Ouch.

You can't even trust it when he's at Brockhall holding the shirt up for the press release.

One year deal with a one year option in the club's favour. I think it's pretty clear they're unwilling to commit to new contracts beyond 12 months because they have no idea whether the money will be there to pay them once the Wharton / Raya / Kaminski / Wahlsted / Telalovic / Szmodics transfer fees are used up. It does really feel like we're in the end times.

They're selling everything of value to maintain their hold on the club - they don't care what division the club finds itself in. Clearly they're predicting that the Indian court case is going to go against them.

It's more an indictment on the quality of Dolan and Gallagher than an endorsement of what replaces them.

To be fair I'm not sure we'd miss Dolan and Gallagher.

You saw it in the post match interview after the Leicester game with him and JRC - he was professional, but non-committal about this season. He wants to go and fair play to him.

In a vacuum it's a good deal for us. That's a massive profit. Obviously all of the money will just disappear into running costs so these scumbags can hold onto the club for a while longer.

Pretty sure Birmingham were taken over by rich Americans who give a fuck.

There's a strategy?

Considering it's been delayed at least twice, I'm hoping very likely. Otherwise Rovers continue to limp along into oblivion.

Hilton made a good low save diving to his right from a shot outside the box.

Yes we can. What we know is that we have no pace or directness. Pickering can't get up and down that flank, Dolan is slow and Gallagher is Gallagher. On the other flank Brittain is quick enough, but he's not fast and struggles to get back when we lose possession high up the field. Sigurdson was terrible today, just strolling around. It's obvious to everyone that we need two new wide players and a #9. If Szmodics leaves we need a #10.

That's the enigma - if you could ever convince him that he doesn't actually need that extra touch on the ball and to actually look for the ball he'd be a much better player than he currently is. As it is he strolls around the pitch thinking he's got all the time in the world.

Buckley remains an odd combination of extremely talented, lazy, cocky and unathletic. Such a fascinating player to watch stroll around a random pitch in Austria.

Friendly game between the reserves and their lot are still throwing themselves to the ground and holding their heads for a slight shirt pull. Game's gone.

Hilton in net to start the other game - why did we sign this Everton lad then? 'Cos we know Hilton isn't good enough.

By far the better team in the second... third? Half? Whatever we're calling that second 30 mins (as both teams have emptied the benches for this third period). Far more intensity. The problems still remain though, we're bereft of quality.

This left foot / right foot combination standing over a corner like it's a free kick is new.

Nah we look like what we are - a team bereft of quality players upfront (and in goal).

They bundled JRC down when he was clean through on goal - red card and a pen. Ref bottled it. They've also been kicking lumps out of Sigurdson.

Worryingly this is middling second division German side. They look much better than us.

There's no pace in the side, so we can't counter attack effectively (or really stretch the pitch) and conversely we're very easy to break on. It's been a problem for years.

We have nothing upfront and nothing in the net. We're going down.

The starting one isn't either.