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It's going to be his beloved 3 at the back isn't it?

It's going to be his beloved 3 at the back isn't it?

It's going to be his beloved 3 at the back isn't it?

To wind up @Tyler Durden? 😏

To wind up @Tyler Durden? 😏

Just want to add, absolutely spot on. 👏 
All I can hope is that Warne 'gets lucky' on a formation like last season and we do enough to go up. Or next season in league 1 with Warne would be unfathomable.

The process used for this season will need to be overhaulled. 12 summer signings and a further 2 in January, of which only 3 are likely to be regular starters is absolutely shocking (Nelson, Nyambe, Blackett-Taylor). This is also after the squad failed to place top last season, losing 3 of our first 11 (Roberts, Knight and McGoldrick) and not even having a right back in the entire squad.
It's summarised by having no long term vision. That's in terms of: a) bringing in younger players who will either maintain their current standards for longer, or have room for improvement; or b) planning how the players will fit into the team.
Warne put a clear focus on older and more experience players, based on the rationale of higher wages equates to better players. If more budget is put towards the wages, we'll end up with a stronger squad of players.
Warne also had no plan on how to fit the players into the team. This is demonstrated by early summer recruitment being with 3421 in mind, which quickly changed to 352, and then alternating between 442 and 4231 during the season so far. We signed a LB (Elder) to play as a wing back, but also signed Nyambe (RB) after already signing 2 wing backs. He also signed a slow CB who cannot play in a high line and is uncomfortable on the ball under pressure. We've basically got through from October with only 1 fully fit forward whowas 2nd choice last season and failed to improve on in the summer AND January.
The style of play our CF targets prefer also varied. Summer targets like Harris, Rhodes and Sharp all have different strengths and weaknesses. Similar with January targets such as Smith, Gregory, Mubama, Ennis. It's just a scattergun approach all round. Most of these targets compromise on the high intensity press Warne wants to implement too.

Depends if they are or that's just his agent positioning him in the market 

Don't really get the loan back part, he's got nothing to prove to them, won't want to pick up any injuries before his move either, we'd of been better to squeeze an extra couple hundred grand and let him move now.

I’m sad about this one.
 
One of our young lads moving on. 

I think we are really not using him properly.

Also, if he’s been told to get it and pass it out wide after one touch so not using any of his real abilities.
Also play and run around next to Hourihane getting overran every game. 
Just think he’s undervalued and under appreciated by the manager who wants to play a different way. And many fans who only see goal or assist stats. 

Yes we offered him a new contract, but have shown him he won’t be playing the way he wants to play for at least the next 2 years so I’m not surprised he wants to go elsewhere. 
 
A sad day. 

Not too sure that I see it as being shrewd. I'd rather we make a clean break if the lad doesn't want to commit to us and sign a new deal. Feels a bit like splitting with your missus and still living in the same house. Awkward.  

That's a weird thing for Bird to agree to. I'd have thought he'd have a few suitors when out of contract at the end of the season, at which point has been repeatedly said, we'd get very decent compensation for him.
To do this deal now, we must be very keen on money now to bring a striker in. We've discovered that the restrictions of the business plan we're having to work to mean we cannot buy any players unless we sell, hence CBT had to be a loan until the end of the season. I suspect Bristol City will have got him on the cheap by us getting the money up front now.
If we use the money on Smith, we're fools. It's just so short-termist and so short-sighted. If we use it to bring in a promising striker with the likelihood of flourishing for us in the Championship after helping us towards promotion, then it's clever business.
 

Returns on loan, but didn’t want to sign a new deal. I hope the lad plays a blinder for the rest of the season otherwise he’ll be getting dogs abuse from fans. 
We should’ve just taken whatever more we could’ve got and let him go. 

That's the kind of personality which will lift the team when on a bad run. It's clear how excited he is to have joined us and you know he'll try his best when out on the field.

WTF was that interview about?!!!  Positive, happy, upbeat??!!  What is this world he lives in - please boo him ASAP for having unfortunate injuries and a poor wiki stats page to give him a reality check and a proper Derby welcome!! 😝 🐏 
 

That's Mason Bennett I reckon.

Sweet!

Yes but do you not think its the excitement of Smith and Gregory not being top of the threads when fans look here that is driving the excitement?

If this is true, hopefully a sign that Warne can no longer tolerate the imbalance. Start him with Bird. Hourihane to be a super sub in very advanced role, looking to provide those quality finishes when the game opens up.

Whichever system we play we have the same issue though - the balance of the signings was haphazard, some don't suit the role they've been given and we're paying high wages for backups, or rotation players.
With 'limited' resources , can we afford to carry a squad with enough players to play these 2 formations with everyone getting adequate game time?

😂😂😂😂 this is a signing I would expect if we were mid table just getting numbers in to see the season out. Our recruitment plan is and has been woeful. 

You indicated financial restrictions end at the end but of the season.  I am yet to be persuaded the budget will not change much.

The main problem I have with Warne is he doesn't seem to have the right (any) contacts in the game to pull out a signing.
With Mcclaren you had the links at United and throughout Europe - I get we are in league one now, but why not give United a call and ask about some younger talent? 
He keeps harping on about bidding for players and talking to players, where are they? Seen very little evidence of this in his tenure especially the last two January windows.

Am I the only one who missed him becoming Huddersfield boss?

21st Century to make it easier.
 
1. Steve McClaren
2. George Burley
3. Frank Lampard
3. King Billy
4. Paul Clement
5. Gary Rowett
6. Phillip Cocu
7. Wayne Rooney / Liam Rosenior
8. Nigel Clough
9. Paul Warne
10. John Gregory
11. Terry Westley
12. Phil Brown
13. Nigel Pearson
14. Paul Jewell