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Football Insider say it's Mowbray.

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Grumpy Old Man said:
He's a safe pair of hands, which is what we need right now. Solid Championship manager who fits the attacking football/develop young player aims. and can start to build on the foundations built so far. We need to play a long game here.
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Think that my issue, the long game will be very long, Mowbray won’t take us up, we won’t even be anywhere near progression imo.
Wasted years.
Best of luck getting 40,000 with no ambition on show.
 

samaistonsrightfoot said:
Grumps thoughts on Mowbray 2 weeks before we were linked.


Post in thread '"There's no door anymore. I've knocked it down"....' "There's no door anymore. I've knocked it down"....

"The key for blackburn was ditching Mowbray. Same players. Different tune"

Now you are a mag and have never seen Blackburn play if you don't think he's class 😂
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I'm now embarrassed by that. I was making the same lazy assumptions as many others. I've now actually read up properly. Not sure what Thomasson has tweaked, or whether, after four years, the relationship had run out of steam.
 
RoversBoy said:
Did not realise it had been confirmed when writing my other post in the other thread.

Certainly not the worst appointment that you could have made but understand why some of you are underwhelmed - we were too. He does have some strengths, but he is not the type to get you up while it is unlikely he will take you down either.
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Whose his number 2
 
samaistonsrightfoot said:
Won six games in 2022.
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Probably after finding out his contract wasnt going to be renewed (that's pure speculation, I realise) however he still finished 6 points outside the playoffs. Surely that would be regarded as a successful first season back for us? He had a good season with Blackburn, developed some good youth plays and PL teams (Liverpool, Man City Brighton) trust him with their prospects.

He'd be a steady hand for us which is something we need first season back
 
MASSIVE call by Speakman this ! If TM goes tits up the fans will be baying fir his bood.
I'll give him my backing but he certainly doesn't inspire me, going to the match will again feel like a chore (but of course that could all turn again if we are winning, I know that....)
 
Underwhelming. On record for digs at SAFC thanks to his Boro connections. His CV is a mixed bag, he’s often done well at a club for it to then fizzle out, Boro and Blackburn particularly (though their highest finish under him was last season, arguably an underachievement with players he had). On a more positive note he does know the league, has worked with Corey Evans before and has watched games this season. What a shitshow of a week though. Devastated as with a bit of luck I honestly thought Witt a bit of luck we could have got promoted.
 
chunkyshitehawk53 said:
I’m somewhat more sanguine about it than I was on Saturday. I don’t think it’s the worst appointment in the world
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But his that the height of the club’s ambition now? It’s ok because he’s not the world’s worst? We should be looking to attract someone really good. Just been listening to some of the Nick Barnes podcast. He says the club will only sign players under 24 . Any player over 24 needs to be a free transfer or out of contract. What a pile of shite
 
Boinger said:
Yes I was tbf. Some of the football I watched was among the best I'd seen at Albion for a good while and we won the championship, he was found wanting when we were in the premier league, where we were a bit naive and far too open, but I'm certain he would have got us back up had he not (understandably) gone to Celtic.
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Nice to hear mate. Thanks for the positive post.
 
Mickdundee said:
Adam Armstrong, Ben Brereton Diaz, Harvey Elliott and Jarrod Branthwaite would say otherwise.

He’s not a very exciting appointment but a safe pair of hands for a couple of years. He plays the same formation(s) as Neil did and has a decent record developing young players.

I’m not particularly excited but I’m not ready to jump off a tall building like some on here.
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I agree that its not the end of the world, but by the same token McClaren, O'Leary, Megson et al have all achieved more and I imagine this place would self combust if any of them were appointed head coach.

Biggest disaster would have been someone like Ball, Phillips or Dyche.

I just wish we had gone for someone young and with energy to prove themselves as a top coach.
 
It's not so much how good Mowbray is, it's whether the club see him as a temporary ballast, or if they're content to muddle along for several seasons to come.

Nothing wrong with him being appointed if he's a stopgap until a higher calibre coach becomes available. It's all a question of if the owners have any ambition at all.
 
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