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Substitute Lambert's name for Mowbray and League 1 for the Championship and that more or less mirrors our situation here. Doubt we'll ever see a similarly ballsy piece in the LT though. As for Lambert, he doesnt seem to have changed much since he was here, says all the right things but the performances and results under his watch don't match the spin. At least he didnt insert a get out clause at Ipswich then walk out when things didn't go to plan. Probably realises his stock is going lower and lower with every job he takes.

We're fine thanks Gav. I saw Tris in Blues just before Christmas 2019 and he imparted some news I wasn't aware of at that point so hope all is OK at your end.

Very strange. Not going to do his development any good whatsoever.

Serious question re: the Greek lad as I've heard nothing whatsoever about him since the initial euphoria about it supposedly being a massive feather in the cap of the European Scouting System when he signed. Is he playing at all and if so at what level?

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Yep, that's it in a nutshell.

Hi Tony. Actions speak louder than words and I've formed my opinion over a period of time based on Mowbray's tenure here. You obviously have a different view and that's fine. I doubt you know Warnock any better than I know Mowbray but even if we were to accept your character assessment of them both, Warnock's managerial CV eclipses that of our manager and I want a manager who'll get us success not one I can invite round for tea.

What makes you think it will be any different than Mowbray's previous 132 games in the Championship with us?

The parachute payments skewer the equation slightly as regards automatic promotion but we're not even at the races in regards to challenging for the top 6. We're also only three points ahead of teams who were struggling desperately against relegation last year like Huddersfield, Barnsley and Luton so we're not exactly performing well are we? Edit: two, three and five but the point stands.

Yep, it's a really weak and lazy argument to say that you can't compete with a team with a bigger budget. Some teams will always have bigger budgets than others no matter what League you're talking about. If you take that viewpoint there's no point going out in the first place, just allocate finishing positions in accordance with turn over.

We can but hope. If true you can't really blame Venky's for being annoyed when TM over-ruled the recommendations in favour of Kipre who we then failed to land and Ayala who to date looks like an overpriced crock on a long term deal. How much must be wasting on him and Mulgrew not to play. £2m p.a.?

Yes, why wouldn't you be? Appalling level of performance. Being in and around the play offs should be the absolute minimum level of expectation. Really the target should be top 2 with the play offs as a fall back option. And it's only six because we sneaked a win yesterday. Would you be posting the same if we'd lost and the gap was 9?

Agree entirely. I wasn't a fan until he was out of work for a while and had an extended spell as Co presenter on the Talk Sport Breakfast show with Alan Brazil. To my surprise I found him a really engaging character who wears his heart on his sleeve and says exactly what he thinks unlike most managers who lapse into ridiculous manager speak to cover their backsides. The only criticism you can lay at his door imo is that he gets carried away in the heat of the moment either during the match or immediately post match and says the sort of things a fan would say. Again I find that rather refreshing. Meanwhile you've got a manager into his seventies bouncing with enthusiasm and passion busting a gut trying to add yet another promotion to his already impressive CV. Whereas we have Mowbray going through the motions counting down the days until retirement pulling the wool over our owners eyes by waffling on vaguely about journeys and challenging for the top 6 sometime never.

Doesn't say much for us then as I still think we'll finish well behind them.

That's not the law as it stands. Can't remember the Evans incident but Raya got accidentally injured diving in at someone's feet. There's a massive difference between that and what happened yesterday, you've a right not to be kicked in the face six feet in the air hence the current regulations requiring you to take care for another player's safety and not requiring deliberate intent.

We have to be alert to the possibility. When's Ayala due back? He really has been a poor signing thus far and we've got another two years of this to come.

Fair enough, but in Killer's day you could get away with a lot. These days you can't (usually) so if he carries on in that sort of vein he'll spend most of his loan spell here suspended and be neither use nor ornament.

Hope it doesn't happen but I think the Club has to be geared up and ready to act on the assumption that it's a distinct possibility. Hope we don't come across as though it's a complete surprise to us and act all hard done to.

How old is Mowbray's son? Might be a decent punt for next manager. Keep the family dynasty going.

Ex referee Dermot Gallagher has a saying that "he saw it but didn't recognise it". I.e. what had actually happened at the time. He might claim that but it would still leave him open to sanctions I'd guess.

I can't imagine he'll say anything else as if he views it back he'll realise that if he claims he didn't think it warranted any action he risks being taken off the Championship lists or demoted down a division for a few weeks.

My understanding as well. A red all day long under the laws as they currently stand, maybe it wouldn't have been years ago if clear intent was required under the regulations. Whether it SHOULD be a red if it's reckless but probably not intentional is a different argument.

As I understand it: Not if the referee says in his report he saw the incident but didn't deem it worthy of any further action. However if he says he missed the incident altogether then retrospective punishment could be imposed.

I actually thought the Morsy/Dack incident was a lot worse than that, the ball was going out anyway and whilst he probably didn't intend to put him out of action for 12 months, I thought he "did" Dack by deliberately stamping on his foot. The one today on Travis I thought was something and nothing, a professional foul/taking one for the team which is often referred to as "a good foul" by ex-pros". Morsy's a horrible barsteward. However if he played for us I'd probably think he was great.

True to an extent but there's a bit of a difference between not having a stonewall penalty awarded against you and not having one awarded against you which would also have reduced you to ten men. We certainly can't complain about not getting the rub of the green from the officials at the moment, Stoke had a man sent off 50 yards from goal with defenders in the vicinity and we couldn't take advantage so like you say, the officials in this League are bad for everyone.