Terrible window. We needlessly spunked most of our budget on a reserve goalie; Ennis is a crock; Tronstad looks way off so far; the German is a million miles off However, Sigurrson looks promising, Moran is learning on the job with us and looks a prospect for Brighton; jury out on Hill who looked decent against Cardiff.

If we set up as we have been doing, we'll lose again. If Tomasson recognises that he needs to stiffen the midfield up, we may get a draw.

To me, he doesn't look suited to the English game. It's too quick for him.

I genuinely think we're heading straight on into a relegation scrap. We're so easy to play against and so easy to scrore against. Tomasson needs to swallow his pride and look to grind out a few draws.

Involuntarily laughting at the idea that a top 5 English club would touch Tomasson with a barge pole. Andd absolutely pissing myself laughing at the notion that he'll be managing in the top flight with Rovers.

Ibrox would be a good move for Tomasson.

Someone described the Rovers to me the other day as now being a 'pointless club'. I pondered on it for a day or so, before realising what they meant. There's no ambition here, other than to just about exist, to get running costs down to bare bones, to stay just above FFP, sell an odd player here and there when it hits the fan, and hopefully keep plodding along low-mid table without getting relegated. This is what we've got to look forward to under these owners and execs.

But, but, but....we would have been stupid to sell Diaz whilst we were challenging for the top 6........

The point, Chaddy, is that there is massive financial discrepancy between the PL clubs and the rest of the football pyramid. That's why beneath the PL and the parachute payment clubs, football in England is in such a financial mess, If you don't see, understand, or agree with this, that's your perogative. But when at the same time you're rubbishing the Euro Super League, which was set up for the sole purpose of financially rewarding the supposed 'elite' clubs don't forget, then I find your viewpoint rather hypocritical.

In spite of it being an enjoyable game, the atmosphere was non-existent, compounded by the decision to shut the BBE and effectively split up our 'singers'. Fair play to the 200 or so Cardiff fans, who made a good effort I thought.

I really enjoyed it last night, it was a very entertaining game of football from both sides I thought. Moran, Sigursson and Markanday were all very good. On the not so good...to put it politely, Telavonic is best described as 'wooden' going off last night's showing,

I'm sure that the billboard sponsor over the Riverside half way line at the last game was The Footy Curry. Fair play to them, but I can't imagine that brings in much dosh.

For a supposed e-commerce operation, what an absolute shambles. The outage must be for non-technical reasons. Waggot, just go. You're done.

Anyone else get the feeling that things are conspiring against us? Hedges is IMO a poor player, but he's another body down in addition to Ennis & Gallagher, meaning that we're even more reliant on the likes of Dolan. We could well be looking over our shoulders in a couple of games.

As otherrs have suggested, it would be very interesting to see from the club exactly what they expect these cost savings to be, and how the numbers were derived. It;s all a smoke screen IMO.

And by comparison, how much did non-parachute receiving clubs get over the same period? That's the point.

The bottom 3 have not won a game in 16, and have amassed the grand total of 3 points.

The main reason why the PL is so boring/uncompetitive and why the rest of the English football pyramid is, in comparison, in such a shit shape, is primarly due to the fact that the top PL teams retain the bulk of the commercial income. And the reason why the 12 or so original member of the ESL publically promoted it in the first place, was because they wanted to retain the bulk of the financial income from that. It's all about the same thing; greed. The ESL only failed - for now at least - due to public backlash. Without doubt, those clubs who subsequently publically distanced themselves from it (City, Liverpool et al), will still be keeping a watching brief and having closed door conversations with the 3 clubs you mention. The motives of the top PL teams and the motives of the ESL clubs are one and the same - greed at the expense of the wider football world. It's hypocritcal to state that the top PL teams should retain the bulk of the PL money, but to then to criticise the ESL for the same thing.

Looking at the seat planner on the club website, tickets are available to purchase in all 4 sections of the JW Cardiff fans will, therefore, be housed in the DE as usual. To be clear then....Waggot is alienating BBE supporters for supposed 'financial' reasons, but is not taking the same approach for Cardiff supporters who, as has been pointed out, could easily be accomodated in the JW lower DE. Waggott is an utter disgrace.

I don't think Wharton is lazy, as such. Rather, he doesn't have the engine to do what's being asked of him.

The hypocrisy of, on one hand, suggesting that PL clubs should not redistribute their wealth, but, on the other hand, being vehemently against the Euro Super League....

Tomasson picks Dolan because it's been a toss up between him, Hedges and Markanday. ie not much choice at all.

He's what, 27 or 28 years old? At that age, and with all the shortcomings you highlight, then I'm afrraid he will remain what he is; a bang average journeyman. He hardly ever creates, hardly ever scores, and doesn't take responsibility with the ball.

The guy just cares about one thing, and that is defnitely not what the supporters think or want.

Play like we did in te second half last night, and we'll be on for some real pastings. This could be one of them.