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It’s a measure of how dreadful we’ve been lately that I’m somehow mildly relieved we got a point at home despite leading for much of the game. No idea what Kalas was playing at attempting a diving header clearance when he should have just put his instep through it and twatted it into the top deck of the Lansdown. And what was that Brereton-Diaz tit doing goading the South Stand? I hope he gets a serious dose of the runs on the coach back up the road and all the service stations on the M6 are shut! All in all a great deal better today but we still cannot defend a lead for toffee and we are infuriatingly content for teams to boss possession at the Gate for long periods.

Can you imagine what England would do to this dreadful City team? We’d ship as many goals at least as San Marino, I’m sure.

That doesn’t happen in any cup competition. There’s a reason why teams like Ottery St Mary have to jump through many, many hoops before they can even have the “privilege” of facing abject dogs**t like Bristol Rovers. European teams have won each of the past four WCs and nine of the past 14 so it’s not unfair they get more Finals places than Asia and Africa, who have amassed a big, fat lonely zero between them. Agree that expanding the WC is stupid - 32 teams is optimal; both in terms of quality and the mathematics to get down to two finalists with a just round by round exit. But of course FIFA cannot leave it alone just like UEFA with the elephantine European Championship - so hey presto a more drawn out, uninspiring tournament and a qualifying campaign that is like watching paint dry.

There should be a prequalifying tournament to separate the wheat from the chaff - some of the results in this final round of qualifiers have been utterly farcical. What if you get a group of San Marino, Gibraltar, Andorra, Liechtenstein and Malta and are so obviously not watching the best teams in Europe or the World as you ****ing well should be? The current qualifying paths are a ridiculous participation-trophy farce.

When HK breaks Lineker’s record, as he inevitably will, he has to be duped into going on a Chris Morris show like Lineker did (unironically branding Brexiteers credulous ninnies) and then get hoodwinked into saying that the one-hit wonder act BALTIMORA, responsible for “Tarzan Boy” is creepy bloke text message slang for “I’m running at them now with my trousers down.”

You called it, The. Let’s hope it comes to pass. Scotland are no doubt full of hubris after their recent “amazing” run of results. Well done, England - you can only beat what’s put in front of you and clearly the qualifying set-up needs a serious overhaul. But that was as professional as could be expected - and I really don’t see what was wrong with either of the disallowed goals. Methinks the referee took pity on the hapless hosts.

Oh yes - please let this happen. Wouldn’t be so keen to fly their Italy flags then would they, the *****? I lived in Glasgow when they lost to Italy in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. That was highly enjoyable. ???

Right - so who’s going to beat those horrible, obnoxious, vile Tartan-clad so and sos in the playoffs.

Well, that was pleasantly surprising - thought it would be unbearably tense which would have been a bit embarrassing but we played with a real verve and swagger at times. Every time we got the ball first half we looked like we would score. Superb technique from Kane for the hat-trick goal - he’s taken a fair bit of flak lately but when he’s on song he’s a first-rate striker. Hopefully we put on a bit of a show Monday night now to officially confirm our place in the finals. Well done, England. ?

Yeah, that’s pretty impressive. I still think England matches should be spread around the country though rather than having every international at Wembley.

Hope we play like we did against Hungary in Budapest and not Hungary at home! It’s still in the balance a little bit and Albania are no Andorra or San Marino but with the players we have at our disposal we should not be fretting about taking them on at home in the penultimate game top of the group. However, recent performances have caused some trepidation to creep back in and I was at Newcastle in 2001 to see us make heavy weather of the same opponents. And then of course came that nerve-shredding Greece fixture. if we get through this we can relax a bit and enjoy Monday’s coconut shy against San Marino. COME ON ENGLAND! ???????

From Devon Live: “Rovers fans booed their team off at the break – those that hadn’t left anyway.”

FT 5-3 - That resounding second-half victory not enough to take them through to the next round of football’s most prestigious tournament, sadly.

What is worrying is the players are not only low on quality but low on confidence too, and without a leader that’s not going to get any better. I thought it wasn’t possible to feel any lower as a fan than the capitulation to Forest and Coventry, but then the club comes out and essentially gives a 15-minute shrug of the shoulders to the supporters. It’s like Henry Winkler’s lawyer character in Arrested Development when he asks the Bluth family: “Right, what’s the plan?”

This just gets worse and worse. We are in limbo, then - a rudderless ship heading straight for the League One rocks. Gould inspires about as much confidence as a Soviet biplane.

So the best argument I’m hearing for appointing Colin W is “Well, we are playing s*** anyway so might as well get in the man who has taken s*** football and made it an art form.” Even if he did keep us up this year we’d be back in exactly the same predicament come next season.

Another one, along with Warnock, who should be avoided like the plague. Colin might keep us up - MM would definitely take us down!

Far from convinced he would achieve results, but what is guaranteed is we would have an objectionable man in charge who plays football out of the Stone Age. No ta.

I too am getting messages (No source, mind) that NP is toast. Neil Warnock as his replacement? I sincerely hope not. I’d no more want him managing our club than that poxy skeleton from Kingswood.

Speak for yerself. Agree though, pissed is what I need to be after every City shambles just to maintain a modicum of sanity. As you say, these late goals feel inexorable. It’s almost like these nogginses are trying to lose on purpose!

Is this what we’ve been reduced to, speculating whether the obnoxious Colin W***er and his prehistoric tactics can pull us out of the quicksand?!? This club truly is on life support. ?

That is unforgivable. The support we had today deserves better than this turd on a stick of a club. Can we extend the international break because I don’t want to see Bristol City fail at playing football again for a very, very, very long ****ing time. Players, coaching staff, owners - hang Your heads in collective shame. Bunch of helmets.

I seriously hope not - it would be a cretinous strategy; we can’t defend and it took every sinew to keep a poor Barnsley side out of our net last week. Let’s show a bit of attacking intent for once and give the big following we are taking to the Ricoh something to get excited about - we don’t look like turning possession into chances currently, let alone chances into goals. Park the bus up your bum.

If only Andy Cole was still at the Gate, we’d’ve won the European Cup by now…

Mowbray tried to brush off their mullering by Fulham by saying it’s the first time they’ve lost by more than one goal in over a year. Oh dear.