IslandExile

That’s what my wife says.

What?
Let's get this straight. We've got one of the best squads, best support, best resources in a tin pot league - we're near the top because of that, not because of Warne's management and style of play.
With decent management, we'd be cruising, getting results while still playing decent, entertaining football.
Would you feel better about watching this dross just because of us getting enough results that put us in with a good chance of the play offs?

If Nyambe is back I’d go 4-3-3 using the midfield you suggest and bringing Wildsmith back in (not that Vickers has been terrible, just want to get close to the solid back 5 we had before);
                   Wildsmith
Nyambe   Nelson   Cashin   Sibley
        Fornah   Bird   Thompson
NML             Collins                  CBT
Subs; Vickers, Bradley, Wilson, Robinson, Hourihane, Barkhuizen, New?!
Hoping we have a new striker in by Saturday to be on the bench, Hourihane, Bradley and Barkhuizen offering some experience to bring on, Wilson to come on with his bag of tricks at some point. 

Once a Ram, always a Ram 🐑
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-68113335

Once a Ram, always a Ram 🐑
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-68113335

I’ve mentioned this before but I spoke to one of the fa assessors regarding Rosenior and at the time I was very dubious about him as assistant like some on here I wondered if he had any input 
I was told by the assessor himself that …Rosenior was one of the brightest most innovative young coaches he’d seen and said he’d go on to be a great coach and maybe manager …it changed my mind about him and he should’ve been given until the end of the season as minimum ….instead we have archaeic Warne ball percentage basketball end to end no midfield garbage 

Bit late for the 'live' bit but it was good to see non-League Maidstone knock Ipswich out of the FA Cup at the weekend.  You can't beat the magic of the Cup...
 

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/curtis-davies-interview-derby-cheltenham-retirement-b2485335.html

All time ☺️in my time👍
1. Brian Clough
2. Dave Mackay
3. Arthur Cox
4. Jim Smith
5. Steve Mac 1
As the song went...
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way...But times have changed 👎
 
 

1. Steve Mac
2. Uncle George
3. Frank Lampard
Obviously Arthur and the Bald Eagle would be in the top 3…

What?
Let's get this straight. We've got one of the best squads, best support, best resources in a tin pot league - we're near the top because of that, not because of Warne's management and style of play.
With decent management, we'd be cruising, getting results while still playing decent, entertaining football.
Would you feel better about watching this dross just because of us getting enough results that put us in with a good chance of the play offs?

"All about results".
No, it isn't.
Playing game after game so badly that, even after a win today, it actually feels worse than a defeat.
Sorry. Warne out. Let's play football.

What?
Let's get this straight. We've got one of the best squads, best support, best resources in a tin pot league - we're near the top because of that, not because of Warne's management and style of play.
With decent management, we'd be cruising, getting results while still playing decent, entertaining football.
Would you feel better about watching this dross just because of us getting enough results that put us in with a good chance of the play offs?

"All about results".
No, it isn't.
Playing game after game so badly that, even after a win today, it actually feels worse than a defeat.
Sorry. Warne out. Let's play football.

What?
Let's get this straight. We've got one of the best squads, best support, best resources in a tin pot league - we're near the top because of that, not because of Warne's management and style of play.
With decent management, we'd be cruising, getting results while still playing decent, entertaining football.
Would you feel better about watching this dross just because of us getting enough results that put us in with a good chance of the play offs?

"All about results".
No, it isn't.
Playing game after game so badly that, even after a win today, it actually feels worse than a defeat.
Sorry. Warne out. Let's play football.

11 in 15 actually 👍

I’m happy for Warne to finish the season. But I would get rid regardless of the outcome.
Hopefully we get promoted, and we can thank Warne for his efforts and contribution in getting us back on track.
But if we don’t get promoted, he just can’t stay on. It’s an awful league, and this season in particular, the competition is so poor with the three relegated sides from last season all a mess.
If we can’t finish above Posh, Pompey and Bolton this season, we’ve got no chance of finishing above Wednesday or QPR next season.
Posh looked so much better than us the other week. There appeared to be a clear gulf. And to put into perspective, Posh would be a bottom six side in the Championship.
 

The criticism is for the style of play, the tactics, the team selection, often not reacting to the way a game is panning out.
Even with the budget caps, we are well resourced in this league, the attendances are high and the squad is one of the best in the division.
"Won 11 in 16".
I'm reminded about Revie asking Clough how he could improve Leeds because "Brian, last season we only lost three games".
Clough replied "by only losing two".
Maybe if our performances had been better, we'd be winning more than "11 in 16".

Of course, he doesn't deserve vitriol (nobody does) but he does warrant constructive criticism.
Don't confuse the two.

What?
Let's get this straight. We've got one of the best squads, best support, best resources in a tin pot league - we're near the top because of that, not because of Warne's management and style of play.
With decent management, we'd be cruising, getting results while still playing decent, entertaining football.
Would you feel better about watching this dross just because of us getting enough results that put us in with a good chance of the play offs?

I've argued that Warne is not the right man for us consistently for quite some time now, and in that time Ive tried to condense my argument down in to something as concise as possible in an effort to make it simple to understand.
I think it's as simple as this, do I enjoy watching Derby County play and do I feel like the personnel we have in place are suitable for the short, medium and long term ambitions of the club?
I currently do not enjoy watching Derby play. The performance levels are among the worst I've seen in my life outside of the 11 point season. In terms of our ambitions I will concede that in the short term Warne might get us promoted from L1, I believe that would be in spite of him not because of him. In the medium/long term I have absolutely no faith in his ability to take us beyond being a lower end, relegation threatened Championship team and we surely want more than that?

What?
Let's get this straight. We've got one of the best squads, best support, best resources in a tin pot league - we're near the top because of that, not because of Warne's management and style of play.
With decent management, we'd be cruising, getting results while still playing decent, entertaining football.
Would you feel better about watching this dross just because of us getting enough results that put us in with a good chance of the play offs?