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Couldn’t comment, never seen your nephew 

Couldn’t comment, never seen your nephew 

Maybe a bit dramatic

That rumoured German CB must have retired by now? 😂

Shame. I heard he was learning to drive on their car park.

Ok, I’ll kick it off……………available on a free! 😯
 
 

What if it’s an EFL tribunal and compares the value of Max Bird to a 13 year old from Morecambe though? 

If you read this forum you wouldn't go near any of our players on that basis.

f****** hell Roboto, I’m not actually managing them 😂

I'm not sure Collins is the ideal foil for JJ... JJ is much more technically gifted and Collins doesn't move well around him. They just don't gel either way you slice it, but they may improve if they play together more. Said it in the ratings thread, but there was a point in the first half where JJ was all the way out on the left touchline near the bench screaming for a ball to feet from Elder and he was completely ignored in favour of a safe pass to Cashin. He was visibly annoyed by it. We are still getting used to him playing, particularly from the start, we have to use him more at what he's good at.

Some thoughts from watching the highlights. For their first goal it's a clear foul on NML and the shot is deflected off Nelson who should have been a yard nearer.
Their second was a hell of a pass from Seddon, like a bullet and took a poorly positioned Elder out of the game, slip or not.
I was irritated by RD last night lavishing praise on Burton saying we were lucky. We've had 5 or 6 chances better than anything they created beyond the goals. Even in the second half, we've still created the better chances.
John-Jules was ok for 40-50 minutes which is all he has in him. Created the early NML chance then won the ball for our first goal.
He needs to build strength and fitness and I think Warne left him on too long last night 
 

Yeah because being 2nd in January was much more important than making sure we got 3 points. 

I find your constant sniping at Big Trav really irritating. 
He is only trying to tell us snippets he's heard and has got a lot more right than wrong.
Whereas what you're doing is totally negative.

Did enough to win that after letting them back into the game. So much room in midfield, I do think Warne should have put an extra midfielder on at 2-1 for John-Jules but these players have a history getting too comfortable and switching off
But after the equaliser, we created 3/4 good chances and were worthy of winning it
Said it before, say what you like about Hourihane defensively but he’s a match winner. When the ball drops at the edge of the box, no one in our squad can do what he does. 
The way we play, we could do with a number ten. Someone who can control the game, put their foot on the ball I those wobbly moments and calm everything down.
Quick word on Elder. He looks rusty to me, not played much football this season and you can tell - reluctant to put a cross in first half and defensively frail. In the middle of an promotion push, you can’t afford to carry him.

Did enough to win that after letting them back into the game. So much room in midfield, I do think Warne should have put an extra midfielder on at 2-1 for John-Jules but these players have a history getting too comfortable and switching off
But after the equaliser, we created 3/4 good chances and were worthy of winning it
Said it before, say what you like about Hourihane defensively but he’s a match winner. When the ball drops at the edge of the box, no one in our squad can do what he does. 
The way we play, we could do with a number ten. Someone who can control the game, put their foot on the ball I those wobbly moments and calm everything down.
Quick word on Elder. He looks rusty to me, not played much football this season and you can tell - reluctant to put a cross in first half and defensively frail. In the middle of an promotion push, you can’t afford to carry him.

Did enough to win that after letting them back into the game. So much room in midfield, I do think Warne should have put an extra midfielder on at 2-1 for John-Jules but these players have a history getting too comfortable and switching off
But after the equaliser, we created 3/4 good chances and were worthy of winning it
Said it before, say what you like about Hourihane defensively but he’s a match winner. When the ball drops at the edge of the box, no one in our squad can do what he does. 
The way we play, we could do with a number ten. Someone who can control the game, put their foot on the ball I those wobbly moments and calm everything down.
Quick word on Elder. He looks rusty to me, not played much football this season and you can tell - reluctant to put a cross in first half and defensively frail. In the middle of an promotion push, you can’t afford to carry him.

That beard is doing Martin Paterson no favours. He's not the best looking chap to begin with.

f****** hell Roboto, I’m not actually managing them 😂

I don’t understand where this idea of overpaying is coming from
I understand everyone’s very keen to avoid the mistakes of the past but surely what we’re actually trying to avoid is the Nick Blackman signing. A so-so player bought off the back of a purple patch, with years left on his deal and to satisfy a manager who knew him personally (only to be sacked almost immediately after, which won’t be happening to Warne)
He’s a talented player in his prime, at 26 he will have resale value, and only has six months left on his contract so will cost less than what he would do with e.g. three years left on his contract
Surely Blackett-Taylor won’t be overpriced because you’d hypothetically be able to sell him for more money this summer? Once you sign him, he’s immediately worth more than what you paid for him
By all accounts, he’s a player who has championship clubs interested so could be worth much more in the best case scenario where he helps us get promoted and gets a season in the championship with Derby under his belt
We also have one standout winger available in NML and no one fully claiming the other spot. Without factoring money into it, this looks like a sure fire way to improve the starting XI for a team chasing the automatics. It also lessens the catastrophic NML injury scenario that, IMO, is currently our most worrying “what if”
I’m unfortunately getting my hopes up on this one, seems like a doozy if we can pull it off and the sort of smart business we’ve rarely seen this past decade. Now I’ve said that, we’ll probably see him grinning next to a Huddersfield Town shirt this time next week

I don’t understand where this idea of overpaying is coming from
I understand everyone’s very keen to avoid the mistakes of the past but surely what we’re actually trying to avoid is the Nick Blackman signing. A so-so player bought off the back of a purple patch, with years left on his deal and to satisfy a manager who knew him personally (only to be sacked almost immediately after, which won’t be happening to Warne)
He’s a talented player in his prime, at 26 he will have resale value, and only has six months left on his contract so will cost less than what he would do with e.g. three years left on his contract
Surely Blackett-Taylor won’t be overpriced because you’d hypothetically be able to sell him for more money this summer? Once you sign him, he’s immediately worth more than what you paid for him
By all accounts, he’s a player who has championship clubs interested so could be worth much more in the best case scenario where he helps us get promoted and gets a season in the championship with Derby under his belt
We also have one standout winger available in NML and no one fully claiming the other spot. Without factoring money into it, this looks like a sure fire way to improve the starting XI for a team chasing the automatics. It also lessens the catastrophic NML injury scenario that, IMO, is currently our most worrying “what if”
I’m unfortunately getting my hopes up on this one, seems like a doozy if we can pull it off and the sort of smart business we’ve rarely seen this past decade. Now I’ve said that, we’ll probably see him grinning next to a Huddersfield Town shirt this time next week

I don’t understand where this idea of overpaying is coming from
I understand everyone’s very keen to avoid the mistakes of the past but surely what we’re actually trying to avoid is the Nick Blackman signing. A so-so player bought off the back of a purple patch, with years left on his deal and to satisfy a manager who knew him personally (only to be sacked almost immediately after, which won’t be happening to Warne)
He’s a talented player in his prime, at 26 he will have resale value, and only has six months left on his contract so will cost less than what he would do with e.g. three years left on his contract
Surely Blackett-Taylor won’t be overpriced because you’d hypothetically be able to sell him for more money this summer? Once you sign him, he’s immediately worth more than what you paid for him
By all accounts, he’s a player who has championship clubs interested so could be worth much more in the best case scenario where he helps us get promoted and gets a season in the championship with Derby under his belt
We also have one standout winger available in NML and no one fully claiming the other spot. Without factoring money into it, this looks like a sure fire way to improve the starting XI for a team chasing the automatics. It also lessens the catastrophic NML injury scenario that, IMO, is currently our most worrying “what if”
I’m unfortunately getting my hopes up on this one, seems like a doozy if we can pull it off and the sort of smart business we’ve rarely seen this past decade. Now I’ve said that, we’ll probably see him grinning next to a Huddersfield Town shirt this time next week

Is it possible to actually voice a negative, pessimistic or even really any alternative opinion to the (for want of a better word) "pro-Warne" narrative without "contributing to the negative dialogue"?
I agree that there are those who simply don't like him and will jump on any bad moment to use against him. 
But it also really concerns me when reasonable criticisms are just shouted down as "moaning", "wrist slashing" and other such terms.
If we are not given a space to criticise and debate managers/players/owners you can end up with a situation where they are essentially allowed to get away with murder and anyone trying to criticise them just gets shouted down. See: Mel Morris.

Not necessarily, us Martinites would start a campaign to install him as our manager. 😉

f****** hell Roboto, I’m not actually managing them 😂