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Below average wage budget?If you are referring to this season fair enough. But the previous 2 seasons we had the 10th and 15th highest wage budget in the league? They stopped backing him this summer.Prior to that he was backed.Not been forced to sell players and brought in multiple players every summer he has been here . This season he can moan about backing(not getting any of the Armstrong money). Previous to that he has been well backed, backed a whole lot more than a lot of clubs in this division

I wouldn't want Cocu here but at the time he joined Derby it was a coup for them. He had been a player who had been involved at a high level.Been involved coaching with the Dutch national team.Managed Psv to two Dutch titles when Ajax had won the previous 4. He was being linked to take over at bigger clubs than Derby. It didn't work out for him in England and since PSV he has struggled but at the time Derby couldn't be unhappy with his appointment, in fact at the time he was appointed Derby fans were delighted with it going off their reaction on social media.

Carter is contracted till 2024.He signed a 3 year deal in 2021

Post pandemic he was given £15 million to spend on 3 attackers in the space of 12 months. 5 years here and hasn't been forced to sell a player, Raya he threw under the bus and Armstrong only had a year left on his deal. Owners signed off on a number of long term deals under his management for little or no return...Mulgrew , Bennett, Evans, Bradley Johnson, Ayala etc Since the pandemic he hasn't had the same sort of backing,but still lasy season 12 players came through the door through a mixture of loans and frees which still cost the club money. He can have a complaint this season that he wasn't given money from the Armstrong sale but apart from that he can have no complaints over the backing he has recieved. In it for himself imo.Talked the club down at every given opportunity.Going public with the Rothwell situation and then on the eve of the Bournemouth game decides to make it about him and his future when prior to that it was "we will see at the end of the season". It's a kop out him hiding behind our owners to explain away the terrible run we have had since January

Agree to disagree. But I'm basing my opinion on his whole managerial career, not just his time here.It happened at Boro, at Coventry l, at Celtic. Just to be clear I am In total agreement with you the the owners are the major and main issue.But I do not blame the owners for Mowbrays short comings in terms of team selection , playing players out of position and his decision not to bring in an extra attacker in January. With the position we had gotten ourselves into and the kind fixtures we had remaining no way we should have been finishing outside the top 6.He should have changed things up when 3 at the back and the way we had been playing had been found out

Yeah but all that still doesn't take away from the fact that throughout Mowbrays managerial career he struggles in the second half of the season at all his clubs. Rothwell wasn't denied a move last season and yet we still had a run of 2 wins in 17 matches. And the manager said he could have brought an attacker in in January but HE decided not too

I seen someone on fb say that Nixon reported Carvahal, Farke , Ainsworth are in the frame and that Chris Hughton could get an interview

Were the rest of the players sulking too? Because Van Hecke and Kaminski aside the rest had a drop in form. Quite clearly Mowbray has an issue when the opposition work out his tactics, as evidenced by his woeful results second half of season at all his clubs. I'm not Rothwells biggest fan but blaming our second half of the season form on his failure to be sold is nonsense imo. The managers failure to react to the opposition working us out is the reason we failed to make the playoffs

His spells out of the side were only short lived because his replacements proved sub standard and he had no choice to put him back in. Give me one logical reason why first Bennett was put in at right back at the expense of Nyambe and then last season Costello put in ahead of Nyambe? If as you say nothing untoward, explain to me why Zeefuik was preferred on the bench the last 2 games?

Travis and Carter also signed new long term deals. Of course we would have made the trio offers, but like you say could have been a minimal increase. Been speculated on here that we wouldn't offer Nyambe terms in line with first team regulars due to a policy of players that have come through the academy, that must have changed to see Travis sign on for another 4 years

He doesn't always get it right. Two week ago he had Mike Ashley as the new owner of Birmingham City when it wasn't the case.

But yet you would take Manning from Mk Dons if we are looking at the lower leagues? Ainsworth has at least managed at this level and the job he has done at Wycombe has been Excellent. I'd rather someone with proven pedigree at this level like a Farke but if we are looking at league one then Ainsworth has done as good a job as anyone in that division

Taking Wycombe to the championship isn't impressive? He wouldn't be my first choice but the job he has done at Wycombe has been terrific

Quite clearly the telegraph were wrong regarding Maja as he joined Stoke on loan only.With no obligation to sign him on a permanent. £2 million wasn't needed to sign him

Luke Brennan confirms he is leaving the club.Been here 14 years.Nixon has him down as signing for Wigan. Joe Ferguson also to depart

Agreed.Absolute joke he wasn't at least on the bench the last 2 games. We won't be signing Zeefuik so why was he on the bench yesterday ahead of Nyambe. Mowbray definitely has an issue with Nyambe

Who said we got priced out of The Obafemi deal? As far as I was aware we had agreed with Southampton but the player didn't want to enter talks with us?

This.Maja was available on loan anyway.Stoke didn't have to agree to any permanent deal

So why did Maja end up at Stoke on a loan deal with no obligation to buy? Just because Sharpe said "it's believed Bordeaux now want a permanent deal for Maja" in the telegraph prior to Maja joining doesn't make it true. Quite clearly it wasn't the case because he moved on loan with NO obligation to buy. Tony Mowbray said he was offered strikers on loan but he felt we didn't need one .

You think absolutely no chance that Fulham can beat Sheffield United?Or it's beyond conceivable that Luton lose their 2 games? It's a longshot now that we will do it but surely whilst still the remotest of possibilities you pick the team that won you the last match at a canter

If it's going to be Grayson then Id rather keep Mowbray.

Thought Whitehall was showing a lot of promise prior to his injury issues this season? Granted I won't have seen the u-23 as much as you

A couple of week ago Nixon reckoned Brennan would be joining Wigan in the summer

I know what position Poveda plays, but he has been injured for 6 months and spent the majority of his time injured at Leeds not with us. Why does Zeefuik deserve to be on the bench ahead of Nyambe? Surely we won't be paying the £3 million fee to make Zeefuik a permanent deal.

He could rightly point to the result to justify that decision and it worked out last night. But Nyambe has been a good servant to the club and any other reason than injury then imo it's a joke that Zeefuik and Poveda got places on the bench ahead of him. Hope he is in the match day squad at the weekend (the bench obviously after last night's performance)