All journalism honestly. The current state of social media and the internet means that it's completely driven to drive clicks, and the easiest way to that is outrage journalism. In sports, there is also the added annoyance of agents and clubs spreading misinformation to unsettle players and clubs alike, and in Rovers' case there is the complete incompetence at our end that allows that to propagate further.

I'm sure there was compilation on here at one point of a bunch of the mistakes made. To be honest, even if you take out the obvious horror shows, the biggest issue with Pears for me has always been his complete inability to handle a cross. So many routine goals conceded over the years just because of that deficiency and the smart teams targeted it.

If previous seasons tell us anything, it isn't necessarily the subs in a fully fit squad that are the problem, it's when we hit the Christmas flurry of fixtures and we lose a few to injury. The current squad is nowhere near the depth required to keep this up over a season. However, if VI can get them up to the right sort of fitness levels it may work for the first few months at least.

An absolute abomination - and copy pasting the same landmarks over and over makes it considerably worse. Whoever did the kits this season should never be allowed near them again - 0/3 are good for a normal season, let alone an anniversary season.

That sentence alone makes them unfit to run a football club.

All of them but JDT and mayyybe Eustace were definitely on the scrapheap at the time they arrived here.

Batth was let go by Sunderland because they improved their squad to challenge for promotion and actually spend money. We clearly have no interest in promotion based on the last 10 years, nor do we have two pennies to rub together, so we're shopping in a completely different basket. He's still leagues ahead of anything it looks like we'll spend on. Doesn't mean he isn't good for our level, just not good enough for teams at the top end with real ambition and financial backing.

Hyam still playing every minute is as much an indictment on our recruitment than anything, but in any case that wasn't my point at all. My point was that if I was to choose out of Travis, Brittain, Tronstad and Hyam he's by far the least important to the team. Batth is clearly the bigger loss of the two CBs.

It would be sods law if he was the the only one who signed - of all the players with a year left he's probably the one I wouldn't care about leaving. Any time he doesn't have someone more experienced next to him he's a complete liability.

Brittain was a significant cog in our late season resurgence at the end of last season. As with the other positions we have, we'll replace them with European relegation candidates with zero league experience and pray that they can do something. There is only so long this kind of "strategy" can pay off before you begin tumbling down the leagues. We might just be very lucky that Sheff Weds and Hull are in a direr position than we are.

Our squad depth is appalling and one of the main reasons we will never get promoted under this ownership.

Fair enough, I tend to pay little attention to them and suspect that shirt is a bit before my time. In any case, use the colours of the crest more, not just one of them.

Longer than that right? I'm sure they were talking about it in April. Constant talk of action and nothing happening - has always been the Venkys MO.

These kits are alright, but not for this season. As others have said, this shirt should have had the BwD coat of arms on, and possibly some gold trim. I'd argues green and black halves makes more sense than the two greens as well. For the home, I get that there is going to be an "anniversary" kit but a Port Vale style throwback would have been nice too. The one we have has absolutely nothing special about it. As with everything Venkys, it's minimal effort to try and extract as much money out of the core fanbase as possible without offering anything in return.

Maybe it's just me but it's hard to consider a club "competitive" as a fan or a player if they have just chosen to be relegated. Who would want to be part of a team that could never be promoted because they don't want to invest in success?