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Our crossing was abysmal all game. He had Wilson and Sibley he could have brought on if he wanted more width. Sorry if that is what Warne said he doesn’t seem  to have a clue. 

Football is an escape for many. A couple of hours of much-needed entertainment after a week of habit.
But it just isn’t entertaining is it?
I’ve pretty much lost interest. 

Of course he’s a nice bloke.  So were Liam, Rooney, Frank, Cocu - I liked them all and I expect they would have all behaved similarly to PW during this difficult time.  I’m not under-playing the importance of PW’s decency - just saying it’s not unique to him - it’s an important quality for anyone building and leading a team (although I’m sure we can all think of exceptions!)

He's a football manager. Perhaps he should have applied for the DCFC Chaplains post?
I'm getting bored with the 'he's a lovely man' stuff. He wasn't so lovely when he put the blame for not doing well on some of the squad - just paranoid. 
He's a nice bloke but I don't care I want a good football manager.

You don't get points and win games for being a decent guy though and most of us want decent football with proper development of youth as well. I was thinking he was a good person as well after watching it though but he will get abuse even if he cured cancer if the results and performances at home were poor enough. 

Yeah he has and I don’t think that’s a coincidence - I think he’s been unlucky with some but he admitted himself that some were down to the conditioning. 
 
Honestly if we saw the football he spoke about it wouldn’t be my cup of tea but I could get behind it. I’m just at a point where I think he’s had a year with half the squad plus a full summer with the rest of the squad to get his ideas across. And let’s be brutal here - it’s hardly the ‘Guardiola inverted full backs creating a box in the centre’ type of idea is it? It’s the press and win the ball back quickly and get the ball forward quickly with purpose. He should have them singing from that hymn sheet by now. 
 
You’re absolutely right we do but for a successful team the grinding results out should be the exception. It hasn’t felt like that for a long time now. Our players are better than what we are seeing. Not enough is being squeezed out of the talent available. 
 
On paper Carlisle have a side that is way weaker than ours (moxon and that number 7 aside I don’t think any would get in our first 20) yet they still pinged it around with more confidence than us. Simpson was getting more out of his players than we are getting out of ours currently and I know that ultimately they were beat 2-0 but we are a big side in this division and he’s seen his team (who would probably snap your hand off for 20th position right now) go down 2-0 whilst hitting the woodwork twice, having more shots, more shots on target, more corners and more of the ball. 

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Glad you could make it over but I would disagree on a couple of points.
Whether the ground will be “virtually empty next season” (depends on your definition of virtually empty) will largely depend on results rather than whether Warne is manager or not. If we get promoted (I know, feels like a pipe dream right now) attendances (and season ticket sales) will be reasonable regardless of who the manager is. IMO, even if we miss out, provided performances and results improve (I know, another pipe dream) there won’t be a mass exodus of season ticket holders even if PW is still in charge. 
 
I think it’s ridiculous to suggest there was no effort from the team apart from Waggy. The application wasn’t always great but there was plenty of effort. For example, Washington ran his socks off and I don’t think you can doubt the efforts from the likes of Nelson, Cashin, Forsyth, Wildsmith and Sibley to name but a few.

Save our best players for the league so we can smash it long & chase it

Very interesting - thank you for sharing.  So, only one in five of our long balls was successful compared to nearly half for Pompey!  That’s a huge difference.

Getting rid of Liam cost very little.  Getting rid of Warne and his assistants on 4-year contracts would cost a lot.

1 solitary shot on target, which was a penalty. We played 48 minutes plus stoppage time with 11 men and still looked so poor, we only looked a threat from set pieces, potentially the worst on the ball I’ve ever seen us, 119 accurate passes with 57% pass accuracy is genuinely disgusting, there was games last season where Cashin did over 100 on his own, when we beat Man United away under Lampard Bradley Johnson had over 50 in the opposition half, so in a 90+ minute spell to have 119 accurate passes is awful, add to that after 3 minutes Bolton had 92% of the possession. I’ve never felt so unenthusiastic about watching us play, particularly after the injuries to Rooney and Thompson, not one part of me can be bothered to watch 9/10 ageing players look like they’ve never met each other for 90 minutes. I just wanna see something to feel optimistic about, an intention to play entertaining and attacking football and to see some of our exciting young players used in a way that can utilise the best of their abilities. I’m actually missing Cocu at the minute because at least I knew and liked what he wanted us to do.

Why not?
Interesting point made about choosing Warne over Rosenior by Clowes. 'Duty of care' it was called.
"The club has been reviewing and assessing the managerial position since David Clowes took over and Liam Rosenior has been fantastic. They have a great relationship. The club has a duty of care towards Liam's career as someone taking his first steps in managing and what might happen to Liam if it didn't work out played a part in the decision.
Paul Warne brings experience and now is his time for a big job at a big club. Other clubs were after him, both those with and those without a manager currently. David Clowes liked how he treats players, and journalists, encouraging everyone to get the best out of themselves."
It seems obvious to some/many that Warne is struggling in his 'big job at a big club', will there also be a consideration of 'duty of care' to him? Some of his media interviews have been little short of 'desperate' at times have they not? Is he suffering and not dealing well with the pressures that managing 'a big club' brings?

He’s probably thinking I can really make a positive difference to this team

A few enormous, glaring tactical errors in the first half. Fornah looked lost at times trying to play as the 10 (but had a really encouraging 2nd half playing deeper), sitting so deep after we scored was absolutely criminal. Very clear Thommo was the link between midfield and attack and we really missed him today, hopefully Embelton can fill that role.
Looked better with 10 men, although the chasm between the midfield and attack was still enormous. TJJ and Fornah looked like good players, and Vickers was solid. Bizarrely, that was still one of Bradley's best performances for us. Other than the f*** up, he defended strongly and caused errors in their box instead of ours for a change.
All in all, we'd probably have taken 3 points from the last two games, and we've lost to a deflection. The performance was poor, at times inexcusable, but at least we've got some time to bed the players in and get the injuries healed.

Paul’s interview on rams tv. States that the team didn’t show enough character and then a minute later commends them for their character.

Really? What answer could Clowes give that would satisfy fans without alienating Warne and the players?  
 
He throws the team/management under the bus by agreeing that the football isn’t good enough or he doesn’t answer the question which would get the fans’ backs up. 

Buzzing?

Stop slagging his  interview
 
he is in a squad where he knows nobody, after a dissapointment in the morning 
he’s shy and resrved
 
But when asked about Paul Warne he actually looked pleased. Maybe we have a good manager after all
 
 

As much as that interview made The Green Mile look like a comedy, I do feel bad for the chap.
Coming off a big long injury, played really well for his hometown club for 18 months beforehand. His manager tells him he'll be in his plans for the weekend, gets the player excited. Behind the scenes a deal at Sunderland, we've enquired about him and now for whatever reason, they think it's better for him to gain some fitness here.
I'm guessing this move came out of the blue and it's been a very long day or so for him. Escaping Sunderland into the 21st century must have been a shock as well.
Welcome to Derby 🐏🐏🐏
 

This is the reshot "but give it big smiles and you're happy to be here, no smileyer, happier, oh FFS just please try to look like you've not just been told your gran's cat died"
"Are you excited to be at Derby...no...want to play for sunderland....."
"How's today been for you....I'd rather have heard my gran's cat died than be here"
"Are you going to put anything on the "why wall".........I've got a F-the-magpies sticker, i might stck that up"

Never seen any player sound so depressed about a transfer. Can’t wait for him to kiss the badge!🥴

Waghorn for England obviously