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2 hours ago, simmoram1995 said:

 

Young strikers from Norwich and Brighton I’ve heard recently 

plus exploring championship players with few minutes - Gregory , Juke , Joseph at Leeds, and Maja at West Brom are some of the names I’ve heard.

Oxford guy has been allegedly concentrating on summer recruitment. 

 

Sounds like any name will do then 

1 minute ago, angieram said:

Maybe a loan out? He does need game time, and to learn the role a bit more.

I always thought he'd be one for the future, given Hourihane and probably Bird departing at season end. So a development loan would make more sense to me. 

Can't see a transfer fee generating much? 

I wouldn’t want to be paying Forest anything either !

1 hour ago, Jimbo Ram said:

I was saying what I think Warne will do. I would have Conor on the bench.

I’d have three playing in midfield but we have so many wide players we can’t fit them in so something has to give way and Warne has chosen central midfield as the place where we short of bodies on the pitch much to the criticism of Bird and Hourahan unfairly 

8 hours ago, kevinhectoring said:

Imo Everton will be fine 

All down to actual point deductions this season but Luton are mucking it all up for the premier league by trying to stop up 

So then if we can sneak a goal lead thanks to NML we can now put on a defensive midfielder in front of a back five for the last twenty minutes whilst still leaving an unmarked forward to head at our goal.

Never heard of him never seen him play and another massive gamble on another teams mainly injured player 

I hope he does fantastic for us and at 28 he needs to with a career of doing ok at FGR 

let’s see who leaves tomorrow - Smith? Fornah ? Bird ?

Ince was a good signing at the time to help ward and Russell but we ruined it by signing lingard who helped turn us from a side that won 2-0 or 3-1 to a side that drew 3-3 and 4-4 every week and plummeted we did 

Elder is fine but he is no wing back just a basic left back for a 442 whilst ward is third choice right back / wingback and fourth choice right midfield 

Money wasted has been Fornah as we have to pay a transfer fee if we get promoted and he is on a permanent contract and is hardly trusted to get more than a few minutes every month. Bradley has been a very expensive disappointment but occasionally gets on the pitch to ensure we let a last minute goal in on a frequent basis.

3 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said:

I would say the opposite. If we were trying to look him out, would we risk an injury just days before the window closes? He hasn't had much football for months, so this game (several days before our next fixture) is thr perfect time for him to build up some fitness. He also played a couple of weeks ago, alongside Fornah and Sibley.

I would hedge my bets on Fornah being on the way out. Less than 30 minutes of league football since Christmas. Started 1 other game in thr Cup and brought off at half time. Not even named in the first team squad 4 times. The fact he isn't in this U21 game to build up much needed fitness suggests something is up 

For me I think Fornah is very limited and I have no idea what Warne saw in him to give him a permanent contract - when he came on as a late substitute in the Wigan away game he appeared to have a very can’t be bothered  attitude and completely didn’t mark his man or challenge for the ball at all leaving Forsyth being overloaded and giving Wigan easy opportunities to put the ball in the box which could have cost us the win. Three days later we played at OXFORD and Fornah was put through a long period running and chasing individually by a coach two hours before kick off which was very strange and no fitness test which resulted in him not being selected even for the bench that day. I think he has annoyed Warne to the point of wanting rid of him - just an opinion but maybe he is not a warne Good egg 

Warne’s signings in the summer were 70% flops- Wilson has done ok going forward ( naff defensively) Nelson solid and the rest are slow and injured and incapable of being better than what we had whilst Nyambe and Waghorn were fluke signings who do contribute when available 

6 hours ago, simmoram1995 said:

Wycombe and another team want him on loan 

Wouldn’t do buisness with Wycombe even if it suited us 

7 hours ago, Jimbo Ram said:

1. Steve Mac

2. Uncle George

3. Frank Lampard

Obviously Arthur and the Bald Eagle would be in the top 3…

Nailed it 

6 hours ago, O'hare is the goat said:

Would make sense as West Ham are currently in the market for a striker and Moyes doesn't really like to give young players minutes at West Ham

I haven’t noticed that Warne likes playing them either

I am not confident that anybody Warne brings in will be an improvement on what we currently have based on all his signings so far and there have been a lot 

I just watched the highlights- who was supposed to be marking the player on the back post in the last moments of the game who somehow didn’t score as it looks like dreadful defending 

5 hours ago, DerbyAleMan said:

Yes agree, but when Mr Cix took us up we had some very poor games i was there mate, and the season after in the old second division we smashed it, some great away days as a 15 year old as well like Stoke away, Oldham away and the best of the lot sheffield United away with 10000 Rams fans, great times indeed. 

Yes I was there also - great times travelling around 

Just now, Rich3478 said:

Is he a central midfielder? Genuinely not sure his best position. Plays well as a 10 but is so inconsistent, and when is poor is totally ineffective. 

Was much better when we played with a more rounded centre forward who could lay the ball off and look for the runners without having to stop still and control the football 

48 minutes ago, DerbyAleMan said:

Only Jim got us promoted though. 

We weren’t in the third division since Arthur Cox built a very good side 

13 minutes ago, Rich3478 said:

Sadly is probably time to take some money for him. Sibley seems to go slightly backwards each season. Is obviously talented but just doesn’t seem to be able to find a position in our team. Under several managers now.

Still think best spell he’s had for us has been at left back. Thought he struggled there today though, defensively was awful

Our central midfielders don’t look good because they are outnumbered and not allowed to do anything other than get it wide early 

1 hour ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

Warne simply has to address the midfield. It's a glaring issue that until late in the game today he has simply refused to address 

That’s the big problem for him though isn’t it - if we put three in there which is needed in this league (most leagues) then you can’t have all these wide players and false wing backs we have collected 

2 hours ago, strawhillram said:

He talks about players being brave, but he isn’t himself. Only plays one way and scared to change

That’s a true view, if we have fast wide players why not leave them on either flank when the opponent has a corner? 

4 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

The frequency with which Warne gets outwitted tactically is alarming given the level we are at. If he manages us in the second tier that's only going to become more of a problem.

We need to fluke promotion and thank him and leave him back in Rotherham - that’s the only future I can see as hopeful  

Regardless of results I hate the way Warne plays his football and makes my team look so poor when we really should be a very decent side. He will moan about not getting the players he wanted no doubt again - I have a season ticket yet again but I have missed 8 home games this season due to various reasons but it doesn’t bother me at all - sad 

Yet another total non performance at home again I see?

38 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

When we lost to Stevenage it felt as if everything had come to a head and many (including me) were calling for Warne to go. The next game at home to Northampton felt pivotal and we rushed into a three goal lead, four just after half-time, and the manager was secure.

We went on a great run and got to 3rd in the league, looking as if we might sweep all before us. Yet, the Derby "nose-bleed" system cut in and we're now down to 5th (on ppg) and falling. With only 18 games to go, if we're genuinely going to challenge for automatic promotion we need another run similar to the one we just had, and pronto. Last year's failure on the back of a 17 game unbeaten run does loom heavily over us. Draw or lose and we're likely really in trouble. I'm hoping it's a convincing win and the start of something again, as we try to haul ourselves back into contention. I'll take any win. 

I feel this game is again that big test of mentality we came through against Northampton with flying colours. Do we need a sports psychologist? Do we have one? Or is that Warne's job at this level?

Unfortunately that day Northampton decided not to try to mark any of our players particularly Washington which made it a lot easier.