We’ve been here several times before, but this also feels different.
Luke Thomas, Zain Westbrooke, Trevor Clarke, Sylvester Jasper, Bobby Thomas - all players who have been publicly named, shamed and criticised to varying degrees by Joey Barton during their time at Bristol Rovers.
But with the greatest of respect to each of those individuals, three were loanees and the other two largely peripheral squad players who, for whatever reasons, had been unable to make significant and sustained impacts in the first team and therefore not generated a level of affection with the fanbase.
