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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from norwichram in Curtis   
    Today's consequences were hugely disproportionate to Curtis' "crime", if indeed any crime was committed - which is debatable. I will always be appreciative of his professionalism and absolute class as a man in our recent troubled times.

    Sir, I doff my cap to you and wish you the very best for your future. I would have no problem with you being a part of our squad next season. A classy individual.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from TomTom92 in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from Pikeyram in Curtis   
    Today's consequences were hugely disproportionate to Curtis' "crime", if indeed any crime was committed - which is debatable. I will always be appreciative of his professionalism and absolute class as a man in our recent troubled times.

    Sir, I doff my cap to you and wish you the very best for your future. I would have no problem with you being a part of our squad next season. A classy individual.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from Miggins in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from 1977 Ram Raider in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from Rammy03 in Curtis   
    Today's consequences were hugely disproportionate to Curtis' "crime", if indeed any crime was committed - which is debatable. I will always be appreciative of his professionalism and absolute class as a man in our recent troubled times.

    Sir, I doff my cap to you and wish you the very best for your future. I would have no problem with you being a part of our squad next season. A classy individual.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from Ewe Ram in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from FindernRam in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
  9. COYR
    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from Zag zig in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from ariotofmyown in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from Sly in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from BramcoteRam84 in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from Ramifications in Curtis   
    Today's consequences were hugely disproportionate to Curtis' "crime", if indeed any crime was committed - which is debatable. I will always be appreciative of his professionalism and absolute class as a man in our recent troubled times.

    Sir, I doff my cap to you and wish you the very best for your future. I would have no problem with you being a part of our squad next season. A classy individual.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from 1967Ram in Curtis   
    Today's consequences were hugely disproportionate to Curtis' "crime", if indeed any crime was committed - which is debatable. I will always be appreciative of his professionalism and absolute class as a man in our recent troubled times.

    Sir, I doff my cap to you and wish you the very best for your future. I would have no problem with you being a part of our squad next season. A classy individual.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from FlyBritishMidland in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
  16. COYR
    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from LittleEatonRam in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from hintonsboots in Are we flat track bullies?   
    Haha. I've heard that term more times today reading this forum than all of my 58 years combined. Is it the buzz phrase du jour?

    Are we all Americanising? Strange, the recent obsession with this phrase. "Hey Joe, if anyone flat-track bullies me, I'll moida da bum"
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from therealhantsram in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster got a reaction from DiggerB in We just fell short. We have to accept and deal with it. It's not a time for the "blame game".   
    Without parroting the "we only had 5 players just before the season started" mantra over and over again, the truth is at least 5 teams in our league, were at a far more advanced stage of team development than us - and it showed.

    We got off to a slow start because of it, we had a squad relatively thin in numbers, which told on occasions - and that, ultimately was the difference between a play-off spot, or better - and not.

    We could argue PW wasn't good enough, terrible key refereeing decisions in games, but ultimately lack of consistency cost us.

    I'd argue, at the start of the season, the average expectation of our final position would be somewhere between 10th and 4th - and we pretty much performed as expected. Yes, we had a few star recruits like McGoldrick and Hourihane, in their twilight years, but you need strength throughout.

    Recruiting late, and basically being stuck with those players with little or no wiggle room throughout the season, was no substitute for teams that were better planned and more organised than us.

    You don't get out this division quickly, unless you are relegated from the Championship with a heavyweight squad that you can afford to maintain whilst you're down here.

    Like most teams in League 1, we have to learn the "long division" route is the only sustainable route back up. We didn't have it, others did.

    Close but no cigar. But realistically not that surprising. 'Twas always thus in this division. Having 30,000+ crowds doesn't guarantee anything unless you get the basics right. We didn't have the time to nail all those basics.

    I'm as gutted as everybody else we missed out today, but foundations need to be built to progress upwards.

    DTID.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster reacted to deanoakaram4life in Paul Warne appointed as Head Coach   
    This club needs a manager at the helm for at least 3 years! Look at the Nigel Clough years. He built a club over time, and eventually, it was that team that took us to Wembley. We need to give Warne time. I’m sick of the Mel years of hire and fire! We need stability and Clowes and Warne are the men to take us forward! 

    Can’t wait for Season tickets to come on sale! 
     
    Up the mighty Rams! 🐏
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster reacted to jono in Sheffield Wednesday (A) Sun 7th May, 12:00 KO   
    I’m not too down. It’s a pity but in reality we were short of pace, power and finishing up front, short on numbers in general and short in wide defensive positions. Small squad with a few quality players. Nearly made it and they all worked their socks off. I just hope we can keep Cashin, Knight and Wildsmith. Pretty sure Didsy will stay for an Indian summer because of the locality and he’s clearly enjoyed himself. To those not liking the football, truth is there isn’t a Warneball yet. There were games where we played long and ugly - and looked lousy at it. There were also games where we did tippy tappy and looked more than respectable. We have in all those games looked hungry which you need if you want to succeed. 
    Ack .. you know what, I am looking forward to pre season, transfer chatter and planning for the next phase of our recovery. 
     
    If we look at the hand of cards we had 12 months ago I’d say we played them as well as could be expected. I am not quite as edgy about players being nicked for rock bottom prices because the market and the game has changed since Covid. Unless a prem or parachute club wants someone I don’t think there is as much money around as folk think. 
     
    I guess all will be revealed in the fullness of time. COYR
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster reacted to Kernow in Reasons to still (hopefully) be positive...   
    I touched on part of this in the match thread, and I am gutted to miss out although I feel like I'm less disappointed because of the circumstances. It's strange, if we'd completely capitulated and looked gutless, then I'd be fuming, but because it was down to an individual error/officiating error (again), it almost feels like well what could we do... We actually played really well, given the circumstances, deserved at least a point and showed a lot of fight. For me it's a lot different to previous seasons where we've just missed out on the top 6. I don't think "bottling" it comes into play this year. We just couldn't finish our chances, we could've won a hell of a lot more points without playing any better or any worse, just by putting away our chances. I also don't care what people say about bad decisions evening themselves out over a season, I think if someone did a case study on our season, it would show that's very far from the truth...
    But other reasons to be positive:
    - We'll have our first season in a long time where we can go into the pre-season with a bit of stability and certainty. We can look to build on the squad we do have with a manager who has had long enough to decide what we need to go up a level. It's not going to be perfect because of the circumstances we find ourselves under, but I think we should be in a much stronger position come August than we were last year. At least we won't have to wait another 2 months to know if we're going to be taken over, and start from scratch then. We won't have to miss out on signings and we can get started right now.
    - The circumstances... we'll still be under the business plan, but we'll be into our last year. There's talk it'll be 'relaxed', Nixon (yes I know) has linked us to actually spending Great British Pound Sterling on a player, whether we will or not, when was the last time we even could?
    - We're still a bigger fish in a smaller pond. I know we can't take anything for granted and big teams get 'stuck' down here. We have to take any opportunity we can to get out of this league BUT, we will be in a position where we are going to be a much bigger draw for players at this level than 90% of the opposition, and will be able to afford to pay them more too. In the Championship where we still have restrictions, I think we'd really struggle to build a squad and pick up results at the same time. I hope that just one more season at this level will set us up to have a much stronger future than a season of probably scrapping to stay up.
    - Experience at this level. The novelty will have worn off a little, for us, and for the opposition, the first trips are mostly out of the way. We can learn from naivety, errors and mistakes made this season where we've dropped silly points. Wigan, Reading and Blackpool shouldn't pose as much of a challenge, the competition this year has been fierce. Wednesday getting 96 points and only finishing 3rd is crazy, the top 3 in League 1 are far stronger than the bottom 3 in the Championship this season in my opinion.
    It's naturally disappointing to miss out however it happens, but I'm already looking forward to a busy summer and August rolling around again. It's been a long time since we've finished higher than 3rd in any division, wouldn't it be nice if this time next year that changes.
  23. Haha
    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster reacted to i-Ram in McGoldrick   
    Pretty good footballer, but I think Warne probably see’s him as a luxury item. You know, an old 3.5l V8 Rover, just being driven at 35 miles per hour. Warne wants newer models, happy in the 1.6 cc range, but wants them to be driven at 70 miles per hour, in 3rd gear. He wants to hear his engines squealing.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster reacted to brady1993 in Paul Warne appointed as Head Coach   
    Watching through the interviews and the one thing that struck me is that he's likely a very good manager. Not as in the football sense but as in a general sense. He speaks like he understands how to motivate people, how to get them pulling together to a common goal and how to clearly communicate. All the while being able to manage those above him as well. Some of the stuff that might seem silly can be really helpful in keeping motivation high if he gets intial buy in. I've never seen a football manager seem as skilled at it from their interviews before.
    I am pleased to hear him speaking a lot in terms of football is entertainment and the job is to entertain. It's rare to hear a manager to say this and its at least a sign that the intent is right. A
    I do still have concerns over tactics as when he talks about it seems a touch simplistic. It seems to hinge largely on a combination of physical fitness and quality to win in each position individually rather than thought to how players can be used in tandem in order to create space or overloads. That might be unfair or it might be part of why despite doing well in League 1 rotherham have been comfortably relegated each time. As an extension whilst his loyalty to his previous staff is admirable I do wonder whether the coaching set up will be enough.
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    Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster reacted to kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong in Paul Warne appointed as Head Coach   
    If they did,they didn't get it.......it was normally despatched back to the keeper to be "recycled".
    One of the quirks of roseniors game that I certainly won't be missing,along with "delighted".
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