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1Wildsmith  6
24Nyambe  7
35Nelson  7
6Cashin  6
3Forsyth  6
11Méndez-Laing  6
Washington  6
12Smith  6
22Fornah  7
17Sibley  6
7Barkhuizen   6
10Waghorn  5
Wilson  6
9Collins. 7

Showing that he is interested in being a 'student of football', that he actually wants to be a manager and decides there is beauty in football, not just athleticism. 
Ain't never gonna happen though is it. #Leopardspots

To be fair we were only awful for the middle 60 minutes of the game. 
The first and last 15 were OK.
When I saw NML start on the left, it sadly summed up our tactical incompetence. Then bringing Wilson on on the wing with Barkhuizen still on the bench, ffs.
We have enough in the squad to beat the 6 or 8 bottom teams whilst playing badly. 
Hopefully Bird is back soon.
 
 
 

Don’t be deliberately obtuse. I want the manager to accept blame for the horrific performance, which 9 times out of 10 would result in a Derby loss, and focus on improving it. Wilfully ignoring the performance just because we got a fortune 3 points (largely as Carlisle were crap) will lead us nowhere but down.
And who the f*** do you think you’re calling the sky generation?! I left my apartment in London at 7am this morning, won’t get back until midnight, and spent 8 hours and £100 in travel to watch that game today. Im gonna hazard a guess and say you probably didn’t do the same, as you prefer to spend your time on here bullying other forum members. 
Nothing annoys me more than that stereotype about “my generation”. We’ve been through hell and back with this football club, with almost no success in the last 20 years. But because we dare question the s**** performances of the team, we’re the problem? As I said to your other half on here, you keep your head in the sand, the rest of us won’t. This team is going nowhere playing like that, absolutely nowhere.
FWIW, I remember you making similar comments to me when I was critical of Mel Morris’ running of the club a few years back. Think that tells everyone all they need to know about you. 

I have no problem playing badly every now and then and winning. 
Not all victories under McClaren were swashbuckling. I seem to recall one week where we registered three 1-0 wins in succession over Sheff Wed, Bournemouth and QPR in 2013/14 and none of them were pretty.
But it’s a complete cop out from the manager to say he’d take 20 1-0 wins playing crap, because it justifies playing crap.
Warne is a poor coach. Or his coaches are poor coaches. Playing the way he does requires the least amount of technical coaching. 
I just don’t see any long-term benefits playing this way. At some point Warne will have to adapt. 
I can be on board if Warne is just a stepping stone to getting out of League One and then we turn to somebody like Mowbray to progress.
But I’ve seen enough of Warne to know we have a poor coach on our hands and no long-term future with him (unless our goal is to remain a lower half Championship struggler).
 

What does our manager say to the players, or do with them during the week. This is horrific football. 

What does our manager say to the players, or do with them during the week. This is horrific football. 

As someone who has spent all but 4 years of my life in a different county (Staffordshire), I love the poem.

Really does know how to use different systems and tactics. 

 

Wildsmith 6
Wilson 7
Bradley 6
Radcliffe 6
Cashin 6
Barkhuizen 7
Washington 6
Collins 6
Sibley 7
Smith 7
Embleton 6
Mendez-Laing 7
Elder 5
Forsyth 6
Fornah 8

A much better performance that will hopefully push us on. More energy and better use of the ball. Wilson played really well and without fear which was refreshing to see.
However, they were a Lincoln City B team so let’s not get carried away - how an earth did they not latch on to our out ball - Cashin to Wilson every time !
Still I’m taking it as a positive but if Warne doesn’t play the likes of Wilson this weekend or we go back to the turgid crap we have been playing it will further increase the doubt I have about him….

That was so good to see the ball mostly played on the grass, what a difference that made. I would think that the players enjoyed it more as well as the supporters. I hope the manager also enjoyed watching it.

That was so good to see the ball mostly played on the grass, what a difference that made. I would think that the players enjoyed it more as well as the supporters. I hope the manager also enjoyed watching it.

That was so good to see the ball mostly played on the grass, what a difference that made. I would think that the players enjoyed it more as well as the supporters. I hope the manager also enjoyed watching it.

That was so good to see the ball mostly played on the grass, what a difference that made. I would think that the players enjoyed it more as well as the supporters. I hope the manager also enjoyed watching it.

Hmmm! If that was the case (and you are only guessing yourself), I would hope that our current manager was not the only name in front of him. If thoughts of entertaining his 25,000 ish customers is not high up in the chairman’s  thoughts, maybe it should be, because what we are seeing is poor disorganised football. 

I am hoping that the Chairman is already putting feelers out to rectify his massive mistake in recruiting Warne and his team; has he got the balls to do it though. 

1Wildsmith   6
35Nelson   7
6Cashin  6
3Forsyth  7
11Méndez-Laing  5
17Sibley  6
12Smith  7
4Hourihane  6
Embleton  6
22Fornah  6
20Elder  6
Barkhuizen  6
10Waghorn  6
14Washington  5
9Collins  6
The referee a solid 9
Our manager a despairing 3 

To me it just looks like the players aren't enjoying what they are being asked to do. 

As dreadful as that was, I'll offer some caveats.
We have a lot of people out with Hourihane now added to that.
Barkhuizen, Embleton, Wilson and  Sibley aren't fit enough to start yet. NML has been halfway round the world, therefore our lack of creativity for the first hour wasn't a surprise.
I don't expect a dramatic improvement when more players are fit, but realistically you can only offer the final judgement on Warne this season until he has that opportunity.
I'm not a fan of this football and if it doesn't improve drastically over the next 4 games, I'm officially in the Warne Out camp.
 
 

One positive today was the referee. Thought she was the best we’ve had since being in League One. 

Turgid, attritional hoofball.
Ugh.

Forsyth, nelson, wags (for trying) and wildsmith only ones to come out with any credit that game.
Rest are just so poor.
But I'm starting to blame the manager for most of that. He
He had his chance to bring in exciting technical, althletic players and then buys players like elder which don't fit the system he wants to play bizarre 

It's just draining isn't it, Clowes needs to act before this season fades into nothing. He didn't hestitate to get rid of Roseiner. Why Warne? It was a clear mistake getting him.

County 0 - Pompey 1