I won't hate on anyone and that includes TM. It's right he's going but that's for football reasons. I struggle to understand why people pour such vitriol, he's not S. Kean. He's fallen short of my expectations on the pitch but I personally thinks he's a good human being and I'm surprised that Rovers fans who have a reputation for decency feel the need to hate so much. Anyway let's see how the next guy is received, it will interesting how long some on here give him before he becomes the next target. For the avoidance of doubt I'm glad he's off, just wishing for a bit more civility from our side of the fence. Hey, call me old fashioned.

I said : "Can the young guys take the pressure and the expectation? Not so sure they can". So it was really rhetorical wasn't it. I'm not buying into Mowbray's latest excuse that's just my description of the team ... they are 'young' guys, it's all relative and more accurate than saying "old guys". Stop being prickly, we're on the same side.

Well hands up I was massively wrong about the PNE match so I'm going to wind my neck in a bit more for this one. The excitement level clearly depends on the Friday result but if it goes our way then Ewood will be packed and rocking for this match. It's all too late of course but as the miracle could still be possible I would see this as a cup final and we should be throwing the kitchen sink at this lot. If that happens the atmosphere will be electric and I'm looking forward to experiencing that again. Can the young guys take the pressure and the expectation? Not so sure they can. But if they perform like they did on Monday then the tension for the last game will be unbelievable and I'll defo be turning up for that one!! Reality is we will once again be heroic failures and the crowd will applaud a valiant effort (I still remember the song sung at Ewood following one of our relegation seasons back in the day, to the tune of one man went to mow, "when one goes down we all go down together" and cheered the team off Ewood as if they were heroes). Win or lose it's all a bit too late so any prediction is meaningless but I'll go with a nerve jangling 0-0. Expecting one hell of an atmosphere though!

We all agree TM's time is up. Genuine question though, who else is out there that will do the job we need. A change for changes sake isn't usually a good option. I don't keep up with what other managers are doing. Is there someone good out there who'd jump on to our sinking ship and bail us out. If not, because it's too big a reputational risk, who's the least worse option? Mowbray??? Before y'all go ape shit on me it's a genuine question. For me TM has to go but what change can we make to prevent groundhog day in a couple of years time.

Preston play the way we hate to play against. We will be awful and spend most of the match too deep again. They will close us down quickly, kick lumps out of us and launch Hail Mary's for 95 minutes and shoot on sight from anywhere on the pitch. We don't have a cat in Hells chance given our recent lack of backbone and dodgy decision making in the back 5. Someone able to complete a pass from midfield would be nice just for once. Pedestrian moving forward. Only one winner here and it's not us. So sad to say all that, its Preston ffs. How far we have sunk this season under TM.

Rothwell's dad? Did anyone check that it actually was him and not just some random having a laugh at gullibles on a train!?

Metaphorical dear chap, metaphorical. I don't have a cat and love all animals 😀

The most painful job in the world is to be a Rovers supporter. Nailed on loss. Nailed on embarrassment. Still, I flatter myself that I'm always there to do my bit so I'll stump up again. We lose, I descend into a deep depression- again. I go home and kick the cat - again. I don't speak to the wife for days - again. I hate everything and everyone- again. I'm a nice guy and don't like being like that but that's the job of the Rovers supporter. I'll be there - again, looking forward to it - not. A miserable 2 nil win for PNE.

Too slow. No midfield. We don't like to face the press. No central strikers. Too slow. Too slow. Oh and TM as manager. Recipe for success.

Agree. 4 at the back and flood the midfield.

Consistent problem #1 this year - absolutely no midfield.

Get well soon mate. Fabulous post, nail on head. Strikers positioned wide, goals positioned in the centre, go figure Mr Mowbray. If this formation is played every match we'll lose, oh wait a minute.

Screaming for someone to take a f'ing shot and someone to sniff out a rebound

Ah you must be a newbie. OK back in the day there was internecine fighting on the terraces and messageboards (post a guy called Kean and some others). Corruption abounded, dodgy agents and all that. Then TM arrives and gets the poison chalice . Huddersfield cheat and give Rednap a win. We go down. Things looking really really grim. Supporters say that's it, its over, we've lost the club. Ewood is going to become a housing estate, Brockhole becomes one. Then things got back on track, we got promoted and ... well that's probably enough and you're mostly caught up now. If you're not new then where the f*ck have you been? Now for the football bit ... TM has run his course. It's over. He HAS to go. Hail fellow, well met, now FO Tony.

Hey Buddy if I'm up for sacking him then you know he's hit the bottom. I've said many times I think he saved this club from extinction but thats then and this is now. On footballing reasons alone he HAS to go. Clueless. No fight, no passion just excuses and yet more excuses. Oh for a Souness!

OK I'm on board ... Mowbray out.

Madines a nasty animal with elbows, the ref is a joke, Mowray ... I don't have words for him. How did it get this bad?

Blackpool head and shoulders the better side. Shocking just shocking. Where's the passion? Wheres the fight? Where's the desperation? Where's the effing manager?

Do they realise we HAVE to win this one. Blackpool look they're playing for their lives, what the hell are we doing?

I'm not putting any money on a win. We got away with loads first half. If it carries on like this we're going down 2 or even 3 one.

Pickering is a bomb waiting to go off, needs taking off.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/20050259.brilliant-bunch---tony-mowbrays-backing-blackburn-rovers-squad/ Sounds like the kind of language of one whose leaving? I really think he could be on his way.

No 🙂

Here's a firecracker in your hen house - maybe TM staying is the best thing! Think Curbishley and Charlton. 96 until 06 I think and a few years before that in a joint role. Two promotions and a solid Premiership position when he left. Didn't do anything later at West Ham. Success at Charlton was put down to his longevity at the club where year on year he got the internals right and brought through the players he wanted. Not putting TM in same class as Ferguson but the same applied to him. Nearly sacked, survived and improved over the years once he had knocked the club into shape and his image. Chalk and cheese obviously but the principle holds. Maybe, just maybe TM staying would be a good thing, especially when you look at the possible replacements and how long it would take them to refashion the team. Boom! Just saying 🙂

All the negative points of the TM tenure have been well aired over the years. I agree with all of them so no need to reiterate here. For me though there is a trump card that cancels out all the bad stuff. IMO TM saved the club. It's easy to forget the filth that floated across our door before he arrived. Saying we were in dire straights doesn't come close to it. Hands up all those who didn't fear for the continued existence of the club. We were a laughing stock and were rightly ridiculed. TM brought integrity and over time got rid of the crap players and agents. That's one guys opinion and I know many will disagree but for me that earns him a 10. Deducting points for the obvious footballing car crashes reduces his score to 7 for me. When he goes I'll thank him for his service, agree with most on here that his time was up and then get back to worrying about who can replace him. By the way, injuries have been a nightmare last season and this so I'll cut him some slack and say 7.5/10.