A big mouth and big right had, fast hard left jab and superb athletic ability before his lay off. Got his tactics badly wrong v Wlad but only previously lost to Carl Thompson he was top drawer at cruiserweight. Hayes a lot of things but hype job certainly isn't one of them.

Even if he got his license back, which he won't, no way will Fury fight in may he's a right mess physically. Saw him in Manchester in Dec and he was obviously out of shape, saw him again recently and i'll tell you this that fella has no intention of fighting. He's just drawing attention to himself because there was a high profile heavyweight fight at the weekend and obviously an even bigger one in April. Sat behind his keypad bad mouthing everyone, crying injustice and hiding behind this lineal champ bollux. All this whilst suspended for substance abuse and facing an inquiry into PEDS. I'll be surprised if he ever fights again, maybe in a couple of years when he's blown his doh. I'm no expert but imo if he'd carried on after the Wlad fight and had rematch,fought Wilder, AJ etc he'd have been found out by now in the ring.

If it looks like a manager, walks, talks and makes decisions like a manager then it is one. That's Mowbray by the look and sounds of it and aside from early Lambert briefly there hasn't been that type of presence on the touchline for over 6 years. Shame he has to be called 'Head Coach' Long live Big Tony

Where was Jim White and the boys dedicating a show to him and telling everyone what a nice lad he is and how he had his hands tied so what did they expect ? That service only seems reserved for Scottish wee gem mafia.

Agreed there is no way he should be anywhere near Wilder or Joshua etc it would be a farce of the highest order. Haye at this stage made sense and the clear ring rust from an ageing inactive fighter balanced things out. The injury tipped the balance in his favour just when it was shaping up into an interesting fight, he took full advantage and a rematch is the only serious option at HW for him. Haye will be out a long time if it's a serious injury so if he continues it'll be an easy nights work next time probably for Bellew. Personally i hope Haye calls it a day i hate it when you see fighters coming to the end losing to lesser opposition in that manner but i think Hayemaker has serious money issues. Sad.

Fair play to Bellew he avoided any early storm and shook Haye with that vicious counter left like i thought he would. Have to say though Haye was never in any bother and seemed to have found his rhythm before his leg clearly gave in. Anyone who's suffered anything like that will know it renders you pretty useless so to keep going is massive credit to him. Also credit to Bellew who seized the advantage and got the job done. Got to laugh at all the Haye 'fakers' clueless in the extreme. He might not be everyone's cup of tea but the last thing he's ever been is a fake and tonight proved it.

Like both Bellew and Haye and always have as fighters although makes me laugh when a crossover fight gets general publics attention. Making Haye out to be the bad guy, not covered himself in glory but Bellew has long been one of the biggest gobshites in boxing. Hayes always had his moments as well and is a bit flakey but Bellew as a bloke is a proper muppet in terms of gob. On the fight Haye might be classed as a small heavyweight in the days of near 7ft 19 stone giants but he's a natural at that weight now whereas Bellew to me is really a blown up light heavy. Done really well at cruiserweight but he's overachieved in an era when there aren't many good ones about. Carl Thompson would have ruined him as would Haye when he was cruiser. For me if Haye was the guy of a few years ago pre lay off it would be a complete no contest mismatch but he's bound to be rusty and no way as sharp as he used to be. TB has a wicked left hook and Haye is wide open to those shots when he lunges so it could be interesting. If Hayes still enough to go at it for 3 or 4 rounds he should bulldoze him over as Bellew can't take big shots despite what he says, been decked and hurt numerous times by far lesser than Haye and the only real big puncher he faced in Stephenson rolled his eyes in the back of his head and that was at light heavy. Really wouldn't be surprised if the bomber pulled it off though he's a vicious finisher when he tags someone but for me it's all about Haye.

Having now changed careers whilst hiding behind the retirement line and having handed most his clients to other friends and newcos Mr X could maybe now be in the clear to take a more active role in his near 7 year project without the conflict of interest tag sticking ?

'put him to sleep' may have been a threat but put him to bed ? Hardly

You been on the phone to Balaji after all ? You seem taken in The Dogometer will be replacing the Chaddometer soon i reckon. In all seriousness i pray your right but just can't see it there is absolutely nothing under Venkys ownership to back up any positivity.

And that's correct but what some of us have learned is that it will not happen under this ownership. Mowbray might stop the rot briefly, i think he can, but it'll re-emerge in summer. If he stays his task will be the same next season as it is now, keep a budget slashing, player selling loan and freebie signing club out of the Championship bottom 3.

I take it you haven't really been observing the last 6+ years very closely, where were you at ?

Pashas thinking up another new name before he sneaks back meanwhile Senior is getting his wife to line up exits for any good youth team players.

If the new manager bounce gets us say 7 points from the next 9 then that's surely an improvement than the 3 Coyle would have been likely to deliver. Burton away is a tricky one whoever is in charge but our lot are more than capable of getting a win IF they are all at it and if they are set up right. I'd have been more comfortable if he'd have brought in a proper coaching team, this could be a rerun of the Berg tenure i fear.

Not inspiring in any shape but did we really expect anything else ? We are now n the market for ex Coventry managers which shows just how serious things are. He'll be cheap as chips and appointing rookie backroom staff from within is just another cost cutting measure. Coyle & co were probably on rolling contracts so terminating them before possibly the next one kicks in would be seen as saving money long term. Always quite liked Mowbray and at least he's experienced if not inspiring and yet again someone like him at the beginning of the season would have yielded more points than Owen 'back door open' Coyle by now, dull as it may have been.

Did he eat your cat or something Jal you've really got it in for this lad

Thing about Nyambe is he has that physical strength already for a young lad so it's easier to swim rather than sink. Hanley, Jones were the same and Darragh so they are halfway there if they have some ability as well. First saw him a few years ago at Leigh and he looked the part then physically.

When Coyle is managing Brunei in a year or two as his reward for smashing Rovers a bit more his interviews will be popping up " Yes we did the double drop to league 2 for the first time but i was being dragged into meetings about closing stands so it was distracting. There was the 2 wins over Newcastle United the former Fairs Cup winners though"

Be careful a newbie on here coming up with a post like that.. But in honesty it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest neither would it surprise me if Kean still had shares or something in the club seeing as he's been hiding out in Brunei where amazingly Cresendo are based. Break the club down into a fragment of itself then bring him back to relaunch himself in the face of hardly any opposition . Would not put it past those who really run this club, by rights it should kill what's left stone dead overnight but there'll still be a couple of thousand sat there saying give him another chance.......

That's a fair point but the rag should say no. So deep in Rovers/Venkys ariss though they couldn't give a toss.

Knowing the feeling locally towards this guy who takes a huge chunk of responsibility for the mess at Rovers just WHY would you publish that if you weren't on the wind up ? Dingle infested rag full of outsiders. It's been dropping through this letterbox 20 odd years, not anymore.Boycott it now.

Aye i think it's a case of if it happens it happens and a shrug of the shoulders from them. Whilst maybe not planned it does seem invited thouugh and Clownpants i wouldn't trust to pass me a biscuit.

If we don't go down this season it will be next surely as like you say and iv'e said in recent posts there will have to be another big cash injection in the next 12/18 months just to keep things ticking over as they are. Unless of course everything is slashed in half in terms of budget and running costs which is the way i think it will go in summer. That equals nailed on relegation. If not it brings us back to them being happy to absorb huge losses on the accounts every year. There has to be a beneficial reason to them for that which opens up the rest of the conspiracies. Bonkers.

I suppose it's not a bad way to increase your personal wealth whilst having a bit of fun along the way. Your major shareholders in a corporation that can lose heavily losses of one of it's franchises in it's accounts quite easily and to it's benefit. Meanwhile you amuse yourselves and fill your own back pockets via percentages from player trading etc and playing at spread betting on this crap team you co own who are nailed on to lose more than they ever win. No need to get rid it's a fun toy for the wealthy with nowt better to do. The company props it up and it causes no major financial bother so the other shareholders don't care. Lets just look again at the odds of every manager these lot have appointed .......

The deliberate leaning towards relegation would likely come from those doing the button pushing of the V's as they stand to continue making % from more ins and outs. From Vs point it's probably more of a don't really care either way maybe after being advised that if relegation did occur it gives them the opportunity to drive cutbacks across the board. Strip it right back to build it up again in a much cheaper, leaner and easier manageable version. They seem happy to absorb certain losses through the books and it probably suits them that way so they are not arsed. They may even be using Rovers to filter off a few quid from the main corporation and into some offshore account as an unofficial divi or pension without scrutiny pot from shareholders or something.