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Rooney came up against the best winger in the league and got done probably twice properly. He was one of the best players after Thommo, Waggy, Cash and Wash

These things happen in games when a good player faces a better one as I think happened with Rooney initially today. But from reports it looked like he learned as the game progressed. 
Ashley Cole once made Ronaldo look very average in a particular game. Ronaldo isn’t average.
Rooney has been consistently good for a young player when playing against anyone of Championship level. I think he is first of all a very useful player with some fine skills but more to the point he is a kid who is developing. He won’t get “done” very often in this league. He’s got ability full stop. 
 
 

Cant believe people are arguing and point scoring. We won 4-2 away at "Posh". FGS just wind your necks in and enjoy it for what it is 🐏🐏🐏

Per Peterborough local paper: 
"Ferguson was shown two yellow cards in the space of less than a minute, with the second one appearing to be for applauding after he was shown the first one."

You are Paul Warne and I’m claiming my free bobble hat!

Anybody able to clear up whether Mike Tyson lived in Nuneaton too?

Don't be so petty.
Sport, football, some games you win, some you lose. It's the long term direction of the football club that matters.
If it's cold one day in August, it doesn't mean that climate change isn't happening.
And it's not "hate".
I don't think Warne is the right manager for us. I don't like his tactics. 4-4-2 has somewhat been forced on him. Forsyth introduced him to Waggy.
Nevertheless, of course I want Warne to succeed. Because, if he does then Derby does and we can all rejoice in that.
Let's hope we hear from you the next time we play like we did against Oxford.
Now, quit your jibing and enjoy the win 🐏

Anybody able to clear up whether Mike Tyson lived in Nuneaton too?

Anybody able to clear up whether Mike Tyson lived in Nuneaton too?

Its not a mascot. It's a metaphor.

Smashing a league rival???
 

Thompson really impressing me again, there’s a composure and almost subtle swagger (oxymoron I know!) to his play.

Its a nagging concern I've had about him from the off is that his view of tactics is narrow and simplistic, so he cant correctly diagnose when something is wrong to change it. The solution always seems to be work harder/be better/get the ball forwards faster. 

Rosenior signed well with less money than both then.

My 10 pence worth is, I thought he was a d******* when he was at Rotherham, I was annoyed when we employed him, and nothing i have seen has changed my mind.

I think the difference there, certainly with Rowett anyway, is that at least I could see what he was trying to do.  I might not have liked the way we played, but I could see a path to it being effective.  We largely played to the players strengths, recruited to fit a system etc.  We had the same lack of pace at the back and in midfield as we do this season (with Davies, Huddlestone, Johnson etc), but we sat deep and compact, so it wasn't exposed.  And we set up to let Nugent, Vydra, Lawrence etc break from deep and get running at people, so they all benefitted from the system too.
I don't get any of that with Warne.  Everything seems to be barely more than doing stuff and random and hoping it works.

I suppose that is technically possible. Same as Scarlett Johansson might turn up at my door later, asking for a place to kip.
I best tidy up.

You may say, the smell of someone's neck?

And of course it was nothing to do with the change in formation, resulting in him having to do much less of the stuff he's not good at, was it Paul? 🙄

I agree, I was listening to Ed Dawes the other day and he thought he already hit his ceiling. Madness he's only 21. Some centre backs don't reach their peaks until their mid to late twenties.

I think back to the playoff semifinal away at Brighton. We knew that we were light years ahead of them. Yes they had a nice new ground with comfy seats and guest ales, and yes they scored first, but we never doubted we would overcome them. We did and then some. If you'd told me then what our relative positions would be now, I'd have thought you'd lost your mind.
Brighton are one of several very well run clubs with great planning and business models who have risen up the leagues and are now established in the Prem. Of course they had some luck when it was needed, something we have fallen down on. But sometimes you make your own luck. If you're Eirin Cashin and you have the chance to go, and to try to prove yourself in the top flight, and an opportunity for the riches a club such as Brighton can now offer, you jump at it in an instant. You'd be mad not to. For our sake, I love watching Eirin for us and hope he stays and we can rise up through the leagues together. The way he plays all over the pitch even reminds me of McFarland, sometimes on the left wing! I'm not suggesting for even a nanosecond he's at that level, but equally I scoff at anyone who believes he's already reached his ceiling. What madness is that?

So he can get on the beach with the rest of the donkeys 

Without turning this into a Sibley debate in the wrong thread. He barely played in an attacking position last season, and still chipped in with a couple of goals.
Sibley under Rooney was scapegoated badly. When we needed a threat, he still wasn't picked. Remember him coming on to win the game against Peterborough after Lawrence got sent off? Yeah, then he started the next game but was subbed off at half time for no apparent reason. He was forced into a position of having to score or assist to even get on the pitch, and frankly it was ridiculous. 
Play the kid.