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    inter politics reacted to angieram in Is Warne living on borrowed time?   
    That's not so bad, then! 
    Although I'd rather we stuck with four at the back.
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    inter politics reacted to Big Trav in Summer Rumour Mill   
    Warne confirming Ward, Wilson and Bird all out for 8+ weeks 
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    inter politics reacted to Abu Derby in Summer Rumour Mill   
    Get Simon Clough in immediately. He knows what he’s doing. Since he went that department has performed worse than abysmally. 
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    inter politics got a reaction from Dordogne-Ram in Eiran Cashin   
    He is dragging down the age of the squad so why not eh..
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    inter politics reacted to Carl Sagan in Is Warne living on borrowed time?   
    If I were Clowes I would be sounding out Chris Wilder, to see if manager and club can rehabilitate each other to mutual benefit. With a modest salary but big promotion bonuses. He's the best candidate out there in terms of ability and a sort of continuity with Warne ball, in terms of the high-pressing high-energy game. And if someone else snaps him up first, I would be gutted.
    I very much like Warne as a man, but am losing faith in him as a football manager. From the catastrophic failure not making the playoffs on...
    Obviously the issue is that DC, without any vast wealth, bought a League One football club for the price of a Premier League/Championship yo-yo club. Without him we wouldn't have a club. The only way not to lose even more of his small fortune is to take us into the Championship and sell us someone with deeper pockets. But, with three years left on that contract, it seems unlikely he can afford to pay Warne and the others off. But can he afford not to? I'm consoled that it's often darkest before the dawn, as things look pretty dark right now. 
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    inter politics got a reaction from RoyMac5 in Eiran Cashin   
    He is dragging down the age of the squad so why not eh..
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    inter politics got a reaction from Bald Eagle's Barmy Army in Eiran Cashin   
    He is dragging down the age of the squad so why not eh..
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    inter politics got a reaction from JustOneBiblicalKazim in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I'm sorry but I want to watch football 
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    inter politics got a reaction from Zag zig in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I'm sorry but I want to watch football 
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    inter politics got a reaction from rammieib in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I'm sorry but I want to watch football 
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    inter politics got a reaction from Marriot Ram99 in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    Do we even play and pass the ball in training? I reckon we just run, see who can kick it the longest and practice headers
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    inter politics got a reaction from Nishfan in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I'm sorry but I want to watch football 
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    inter politics got a reaction from IslandExile in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I personally thought it was more about not having the right personnel (more pace etc.)to play how he wants to
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    inter politics reacted to CornwallRam in Should we be patient? If so, how does it improve?   
    I think the problem with Warneball is that we don't seem to be able to play it.
    My understanding of the manager's tactics is -
    Get the ball forward quickly and attack with aggression at pace but with the extra centre back providing a bit of a shield for when we lose the ball.
    Use the wingbacks for width and get early crosses into the box, with two strikers and at least one midfielder trying to get on the end of them.
    Press high, hard and as a team to force errors and get possession high up the pitch. The extra defender again provides cover for when the press is broken.
    Most free kicks and corners driven into the box, where our well drilled players make the most of the opportunities. 
    Train hard to give our players superior fitness.
    Have a strongly supportive team ethic so players do not fear making mistakes and bust a gut to cover for each other.
     
    To me, that all makes sense. The problems are that we aren't doing very much of it and too many of the new recruits don't appear suited to it.
    Someone said we're fickle as fans. No we're not, we're just fans. Like all fans we want results, good football (whatever you define that as) and to feel the team are giving their all. Ideally a manager gives you all three, but most fans will remain supportive if any two of those are achieved. Eventually every fan will turn anti if none are achieved, and that's where we are right now. Paul Warne needs to change things very quickly or he'll be Warne out.
     
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    inter politics got a reaction from angieram in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I'm sorry but I want to watch football 
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    inter politics got a reaction from David Graham Brown in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    Do we even play and pass the ball in training? I reckon we just run, see who can kick it the longest and practice headers
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    inter politics got a reaction from LittleEatonRam in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I'm sorry but I want to watch football 
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    inter politics reacted to Rich3478 in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    Just really struggling to see what the plan is, the defence looks awful. Midfield just gets run through. Nothing up front at all. They actually passed the ball and had movement, balls into space rather waiting to feet side to side.
    we look a lot poorer than last season. Four at the back and hopefully using our wingers to get us up the pitch seems a good place to start.
    will say fair play to Thompson. Been a big critic but thought he did well tonight, showed for the ball, ran into space which seemed a novel concept! And also had a shot on target.
    we need some legs and size in midfield, some pace up front. Throughout the team as well.
    big game Saturday.
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    inter politics reacted to DanS1992 in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I want to watch football. Warneball is not football, it's anti-football. It's goddamn depressingly awful. No fluency, no patterns, no movement, no structure. Just hoof it and hope for the best. It's gonna be a long difficult time with him at the helm...
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    inter politics got a reaction from DanS1992 in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I'm sorry but I want to watch football 
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    inter politics got a reaction from i-Ram in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I'm sorry but I want to watch football 
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    inter politics got a reaction from BPV in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I'm sorry but I want to watch football 
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    inter politics got a reaction from Jayram in v Oxford United (H) Match Thread   
    I'm sorry but I want to watch football 
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