NOTSA74

Sibbo isn't our Greek god laid low, but he's got more firepower and creativity in his little toe than Washington. He needs a run of games in the no.10 position with the freedom to run with the ball, be creative with it, take risks and have runners around him to open up that space. 

The hallmark of a good coach/manager is to improve his players , I don’t think Warne is doing this . Many of them are worse than when they came 

The Sibley position. PW's had long enough to work out how to get the best out of him and many others. Today made me think he's def not going to. Also Tommo came in because he had to. Now would like him gone before we lose the last few youngsters if not already too late. 

You have to think that if Steele on RD is giving Warne a hard time, then others with good football knowledge will also be doing the same (whether out loud or internally).

Knee jerk doesn’t describe peoples feelings after 13 months surely??
Aye look at the paying fans, wanting to see derby play some good football in the 3rd division of English football. Such entitlement 

4 seasons compared to 19.  2 at championship level.  Mostly out wide and based on game minutes, far less than 4 seasons.
Washingtons not fit to wash his pants.

I've really really really wanted to give Warne the benefit of the doubt. 
Even after watching that, I was still just about onside, let's face it Collins should have scored at least once today, that's not on the manager.
His Radio Derby interview has tipped me over the edge.
Giving up midfield as a deliberate ploy when facing the 24th best team in the league, without a single goal to their name all season, how on earth do the squad take confidence in their abilities when that's the managers mindset?
Even if that attitude was successful over a season, what happens beyond?  
Ipswich are running wild in the division above, having been promoted last season, can anyone honestly see a PW led Derby County doing the same if we somehow squeaked promotion this year? 
He talks a good game, but plays a pretty poor one.

Worried about their overload in midfield? The side who hadn't scored a league goal before today had Warne worried? This is us in a nutshell we get worried about teams we are miles better than. Respect them by all means but just play our game and beat them with the superior quality  

Sure I just heard our head 'coach' say our plan was to not use the midfield at all.  Dynamic thinking against a side of giants who can't move but can head all day.  My plan was too not use the central areas at all and get it out wide every time.  
Then a surly load of nonsense when questioned about Sibley.  

He replaced Barkhuisen, our main threat, with a man who wouldn’t be dangerous with a box of lit fireworks in a petrol station.

Its a football forum? 

My take is if Warne hadn't got lucky inheriting McGoldrick last season we'd have been mid table mediocrity which is roughly where we're on track for this season. But he's probably got the wage bill of a top 2 side even with the restrictions. Nowhere near good enough. 

A quarter of the way through the season and a team without a goal and only 1 point have just scored against us and taken a point off us. 
 
A quarter of the way into the season I’d hope as the pre seasons favourites, we’d be performing well enough to not slip up on this banana skin. We should be hitting our stride about now. It is two points dropped as well because the old adage of ‘win your home games and any point away is a good point’ doesn’t work when we’re not winning at home. 
 
Blackpool gave some respite for me. We attacked them when they left gaps but today was like a home game (our fans were louder, playing a side were huge favourites to beat) and it’s another disappointing result. It was a missed opportunity to go into the international break on a high with back to back wins. 
 
I know it’s no surprise I just don’t think Warne will get us up. I want him to. I want him to be successful because if he’s successful it means we are but I just cannot see it. Coming up to 13 months in charge which isn’t a small amount of time these days. 
You can point to the Collins missed chance and he should be scoring but for 50 minutes in the first half we were garbage and came out the traps so slowly. 

Warne out.

Need a goal and the player named by the manager as the best finisher in the club......never gets off bench...... pathetic management.

Not bringing on Sibley in that game tells you everything you need to know about PW. 

Warne quite simply hasn't got the right mentality to be the Derby manager.

Because we have with the exception of Blackpool and half an hour against Peterborough been absolutely dreadful all season.

Why isn’t the clown sacked yet? 

I think the debate will continue long into the international break tbh unless our second half performance (against the worst team in this division by the way) is much improved. 
 
Results can go some way to papering over cracks but that first half was grim in parts. 

I understand the decision to rest Bird but I don’t understand replacing him with a striker which changes our shape which was so effective midweek. If Sibley can’t get in to replace Bird in that advanced role of the midfield 3 then maybe he needs to get his agent to find him a club who will consistently play him. 
 
 

Cheltenham 1 (one) Derby 0

I don’t hate Paul Warne, I don’t dislike Paul Warne, I just don’t rate Paul Warne and can’t stand listening to him. This isn’t a new thing for me, it’s how I have felt for about 5 years now.
I am now trying my very hardest to appreciate him, and results like that on Tuesday and away to Peterborough help me with that. If he gets us up this season I will acknowledge and enjoy the achievement, but I have said it a few times before that I think any broadly competent coach ought to be able to get this squad up this season. We have a strong squad in a very weak league.
However, I still don’t think whatever happens that his football is ever going to be particularly pretty or organised and for that reason I do hope if he does get us promoted we still consider replacing him with someone with a record of achievement in the Championship. If he fails for a second season he should be sacked regardless.
Up the Rams!

Whilst we have a manager who prefers not to have the ball than have it, I’m going to struggle to support him.
It’s amazing really - when the team plays football we score goals - all three at Blackpool were super, so why doesn’t he encourage that style of play more often?

Tedious and patronising.  Cheers.