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I get what you're saying but I still don't think relabelling the thread "sell out" does anything other than make us look bitter, because it doesn't really describe the situation. Not a clever call by the mods, in my opinion.

Why are we labelling them "sell outs" and renaming the thread as such? They've negotiated the sale of the club to a wealthy owner which clearly makes their future look more promising. Exactly how wealthy this person is seems to be debatable, but it would appear to be undeniable that this financially strengthens the club. I don't see why that's selling out? They haven't given up their blue and white quarters or compromised the identity of the club in any way that I can see? If they're sell outs for welcoming a wealthy new owner, were we not the same when Lansdown arrived? Seems to be a lot of comments on here trying to find reasons why this is bad news. It might be, depending on how the wealth is used and the club is run from this point forwards, but let's not deny that this looks to be - in very broad terms - good news for Rovers. If we pretend otherwise then we justify their claims of bitterness.

For every Ambramovich who brings success there is a Tan or a Venky who brings calamity, ridicule and disaster. I guess we'll have to wait and see which one they've got.

I never trust points per game as an analysis tool. Put me in charge of Celtic and I dare say my points per game score would be excellent.

You don't think 26 games and an entire summer to assemble a squad worthy of the Championship is giving him a chance?

A turning point for me tonight. If we can't beat Preston at home off the back of a confidence-boosting performance against WBA, then what hope have we got? I don't care if we're in the middle of the transfer window; I would be on the phone to Neil Warnock tonight. He is one of the few people I can think of who has the strength of character to attract the players we require, and give the whole club the kick up the backside we so desperately need.

Cunningham, one of our few proven Championship performers, let go but not replaced. Him scoring against us sums up everything about this shambolic excuse for a season.

Always worth checking the facts before launching into a rant Rojo!

Those starting line-up videos on Facebook/YouTube are a painfully long-winded and pointless way of announcing the team.

Why do we keep hearing this "manager has not been supported to improve the team"?! The board sanctioned enormous bids for players last summer, bids that shocked us all at the time. Very few other clubs in the division were bidding those sort of sums. Furthermore Lansdown has gone on record since to say that wages were not the issue with Gray, it was his preference to join a rival with realistic promotion prospects. If that isn't support, what is?

Unless we already have someone lined up, there would be absolutely no point in dismissing Cotterill now - though I completely understand the temptation. We simply cannot have a period without a manager with the transfer window just days away. On that basis I think we will stick with him. My biggest concern therefore is how do we expect a manager who had an entire summer and the momentum of a title-winning season to buy players, and failed, to now sign players in a single month with the side in the relegation zone?

I moaned about someone saying they had given up. Very different from expressing frustration and concern, which is clearly both justified and understandable.

I stated there are 23 games to go and we are in the relegation spots on goal difference. Which bit of that makes me a happy clapper? If quoting the facts makes me a happy clapper, then I guess that's what I am. Those who have read my previous posts will know I try to offer a realistic perspective without gravitating to either extreme.

23 games to go and only in the relegation places on goal difference. Well done on giving up.

Still talking rubbish. The stadium may still work as a business with City in the third division, but it'll work better and make more money with them in the Championship. So obviously that's what they will be aiming for as a minimum. As for the "window dressing" comment...laughable. They were serious attempts to recruit that didn't work out, simple as that. No need for conspiracy theory nonsense.

Yes you're right, the business plan for a £40 million 27,000 seater stadium is no doubt based on third division football and does not show any ambition to reach higher at all does it. Just like bidding huge sums for the likes of Gayle and Gray shows how they are "happy" with third division football. What complete and utter nonsense you are talking.

Or maybe it's just a lack of quality and doesn't have anything to do with being spineless or gutless.

The usual reactionary nonsense. These players may lack quality but "spineless" they are not. Spineless implies a lack of effort and that is not the issue at all.

Get a grip. We are far from cut adrift and we have 23 games to go. Nothing is certain at this stage.

We can't rely on teams below us now, because we are 22nd

Sick as a parrot

Well done on thinking it through.

Exactly - like I said, he's judging Pack's ability from the spot on a sample size of one.

So why didn't they take it then?

Who would we have felt confident about? And why therefore was he not the nominated penalty taker? The management - who would see our players take spot kicks far more regularly in training than we ever do - must have had their reasons.