20 blokes on here can come up with 20 different formations. Barring injuries we should know our best 11 and our best way of playing by now. It's ridiculous that we're still struggling to put out a coherent team.

I don't know the figures regarding the respective categories so I can't help you there.

As I've said earlier I'm not overly ambitious regarding league placings at the end of the season, I'd be quite content just to be in this league next season. What does concern me is our recent recruitment policy. Without going over old ground again, It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. For an experienced manager he hasn't half signed more than his share of players who haven't had a positive impact on the team. That is a big worry, nice bloke or not.