Grey Fox

But we can plan for it, with two years remaining on the contract, agreement to sell next summer was not impossible. Brighton have managed their exits to the big boys , only allowing individual players to leave once they have a replacement in place. But there again , Brighton , want to , and have , got somewhere Now , let’s go beat Leeds

The lack of a sell on clause also stings a bit.

Nigel Pearson , and the team , have done well with what we have. Should everyone stay fit , and our injured players return fit , we can improve, but the squad is thin, so further injuries and fatigue may scupper any chance of success. Think where we might be if our current side included a fit Alex Scott/ Tommy Conway. That is the opportunity we blew.

Which we didn’t, as Uncle Steve confirmed we wouldn’t in , that, interview. So all this FFP stuff, as far as we are concerned, is simply piffle.

With respect, did you listen to either of Uncle Steve’s interviews. He won’t be keeping “our young stars “, but where possible will be selling them to cover our annual running cost deficit. Only sale receipts above the deficit figure, will be available to spend (what football makes, football can spend). What this means is the club’s focus is on finding, developing and selling players, not promotion ( unless we can do a Luton). With no ambition, we are never going to be “ready to go up “ under the current regime.

A “solidish base”, to achieve what, exactly? Nothing,

Which is what has p@#&ed off Uncle Steve

Good grief, 1) in 12 months his value may reduce but could equally rise depending on his form and the clubs interested in him, 2) clearly his injury wasn’t known, or at least the seriousness of it wasn’t, as Bournemouth & Boscombe would not have paid what they did, 3) neither of us know if he would have been injured if he stayed here, so he may have “ fired us to promotion “. Remember , negative people have a problem with every solution COYRs

His injury was unknown at that time , and part of the “gamble” for promotion, who knows he equally could have had a great season with us , and then sold for £37M. Or , with us, stayed fit? The alternative is to always grab every deal , regardless if it is in the best interest of the club’s ambition to push forward. In other words, be a Selling Club or feeder to Bournemouth & Boscombe. Is that what, you as a Bristol City fan want ?

A miracle

What it means, is that you plan player exits at a time that suits the club ( in the case of Scott that would have been next summer, not this), and you spend only in the areas you need to ( with City that is invariably at Right Back) , so you have a team that can at least hope to challenge. By making positive decisions this typically encourages others (Pearson) to stay, others to want to join, and of course us , the supporters. Mediocrity isn’t a lifestyle

Without at least the ambition to challenge for promotion, what is the point? In my opinion , Uncle Steve has had enough of the unfairness of the parachute system, and therefore does not intend to fund the club to the same level as previously. He hopes to cover our annual running costs deficit through player sales. The current side are an average Championship team (won 3 , drawn 3, lost 3), who will probably end up somewhere between 10 th and 15th . Nigel Pearson can do better, so will walk, and the only other question for this season will be if it’s Bell , Knight or Conway that gets sold first. To continue in this way can only mean that , at some point L1 will be the destination.

The draw is on Monday

It’s a pox ?

Yes , East End

And I was there, brilliant day out

Surely this interview only confirms everything SL said in his. In other words , SL does not believe we can compete with parachute funded clubs (unless we call ourselves Luton) , so will not fund doing so. The club will therefore need to look to sell players for say £25M each year to cover running costs, Above £25M , what football makes , football can spend. Therefore our plan going forward is simply to buy players with “potential “ from the lower leagues, develop them, and sell them on coupled with a few Championship grafters to ensure we stay up. Which pees me seriously off

Trying to get my head around why the Saudi’s are doing this, there is only one thought, which although bizarre, seems to make sense. That is that their Pro League is the vessel to start a new European Super League or more probably, a World League. This is the back door to create it. Matches could be played at clubs home grounds but also in Saudi (ManU v New York) in much the same way as the Qatar World Cup. What do you think ?

Would it not make the court a bit slippy ?

But that is not what we do, but it is why imo, Pearson will not sign a new contract, and will leave at the en£ of this season. Why , with the current regime / ethos would he stay ? Which is all very sad, as I believe he is an excellent manager, who with the right backing could take us up, with the current support he gets, he can only keep us up.

Retaining Scott, now that would have been an idea….."………………..?

And how many have left , Baker, Klose , Kallas , DaSilva , Moore , Scott , (that’s six) plus wage reductions for others. Nigel Pearson has certainly not been backed, and I would be ( happily) surprised if he renews his contract. This club, the one I have supported from boyhood, is going nowhere, wake up and smell the coffin( that was predictive text , but I think I’ll keep it)

And my point was to sell when we are ready, in this case when we would have a midfield capable of competing, which it was Fermin obvious ( now to everyone) that , without Scott, we do not. Over and out, I’m having a day off.

So , you can now see what I’ve been banging on about?

To answer this thread’s question, we can do enough to stay in this league, but there is no intention/ ambition to do any more than that.