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Soaring birds 3 Sinking turds 1 tough luck saggies and thanks for making a great week even better

Oh they may be trying, but as has been said so many times, SL’s dropped a massive bollock tying everything up into Bristol Sport. He’s just made the club less attractive to potential buyers. There are plenty of people buying into football, but it has to be an attractive proposition. Doesn’t it make you wonder why it hasn’t happened with us, especially with the discussion by the commentstors last night that everything is in place for this club to take off, but we’ve underachieved for so long? The club may be attractive, but I’ll bet the tangled web it’s tied into isn’t!

A sad reflection on the quality of officials we’re stuck with these days, unfortunately.

A sad reflection on the quality of officials we’re stuck with these days, unfortunately.

True. Call me old fashioned though, but I will always go for those honest pros who’ll stumble to stay on their feet after being clattered, rather than go down like they’ve been shot. It may give your team an advantage to go down, but the line between gamesmanship and downright cheating has all but disappeared. If Tommy had missed the opportunity, I may have thought differently, but as it stands, he’s only gone up in my estimation for his honesty and drive to get the ball in the back of the net.

Yep, just want to get that Premier League monkey off our back and also get some of those parachute payments, before they cut themselves off and go for some European league.

Couldn’t agree more. In the Prem, it appears to be a form of pseudo football, rather than the real thing. A kind of ‘stand back and watch all the fancy tricks I can do’, rather than actually playing in the true spirit of football. I want to see us get a taste of the top flight, but that’s a part I actually dread.

Absolutely this. Massive credit to Tommy and he got his just rewards for staying on his feet. So refreshing to see some honesty in football, rather than the cheating b*starts who hit the deck without even being touched. How many times have we heard the comment “there was contact, so he was entitled to go down”. That one incident last night gave me flashbacks to the old days when there was far more honesty on football. Well done Tommy!!!

It was brilliant. City have been a soft touch for far too long in the past, but definitely not any more. Shows how pathetic the Prem has got, if they reckon we were dirty. Tenacious yes, but dirty definitely not, so they just need to man up. Love it City and proud of every one of them last night.

It would be interesting to see who else we had our eye on. If there was someone we could get on a perm who we could improve for our own benefit, not for someone else, I would have preferred that. If that option wasn’t there, then maybe the ST deal was the best option available. It’s been obvious we’re crying out for a creative spark in this side. ST looks well equipped to provide that, so looking forward to see what he can do for us. It would also be a bonus if he can have a positive influence on the players around him too which benefits us, even if he returns to Burnley at the end of the season. Hopefully some more exciting football to look forward to now

Cracking post and exactly as I see it Really disappointed there seems to be no option to buy on this loan, but still looking forward to seeing what we can do with some much needed creativity at long last.

Well, nice to see you displaying your wonderous powers of debate. Well done!!!

Fair comment and if the parachute money was used wisely by a smart board, it could set us up for another push. Big problem is, we’re lacking a smart board.

ok, you want some perspective??? If it was a loan to buy, then I’d be celebrating, but the only real beneficiaries under this deal are Burnley. We’ll be paying his wages, probably with a loan fee on top and just keeping him warm for them until next season. Whoopie for them!

Sorry, but you’re talking like some wet behind the ears kid who doesn’t look at the bigger picture. There are plenty of teams in this division who are way better equipped to go up, but if the seemingly impossible happened, would you be happy to see us go up and get humiliated every week, because I certainly wouldn’t. Derby’s low points record would be under a massive threat, so I’ll use that popular phrase with the Lansdown apologists, be careful what you wish for!

Oh come on, give your head a wobble mate. If by some miracle, we managed to ‘do a Luton’ with this squad, we’d get absolutely rinsed every week in the Prem. We aren’t even close to the quality needed for the step up, so some serious realism, rather than rose tints needed, I reckon!

What’s to be happy about then? We’re going nowhere this season anyway, so we’ll just be keeping one of Burnley’s players match fit for them next season. Would rather see us pick jp a young player from the lower leagues and bring them on for ourselves, rather than helping out what will be a Championship rival next year. How can you possibly be happy with this situation??

Ok, thinking of keeping hold of him for next season back in the Championship possibly.

Can’t see why Burnley would withdraw him from a loan at Hull, just to loan him out again to us. He’s made 26 league and cup appearances at Hull, so it certainly isn’t down to lack of game time. Hopefully just someone talking crap

Thanks for everything Andi. You’ve been an absolutely top pro for us and a fantastic example for all the young players at our club to look up to . Players come and go, though some live on in the memory far longer than others. You are definitely one of the latter and I’m positive you’ll have the warmest of welcomes when we see you again. Wishing you every success in the future and thank you for giving 100% every time you pulled on our shirt

Only got in for the last 20 mins because our coach broke down, but wouldn’t have missed that for the world. Unforgettable night!

I’d add to that, even though Blagdon Red put a lot of work into potential future safe standing if it was subsequently approved, it never felt like SL was ever ‘on board’. It would have been very easy when people were choosing their seats in the new stands, to tell them which rows were potentally earmarked for safe standing at a later date. People could then have chosen their seats with that in mind.

I’m with you all the way I’m mid 60’s and with dodgy knees, but loved it yesterday. As you say, the barriers are the perfect height for leaning on, which was great for giving my knees a break. All seating is like being in a cinema and I’m certain it badly affects the atmosphere …… let’s be honest, who goes to a cinema and sings?!!! love to see at least the back half of the SS made safe standing, but completely understand it wouldn’t suit everyone. After all the shifting of seats that were done during the stadium rebuild, I don’t know how safe standing could be introduced, without pissing off a significant number of supporters, sadly.

Yes thanks for expanding on that. I was mainly looking at people parking up near one of the outer Tube stations and then tubing it in. They’ll get to the match, maybe have a few beers after, then have hell’s work getting back to their car afterwords. I think Uxbridge for the Piccadilly Lane is a popular one, when travelling from Bristol, but I pity someone trying to get back there after the game, with a belly full of beer and no Piccadilly Line running. That’s why I flagged that up, just in case anyone hadn’t realised. Really knackered my plans, as I’m staying up there a couple of nights and planning to travel around a fair bit and always use the Tube. Just my bleeding luck they’re striking until Thursday!

Here’s a good link for parking at Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre. It’s a maximum of £12 for 24 hours and is a very short walk to Ealing Broadway station. I think the car park is locked from midnight to 6am, so don’t leave it too late to collect your car after the match, if you choose that option. https://www.ealingbroadwayshopping.co.uk/parking-ealing There have also been some suggestions of using JustPark and that costs around £7. There’s also limited parking opposite the station, so plenty of parking options near the station. Note there’s a Tube strike on Sunday, though the Elizabeth Line isn’t part of the Tube, so will still run as normal I’d recommend only parking somewhere near an Elizabeth Line station, if you’re parking anywhere in West London and then using public transport across the City.