Hallelujah. Now all we need is a few more keepers to dive out of the way 🙂

If these two teams are promotion contenders…………

Shall we start a month of the goal competition?

Did he actually say that? 😂

It does with our finishing!

For the early part of his loan, Gallagher looked a decent prospect, eg a bit of pace and an eye for goal. By the end of it he was morphing into the slow, unthreatening lumberer he is now.

……and that decision lies firmly at Mowbray’s door. He admitted as much. He thinks he’s Pep Guardiola, but he’s actually Alan Partridge. Even before Brereton’s untimely injury, it was clear we were light up top, (and I’m talking about an out and out centre forward). This was a great opportunity for a promotion push. With likely departures in the Summer, I won’t be expecting another one anytime soon.

It's never happened prior to the following season, but a club which has switched on people running the show will discard a manager quickly if an immediate relegation looks likely. Unfortunately, I don't think we will have to worry about this in the Summer, anyway, (hope I'm wrong).

He is saying essentially what the more objective posters on here have said.

That’s like a Rovers Facebook Group post 😉

Agreed, and , as previously stated, we’ve only heard one side of the story, (the club’s). My bet is that the club were complacent about shifting the snow quickly, and that a rapid thaw caused the problem. Certainly, in the surrounding area the melted snow had become a large volume of surface water.

Yes, we continually try to shoehorn a distinctly average, number 9 type lump into the system. We needed a genuine centre forward who knows where the goal is, and who is better than Gallagher.

The ground wasn’t frozen prior to the snow falling, so I doubt that a frozen pitch was the problem. Probably water logging, (in some areas), from snow that had melted before it had been cleared.

Agreed, terrible communication, especially to categorically declare the game was definitely on, at 12:30. Had this been a Bournemouth game, some folk would’ve been claiming skullduggery , for sure. We are only hearing one side of the story, ie from the club, who are basically throwing the ref under a bus.

Yeah, get the orange ball out.

Should’ve been called off as soon as the red weather warning was issued for that area early this morning, if not sooner. A complete lack of common sense and care for the supporters, once again.

We were in with a shout of automatic promotion, but were clearly heavily dependent on one player for goals. The decision not to bring in a striker was a very poor one, and showed a distinct lack of judgement and ambition.

Whilst he didn’t reference it directly, Mowbray essentially defended his decision not to bring in a striker before the deadline, claiming there are plenty of goals in the squad. Unfortunately, minus Diaz, the evidence suggests otherwise.

Not sure that would be a good result for us. We are so lacking a goal threat that sixth would constitute a huge achievement from here on in.

Absolutely essential we score first.

………Got to score when you’re on top

Looking like dark horses for 6th.

Agreed. During our purple patch, the team more or less picked itself, and Mowbray managed to resist his urge to tinker. He’s now reverted to type , is over thinking it, (“We don’t need another striker for the way we play”) and making odd team selections. If fit, Nyambe should be playing, no question.

I’ve been one of Mowbray’s fiercest critics, but I have to give him some credit for the position we are in, even after recent results. What I would say is that I think Mowbray himself would’ve been amazed at how well we had been doing, until recently. In his interviews towards the end of last season, he sounded like he had more or less given up and was waiting to be paid off. In terms of the team, I think great credit goes to the coaches in the youth set up, and Mowbray has been the main beneficiary, (rather than the provider). I still think he should’ve been long gone prior to this season, but he deserves until the end of the season to see if a miracle can be achieved. Unfortunately, it looks as if reality is beginning to set in, and the annual February collapse is in full swing. It’s not the only deficiency, but it was glaringly obvious we needed to sign a striker to put fresh wind in our sails. Should we fail to get promotion, can I see Mowbray ever getting us in this position again? No.

We needed to bring one in who could hit the ground running and take the pressure off Diaz. There isn't enough goals in the rest of the team, for sure, which is becoming a huge problem.