Well done Ben 🇨🇱

[robinrover]

Interesting thing is tony mowbrays contract expires at the end of next season.
Then we will see which direction this team is heading.
I understand the not sacking mowbray with money being tight but I can see us promoting Johnson.
Is that the correct option?
A unknown quantity can either be a monumental mistake or a breath of fresh air to a stagnating situation.

[champs95]

Interesting thing is tony mowbrays contract expires at the end of next season.
Then we will see which direction this team is heading.
I understand the not sacking mowbray with money being tight but I can see us promoting Johnson.
Is that the correct option?
A unknown quantity can either be a monumental mistake or a breath of fresh air to a stagnating situation.

I can't see Mowbray being here after his contract expires. Trouble is, we are starting to let a number of contracts run down. Look at Armstrong. Brereton's contract runs out at the end of the season. If he carries on scoring goals in this Copa America and has a good season, we could end up losing out on a big fee if we wait 12 months.

I just don't rate what is going on behind closed doors at Rovers on the training pitch. Not many improve. We look disorganised quite alot. Our injury record is shocking. I have questioned the training methods for quite a while. I'm not entirely convinced the young lads are being coached well, and are not coming on leaps and bounds.
I wouldn't promote Johnson.
If anything I would seriously consider closing the academy down, its too costly and we are not bearing any real fruits from it. You need to produce players who you sell on for decent money, we don't appear to be doing that. And haven't for a good while. Its a luxury we simply can't afford.
Personally I would change direction. Get in a good lower league scouting network and employ more european scouts and tap into those leagues more.
What will happen come August is Rovers will take 2 Man City youngsters on and a Liverpool young lad.
Which is fine. But why have our own academy if we are going to do that every season?
Its a total waste of resource.