DarkFruitsRam7

That was my life on this forum during my teenage years!

Martin has always played an extremely possession-heavy style, and he said in pre-season that he has no intention of changing his approach this season.

Could be that Martin is going down the Kompany route of sticking with a style of play because he thinks it will get him a bigger job.

Betting on Derby to do anything other than win is criminal.

Sticking to this part of the world for now, but never say never. Hope he enjoys the trip.

Another issue I've seen cropping up regarding the lack of top English managers. English coaches working at the lower levels of the game are having their A-Licence applications rejected, often several times over, because ex-pros are prioritised.

Settle down

I think it took English football a bit too long to get over the "dinosaur" approach. Now that the likes of Pep have arrived and firmly cemented their styles in English football, it will only be a matter of time before some top English managers come through.

I can just about stomach appointing a German, but a Frenchman? Get out of here.

Only if you're weak

Doesn't take much. Christmas in mid-October.

@Day will not be happy.

Top tactical coach that's used to working with big names and is great at knockout football. Very happy with this.

Some of the points are valid. I don't like how Warne seemingly doesn't care about blooding academy players. But to expect him to do that and play "better football", while maintaining the results we're currently getting, would be asking for the perfect manager. And that's completely unrealistic in our current position. There are some things we'd like to change that simply won't change with Warne as manager. He's doing a good job so far, and there's no prospect of him leaving anytime soon, so we may as well stop stressing about it. And the football really hasn't been that bad.