Dava75

I like Paul Warne and his staff, as people. 
 
From what I can tell, they're a decent, honest and principled bunch. 
 
I believe that's what attracted David Clowes to them in the first instance, alongside their record of success in League One. 
 
I'll also add that they saw those principles reflected in David Clowes, hence their decision to come on board.
 
From the start it was referenced by all parties the entire ethos of the club needed changing, and rebuilding work was needed from top to bottom, which is not the work of a moment, or indeed a few months. 
 
The backroom staff had been hollowed out to the bare minimum, across multiple departments. 
 
A review of the remaining staff saw several leave, and a new round of recruitment has taken place, building the club back up to operating strength across the board, from the casual staff,offices and the football support and academy roles, a process that is still ongoing.
 
That's not a normal issue that an incoming manager has to grapple with, rebuilding the back room to what it should be, while ensuring his requirements are met. We've seen a level of churn across the Academy management in that time, which must have demanded Warnes attention at various stages, in addition to the normal commitments management brings.
 
We've an owner learning about operating a football club, having taken over in sheer desperation, leaning on the manager he's appointed I presume, there seems to be no other football experts within his team we know of.
 
None of this is normal for a first team football manager, especially in his first job away from a much smaller club with different expectations, so mistakes and stumbles will inevitably happen. 

 
We got close enough last season that there were few grumbles about his position, yet after only two games, one in the league, there's a sizable minority calling for change, and a notable shift in how he's perceived. 
 
I'm not a natural defender of Warne, but will stand up for his work so far.
 
 I'm a self confessed football snob, and don't see him as the man to lead us back to the promised land of the Premier League, probably based around pre conceptions of his football philosophy rather than any evidence, but he's Clowes choice to launch that journey, and some of the criticism on here recently is well out of kilter with the job he's done so far.



 

Everyone knows who he means??? Please could you be specific ….which players exactly do we all know he means? 
Deflecting blame? In the same interview where he said “I need to do better” and “I take responsibility” 🤷🏼‍♂️
You appear to be mixing fact and personal speculation to suit your agenda - almost like a third rate politician!!
 
 

Agreed.
Just as there is a difference between saying “a few of our players may have had their heads turned” than saying “Max Bird has had his head turned” or “our best young players have had their head turned” which seems to have become the narrative.
 

Agreed.
Just as there is a difference between saying “a few of our players may have had their heads turned” than saying “Max Bird has had his head turned” or “our best young players have had their head turned” which seems to have become the narrative.
 

The amount of grown adults in this thread throwing their toys out the pram is hilarious. Oh no, we're out of the cup we were never going to win anyway.

I would like to think that too. But after reading back pages and pages of some of the comments on here it's obvious that some posters on here would be happy for us to get hammered every week if it meant Warne the anti Christ then gets removed from his job to satisfy their own prejudices. 

We’re all entitled to our view. But at the end of the day i would like to think we all want the rams to win and do well. I’m still hoping we can find a way to turn this round. COYR.

If we look at a positive (if there is one tonight) - he’s prepared to make those decisions and show the senior players  that he expects more from them. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Just leaving you to corporal jones your way through the evening

Or, he'd fit right in... 👀

Do you ever have anything positive to say. 
 
You’re getting very boring. 

Actually he's an above average league 1 striker, which reflects pretty accurately to where we have fallen to as a club. I don't think he is the answer either, but I saw a player on Saturday giving his all, and doing much of what his coach wanted in terms of pressing and chasing the ball when out of possession. He probably could have been more effective/goal threatening if he were allowed to simply goal hang. 

I don’t think “most” fans are of the same opinion tbh. I do think he divides opinion tho. 

He might want to play for a team who’s fans encourage him not abuse him perhaps ?

1Wildsmith 5 - looked like the Wildsmith who started last season. Cost us a goal 
35Nelson 6 - some over hit passes but generally defended well and improved as game went on 
5Bradley 5  - his timing of headers, the ball and generally was not good - poor goal
6Cashin 5 - looked slow and unfit; beaten for pace and in the air too often.
14Washington 6 - a couple of nice touches
23Ward 7 - our main threat, some great crosses - a little unsure defensively 
2Wilson 6 - his first dribble was excellent and nearly produced an equaliser but become a little predictable 
12Smith 5 - seemed too casual at times and slowed the ball movement down
8Bird 5.5 - early turn and switch out to the left was great, tried it again 3 or 4 times again and got robbed of possession 
4Hourihane 5.5 - slowed it down too much and too many safe passes 
3Forsyth 7 - great energy, well taken goal - could have had 3 
Elder6 - not much to write home about 
9Collins 6.5 - snatched at the early chance when he had more time but held the ball up well and worked hard for the team
11Méndez-Laing 5 - doesn’t seem to understand the position he’s being asked to play; need much more from him 
Thompson 6 - a brief burst of energy and hassle in the midfield 

Collins would be hung drawn and quartered on here if he missed those 😂

FGS - our recruitment team are rubbish - why can’t we just throw a load of cash at Peterborough, pay JCH whatever he wants to replace Didsy’s goals ….everyone knows that that formula is sustainable and has a history of success……. and having that amount of goals from one person in your team guarantees you promotion just look at Peterboro last season…..they ….oh wait….!!! 🫣😉
Happy Monday everyone - bring on Saturday!!!  🐏

FGS - our recruitment team are rubbish - why can’t we just throw a load of cash at Peterborough, pay JCH whatever he wants to replace Didsy’s goals ….everyone knows that that formula is sustainable and has a history of success……. and having that amount of goals from one person in your team guarantees you promotion just look at Peterboro last season…..they ….oh wait….!!! 🫣😉
Happy Monday everyone - bring on Saturday!!!  🐏

FGS - our recruitment team are rubbish - why can’t we just throw a load of cash at Peterborough, pay JCH whatever he wants to replace Didsy’s goals ….everyone knows that that formula is sustainable and has a history of success……. and having that amount of goals from one person in your team guarantees you promotion just look at Peterboro last season…..they ….oh wait….!!! 🫣😉
Happy Monday everyone - bring on Saturday!!!  🐏

FGS - our recruitment team are rubbish - why can’t we just throw a load of cash at Peterborough, pay JCH whatever he wants to replace Didsy’s goals ….everyone knows that that formula is sustainable and has a history of success……. and having that amount of goals from one person in your team guarantees you promotion just look at Peterboro last season…..they ….oh wait….!!! 🫣😉
Happy Monday everyone - bring on Saturday!!!  🐏

FGS - our recruitment team are rubbish - why can’t we just throw a load of cash at Peterborough, pay JCH whatever he wants to replace Didsy’s goals ….everyone knows that that formula is sustainable and has a history of success……. and having that amount of goals from one person in your team guarantees you promotion just look at Peterboro last season…..they ….oh wait….!!! 🫣😉
Happy Monday everyone - bring on Saturday!!!  🐏

It gives me a little more confidence that we can adapt the lwb role to accommodate Fozzy until Elder is fit without losing much defensively and still offering a threat. Him and Cashin can alternate to save Fozzy’s legs, when Cash bombs on Fozzy tucks back in, when Foz goes Cash holds his position. They’re both left footers so the balance in the side is there, not as much pace but it’s still an option and an outlet when you think of the quality delivery Foz can put in. 

FGS - our recruitment team are rubbish - why can’t we just throw a load of cash at Peterborough, pay JCH whatever he wants to replace Didsy’s goals ….everyone knows that that formula is sustainable and has a history of success……. and having that amount of goals from one person in your team guarantees you promotion just look at Peterboro last season…..they ….oh wait….!!! 🫣😉
Happy Monday everyone - bring on Saturday!!!  🐏

There seems to be an assumption on the part of some posters that we need to replace all of Didzy's goal total for last season but this isn't necessarily the case. A tighter defence, particularly in the crunch games against other likely playoff opposition could mean we score fewer goals yet gain more points - let's not forget over a quarter of his league goals came in 2 games against teams which finished 22nd and 24th in the league, where there was a 9-0 aggregate scoreline.
I'm certainly not decrying his contribution last season - he was a class above every other member of our squad and produced much of the entertainment throughout the season - but I'm far from being convinced that we have to replace his 22 league goals for us to have a successful season and yes I'd still like to see us sign a young striker with pace to increase our attacking options.

He is frustrated, but that’s the situation we’re in. He and the club are trying to find the right players, and seemingly are coming up against barriers and so rather than focusing on the problem as some of our fans are keen to do they’re looking at solutions. Of which the potential is some ageing but capable strikers and/or young loans we have to wait for. It’s circumstance, it’s not about blame, that’s just where we find ourselves.
Let’s say replacing McGoldrick’s goals is a maths problem. We need to find a way to replace those 25 goals. Let’s say your prediction for Washington is accurate and he scores 10. Now we’re looking to replace 15 goals. Sibley scored 6 in all competitions last season, a large % of his games played out of position. If he starts in a more advanced role could he score more? Lots of our fans say he can, let’s give him a bit of credit and say 3 more goals. Now we’re looking for 12 more. NML looked frightening at the front end of the season then burned out in the second half, we’ve got better options down that right side so he shouldn’t have to play rwb. He scored 7 league goals, let’s back him to score another 3 on top this season giving him a nice round 10 goals, now we need 9 more. Let’s say Waghorn signs and manages to shin a few in, 5 goals. Now we need 4 from the team. Joe Ward scored 7 last year for Peterborough, maybe he chips in with 3 goals….
That’s why I don’t see it as a “desperate situation”, people are keen to hang onto this notion that we haven’t replaced McGoldrick’s goals because we haven’t signed a like for like replacement. It is reasonable and realistic to see where there are goals within the current squad, we might not have the luxury of watching McGoldrick oozing class, but we’ll carry a threat throughout the season and still score goals in my opinion.
A desperate situation would be having little to no evidence of goals from anyone in the team, or an unproven youngster (Plange), a journeyman striker (Kazim), and one Tom Lawrence to call upon such as when the club was actually in a desperate situation under Rooney.