KEITH JACKSON: Are you having a laugh? Someone at the club may have thought it sounded like a good idea but this 1000 word apology of a statement felt more like an attempt to gaslight the supporters rather than reconnect with them. Invisible man CEO Michael Nicholson must have signed off on it but didn’t put his name to it. That just about sums it up. ‌

SCOTT MCDERMOTT: No chance. If anything, the club’s long-winded statement will only infuriate the punters more. They say there were mitigating factors to why they didn’t spend in the window – so tell supporters what they were. ‌

‌MICHAEL GANNON: Absolutely no chance. The summer was a bin fire and the board have just chucked in a jerry can full of petrol. Blaming UEFA, the media and nasty clubs and players wanting too much money

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