Bris Vegas

You can tell this is a lower league game by the state of the pitch, the football on show and the fact most of our players’ shirts were covered in mud after about 20 minutes.
I can’t wait to get out of this league. It’s dreadful.

You can tell this is a lower league game by the state of the pitch, the football on show and the fact most of our players’ shirts were covered in mud after about 20 minutes.
I can’t wait to get out of this league. It’s dreadful.

I could be wrong but I think we were momentarily top during Frank Lampard’s season when we went 1-0 up at Middlesbrough. We then ultimately drew 1-1 and ended the day in about 6th.

Paul Warne is an inferior Gary Rowett.
And Gary Rowett’s team was a horrible watch, despite having top six Championship players.
Now imagine Warneball with a bottom eight Championship squad. It’s going to be grim, worse than what Sheffield Wednesday fans have endured this season. That is, of course, if we get promoted this season which I think we will.
 

Preston and Bristol City both sacked previous managers for playing pragmatic defensive football and went on to hire managers who favor possession-based football. Norwich still have parachute payments and have decent players, while a number of their fans want Wagner out.
It’s not a case that you can’t succeed with lesser possession. Derby are proof of that in League One as we are 11th in that category.
Warne can get away with it in League One as we simply have better players than the rest and the opposition standards are so much lower. 
In League One we are 11th for possession, 8th for shots per game, 11th for pass accuracy and 6th for chances created. Yet we are 2nd in the league, which is a clear indication that our extra quality is seeing us over the line.
That won’t be the case in the league above.

Paul Warne is an inferior Gary Rowett.
And Gary Rowett’s team was a horrible watch, despite having top six Championship players.
Now imagine Warneball with a bottom eight Championship squad. It’s going to be grim, worse than what Sheffield Wednesday fans have endured this season. That is, of course, if we get promoted this season which I think we will.
 

I can say with certainty because he isn’t a good coach. He could get us up if we had the best set of players in the Championship, but that is never going to happen without significant investment and smart recruitment.
Warne isn’t any better than say Tony Mowbray.
And Tony Mowbray couldn’t get over the line with Blackburn or Sunderland - teams with better players than us.
So we have a squad with less quality than Blackburn managed by a coach who isn’t as good as Tony Mowbray. Why on earth would anyone fancy Warne to get us up to the Premier League.
We will be wasting our time with him in the Championship.
 
 

Preston and Bristol City both sacked previous managers for playing pragmatic defensive football and went on to hire managers who favor possession-based football. Norwich still have parachute payments and have decent players, while a number of their fans want Wagner out.
It’s not a case that you can’t succeed with lesser possession. Derby are proof of that in League One as we are 11th in that category.
Warne can get away with it in League One as we simply have better players than the rest and the opposition standards are so much lower. 
In League One we are 11th for possession, 8th for shots per game, 11th for pass accuracy and 6th for chances created. Yet we are 2nd in the league, which is a clear indication that our extra quality is seeing us over the line.
That won’t be the case in the league above.

Preston and Bristol City both sacked previous managers for playing pragmatic defensive football and went on to hire managers who favor possession-based football. Norwich still have parachute payments and have decent players, while a number of their fans want Wagner out.
It’s not a case that you can’t succeed with lesser possession. Derby are proof of that in League One as we are 11th in that category.
Warne can get away with it in League One as we simply have better players than the rest and the opposition standards are so much lower. 
In League One we are 11th for possession, 8th for shots per game, 11th for pass accuracy and 6th for chances created. Yet we are 2nd in the league, which is a clear indication that our extra quality is seeing us over the line.
That won’t be the case in the league above.

Preston and Bristol City both sacked previous managers for playing pragmatic defensive football and went on to hire managers who favor possession-based football. Norwich still have parachute payments and have decent players, while a number of their fans want Wagner out.
It’s not a case that you can’t succeed with lesser possession. Derby are proof of that in League One as we are 11th in that category.
Warne can get away with it in League One as we simply have better players than the rest and the opposition standards are so much lower. 
In League One we are 11th for possession, 8th for shots per game, 11th for pass accuracy and 6th for chances created. Yet we are 2nd in the league, which is a clear indication that our extra quality is seeing us over the line.
That won’t be the case in the league above.

Why can’t you believe it?
Next season in the Championship the odds will be stacked against us. Unlike in League One, we won’t have the best players and we won’t have the biggest budget.
Therefore we will need good coaching to succeed. Warne isn’t a good coach.
You only have to look at the top sides in the Championship currently. They are all the best footballing sides, the ones who dominate the ball.
Rotherham, Huddersfield, Sheff Wed, Millwall and Birmingham are the five teams with the lowest possession in the Championship. They make up five of the bottom seven. QPR (16th) and Stoke (12th) are the others.
The top five are Leicester, Southampton, Leeds, Sunderland and Hull - teams who make up the top 8.
Where do you think we will be under Warne averaging 40-45% possession per game?

The aim has to be the Premier League. Maybe not in year 1, or even year 2 or 3. But the PL has to be the aim.
And we have no chance of getting there with Warne as manager.
So why keep him?
It’s not even like he is at least improving our younger players or adding any value to our current players. 

Preston and Bristol City both sacked previous managers for playing pragmatic defensive football and went on to hire managers who favor possession-based football. Norwich still have parachute payments and have decent players, while a number of their fans want Wagner out.
It’s not a case that you can’t succeed with lesser possession. Derby are proof of that in League One as we are 11th in that category.
Warne can get away with it in League One as we simply have better players than the rest and the opposition standards are so much lower. 
In League One we are 11th for possession, 8th for shots per game, 11th for pass accuracy and 6th for chances created. Yet we are 2nd in the league, which is a clear indication that our extra quality is seeing us over the line.
That won’t be the case in the league above.

Why can’t you believe it?
Next season in the Championship the odds will be stacked against us. Unlike in League One, we won’t have the best players and we won’t have the biggest budget.
Therefore we will need good coaching to succeed. Warne isn’t a good coach.
You only have to look at the top sides in the Championship currently. They are all the best footballing sides, the ones who dominate the ball.
Rotherham, Huddersfield, Sheff Wed, Millwall and Birmingham are the five teams with the lowest possession in the Championship. They make up five of the bottom seven. QPR (16th) and Stoke (12th) are the others.
The top five are Leicester, Southampton, Leeds, Sunderland and Hull - teams who make up the top 8.
Where do you think we will be under Warne averaging 40-45% possession per game?

Why can’t you believe it?
Next season in the Championship the odds will be stacked against us. Unlike in League One, we won’t have the best players and we won’t have the biggest budget.
Therefore we will need good coaching to succeed. Warne isn’t a good coach.
You only have to look at the top sides in the Championship currently. They are all the best footballing sides, the ones who dominate the ball.
Rotherham, Huddersfield, Sheff Wed, Millwall and Birmingham are the five teams with the lowest possession in the Championship. They make up five of the bottom seven. QPR (16th) and Stoke (12th) are the others.
The top five are Leicester, Southampton, Leeds, Sunderland and Hull - teams who make up the top 8.
Where do you think we will be under Warne averaging 40-45% possession per game?

Why can’t you believe it?
Next season in the Championship the odds will be stacked against us. Unlike in League One, we won’t have the best players and we won’t have the biggest budget.
Therefore we will need good coaching to succeed. Warne isn’t a good coach.
You only have to look at the top sides in the Championship currently. They are all the best footballing sides, the ones who dominate the ball.
Rotherham, Huddersfield, Sheff Wed, Millwall and Birmingham are the five teams with the lowest possession in the Championship. They make up five of the bottom seven. QPR (16th) and Stoke (12th) are the others.
The top five are Leicester, Southampton, Leeds, Sunderland and Hull - teams who make up the top 8.
Where do you think we will be under Warne averaging 40-45% possession per game?

Why can’t you believe it?
Next season in the Championship the odds will be stacked against us. Unlike in League One, we won’t have the best players and we won’t have the biggest budget.
Therefore we will need good coaching to succeed. Warne isn’t a good coach.
You only have to look at the top sides in the Championship currently. They are all the best footballing sides, the ones who dominate the ball.
Rotherham, Huddersfield, Sheff Wed, Millwall and Birmingham are the five teams with the lowest possession in the Championship. They make up five of the bottom seven. QPR (16th) and Stoke (12th) are the others.
The top five are Leicester, Southampton, Leeds, Sunderland and Hull - teams who make up the top 8.
Where do you think we will be under Warne averaging 40-45% possession per game?

You can get away with it at League One level because the majority of the opposition lack the quality and imagination to break down teams despite having the majority of the ball.
It would never work at Championship level as Warne has shown in the last due to the vast step up in quality.
We will get promoted this season I’m convinced.
But then we must thank Warne for his services and replace him. Keep him and next season will be a disaster.

You can get away with it at League One level because the majority of the opposition lack the quality and imagination to break down teams despite having the majority of the ball.
It would never work at Championship level as Warne has shown in the last due to the vast step up in quality.
We will get promoted this season I’m convinced.
But then we must thank Warne for his services and replace him. Keep him and next season will be a disaster.

We have the best team in the league and the biggest budget. We’re underachieving. 

Good managers get the most out of their players. Warne does not.
That is why Warnock can keep poor teams up, but Warne can’t.
That isn’t a Michael Owen comment.
 

Not sure why you are trying to bait me by quoting my comments made after about 30 minutes.
At the time Exeter were the better side, having dominated the ball and hitting the post.
My quote about the game plan was quoting word for word what Shaun Barker said on co-coms. I struggled to make sense of it given we hadn’t done anything up until that point aside from score through Bird’s individual play 🤷‍♂️
I like how you try the ‘gotcha’ moments with me. I wouldn’t say you are jealous of my superior footballing knowledge. I’m not sure what it is? 
 

We have the best team in the league and the biggest budget. We’re underachieving. 

Not sure why you are trying to bait me by quoting my comments made after about 30 minutes.
At the time Exeter were the better side, having dominated the ball and hitting the post.
My quote about the game plan was quoting word for word what Shaun Barker said on co-coms. I struggled to make sense of it given we hadn’t done anything up until that point aside from score through Bird’s individual play 🤷‍♂️
I like how you try the ‘gotcha’ moments with me. I wouldn’t say you are jealous of my superior footballing knowledge. I’m not sure what it is?