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Certainly up there, but he's been a consistent performer for many years now. He was vital to the way we played in 13/14, where he was virtually a left midfielder. We scored a fair few with him cutting the ball back from the goal line to Martin or Bryson, or we'd build up with him firing the ball into Martin's feet with a runner getting in behind.
I think the criticism has often come from the fact that his body hasn't always been able to execute what his brain wanted him to do. He always saw the pass, better than almost anyone, but wasn't always great at making the pass happen. I think this led to a myth about him being accident-prone.
He's always been a beast in aerial duels and difficult to get past defensively. I think he'll see out his career at CB.

Certainly up there, but he's been a consistent performer for many years now. He was vital to the way we played in 13/14, where he was virtually a left midfielder. We scored a fair few with him cutting the ball back from the goal line to Martin or Bryson, or we'd build up with him firing the ball into Martin's feet with a runner getting in behind.
I think the criticism has often come from the fact that his body hasn't always been able to execute what his brain wanted him to do. He always saw the pass, better than almost anyone, but wasn't always great at making the pass happen. I think this led to a myth about him being accident-prone.
He's always been a beast in aerial duels and difficult to get past defensively. I think he'll see out his career at CB.

Great chance.
Collins thumps the ground in frustration. Luckily, no defender underneath him this time.?

Hard to spot that one though, I didn’t think it was a penalty until I saw the replay. You’d only get those with VAR.

His second and third have hardly been spectacular either…

His second and third have hardly been spectacular either…

Off the ball, we were superb throughout the first half. For all their huffing and puffing and home support, we restricted them to half-chances.
On the ball, we were terrible for the first 35 minutes. Terrible decision making, hopeless lumps forward to non-existent runs in behind and Collins completely isolated up front. 
 
We finished the second half the better side when Sibley was able or was instructed to play 10 yards further up the pitch. Barkhuizen suddenly had someone making overlapping runs or a reason to drift inside into the half space. 

Bit of a soft one, Fozzy grazed his arm and he went down like a sack of potatoes.
Felt like a cumulative yellow for a few fouls before rather than a fair consequence for what he did.

I mean they all are to some extent but you’re right, he’s the worst culprit. They seem to be pressuring him in particular.
So many times we’ve missed a chance to slow the game down by failing to string three passes together.

Bit of a soft one, Fozzy grazed his arm and he went down like a sack of potatoes.
Felt like a cumulative yellow for a few fouls before rather than a fair consequence for what he did.

Bit of a soft one, Fozzy grazed his arm and he went down like a sack of potatoes.
Felt like a cumulative yellow for a few fouls before rather than a fair consequence for what he did.

Unfortunately, the appointment was a statement of intent. Once you start racking up the points like we do, and poach a manager with three promotions to his name from the league above - whilst miraculously holding on to some of our young players - it's not a surprise that some are seeing promotion as the aim this season.
I completely agree with you though. How short some fans' memories are.

Unfortunately, the appointment was a statement of intent. Once you start racking up the points like we do, and poach a manager with three promotions to his name from the league above - whilst miraculously holding on to some of our young players - it's not a surprise that some are seeing promotion as the aim this season.
I completely agree with you though. How short some fans' memories are.

Haven’t seen anyone send an abusive tweet to Kieran Maguire in months, appalling really
We’ve forgotten what this club is all about 

Really impressed he’s surpassing the remarkable feats of Paul Clement.

Really impressed he’s surpassing the remarkable feats of Paul Clement.

Well I guess the combined football knowledge of Cocu, Rooney, Rosenior and Warne wasn’t enough to stop them from playing a League 2 player in almost every match for 3 seasons. 
 
 

Well it all seems very jolly to slag the BBC and the TV Licence until it affects something you like.

Wildsmith 7.5 Some great long kicking to set up chances for Collins. Pretty quiet otherwise; produced a lovely dolphin-esque leap and flip save 2nd half. Top keeper.
Smith 7.0 Good solid neat simple 
Cashin 7.0 Dominant assured stylish
Forsyth 7.0 Enjoying his purple patch docked half for his naive outstretched leg to give away the penalty
Mendez-Laing 8.0 Machine on full power created the chances huge player for us
Bird ?7.0 Cutting-edge presence & got forward more
Hourihane 7.0 Grit and a new sharpness which got him booked 
Roberts 7.5 Ubiquitous presence around the pitch mobility & skill & headed assist
Sibley 6.0 Ran down blind alleys & went into a shell
Osula 6.0 Huffed & puffed but didn’t blow the house down
McGoldrick 9.5 MotM ? Burned the Gas defence to the ground with mental finishing
Collins 8.0 Bullied the opposition Rewarded with a tap-in from Roberts’s flicked assist should’ve scored 2nd half too
Dobbin 6.0 Ran but didn’t connect with anything
Thompson 6.5 A Duracell like 20 minutes to see the game out.
Referee: 7.0  A good balanced game
Nobody could work out the formation pre-match 4-2-2-2 illustrated that at the end of the day, Brian, it’s 11v11.

This is the place where we discuss our opinions.
Unless Paul Warne is wasting his time trawling through the forum, what we say here has absolutely nothing to do with his job whatsoever.
We can basically say what we like about him, in fact. He'll never find out.
Paul Warne's breath smells like monster munch. Pass it on.

Wasn’t so bad at the start of the season. It changed when we got the new manager in - it was a statement of intent. And it’s really heaped the pressure on.

This is the place where we discuss our opinions.
Unless Paul Warne is wasting his time trawling through the forum, what we say here has absolutely nothing to do with his job whatsoever.
We can basically say what we like about him, in fact. He'll never find out.
Paul Warne's breath smells like monster munch. Pass it on.

This is the place where we discuss our opinions.
Unless Paul Warne is wasting his time trawling through the forum, what we say here has absolutely nothing to do with his job whatsoever.
We can basically say what we like about him, in fact. He'll never find out.
Paul Warne's breath smells like monster munch. Pass it on.

This is the place where we discuss our opinions.
Unless Paul Warne is wasting his time trawling through the forum, what we say here has absolutely nothing to do with his job whatsoever.
We can basically say what we like about him, in fact. He'll never find out.
Paul Warne's breath smells like monster munch. Pass it on.

After his bizarre comments last night I wonder if the better comparison is Brian Clough at Leeds, wasting energy falling out with people it would be better to get along with.
Not sure why Warne is so determined to come in like a steam roller and tell everyone what he thinks of them when we were right in the hunt for the playoffs. He’s acting like we were a team languishing near the bottom, needing to hear a few home truths.