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I enjoyed the result and I enjoyed two very good goals. However, I was disappointed with our performance for the first 60 minutes. If that makes me a member of your so called “performance police” then guilty as charged.

Two great goals.
The rest was a pile of s****. We all know it and it really isn’t good enough. We need Forsyth and Nyambe back as soon as possible and the midfield needs addressing urgently. 
Curris Davies deserved his warm ovation at the end. What a man.
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Dont know where to start with that. Terrible first half snd start of second. Excellent free kick from Max after poor first half. Big big difference in mood and impact after the subs especially from Max - like a different player. Bradley really calmed things down. Amazing goal from Collins. Their number 6 dirtiest player have seen off ball for very long time.  Pleased that Curtis got the respectful goodby he deserved - take note Mason Bennett. 

Now my rant. OK sibs wasnt perfect but he did well for whole match not in his position rather just 20 minutes towards the end as some did. Warne really annoyed me (for a change) in post-match interview - couldnt just say he stepped in and did well - had to have a go few times about a penalty like the time he said he was worst tackler in the squad. And some on here ask what has happened to Sibley - would say those sort of comments on a daily basis are probably what's happened. Like those little comments he used to make always about Didzy. Tommo back plays ok then back on bench. Fornah made good start at club then disappeared. Wildsmith - what's happened there? He's all about certain players like Collo, CH and plays games withe rest. I dont buy the jovial PW act - I think he plays mind games to get the best out of players but actually comes across as snarky and nasty. And will never get best out of people.  If he's like that in public..... 
if he starts CH next match says everything about him as a manager

Exactly this. It's bullying. Does the manager think he's being funny? Shame on him, steadily chip chip chipping away at the players who aren't in his clique. For me the best case scenario is we scrape up, Warne gets found out (as he surely will) early next season and we move quickly to bring in another manager.

Another absolutely rancid display by a team that deserved all the booing they got at half time. You’d they’d want to show a reaction after Reading, but they just carried on where they left off.
Tactics all wrong by Warne as well, he has to stop with this two in midfield s*** - it’s no coincidence our bad performances have started since we switched to 4-4-2. Absolutely awful system that has no place in the modern game. Totally overrun yet again.
Fed up of our only tactic being launch it to the wings and whip it in - it’s so one dimensional. When we actually use the midfield and try to play a bit of football through the thirds, then we look so much better! Why can our dinosaur of a manager not see this…
Im beginning to really dislike this team itself, as well as the fraud in the dug out. At least the team that went down had some character. This lot couldn’t give a f***. And as for captain Hourihane… words can’t describe my feelings towards his “leadership”.
We were so lucky to win that game today, it’s only a moment of individual quality from Max Bird that turned it around. It’s time this manager and this team got a f****** grip. Performances this week have been truly pathetic, were meant to be the best team in the league!

a stunning free kick got us into the game,the only piece of football played in the entire match got us 3 points,there is no excuse for the total dross served up for the rest of the game

Our midfield is nonexistent, Collins is no goalscorer, just gets lucky often, Bird hides all game long, Warne is not fit for Sunday league, we won in spite of our players.
Am I doing this right?

We are winning this in spite of Warne. We are winning simply because we have better players, and it has been the case many times this season.
It’s garbage football over and over again.

Big cheer for Hourihane going off 😮

I’m seriously lost for words to describe how bad we are and how I feel right now.
It’s just atrocious. Almost as if the players have decided to throw everything away deliberately- they couldn’t be any worse.
Self destruction . 

Hourihane doesn’t look like he cares. Get him off

I have to agree. The wins came despite the poor football we've been playing. You can get away with playing badly and winning, but once the wins dry up, the pressure is back on. It's the results that kept the moaners quiet, not the performances.

Warne out. I don't care if we turn this game around. It's just the absolute worst dross I can recall us playing.

We only have one way of playing- everyone knows it. Hence all you have to do is stop us giving the ball out wide and moving upfield on the flanks. It’s the old Einstein statement (and I’m paraphrasing) about not being able to expect different results if u keep on making the same mistakes- ie do things differently if u want to change the outcomes. Quite clearly something that PW doesn’t understand.
But u also have to question the players…. It’s as if they have never played football as a team game before…. Basic stuff unable to be done.
Quite amazing to watch how bad we have become. Seriously depressing.

Apart from the football, that first half was excellent.

About 70 seconds of sustained pressure and the fans are applauding loudly. 
 
They want to get behind the lads. It doesn’t take much for them to be behind the lads. Just give them something to cling to. Some tiny sparks of football. 

Cheltenham are a team of players who were so bad it took about 11 games to score their first goal. Their budget will be peanuts and yet under this new gaffer they’re playing above the sum of the parts. 
 
Our players are capable of so much more. Give them a canvas and plan to go and do it on. 

Barks dispossessed in his own box, like a seven stone weakling.

Agreed. The lack of movement in our forward line is abysmal. I've also been watching Hourihane closely. He makes his pass, then doesn't make himself available to take it back. Passes, then just lazily walks around a bit. Did it early on to Wilson and left him isolated in the corner. There's no work for each other. Just lots of walking, standing still, and hoping someone else does all the graft.

Chris Martin, still seems to have lot to offer at this level 10 goals in 13 starts. Would be on a free, probably not a lot in wages. 6 month deal to end of season and opportunity to come back and score a few for us an ultimately get us and be our hero again. Worth a punt? He’s got to be a better option than what we’ve got already. 

I don't need to read the post- no.
(But having read the thread, also no. Criticism yes, personal digs, no.)

He doesn't deserve to be called a charlatan or gym teacher, that's very harsh. We can't argue that he is very successful at this level of football. With this budget and calibre of players, we should be a top 3 team in this league comfortably regardless of manager. And we are challenging for promotion based on our position and points.
I'm not sure why I can't warm to Warne though. Is it because I have been used to watching a certain style of football for years and now we have gone back to good old fashioned "hit it wide and cross it"? I don't think he is maximising the best out of the squad and financial resources at his disposal. There is a sense when I watch the team we are winning purely because we have better players, nothing that Warne is doing tactically to win us matches. It feels like the bare minimum to win and a number of supporters don't want bare minimum. We should be dominating and the team are not doing it regularly. The league is there for the taking and we keep missing opportunities. 

I haven't been impressed with Bird and Hourihane, I would even argue they are the 2 we most need to replace and wouldn't miss them (controversial i know) 

I was definitely expecting more from Hourihane than what we have received. With Bird, i agree, I would happily swap him for a Eustace type but where do we find one of those.