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He had the changes lined up after they scored and decided they were still needed even after we equalised - which they obviously were as we were still struggling to exert any control. My comment regarding stubbornness related to his initial team setup which no one outside the coaching team seems to understand - yet again yesterday (second game in succession) Warne moaned that we didn’t win enough 2nd balls - without acknowledging that it’s normally your players in the middle of the pitch that do that job - and he’d set the team up without anyone playing there…

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I’d agree with most of your post but would just say that while “you can’t play well every week”, you can play badly every week and it seems to be becoming a habit. Warne’s anti-football is utterly horrible to watch - and as was shown after he made the substitutions, we do have players that can make a difference if the manager wasn’t so damn stubborn in his approach…

We reckoned that the Cheltenham number 8 must have a horrible disease - it was the only explanation we could come up with to explain why none of the Derby players wanted to get within 20 yards of him for the whole first half….

An even bigger concern is how the manager would cope in the Championship - his lack of tactical acumen would kill us at a higher level. I'm beginning to think that the reason Rotherham got relegated so often after getting proomoted had far more to do with the limitations of the manger than any financial issues.....

Cricket balls would make it interesting.....

Old Pube-head's mob getting stuffed by Chelsea in the League Cup. 3-0 before half-time....

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The tinpot outfit have written to complain that Toney moved the ball before he scored the free kick - I hope their tears don’t smudge the ink….

He's ill according to RD.....

I suppose adding another note stating that they's received the 'legal setlement' as the result of effectively blackmailing another team's owner might have be seen to be a bit iffy.....

But he's injured isn't he? - how's he going to complete his medical?

Don't buy one if you live somewhere that can get really cold: Cold kills Teslas...

I don't think the beard (and possibly the other parts) is any proof that you're male in certain quarters these days.....

It wass on the back page of the DET if that counts as 'announced'.....

Stick some music on then.....😉

They're all dead, Dave

That sort of argument just makes you want to spit….

It's not just procurement - it's the management structure and the way things are done in the whole public sector.... Too many managers unwilling to make decisions (including way too many contract staff in senior positions who have no 'skin in the game'); lack of accountability; far too much "we've always done it that way" or "we're a special case" when changes are suggested; poor processes that encourage money to be wasted (fixed budgets every year for various departments with no clear plan regarding how the money will be spent - "we'd better spend it all before the end of the year or we'll get less next time"); ingrained laziness ands no management oversight to encourage things to change; etc, etc..... Over the past 30+ years I've worked with both local and central government, the Royal Mail, and the NHS - there are the same issues apparent in all of them.....

If he's failed with the funding again, does that mean they are likely to get another points deduction?

Where did I suggest they ignore it? I'm just suggesting reasons why it may be taking so long for them to take action. In your case, it's pretty straightforward rather tha 'apparent' - your owner treated prmotion as if he was on supermarket sweep - shovelling any old crap into his trolley no matter how expensive it was - enjoy those chickens when they come home to roost....

I suspect that the scale of the Man City issue is so huge that the authorities don't have a clue where to start - whatever decision they make will leave them wide open to action being taken by other clubs who believe they were disadvantaged by Man City's actions - any club that's missed out on a title; that missed out on qualification for European competions; that lost to them during a season and was subsequently relegated - there's an argument that every club that's been up against them during the period of their 'cheating' may have deserved more prize money - there's eveen arguments to be made that other clubs in the Chamions League deserve a bite of the cherry. It has the potential to bring the whole house of cards crashing to the ground.....