CornwallRam

The thing that Warne has really achieved is a colossal improvement in both our attacking and defending set pieces. Obviously the stats show the effectiveness off the attacking corners and free kicks - I believe we've scored more than any other of the 92 clubs. However, I reckon the improvement in the defending from corners has been even better. For so many years, I've sat in the West Stand watching us defend set pieces with my hands over my eyes in terror. They had the same effect as Doctor Who had on six year old me. Now I'm relaxed enough to carry on a conversation. I expect us not to concede. I actually think that improvement is a significant reason why automatic promotion is in our hands with two games to go.

Am I correct in thinking this isn’t on Sky?

VAR would have ruled out both of their goals. But they should have had a penalty late on. Good, battling performance. CBT looking better with every game. Ebou is wonderful and Sibley gaining in competence. Can't fault an away point at the league leaders.

I thought Chelsea Dagger worked really well as goal music. Not sure what we play now, but it fails miserably. I think we should either go back to Chelsea Dagger, or get each player to chose a track to play when they score.

I think Adams is just as good at League 1 level as Thorne was at Championship level. His massive talent is his positional sense - nearly always in the right place. Add in athleticism, tackling ability and growing ability to pick a pass and we have our best signing of Warne's tenure by some distance. He's also very cool-headed for such an aggressive player. He looks so at home here. Always 100% effort, always in the middle of the celebrations and loves to get involved in the bounce. Get him signed.

c£10m on non player wages seems very high. Especially as a lot of staff were made redundant during admin. Is there any detail on that?

He was bouncing with a massive grin on his face as I left the stadium. Looks like a proper Ram. Best loanee since George Thorne.

I wonder why we wouldn't invite Connor Wickham to train with us? Out of all the free agent strikers, he's got the most potential - still only 30. Obviously he might not be interested, but it looks like a good an opportunity for him to get fit and for us to potentially have cover for Collins. His injury record is terrible so we'd monitor that, but if he looked like he could contribute without damaging morale, then there wouldn’t be to much at risk with a deal until the end of the season.

And Dave Mackay🤣

How many loanees do have available to play? I believe we can only have 5 in matchday squad.

Collins' problem is that he gets fed up waiting for the ball and leaves the centre forward position vacant far too often. That's we he is usually average - he's playing as winger/midfielder for 30 minutes a game. When he's where he should be, he's excellent at this level. Aggressive, quick enough over 5 yards, good in the air and pretty clinical. I wonder how much of the positioning issue would disappear if we created more in midfield?

Such sad news. His passion for the club made him a legend. RIP B4.

Where did you hear that? If that is the case, we have changed very recently and moved away from standard industry practice.

The attendance is always given as tickets sold, so all season ticket holders count as being there. I think I read that we'd sold 22k (happy to be contradicted if anyone has the actual figure), so it's unlikely that official attendances will fall below 24k as there'll always be away fans and walk ups. Clowes and Pearce will have the actual turnstile figures though, which will always be lower. Their concern will be if they are thousands lower and if walkups drop significantly.

There's no way he can stay. If I owned the club and there were no fans to consider, I'd give him another month to make the squad gel and decide at the end of November whether to sack him or give him until April. The season is still salvageable and it's normal for teams to struggle with such a high turnover. The problem is he's lost the fans. Now failure is guaranteed. The atmosphere in the dressing room will be difficult enough, but as soon as things go a bit wrong on the pitch, the players will really struggle to cope with the toxic atmosphere in the ground. Under those circumstances, team cohesion dissappears, the players become overly cautious and their energy levels drop. Warne could be saved by a good run, but the hostility of the fanbase will make that impossible. Players get paid a fortune because, to people like us, football is so much more than 22 men kicking a bag of wind around. We spend our cash because we care. Football needs emotional attachment, and it's a facet of that which makes Warne's position untenable. It's best for everyone if he goes now.

Halloween horror show followed by a manager being rocketed on Bonfire night?

McClaren did not play safe football. His style with us - which I believe was actually highly influenced by Paul Simpson, was nothing like Cocu's.

No, Cocu and Rosenior stuff is tedious, safe, anti-football designed by statasticians and an anethama to anyone with a footballing soul.

Losing away to a mid-table team isn't the end of the world. Being close to the play offs fairly early in the season, when we had such a big squad turnover in the summer is not a bad place to be. A large proportion of our fans have regularly called for stability and you don't get that by sacking managers when the position is redeemable. Sacking Warne plus 3 will also take away money that would, ideally, be better spent on players. There is a good case for giving Warne more time. However, we're Derby County and at the lowest place in our history. There's no discernable playing style, so it's hard to see any 'building' going on. But most importantly, Warne has zero goodwill from the fanbase, and in five decades of watching football, I have never seen a manager come back from that. IMO, Warne's removal from managerial duties is now inevitable. That being the case, it's better that it happens as soon as possible, rather than being dragged out. Hopefully Clowes pulls the trigger tonight. Jake Buxton in charge until Wednesday, when we announce Eustace or Wilder.

Actually, Phil Brown is sounding orangely appealing at present.

Rooney might be available soon.