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Ah, something we can agree on.

Leosandro Gregorio - welcome to Derby!

I think you are going to too many games, and not keeping up with the papers.

Mate, you need to tell Paul Warne this. I agree we need to improve our shape and tactics. Paul Warne doesn’t.

Warne really didn’t bring Washington in ‘in desperation’. He bought him previously for Rovrum and he bought him again because he obviously rates him. He was his striker pick. Frankly he was, and always will be, a very poor choice. There is no point buying a holding midfielder if Warne wants to persist with his tactics. It’s like buying a caravan for a Porsche Boxster. If we had a decent alternative coach I would be fully behind getting another midfielder in, but not sure it would be a holding type. One who could pass forward and run with some intensity creating in the middle would be ideal.

Transvestite?

Not necessarily. We may have come to a business decision on the player’s worth, and even though we had the resources to outbid the other side we were not prepared to exceed our valuation.

Agree. Share on here. I could be interested.

Smaller dressing room?

Warne was also willing to take the risk of him being named captain.

Warne doesnt deserve or need online abuse, although I think calling him a PE Teacher or a Physio is fair game personally. This is a footy forum which should be an environment to let off a bit of steam, have a bit of banter, etc. If he is reading this site he needs to give his bobble hat a wobble. I choose not to resort to name calling. Other than at my TV/iPad in my home. I had to apologise to the wife for my inapproriate language on Tuesday night when I screamed filthy abuse at him. I rarely listen to his post match comments, because they are pretty much rinse and repeat. But on Tuesday I wanted to hear him explain that abject performance. The bit that got my dander up was his comment regarding Reading holding on to the win. I can't recall his actual words but they were something like 'fair play to Reading, their game management at the end, defending their one goal advantage was very good. I wish we could do that'. I shouted something like well Paul that is your job, to organise some control in the last few minutes when we are trying to hold on to a lead, but when we are in the final minutes in such situations, we have full backs charging up the wings, with as much support as midfield can muster, to get the ball into the mixer, and win second balls. Something like that I said. Anyhow. I am sure he is a very nice man.

Sorry, only just got round to seeing this. I don’t think many of our players are suited to playing Warne’s style of football in truth. Bird is technically our best footballer and could play fast football with those on the same wavelength. After that I am struggling. CBT and NML are match winners in this league, and benefit from fast delivery but both are hit and miss in terms of performance, and in front of goal, and you certainly can’t rely on them to retain the ball. Collins and Sibley neither. If you bypass midfield to get it forward quickly to those 4 more often than not it will be coming back just as quick.

It doesn’t stop 98% of the posters on here x

Please supply your evidence that 90% of Bird and Hourihane’s passes goes backwards. I think you have made that statistic up. Passing quality will diminish if you urge players to move the ball forward quickly with an economy of touches. That is a Warne tactic/requirement of his players. He is happy to risk losing the ball for the possible advantages gained from fast forward play. That is not playing to the strength of a number of our players imo.

True. Bird is getting some pelters I see. He wasn’t good tonight, but it is beyond my energy tonight to explain how difficult it must be for anyone to play in the middle third of the park under Warne.

The team are not coached to have any control. Another midfielder will not help if Warne continues to employ the tactics he wants us to play football. I say football. It’s pinball. Players must be being encouraged to move it as forward as quickly as possible, taking no more than 3 touches. Chaotic, gas out type football. I thought we might go up with our squad automatically, even with him in charge. I am beginning to think not.

Tommy Warne. Sure plays a crap pinball.

You’re not selling it mate 😂. Played Tapestry in full on Sunday morning whilst preparing a roast.

Dejphon Chansiri, Alex Turner, Sid James, Walkley Owl, Carlton Palmer, Conehead John. Stick the deal up yer arse. Looking forward to playing in a league one higher than you next season. Michael Smith will be useful to you in League 1.

I want to be excited but having read this thread the last hour I will be going to bed worrying that the EFL still have it in for us, Pearce is playing amortisation tricks again, we have a transfer signing pot with nothing in it, and Dom Dietrich is sleeping rough tonight. This forum is exhausting at times.

Anybody suggested we should tell the Wendies to do one?

We signed Washington, Waghorn, Bradley, Embleton and John-Jules who weren’t fit, but as you say they have all made fine contributions.

He’s having to re-sit his ‘good character’ exam.

You won 🙂 What did you win?