TINMANTED

He’s done what was expected of a derby manager this season which was a difficult feat (when was the last time a manager lived up to the bookies expectations for us?) but his team expected promotion and a lot of fans expected the same so fair play to him.
 
I’ve found the football to be tough to watch at times but at the same time I’ve loved the season as a whole. The downs made the ups that much sweeter and I’m willing to put the football down to pragmatism in the face of restrictions to how he could shape his squad. I’ve always said I liked him as a guy and now as a manager he’s achieved success with us too. 
 
Im now reserving judgement on what his football can look like until after this unrestricted transfer window where hopefully he will get in the profile of player he wants. I don’t expect even a top half finish next season I just want to see a squad beginning to come together and take shape with a younger profile of player and to not be a chance of relegation in the last match of the season. 
 
Fair play to anyone who never lost faith particularly after the Stevenage away performance. His staff and he managed to turn it around from that point and went in a run that would have achieved 103 points if extrapolated over a 46 match season. That’s incredible dominance. 
 
All derby aren’t we? 

you’re as dull as anyone you’re criticising in this comment. 
 
 
Up the championship rams! 

Maybe they realise now isn't the time and don't want to get jumped on.
Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
More bullying. Well done.
 

CHAMPIONSHIP RAMS,well done derby county

CHAMPIONSHIP RAMS,well done derby county

Glad Fozzy got to see a promotion with us. 
Not the one we wanted, out of the Championship. But he’s been a great servant to the club and glad he’s got to enjoy some success!

Well, as afternoons go, that was rather lovely.

CHAMPIONSHIP RAMS,well done derby county

CHAMPIONSHIP RAMS,well done derby county

Against a pretty poor team, we are looking pretty woeful. We are clearly going up, but there is much work to do. Seen nothing to suggest I would want Warne managing us in the Championship. 

Another game against Carlisle...

Why would he be given a full season in the Championship?
Every team in the bottom half of the Championship, Sunderland to Rotherham, have changed managers this season. Every one of those clubs sacked a manager.
If Derby are bottom three in the first half of the season and managers like Mowbray are floating about unemployed, there will be huge pressure to get rid.
Sentiment goes out the window. If managers like Nigel Adkins can be sacked after taking Southampton from League One to the PL in favor of a better, more progressive manager, then Derby would be foolish not to follow suite.
Derby have struggled before under Clough and Burley at Championship level. But in both spells there was hope due to how we played.
If results go against Warne and we’re playing unattractive defensive football, I think Clowes’ hand will be forced.

please dont insult c***s,the human race would be in a bad way without them

if the unthinkable happens,and we lose 0-1,bolton would only need a 3-0 win to go up,we lose the gd goes down.we need not to concede,and were up,just hope warne doesn't set up for a clean sheet like the last 45 mins of the cambridge match

I agree, but some feminists think that tadgers are nothing but trouble.

Think back to last season when Paul insisted on 3/5 at the back which didn't work, and we limped from one poor result to another for a while. But then injuries meant that we had to go to 4 at the back, and then went on the good run for several matches. But as soon he could, we reverted to 3 at the back, and the run ended. 
We have had similar this season, and as you intimate a certain group of matches acted as a watershed, with some sections, especially at away matches, turning against the manager. But this was  followed a change in style, with crosses into the box being lower down, even at foot or knee level at times, and a degree of playing though the midfield, and yet again we went on a run of good results. This was aided by the arrival of Ebou Adams, which enabled us to go to Warne's preferred wing-back system. But once again we started reverting back to by-passing the midfield, noticeably against Northampton and Wycombe, and once again our results faltered. Especially when it became clear that teams had sussed that if they double up on our wide men, we have no answer, because to us midfield didn't exist. These were points thrown away. We could argue that maybe even if we did play through the middle we may have had the same results, because football is full of imponderables and opinions, but after finding that 3 in midfield benefits the team, I am baffled why we moved away from it again. 
I understand the concept of adapting to counter or exploit the opposition's strengths and weaknesses, the Leyton Orient game being a good example, but several times the "adapting" has been inexplicable. Cheltenham away, where they had been outplayed in midfield all season, let goals in for fun and were metaphorically stood in front of a barn door with a banjo in their hand, and no idea what it was for, but we decided to vacate midfield. They were there for the taking, but instead of imposing ourselves on them we retreated into our shell. There are a number of matches like this one which were crying out for us to impose ourselves, but which we let slip through our fingers, and represent points which would have made a huge difference. We really could have been secure in second place, and we really could have had an eye on top place. 
But in these last few matches I have been happy for us to grab points however we can to make sure - I am not confident of us surviving the play-offs successfully - and am also happy for Paul to do his stuff next season, although I hope he doesn't pull another "Cambridge second half" on Saturday. Although the defence was outstanding at the weekend, it was an  awful demonstration of non-football. We are better than that. However, we have got the results we needed, for which Warne should be congratulated, but we have been helped to a degree by there being a load of worse teams, but again, we are better than that.
We are blessed as a club because of the phenomenal commitment and loyalty of the fans, because the numbers are there despite what keeps getting served up year on year, because it clearly goes beyond entertainment. And indeed if all I wanted was entertainment, if all I wanted was free-flowing football, I would have given up my season ticket ages ago. But apart from a short period post-Newman, I have been around "since I was a lad", and have renewed for next season.
So here's to next season, the great unknown because we have no idea who will be playing for us, or how they will be playing. And here's to Paul Warne for actually doing what David Clowes employed him to do.

surely this equates to match fixing,he;l have no intention of trying to win on saturday

the last time we played Carlisle in the last home game of the season,iirc,was 74/75,when we won the league.a dour 0-0,but boy what a party

surely this equates to match fixing,he;l have no intention of trying to win on saturday

surely this equates to match fixing,he;l have no intention of trying to win on saturday

the last time we played Carlisle in the last home game of the season,iirc,was 74/75,when we won the league.a dour 0-0,but boy what a party

Bizarre that so many fans lurch from Warne out to Warne in depending on which way the wind is blowing. He’s a div 1 manager, almost everyone would agree.   You might say we got what we deserve, but we’re not a div 1 club so we deserve more. 

(Despite that, hats off to the approach in the LO game:  he went with Bradley in 3 at the back because of LO’s defensive frailties at set pieces and our problems with injuries up front. Nice one. It was an inspired move (but sadly, those are rare birds ) )
 
The interesting thing : the problem with having a div 1 manager and winning promotion from div 1 is you’re stuck with them. Or that’s the conventional wisdom.   BUT there are rumours DC is partnering with investors who will fund our step up to the championship.  If he does, those investors may not view Warne as a suitable custodian of their investment meaning we might see - unusually -  a change of manager despite promotion. 

the last time we played Carlisle in the last home game of the season,iirc,was 74/75,when we won the league.a dour 0-0,but boy what a party

Sorry to keep repeating myself - I am on board with what Warne has achieved, but there really wasn't any need for us to be having to hang on to second place. It should have been secured weeks ago, and we should also have had a real good chance of top spot, which would have been much better for all concerned. Let's hope that the way we have played to get us this far was simply a means to an end. I'm fine with that, but really hope that we tackle the challenge of championship football with a bit more than the percentages. What we will be capable of depends entirely on the rebuild, so I wait in hope. Note the last two words.

Remember this well i was 12 years old at the time,to be honest i would take the same dour game and result