Money is king, more so in the modern game than ever before. As hard as it is to accept, Burnley have the upper hand at the moment and have had for a good few years, for it to change it would take either them missing out on going back up for a few seasons and losing the parachute money or for The Rovers to somehow scramble their way up and get their feet on the bottom rung of the Premiership money ladder.
Again as hard as it is to take, especially with emotions being so raw after today's pasting, neither of those things are likely to happen this season BUT we live in hope. That hope would be that the owners would dig deep into their pockets in January and back the manager with big money and speculate to accumulate.
We've got some good young talent, no doubt about that, but we need something to bond that talent together, we need some experienced seasoned battlers, today showed that up more than ever. We need some steel to go with the talent.
I'm as disappointed as anyone, that warm horrible feeling I got all over my body when that first goal went in was hard to describe, it was like the feeling you get when someone gives you the worst of worst news, I felt physically sick.
But today of all days we should remember that it's not the end of the world, worse things will happen to every one of us and it also doesn't mean that this season is lost. We're still 3rd, we've still got the chance to strengthen in January and it's still not impossible that we could find our way into the top 6 by the end of the season. Preston will be an ideal game to bounce back in after the break, another local Derby but at home and a chance to put today's shit show behind us and kick on.
I'm still staying positive and will obviously still be giving the team and the manager my 100% support when it matters - during the games.
Sad BUT...............COYBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS