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Sparkle got a reaction from alram in Paul Warne
No obviously - hopefully it doesn’t become a trend but another season in this crap league will stop around 2,000 season ticket holders from attending I suspect
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Sparkle reacted to B4’s Sister in Season Tickets 24/25
It’s really lovely of you all to put the idea forward, but you really don’t need to. I’ve got until the end of April to sort it out. You’re a bloody lovely bunch ❤️
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Sparkle reacted to Top Lino in Paul Warne
Big factor on whether we keep Warne if we fail to go up will surely be season ticket sales. If they are slow and a lot of people fail to renew then Mr Clowes may be prompted to act sooner than he would like. For my part I would make a change even if we go up as I have no confidence in Warnes's recruitment for a season in the Championship.
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Sparkle reacted to Jonnie_07 in Paul Warne
My prediction is that Warne is going to go this time next year … promotion or no promotion.
If we don’t go up Clowes is going to give Warne another chance due to the length of his contract. If we go up the style of football is going to put us in the bottom three of the Championship.
The most disappointing thing (and I agree with Daren Robinson) is I no longer know what the football, recruitment, and academy philosophy and strategy is at DCFC.
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Sparkle reacted to TheRamOfSwad in Paul Warne
I think our fanbases vision on how we like to see our football still comes from (a little loosely) Brian Clough and the legacy he left and ultimately we still hold those values no matter what league we are in
Keep it on the floor, Not cheating, Winners mentality, buying into hid footballing philosophy etc etc
Crazy how his legacy still leaves a mark on the club and the supporters because we have seen how it "could be" why would we want anything else
I think Brian was definitely in the camp of "work smarter, not harder" and maybe that's why we as derby fans have not taken to Warne very well
Probably more reminiscent of a dirty Leeds Don Revie team, is more the model of Paul's ideal team, big brute kicking people off the ball and grinding out wins
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Sparkle got a reaction from ck- in v Charlton Athletic (H) Match Day Thread
I thought it was tactical to have as few shots on target as is reasonably possible in a first half then let the opponents have the ball for half an hour then go kick and rush right at the end of games or so the 7 year old said recently near me at the games.
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Sparkle got a reaction from David Graham Brown in Season Tickets 24/25
I have had my season ticket over 40 years so I will buy one anyway but I also buy one for my mate so not so cheap, I totally understand people deliberating about buying one when faced with travelling long distances especially if what they are watching is considered football garbage. For me this season has been interesting because for various reasons ( bereavement, Hospital stays, holidays ) I have missed 6 home fixtures and it hasn’t bothered me in the slightest compared to all the previous seasons where missing one game would be tragic.
I won’t be buying mine until the last week though
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Sparkle got a reaction from MackworthRamIsGod in Paul Warne
Whilst I can’t stand his style of football it was right to give him the season although his absolute scatter gun approach to signing players concerned me greatly. Yes in terms of the opposition this year certainly looked like the easiest/poorest league imaginable but remember he has 3 promotions from this league so it must have been just as poor on a least 3 occasions before.
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Sparkle got a reaction from Kathcairns in Season Tickets 24/25
I have had my season ticket over 40 years so I will buy one anyway but I also buy one for my mate so not so cheap, I totally understand people deliberating about buying one when faced with travelling long distances especially if what they are watching is considered football garbage. For me this season has been interesting because for various reasons ( bereavement, Hospital stays, holidays ) I have missed 6 home fixtures and it hasn’t bothered me in the slightest compared to all the previous seasons where missing one game would be tragic.
I won’t be buying mine until the last week though
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Sparkle got a reaction from kevinhectoring in v Charlton Athletic (H) Match Day Thread
I thought it was tactical to have as few shots on target as is reasonably possible in a first half then let the opponents have the ball for half an hour then go kick and rush right at the end of games or so the 7 year old said recently near me at the games.
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Sparkle got a reaction from TINMANTED in Paul Warne
He has a stubborn streak doesn’t he - thinking 3 centre half’s is the way to go even at home whatever it costs the team elsewhere in the selected team.
Does he have favourites? Well it seems to appear so
Does he give youngsters a chance, even in none sense cup games - not really
Does he sign players with huge recent injury records - absolutely
is he a good judge of a player ? - depends on your view point, use Bradley as an example - past 30 signed on high wages and looked not very good at all and fairly incapable of playing in a back 4 and when you compare to a Curtis Davies who played for very little for us in the past two seasons who never looked useless and positionally sound ( no surprise he is helping Cheltenham away from the relegation spots)
it's all about opinions but I think a lot of our players look as miserable as they can be weather or not they are playing or not
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Sparkle got a reaction from LeedsCityRam in Paul Warne
He has a stubborn streak doesn’t he - thinking 3 centre half’s is the way to go even at home whatever it costs the team elsewhere in the selected team.
Does he have favourites? Well it seems to appear so
Does he give youngsters a chance, even in none sense cup games - not really
Does he sign players with huge recent injury records - absolutely
is he a good judge of a player ? - depends on your view point, use Bradley as an example - past 30 signed on high wages and looked not very good at all and fairly incapable of playing in a back 4 and when you compare to a Curtis Davies who played for very little for us in the past two seasons who never looked useless and positionally sound ( no surprise he is helping Cheltenham away from the relegation spots)
it's all about opinions but I think a lot of our players look as miserable as they can be weather or not they are playing or not
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Sparkle got a reaction from Ramrob in Tom Lawrence
Good for him, great last season for us shame the other seasons couldn’t match our hopes
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Sparkle got a reaction from David Graham Brown in Paul Warne
He has a stubborn streak doesn’t he - thinking 3 centre half’s is the way to go even at home whatever it costs the team elsewhere in the selected team.
Does he have favourites? Well it seems to appear so
Does he give youngsters a chance, even in none sense cup games - not really
Does he sign players with huge recent injury records - absolutely
is he a good judge of a player ? - depends on your view point, use Bradley as an example - past 30 signed on high wages and looked not very good at all and fairly incapable of playing in a back 4 and when you compare to a Curtis Davies who played for very little for us in the past two seasons who never looked useless and positionally sound ( no surprise he is helping Cheltenham away from the relegation spots)
it's all about opinions but I think a lot of our players look as miserable as they can be weather or not they are playing or not
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Sparkle got a reaction from David Graham Brown in v Charlton Athletic (H) Match Day Thread
I thought it was tactical to have as few shots on target as is reasonably possible in a first half then let the opponents have the ball for half an hour then go kick and rush right at the end of games or so the 7 year old said recently near me at the games.
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Sparkle got a reaction from RoyMac5 in Paul Warne
He has a stubborn streak doesn’t he - thinking 3 centre half’s is the way to go even at home whatever it costs the team elsewhere in the selected team.
Does he have favourites? Well it seems to appear so
Does he give youngsters a chance, even in none sense cup games - not really
Does he sign players with huge recent injury records - absolutely
is he a good judge of a player ? - depends on your view point, use Bradley as an example - past 30 signed on high wages and looked not very good at all and fairly incapable of playing in a back 4 and when you compare to a Curtis Davies who played for very little for us in the past two seasons who never looked useless and positionally sound ( no surprise he is helping Cheltenham away from the relegation spots)
it's all about opinions but I think a lot of our players look as miserable as they can be weather or not they are playing or not
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Sparkle got a reaction from BaianoPOTY98 in Paul Warne
He has a stubborn streak doesn’t he - thinking 3 centre half’s is the way to go even at home whatever it costs the team elsewhere in the selected team.
Does he have favourites? Well it seems to appear so
Does he give youngsters a chance, even in none sense cup games - not really
Does he sign players with huge recent injury records - absolutely
is he a good judge of a player ? - depends on your view point, use Bradley as an example - past 30 signed on high wages and looked not very good at all and fairly incapable of playing in a back 4 and when you compare to a Curtis Davies who played for very little for us in the past two seasons who never looked useless and positionally sound ( no surprise he is helping Cheltenham away from the relegation spots)
it's all about opinions but I think a lot of our players look as miserable as they can be weather or not they are playing or not
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Sparkle got a reaction from Tamworthram in Paul Warne
Whilst I can’t stand his style of football it was right to give him the season although his absolute scatter gun approach to signing players concerned me greatly. Yes in terms of the opposition this year certainly looked like the easiest/poorest league imaginable but remember he has 3 promotions from this league so it must have been just as poor on a least 3 occasions before.
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Sparkle reacted to S8TY in Paul Warne
Mark Warburton would be my choice his Brentford team played lovely attacking football he was big part of West Ham’s coaching staff last season and think he has a point to prove …that’s why he left them as he wants to get back into management very good coach and can work on a budget
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Sparkle got a reaction from Kinder in v Charlton Athletic (H) Match Day Thread
I wonder how many supporters would have selected that back four last night based on what we have seen this season with who was available?
For me the strongest and balanced back four available would have been Nyambe Nelson Cashin Sibley and yes Sibley could be a potential weak link it hasn’t really transpired that way when he has played and not to mention he can cross a ball and shoot.
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Sparkle got a reaction from Adslegend in v Charlton Athletic (H) Match Day Thread
I wonder how many supporters would have selected that back four last night based on what we have seen this season with who was available?
For me the strongest and balanced back four available would have been Nyambe Nelson Cashin Sibley and yes Sibley could be a potential weak link it hasn’t really transpired that way when he has played and not to mention he can cross a ball and shoot.
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