I kind of thought I wouldn't go tonight, but with this TM debate sparking up again I actually want to go, and I hope we whip them.
For what it's worth, I know what
@covcity4life is trying to say. He does get a lot of criticism. The reason for this though, is that people constantly defend him based on his first season here. Yes, on face value 8th is a good finish. If you look at where we were Christmas though, and the squad of players we had, it is a complete disaster not to have finished within the play offs.
The reality is, Mowbray actually got away with a lot less criticism for our relegation last season than the other managers. Yes, they were all complete horse shit, but if another manager (let's say Slade for banter) was in charge for the first ten games, and responsible for our recruitment disaster at that point in the season (the catalyst for our relegation), he would have got about 90% of the blame. Mowbray escaped a lot of it based on his previous season, which actually wasn't that shit hot anyway.
I think that's why he is mentioned so much to be honest. There is no argument or debate on Slade or Venus because everyone will admit they were terrible. As people have said with Mowbray, he also ignited my love for football again, but he did also kill it once more too...