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Turned to my lad around the 85th minute mark and said “You need to enjoy days like these, they don’t come long very often”.  But considering how we’re playing at the moment, we may get a couple more before the seasons out.  
A fantastic performance all round, everyone to man was top drawer.  But the standouts were The Didz-meister for obvious reasons, and Dobbin.  
Shoutout as well for Harvey White.  Looked good on the ball and his set pieces were very good.

Turned to my lad around the 85th minute mark and said “You need to enjoy days like these, they don’t come long very often”.  But considering how we’re playing at the moment, we may get a couple more before the seasons out.  
A fantastic performance all round, everyone to man was top drawer.  But the standouts were The Didz-meister for obvious reasons, and Dobbin.  
Shoutout as well for Harvey White.  Looked good on the ball and his set pieces were very good.

1Wildsmith - 6
12Smith - 7
3Forsyth - 8
6Cashin - 8
15Roberts - 8.5
19 Sibley - 7
38Knight - 9
22 Springett - 6
4Hourihane - 8
16Thompson - 6
11Mendez-Laing - 7.5
7Barkhuizen - 6
10McGoldrick - 11
23 White - 7
18Dobbin - 9
9Collins - 8.5

"He parks where he wants, he parks where he waaaaannnnttssss"

God I love how quickly things go tits up around here.  10pm a week ago we were going to catch Weds in second, and now because we lost to a West Ham side who could afford to have a £100m rated player on the bench we'll be lucky to scrape a top half finish??!?!??!?!?!   
Have we not all forgotten that 6 months ago we were about to go out of business???  Our owner put forward a business plan that must be adhered to when bought the club, that cannot change.  Yes we have good gates, but until the plan is reviewed in the summer, we can't pay even £1 or a player, whether that's a loan or permanent signing.  What were people seriously expecting from this window???
I'd rather we didn't sign a striker if it potentially sees us breaching what we agreed with the league and incurring further penalties.  Just because CM9 or Kenneth Zohore are available doesn't mean we should sign them, or even afford them if we wanted to.

God I love how quickly things go tits up around here.  10pm a week ago we were going to catch Weds in second, and now because we lost to a West Ham side who could afford to have a £100m rated player on the bench we'll be lucky to scrape a top half finish??!?!??!?!?!   
Have we not all forgotten that 6 months ago we were about to go out of business???  Our owner put forward a business plan that must be adhered to when bought the club, that cannot change.  Yes we have good gates, but until the plan is reviewed in the summer, we can't pay even £1 or a player, whether that's a loan or permanent signing.  What were people seriously expecting from this window???
I'd rather we didn't sign a striker if it potentially sees us breaching what we agreed with the league and incurring further penalties.  Just because CM9 or Kenneth Zohore are available doesn't mean we should sign them, or even afford them if we wanted to.

God I love how quickly things go tits up around here.  10pm a week ago we were going to catch Weds in second, and now because we lost to a West Ham side who could afford to have a £100m rated player on the bench we'll be lucky to scrape a top half finish??!?!??!?!?!   
Have we not all forgotten that 6 months ago we were about to go out of business???  Our owner put forward a business plan that must be adhered to when bought the club, that cannot change.  Yes we have good gates, but until the plan is reviewed in the summer, we can't pay even £1 or a player, whether that's a loan or permanent signing.  What were people seriously expecting from this window???
I'd rather we didn't sign a striker if it potentially sees us breaching what we agreed with the league and incurring further penalties.  Just because CM9 or Kenneth Zohore are available doesn't mean we should sign them, or even afford them if we wanted to.

God I love how quickly things go tits up around here.  10pm a week ago we were going to catch Weds in second, and now because we lost to a West Ham side who could afford to have a £100m rated player on the bench we'll be lucky to scrape a top half finish??!?!??!?!?!   
Have we not all forgotten that 6 months ago we were about to go out of business???  Our owner put forward a business plan that must be adhered to when bought the club, that cannot change.  Yes we have good gates, but until the plan is reviewed in the summer, we can't pay even £1 or a player, whether that's a loan or permanent signing.  What were people seriously expecting from this window???
I'd rather we didn't sign a striker if it potentially sees us breaching what we agreed with the league and incurring further penalties.  Just because CM9 or Kenneth Zohore are available doesn't mean we should sign them, or even afford them if we wanted to.

God I love how quickly things go tits up around here.  10pm a week ago we were going to catch Weds in second, and now because we lost to a West Ham side who could afford to have a £100m rated player on the bench we'll be lucky to scrape a top half finish??!?!??!?!?!   
Have we not all forgotten that 6 months ago we were about to go out of business???  Our owner put forward a business plan that must be adhered to when bought the club, that cannot change.  Yes we have good gates, but until the plan is reviewed in the summer, we can't pay even £1 or a player, whether that's a loan or permanent signing.  What were people seriously expecting from this window???
I'd rather we didn't sign a striker if it potentially sees us breaching what we agreed with the league and incurring further penalties.  Just because CM9 or Kenneth Zohore are available doesn't mean we should sign them, or even afford them if we wanted to.

I think that was a brilliant transfer window. None of our talented young players (Cashin, Knight etc) left. There was a late rumour about Cashin and Bournemouth but fortunately nothing came of it.

We saw his tactical nous last night.  Clearly the plan in the first half was to get the ball up to Barks & NML as soon as possible to match up their 2 wide CBs, but once it was obvious it wasn't quite working he stopped them doing it in the 2nd.
Also in his post match interview he said it turned into a game where no football was being played through the middle of the park, so he changed it up and went 4-4-2, and got it out to the wings more.
I love the guy more & more with every passing week...

Hughes obviously.
Never his biggest fan, but I could imagine Warne getting a real tune out of Johnny Russel.

We saw his tactical nous last night.  Clearly the plan in the first half was to get the ball up to Barks & NML as soon as possible to match up their 2 wide CBs, but once it was obvious it wasn't quite working he stopped them doing it in the 2nd.
Also in his post match interview he said it turned into a game where no football was being played through the middle of the park, so he changed it up and went 4-4-2, and got it out to the wings more.
I love the guy more & more with every passing week...

Bris whilst typing this post

As as nice as that would've been, the club was still a basket case then, and Mr Warne doesn't strike me a foolish enough individual to leave a stably run club to come to the mongolian cluster***k we were at the time

As others have pointed out, at Rotherham he was working with a tiny budget.  Even with our business plan in place for next season he'll be able to attract better players.  Even though the squad the have right now, on paper, should be good enough for the middle of the Championship.

Me after that 90 seconds on Rams TV…
 
 

Me after that 90 seconds on Rams TV…
 
 

Me after that 90 seconds on Rams TV…
 
 

Me after that 90 seconds on Rams TV…
 
 

Me after that 90 seconds on Rams TV…
 
 

Me after that 90 seconds on Rams TV…
 
 

Me after that 90 seconds on Rams TV…
 
 

Just a quick mention for Wildsmith and how he treats the ball boys during the game.  Told them today to slow down giving him the ball back, then gave them a fist bump to say thanks.  Class act.
Decent keeper and all…

I was right in line, in the North East, and it was out.  But I’m not surprised the lino didn’t give it, he barely made a decision all afternoon.  
 
Pound for pound, and taking into account the (supposed) quality of the opposition, that was the best performance of the season.  Thought everyone of the lads put a shift in, but Barks & Kory Smith stood out for me. Word too for Didzy, his closing down, especially in the 1st half, set the tone