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Wider attackers: Out: In: a fourth option to rotate with what we have got. First team: NML, CBT, Tommy B, New reserves: Wilson, Weston

More advanced midfield: Out: Bird, Hourihane, Smith In: 2 high quality midfielders to replace Bird and Hourihane. Midfielders that can drive forwards with the ball. That aren’t scared to look forwards first. Would give Sibley another contract. First team: Bird replacement, Hourihane replacement, Sibley, new attacking mid (10). Reserves: Robinson, Fornah.

Deeper midfield: Out: Adams loan ends. In: Adams again? First team: Adams & Fornah Reserves: Robinson? I think if Fornah isn’t seen as being good enough to be first team then he needs moving on and replacing. Personally think he’s shown glimpses of quality but not had much of a chance.

Centre back: Out: can we keep cash? Probably only if we go up. In: a solid replacement for Cash if he goes. Rooney back from injury. First team: Cash (or replacement), Nelson, Bradley, Rooney. Reserves: Fozzy

Full back: Out: Will Ward stay picking up minutes in the u21s? In: not sure we need to strengthen here as a priority. First team: Nyambe, Elder, Wilson & Forsyth Reserves: ?

GK: Out: Wildsmith - feels like he knows he isn’t Warne’s #1. Don’t think he’ll stay. In: Would like someone a bit more commanding than Vickers. First choice: New & Vickers reserve: Loach & Evans (u21s)

I have to say - he’s scored some incredibly important goals for us - but it feels like CH always takes the easy option. Either a pass back to the defence or a lump up field. I want to see someone with his left foot and ability attempting defence splitting through balls and directing the tempo from the middle.

We are the 3rd best team based on points per game.

This assumes that our comments on here are a reflection of our support at the match. I don’t think Warne as a manager will be successful long term for us. I think eventually given enough chances he’ll get us out this division because that’s par for our wage bill etc. beyond promotion though I just simply don’t see success moving forwards. We will be buried in the championship if we approach games like we do down here. That doesn’t stop me singing about Paul warnes barmy army at the game regardless of my personal view about his suitability. That doesn’t stop me thinking he’s probably a great bloke but preferring a great coach instead.

This isn’t true though. A win against a direct rival is much more valuable than a win against the cannon fodder lower down as you guarantee a rival gets 0 points.

Cash at left back and Nyambe at right back when chasing a goal. Scenes

Never been more convinced that Warne is the wrong manager for us as I stand here freezing my toes off. Will get behind him and the team at every game as per but my god he needs to be doing better against these teams. Barnsley are not as good as mid table champ teams and we haven’t laid a glove on them bar some set pieces

Only one team looked like taking this game. Ain’t us.

Would I enjoy going for a pint with Warne? I think so. Do I enjoy some of this football? Nope. You’d like to think people can see past some of the performances over the last 2 years when judging his character. He seems like a genuinely decent bloke.

Rooney 😡😡😡 !!! Football would have been woeful but at least we’d have been selling these lads for big money under Cocu…

Bagged again for Preston last night. 4 goals and 2 assists in 600 minutes of championship football this season. 25 now so will be entering his prime in a few years. Another solid league career from one of our academy lads?

Look at how he words what his brother is in prison for. Tells you all you need to know about the smarmy fake-intellect throbber. Absolute cretin.

Ahh forgot we had Bolton to play!

I still don’t get how Sibley managed to squeeze that in haha. Thank god he did. I’ve now accepted that we are going to play sh1te football and am enjoying the goals as and when they come. It’s been a relief for me. Up the rams. One more weekend of results like today and it’s in our own hands!!

For an individual match? Yes. If you’re looking for patterns more longer term ie - is this good run sustainable or is it relying on clinical finishing that is unlikely to keep up its current rate? alternatively after a bad run of results : are we that bad or have we genuinely been quite unfortunate ie keepers playing blinders against us or strikers hitting worldies. performances always tend to regress to what the underlying stats are saying.

This is revisionism. At times we over played it but it was abysmal finishing which ultimately cost us under Rosenior. You stick this seasons Collins into that side rather than the Collins from the start of last season and we’d have probably been fourth or higher by the time Warne got the job.

Collins injured - were doomed! unless it’s Warne playing his mind tricks again like with NML on Tuesday. couldn’t pick a worse fixture for a improvised forward either - their cb is rated second behind Cash on whoscored

Wayne Rooney massive bellend subbing him on and off again in the same game.

Wasn’t he just asked what chances they created with the passing? Can’t believe how hard it is for some of our fans to admit that Exeter played nice football and did create decent opportunities against us just because we play dull (albeit effective) football.

They created only 2 shots on target against arguably the best defence in the division… Against lesser defences there’d be more coming from that football.