The_Sheriff

Just now, jono said:

If my memory is correct Dom asked him, if with hindsight he should have rotated some players. He said if he was a manager with active hindsight he’d be in the “ducking” champions league. It was casual, quiet and without rancour, just a slip of the tongue into everyday vernacular. Just a “well maybe” but it easy to say after the event. 

I didn't even clock him swearing that's how casual it was in the answer 

2 hours ago, Red_Dawn said:

Getting a team marooned to the bottom of the championship, 1 point in 7, to the playoff (and almost top 2) has never been achieved before. No-one has even come close.

Obviously the playoffs are a lottery, but again, getting a side who've historically been bottlers in that competition to win? First Forest manager in 23 years to return us to the top flight. 

And then to get that ramshackle side to stay in the league, with all the ridiculous numbers of signings and media circus that followed, again a miracle job.

You lot might downplay it, naturally, but he worked an absolute miracle getting us up and keeping us there. He'll get another great job after us, no doubt. 

2006/07 Sunderland might have something to say about that!

Pompy we are coming for you!

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10 hours ago, plymouthram said:

I am one that did'nt want Warne and had my doubts whether he was the right man to get us back in the Championship. My biggest hate of the Warneball football was playing 3 centrbacks with wingbacks. I did state; hoping he could adapt and try different formations. Last season he was forced to play mainly with a back 4 because of the players he had inherited from Liam Rosenior's hastly put together squad. We put a good run together and looked like we could pinch a promotion slot. Then he started tinkering with the team and trying out his favoured 3 at the back, we fell away and the rest is history.

A new season and Warne brings in players to fit his preferred 3 at the back and wingbacks. Due to injuries and poor results against inferior teams he switches back to 4 at the back. And besides the odd few games where he got his tactics wrong ( Crewe, Stevenage, Shrewsbury and Cambridge) the team have started to get results and climb the table. The Port Vale game even had the team playing out from the back with Wildsmith feeding to defenders (Aka Liam Rosenior style).

Please Mr Warne, drop the idea of 3 centrebacks, please adapt, have some tactical nouce against all these different teams in this awful League One. Don't recruit old players in January, especially wingbacks, go abroad if needs be and bring in some hungry exciting talent. If you fail to get promotion this season, I'm afraid you will gone. Crowds will drop off, good young players will move on and we will be back to how the squad was when Mr Clowes bought the club (Threadbare of players).

At halftime he went to a 3/5 at the back v Bristol and we were far better second half. First half with 4 we were poor. 

The likes of Wilson and Ward are tailor made for the wing back role where nyambe is more suited to a 4 (rb)

Basically there are situations where having the 3/5 is beneficial (as there is for 4 sometimes) so asking to drop it completely i can't get on board with.

59 minutes ago, admira said:

You can guarantee we will give him away for peanuts, like we always do.

At his age we don't have a choice to 'give him away'  it's out of our hands.

Devastating news.  

I will miss his rallying calls and we will create a sea of black and white and suck that ball into the net for you b4.

RIP to my favourite poster.

13 hours ago, Mckram said:

@The_Sheriff @Motley intrigued to know why you acted angrily to this post?

Is it that you feel this isn’t the worst Derby team or that you feel Warne has moved us forward? If it’s the latter then what aspects of the club do you feel have moved forward since he took 

Not wanting to go back and forwards so easier to react then post. But since you asked the question I will be courteous to answer.

Not personal to you but I am fed up of the OTT posts of how 'bad' we are.  We had 32 attempts Sunday and dominated the game so personally i was happy with what I seen bar the finishing/final pass.

Against Northampton I enjoyed how we played too (obviously with a scoreline to show for it).

I personally prefer this then watching us under the likes of Cocu when passing sideways, backwards and frequently not scoring in games.

By all means feel free to give me a negative reaction back if you disagree with my rationale. 

7 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Same plan as usual in the cups - minutes to those who need them, and resting those who need a break. Something like this:

Vickers

Ward   Cashin   Bradley   Forsyth

Fornah   Smith

Ward   Bird   Sibley

Collins

Subs: Wildsmith, Nyambe, Hourihane, Mendez-Laing, Barkhuizen, Washington, Brown

Ward down the right I take it? :)

He played well last night. Still a quality footballer who is suited to a more passing game so I agree he would thrive more elsewhere.

About time Warne played the Warne way.

5 at the back!

He's not a winger he isn't quick enough for it. Play him cam let him have games there or don't play him at all

Still Warne in but even I am losing faith.

He's got some crucial games coming up and needs a run now to really establish his style.

Go to 5 at the back stick by your guns! Fans dislike him anyway so play the formation and style you recruited for.

Currently we are battling with teams inferior to us. We need to start showing we are better then them by outplaying them

51 minutes ago, Chilwellram said:

His RD interview sounds like he knows he’s gone. 

Why what did he say for you to think this? I haven't listened to it 

Easy win

1 hour ago, Topram said:

Properly get pelters for this as 80% seem to have made their mind up over Warne, but anyone else just had enough with the constant negativity towards the players and staff? It’s relentless.

Even after last nights win I’m seeing people try and twist it negatively, overall last night we played faster tempo had chances and won end off, so why the negativity?

Warnes come out and said last night about blocking outside noise out, really think knocking them will help? It’ll only make it worse, 5 in 11 for Collins decent return, what’s booing him and giving him stick going to do? Why can’t we get behind them? We’re in league 1 we won’t have world beaters that will do everything so perfectly. 
 

1 defeat in 10 due to some terrible refereeing it’s not anywhere near as bad as people are making out, it’s as if we’ve won 1 in 10.

I can be as negative as anyone and as annoyed as anyone when we drop points etc but it’s the bigger picture move on we go again, It’s not an easy league like people expect, Sunderland sheff united Ipswich Bolton etc all got stuck for time, and probably only Bolton started in a worse rebuild situation as us… 

it’s absolutely draining all the constant ‘get him gone’ ‘whose next’ ‘he’s just a P.E teacher’ I’ve missed 1 away game and 1 home and it’s honestly making me not want to go, Blackpool people singing ‘warne your football is sh*t’ then 5 minutes later singing his name, honestly think if people stop over reacting and seemingly wanting Warne to fail we could get out of this league this year. Rant over roll on the draining stick that’ll come…

This is an excellent post. Sums up alot of my feelings.   

Yes its a forum to discuss and have opinions but it is extremely draining seeing so much negativity within the fanbase when things really are not that bad currently!  

16 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

All his successes came with 3/5 at the back?

Never used when relegated in 16/17, then used 352 twice as they were relegated in 18/19. He also only used 352 once when they were promoted in 17/18, and once when promoted in 19/20. He only won 1 of those games.

3/5 at the back was used for the entriety of 21/22, when they won promotion and won the Pizza Cup, and they continued to use that in 22/23. [The new manager changed to 4 at the back in January]

So he only used it in his latest success at rotherham yeah? The years before he was a 4?

Even so its fair to suggest hes recruited for a 3/5 hasnt he?

We hired a manager whose successes come from playing a 5.

Who has recruited to play a 5.

Yet the vast majority of posts i see are people wanting a 4 which to me doesnt make sense.

10 hours ago, Millenniumram said:

I’m not going to stop supporting my team because of the manager. No matter what I think of the football, I’ll be there to cheer them on. 

I come on here to say what I thought about the performance. That’s the point of a forum. I’m not trying to achieve anything, just positing my opinion. If you don’t like it, put me on ignore and create an echo chamber.

As long as you are cheering them on and just venting frustrations on here then fair point!

All i have noticed is frequent negativity from you which cant be healthy and personally it's draining to read

Therefore, (despite never muting anyone) i will take you up on your kind offer.

Enjoy life... up the rams

Sheriff

On 23/09/2023 at 21:07, Millenniumram said:

I don’t think it is. That was genuinely one of the worst performances I’ve seen in a long time. Our passing was horrific, we had no control whatsoever, and our only hope was launching it forward to James Collins. We barely strung 5 passes together all game. Carlisle played the much better football, and had the better chances - including hitting the woodwork twice and having a stonewall pen turned down.

Perhaps you should stop going for a bit?

You clearly have a strong dislike for the way we are playing and it isn't going to change.

You are then spreading negativity on here too. I just dont know what you are trying to achieve? 

We've got the league one guardiola!

Nice assist for collins last night.