ChippenhamRed

Beat me to it!

Does anyone know if Wes Burns is playing today?

I'd happily take all the scores as things stand. Not too worried about MK - it's maintaining the gap to the bottom three that matters. Still 8 points right now.

If only there was enough time left for everything to completely change.....

I'll try once more. Firstly you'll note I called it a good "night", not a good "game". Two very different things. Clearly it was a terrible game. Most people are able to appreciate that referring to the "night" refers to the collective set of results - which were broadly favourable - rather than our one specific match. Secondly you'll note that I qualified my statement with "in a very strange way", which is a clear reference to the rarity of actually moving closer to safety despite getting thrashed at home. If you're intent on dissecting other people's posts, there are plenty more worthy examples elsewhere.

Ah, the classic OTIB trick of highlighting one sentence out of context and attempting to make a fellow forumite look stupid. I think it's pretty obvious I was talking strictly in the context of our survival prospects - as my second sentence, which you elected not to highlight in bold, made abundantly clear.

The problem was your post showed absolutely no recognition of our very significant improvement in recent weeks and appeared to be entirely reactionary based solely on tonight's performance. You have already moderated your opinion from "not signing a striker will see us relegated" to "we should survive" within half an hour, which proves my point.

In a very strange way, actually a good night. The gap to the bottom three is maintained and our rivals have one less game to catch us.

What are you expecting at 0-4? The Instanbul derby?

Just need to keep that bottom three at arm's length. Not a bad night in that respect.

I think the other points will help, I doubt we'd survive with 6.

Thinner? ;-)

I think @YorkshireSection and @Andy082005 should go for a drink, I think they'd get on well.

One poor scoreline (not even a result) and these sort of posts have started again already. 4 wins in 6, a 7 point gap to the drop zone as things stand, and no sign of the bottom three finding the form they would need to overtake us. Get a grip.

And he didn't quote that one person so his comments had no context whatsoever.

Who said I was a superfan? I'm at home too and only go to about 15 games a season due to limited finances and a young family. So you can save your accusations for someone else.

Worth remembering that the 8 point gap we've built up is an insurance policy for days like today - and we may still get something from the game. We are still in a far stronger position than we were a month ago. Just trying to keep some perspective.

I don't get what you being a POTD supporter or the Champions League has to do with it. And I don't think anyone expected an easy win.

It's better than that - as close to 11th as we are 22nd. Certainly feels like we can start looking up as well as down now.

Almost a perfect set of results.

8 points clear of the drop as things stand. That's a significant gap with only 14 games remaining.

The whole "who's got more money" debate is fairly irrelevant at the levels of wealth we are talking about anyway. We know Lansdown is a billionaire. For arguments sake let's say the Jordanians are even more wealthy. But what could they realistically achieve with Rovers that Lansdown couldn't afford to do with City? Lansdown easily has enough money to build a new stadium, improve the training facilities and infrastructure, and make £multi-million bids for players. After that he is tied by financial fair play and a need to run the club in a sustainable manner. Even if the Jordanians have ten times his wealth, what more could they do? They will encounter the same hurdles. They may now be able to compete with us, but I see no reason why this would enable them to overtake us.

Does this mean that every club who has ever received investment from someone who wasn't born with a view of the stadium from their bedroom window has "sold their soul"? Cardiff happily gave up their very identity for a shot at the Premier League and watched their promotion with red scarves slung around their necks in a sold out stadium. They objected in meaningful numbers only when the dream turned sour. That's selling your soul. It's lazy to make the same claim of Rovers.

But what "thing" have they become that "they always claimed to despise"? They have more money but the identity of the club remains unchanged. Are you saying if you asked 100 Rovers fans in the street if they wanted more money to make their club more competitive they would all say they "despise" that? I doubt that.

I have literally no idea what this means or indeed how this relates to my post in any way.