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Tony Bloom's a gambler, a chancer, bit of a Brighton geezer, I think? He gambled a bit with Brighton and took a few chances, spent a few bob, sailed a bit close to the ffp "wind" and they got to the Prem. Steve's an accountant, he gambled a bit in the first Championship stint, took a bit of a chance, gambled a bit, spent a few bob, got in a pickle, and we found ourselves back in L1. I think.

Ipswich have unquestionably fared better, on their return to the Championship, than we did in 2015. As have Plymouth. We were a bloody shambles that summer and start to life back at this level, and embarrassment. If Ashton had been here summer 2015 .....

It's people that matter most, the people making the key strategic decisions.

As Steve would know it's not timing the market, it's time in the market and Steve's had 15 seasons in the Championship (one play off finish) ... hang on .... and Luton's just the four (two play off finishes/chances). We've had time in the Championship what the blinkin blink have we been doing, Steve?

Mike Ashley's New-castle?

John - what, @Never to the dark side?? Great, bring it on, and bring the programme back (plus the Green Un)

That Boro game was good, they turnt up top of the table and about to set a club record for consecutive clean sheets or something, and we gubbed them 1 nil. Crowd right behind the team. The "atmosphere" about the club had become detrimental to the team's performance on the field as Cotts fumed and did things like not filling the bench. If anything saved us that season, it was the change of atmosphere and lancing the boil that was Cotts war with SL or whoever it was. The players were freed up to play, and a few like Flint were fired up at the dismissal of Cotts. Tomlin made a difference too. He'd have helped before Christmas.

Pembo shored things up at the back, post Cotts. 4 games - Boro, Brum, Leeds, Charlton - I think it was he stepped up for, we let one goal in in those 4. Two wins, one draw. Think he ditched the 3 cbs and went for what everyone told Cotts he should do (so he wouldn't do it), good old 4 4 2. Then Lee started, and turnt things around as well. But Pembo turnt things around first.

Move over Dave M. Woods, we got Marvellous Merrick's. You want to write summat for that new fans-programme-thingy, you got something there, Merr

That and our fitness levels, we can compete with the "parachute payments" on these two areas, we can match them, we might even better one or two. No excuses for not matching them on both.

Probably still all kettled in away end

In August?

"£7 mill each, £20 mill the pair ..... getta ya centre backs ... "

Them two teams, we need to be finishing above both for once

It's a good start to the season

Exactly. It is also, whilst we are still playing at this level, possible for us to go up under Steve's watchful stewardship but we won't.

The idea of highlighting these now regular "outliers" is not to say just copy Brentford, Huddersfield, Luton, it is to keep alive the idea that (almost) anything is possible. Even in this division.

Russo-o gets a goal after half time. Game over.

No it's not, it's not her "positioning," it was what no-one wants to say: Earpsie is 5'8" (according to Wikipedia), she was never getting that.

He actually said this?

If you compare Lee to Cotts/SOD/by Bristol City's standards, you can only say he was very good, did very well (sadly for us, the rest of the Championship have the bar set much higher); if you just look at Luton, who were mid table in L2 when Lee rocked up here, you want to ask: what's your problem, Lee? Why have we not finished top six? Not enough to spend? This club, in this (unfair, unequal) division, cannot afford not to win promotion, at some point. Lee had to deliver what Luton have done, and he failed. He failed better than anyone here since his dad, tbf. Steve must be of this opinion too, otherwise why sack him when we were 12th?

Do they have 14 days to change their minds, or doesn't it work like that (mate)?

I do worry about Nige, I worry about him wielding his billhook or axe on a Sunday morning in that small wood he's bought himself, after a game like last Saturday. Or just in general, wielding sharp tools whilst trying to do something with Bristol City. My advice to Nige would be, don't keep yer billhook sharpened, have a nice blunt edge to it. Unless that itself reminds you too much of Harry Cornick in front of goal.

Continue what though?

Inflation nibbling away at it as we speak