TheTinMan

I'm not sure its that unfair to judge Warne on his Rotherham exploits in the Championship, its a relevant concern. Ignoring it is a bit of wanting your cake and eating it for starters because he was judged on his ability to get Rotherham out of this league in the first instance. If you don't think one is relevant then nor is the other. Matt Taylor came in early doors last season after Warne came here and he kept them up which Warne hadn't managed to achieve. Would Warne have kept them up? We'll never know. Reality is the current side we have here considering we know Max Bird is gone for starters and others could follow given the contract situation, there could be significant turnover of the squad. Its going to be a very difficult season and we're being very naïve to think otherwise. Obviously we need to get promoted first which last night and the weekend have left us in a very good position to achieve.  

Just got in from work and caught the highlights. Very good point, would have taken before kickoff. Could be the vital point come the end of 46 games. 

Unfortunately Wildsmith is and has been for a while now a liability coming for balls he shouldn't be etc, cracking hit from Moxon but I think Wildsmith should have done better. 

On point 2) about desensitising the players. Literally the only positive I can find in us signing Dads Army players is they are experienced and some of them experienced at a far higher level than this, point 2 shouldn't apply. We cannot be blaming the opposition with limited resources compared to us, they'll do whatever they need to do and we need to adapt or stay in this league for the foreseeable. Only got ourselves to blame for missing a golden opportunity on Saturday to extend the gap and put the pressure on others. We were bloody awful in what should have been one of our lesser remaining games. 

39 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

It’s hard to disagree with you after losing Knight , Bird and Wildsmith . Possibly along with Sibley and Thomson in a few weeks time . Looking at the big picture - have we been so desperate to get out of Lg 1 that we have no long-term strategy?

This is what depresses me the most. I could take a few seasons in League 1 if I could see a future, players being bought through or signings who were improving or had some potential. Even if we get promoted its the same over the hill mob on last pay cheques, most of them probably not arsed about the club. No direction at all, much as I despise Warne a lot of that comes from higher up. 

He's been a very poor signing if we're being kind 

I think we've partly ended up in this position because the January window was not great. Stuck all the eggs in the CBT basket and now even with no players Warne won't play him. Who wanted to sign him because it doesn't look like Warne did? 

Did we forget how early Hughes was playing regular first team football for us? I think he'll be finishing at the top level far earlier than we think, he's not your typical player who got eased in until he was early 20s. I've no idea what he'd do in the Championship but he looks like hes not good enough for the prem when I've seen bits of Palace 

2 minutes ago, DiggerB said:

Out of contract South American centre half the recruitment team have been tracking?

Released by Rotherham probably. Good lad though. 

4 minutes ago, Kernow said:

It's all hindsight though, isn't it. Without injuries, we'd have enough in my opinion. We have Collins, Gayle, TJJ, Washington and Waghorn. It's just typical that we haven't had more than 2 fit at once nearly all season.

Is that typical though? Except TJJ they are all old men, bound to get injuries, naive to think otherwise. This isn't hindsight, you sign these sorts of players in league 1 its because they have no better options and they are broken and risky to sign. 

Even if by some minor miracle he gets us up his track record in the Championship is relegation straight away. Hes not the answer long or probably short-term to 

5 minutes ago, S8TY said:

Absolute load of crap one of the worst games of football I’ve seen 

Northampton are crap so that says it all 

why take off Adams ? and NML ? Unless they’re injured it’s a strange decision 

if anyone thought this league wasn’t of a poor standard this season that game sums it up a team in the top 2 and a team going nowhere in L1 …it was such a poor standard of football …any really good side would piss this league 

Nail on the head. Pompey are pissing this league and they are nothing special. We've barely improved if at all from last season just in a weaker league. If the players and manager can't get out of this league they can all do one when the contracts expire if not before. 

Would any other manager with the team in this position in the league divide opinion so much? Strong likelihood those against Warne are correct and those in favour are slightly blinkered by us somehow being 2nd despite Warne. 

I just hope they (the club, Warne etc) learn from the experience this season with injuries whatever league we're in next. You sign players past their best with chequered injury records and this sort of thing is inevitable. Who honestly saw Gayle lasting to the season end? 

We probably can't miss the playoffs from where we sit currently but realistically if we're below Bolton, Barnsley and Peterborough again to my mind we've not improved from last season. Pompey have improved but otherwise its the same league from last season where the runner way top 3 all got promoted. The 3 relegated to our league all had significant issues which made it difficult to expect them to be promotion challengers. 

We sit 2nd in the league but I genuinely believe any half competent manager would have had us all bar promoted by now with the amount of points everyone else below us keeps dropping. The scenes on here when we limp into the playoffs and get dumped out in the semis will be quite something. How many years left on his contract? Wake me up when its run out or Clowes grows a pair. 

2 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

At least Bolton are losing

Makes you wonder if we and they and Pompey and Peterborough etc have actually improved or more likely we're all at a similar level to last season in a much weaker league minus the three who got promoted 

I'm so unbelievably frustrated with the situation (shock horror) DCFC signing old men up front with dodgy injury records = no fit strikers.  Warne won't name a striker from the academy in the squad. Reality is this club will not be sustainable long-term without using the academy and selling some of them on at a profit because we are turd at scouting for other players with potential. Warne is very bad for this club long-term even if he gets them up in the short-term. The other thing is signing Wash is as bad as the dodgy PPE contracts from the government in my book, the man is not fit for purpose and stealing a living from his mate Warne. 

3 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Even the xG was high for those who love that particular stat. We weren’t as clinical as we were on Tuesday night, Crewe deserve credit for their defending, it finished 2-2 and we go again 🤷🏻‍♂️ 

 

2.96 XG from 32 shots is dreadful 

Sorry but that game doesn't end 2-2 if their keeper didnt spill Nats daisy cutter. Their heads and legs went after that. We lose that 2-0 and you can forget your 32 shots which probably had a collective XG of 2 goals

I think a howler from their keeper and their legs going have masked a dreadful 2nd half showing myself but we're still in it which is the main thing in a season where promotion looks unlikely, a cup run is not unwelcome 

Got out of jail there 

Did somebody on another post say Hourihane had Championship suitors? Hopefully they weren't watching today. Hasn't even bossed a League 2 midfield. Slippers on job, spray a few pretty balls around every now and then but no meaingful contribution on the game. 

I think he might be close to the door. Midweek should have got him some time but all this week has really done has further highlighted the Jekyl and Hyde that is DCFC under Warne 

On the bright side most of them are out of contract next summer and on this showing and several others I wouldn't offer any of them a new one. Pathetic 

1 minute ago, Tamworthram said:

They're not as bad as either Exeter or Northampton were.

They are but we're making them look better