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Rammeister

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    Rammeister reacted to jono in Paul Warne   
    I was very much a let’s see what happens when he came. Guys like Cocu who dream of something better always appeal more to me but here was a pragmatist with method for a purpose. One thing I was certain about was patience. Merry go round sackings just don’t work. PW has really grown on me. There’s a lot of intelligence behind the quirky remarks and he built a dressing room. I like him.
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    Rammeister reacted to Allen in Paul Warne   
    Honestly feel PW has done an excellent job and some people do not give him the credit he thoroughly deserves. It’s only two years since we were on the verge of extinction and had been stripped back to just about nothing.Think Rosenior (for putting together the basis of the squad that got us up), DC (for having the courage of his convictions) and Warne deserve enormous credit. Don’t get me wrong. PW’s no Pep/Klopp but I honestly feel he is about the nearest we can get at our level. I was a Warne doubter when he joined but have slowly begun to realise what a fantastic football man he is.
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    Rammeister reacted to Srg in Transfer rumours   
    First time on social media?
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    Rammeister reacted to MackworthRamIsGod in Roof on PP   
    Unfortunately when Mel Morris got a quote for a roof on Pride Park, the architects quoted wrong as they accidently drew the plans up based on Macclesfields stadium..
     
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    Rammeister got a reaction from i-Ram in Finance   
    Sophisticate?
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    Rammeister reacted to GB SPORTS in Worst Refereeing decision for and against Derby.   
    Any Decision in the two legged European Cup v Juve, still can't abide the cheating barstewards to this day, safe to say if they were playing the gumps, I'd want the gumps to beat them.
    As said previously the penalty against Rotherum in 86.
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    Rammeister reacted to angieram in Retained List   
    This is the goalkeepers' union with our promotion trophy. Jack holding the trophy. 
    How well do you think he'll stand up to being bullied by big forwards at corners? 
    Needs to grow and put some bulk on before we throw him to the wolves in the Championship.
    Fwiw, I've seen him play a fair bit. He's an excellent shot-stopper but has put the team in a mess with some rash passing out from the back.  
    Evans, on the right, is much stronger physically. Also a good shot-stopper, but had a bit of a 'mare in the Central League Cup final recently. 
    Neither of them are first-team ready.

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    Rammeister got a reaction from r_wilcockson in Retained List   
    I have no idea whether young Thompson is good enough or not, having not seen him play.
    What I do know is, that Donnarumna was Milan’s first choice keeper at 16 years old. 
    If you’re good enough you’re old enough…
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    Rammeister got a reaction from Kathcairns in Retained List   
    I have no idea whether young Thompson is good enough or not, having not seen him play.
    What I do know is, that Donnarumna was Milan’s first choice keeper at 16 years old. 
    If you’re good enough you’re old enough…
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    Rammeister got a reaction from Ramslad1992 in Retained List   
    I have no idea whether young Thompson is good enough or not, having not seen him play.
    What I do know is, that Donnarumna was Milan’s first choice keeper at 16 years old. 
    If you’re good enough you’re old enough…
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    Rammeister got a reaction from dajstrawb in Retained List   
    I have no idea whether young Thompson is good enough or not, having not seen him play.
    What I do know is, that Donnarumna was Milan’s first choice keeper at 16 years old. 
    If you’re good enough you’re old enough…
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    Rammeister reacted to Birdyabroad in Retained List   
    Yeah, but that AC Milan, we’re Derby County! 💪
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    Rammeister got a reaction from McMuffin in Retained List   
    I have no idea whether young Thompson is good enough or not, having not seen him play.
    What I do know is, that Donnarumna was Milan’s first choice keeper at 16 years old. 
    If you’re good enough you’re old enough…
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    Rammeister got a reaction from DiggerB in Paul Warne   
    Once you open the article - If you have an iPhone click ‘Aa’ in your search bar then   ‘Show Reader’ on the top left hand side and it gets rid of all the ads etc.
    Dunno if Android have an equivalent.
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    Rammeister reacted to i-Ram in Viktor Johansson - gone to Stoke   
    Rotherham you say.
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    Rammeister reacted to Dimmu in How impressive is PW as a coach?   
    Bit of a contradiction there Bris. First, you describe a big part of tactics and in the next sentence, you dismiss it. 
    To answer the original question:
    I'm not sure if talking only about Warne is fair as coaching is strongly a team effort.
     I've seen Warneball being called physical, so why did he have a midfield of Hourihane and Bird for about half of the season? Or that Warneball is putting crosses in? What kind of tactics would you choose if you had Collins upfront? Crosses maybe? Or the other way around, did Didzy score countless goals because we put a lot of crosses in? Nope, we played to his strengths. If I'd describe Warneball to an outsider, I'd call it pragmatic, fluid, and mixable while using our strengths and making the most of our opponent's weaknesses. Attention to detail is a strength when we talk about football management.
    Just to highlight how fluid our tactics are: I've seen us defending with 5-3-2, 5-4-1, 4-5-1, 4-4-1-1 all in the same game. Well, we all have because it happened often when Bradley was brought on. 
    I think he has only two aims when setting his tactics. Firstly, how to get the most out of the striker (how much Didzy, Waggy, Collins, and Gayle have scored, I think he's got that right). The second aim is how to help our keeper to keep a clean sheet. (The least goals conceded in EFL is some achievement). If these two are not about tactics, then what is? And tactics need coaching. With confidence and some experience, I claim that is not an easy part of coaching. 
    So, tactics are a massive part of coaching and they have excelled. Another would be increasing the player's ability and that's tougher to measure. I haven't seen as fit team as the current one is in ages and it's part of improving the player's ability. Yes, it may have caused some injuries, but that's football. Also, they managed to teach Sibley to play as LWB. On the first try, he was horrible at it but played okay as fullback when he had a player in front of him. It's a testament to Sibbo and the coaching team, and during the run-in, his performances as LWB turned out to be one of the developmental highlights.
    It'll sure be an interesting summer ahead. Will we build a midfield like Hourihane-Bird or Adams-Smith-Thommo? They don't have much in common, but the question is, will they continue to be the ones who'll be sacrificed when we aim to be at our best in both boxes?
    I think Warne has shown to be an excellent manager, who seems to be able to build a bunch of individuals into a cohesive group and I really appreciate that. At the same time, my personal preference would be much sexier, quick short-passing champagne football. Maybe it'll come when we have the players for it.
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    Rammeister reacted to Walkley Ram in How impressive is PW as a coach?   
    Babe wake up, new Paul Warne thread just dropped.
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    Rammeister reacted to sage in Player holidays   
    If you'd been married you'd know that you wouldn't be the one doing the cutting. 
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    Rammeister reacted to Anag Ram in Player holidays   
    Stephen Pearce is taking the transfer kitty to Vegas.
    Who knows?
     

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    Rammeister reacted to HorsforthRam in Punjabi Rams Charity Dinner   
    We’re nearing 200 attendees 🙏🏽🙏🏽
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    Rammeister reacted to Gaspode in Recruitment Team   
    possibly in the next transfer window?

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    Rammeister reacted to Crewton in Paul Warne   
    I've always believed in giving manager's time. The only manager I can recall actively calling for the removal of was Tommy Docherty. I agreed with the removal of both John Gregory and Phil Brown because the situation was desperate at the time, though I had sympathy for the latter because of the difficulties of working under that particular regime. I always thought that calls for Warne's sacking were shortsighted and that some posters went well beyond reasonable criticism, and I think I made my views pretty clear along the way. The proliferation of anti-Warne threads were spoiling the forum. Some posters seemed to be on personal missions to get the manager out, fortunately few of them were "regulars".
    The only thing that really matters is that David Clowes stayed loyal to his man, a quality I greatly admire. There's always room to improve some aspect of performance, style and results, and I appreciated the contributions of those who have identified those aspects and put their arguments across thoughtfully. I'd like to think that within the management team those aspects have also been identified and will be addressed, budget permitting in some cases, but for now let's just enjoy stage one of "mission accomplished".
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    Rammeister reacted to Eddie in Paul Warne   
    No names, but some of the comments in the "Warne Out Out" thread are just embarrassing.
     
     
     
     
     
     
    That's just from the first couple of pages. No further comment from me required.
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    Rammeister got a reaction from europia in Players post-season trip to Las Vegas   
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