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Warne was asked if he watches other games at the club. His response was "not enough".
It was his short-sighted view not to sign another forward, despite our 3rd choice returning to his parent club, and Warne having a preference to play 2 up front, leaving no other CF option on the bench for a number of games in the 2nd half of the season. I have no idea how anyone thought having Collins and McGoldrick as our only CF options was enough.
It was his opinion that the academy players weren't ready. Just like it was his opinion that Thompson was only ready for 190 minutes in the league last season (1 start) yet Rooney judged him to be good enough to play 1521 minutes in the league above the season before (19 starts). Cybulski, Aghatise, DRobinson, Bardell and Richards are all players who have had some first team exposure over the past couple of seasons and should have been utilised slightly more to lighten the load of our senior squad.
Which facts have I got wrong?

NDAs
(No, Don't Ask!)

A couple of obvious points so far: Warne has admitted to mistakes in the January transfer window, not watching enough club games which aren't involving our first team, and not using enough academy players last season.
It was obvious to almost every fan that we needed more depth last season. Woth the small squad and no signings, it should have been obvious to use the academy too. Only for him to state in the summer that the squad suffered from burn out.
On the evidence so far this season, he hasn't learned from those lessons.

A couple of updates from radio derby’s Dom Dietrich;
 

We're barely competing at football these days.

Me in spades. And exactly why I have very little love for the national team also. 
Being in the Premier league and fighting to finish 17th every season doesn't appeal at all. They're welcome to it. Much prefer to be in a competitive league where anyone can challenge given a good spell of results. Sounds weird, but I would much prefer to be cramped into a tight stadium with the smell of football all around rather than paying 60 quid to watch in a souless bowl full of Asian tourists taking photos. 

Derby County have never competed at Rugby but hey.....whatever floats your boat. Oh no, that's sailing.

https://twitter.com/dcfcacademy/status/1701611776700494273?s=20

Other teams in our league, league one, aren't Barcelona either but they can pass it around more and play better football than us.

Joe, don't distribute the ball out, whack it up the field.
Cash, Nelson. Makes sure you hit it long into the corner flag area for me. Build up play? Not for me. Get it up the field.
Fozzy, I know you're a good ball playing defender, do you mind clipping it down the wing even if nobody is available?
Midfield. Don't need you, I like to bypass you at every opportunity.
Wingers, just keep pumping the ball in the box. Don't care if we have any other options just get it in the penalty area.
Collo and Wash, watch out for the ball in the sky. Try and get your neck on it.
Waggy, do what you like pal. I fluked it by signing you, top top class player.
 
I've had a couple....
 

Call me a happy clapper if you will but I am encouraged that it's 5pm on a Saturday and we haven't dropped 3 points in an abject display of hoofball.
No doubt the naysayers will be bemoaning the fact that we haven't won or drawn either but that kind of negative thinking will just bring us down.
Mods can we have a poll to ascertain whether it was Warne's fault we haven't played today?
 

This would be the perfect opportunity to install an ideology at the club, to recruit according to that ideology in terms of both players, manager, coaching staff and be fed down into the academy. The particular style of play we’re using right now may have gotten Rotherham up multiple times but it never kept them up. There’s been plenty teams that have done this and had success.
 
The manager should always look within first and offer pathways to the first team which in turn will be a selling my point when recruiting young talent. This could also help keep the cost of recruitment down.
The idea that we can’t play a more expansive, positive style of football in league one is ridiculous. These Sunday league style tactics may get us up but they won’t keep us up. 

The ones who voted yes, clearly first got into football during the Phil Brown years.
The type of people you find on grinder looking for cheese grater fun.
Football can be nice to watch you know.

Yay. It's settled then.

Whatever league we're in, wouldn't you like to watch entertaining football rather than cling to the hope that we will clag a goal off a free kick or corner?

Other teams in our league, league one, aren't Barcelona either but they can pass it around more and play better football than us.

Whatever league we're in, wouldn't you like to watch entertaining football rather than cling to the hope that we will clag a goal off a free kick or corner?

Whatever league we're in, wouldn't you like to watch entertaining football rather than cling to the hope that we will clag a goal off a free kick or corner?

Other teams in our league, league one, aren't Barcelona either but they can pass it around more and play better football than us.

Whatever league we're in, wouldn't you like to watch entertaining football rather than cling to the hope that we will clag a goal off a free kick or corner?

Pretty much everyone except for the technically limited sides - Stevenage, Burton, Cambridge, Wycombe and Shrewsbury.
Even Leyton Orient, only just promoted from L2, will pass us off the park when we face them.

Whatever league we're in, wouldn't you like to watch entertaining football rather than cling to the hope that we will clag a goal off a free kick or corner?

Other teams in our league, league one, aren't Barcelona either but they can pass it around more and play better football than us.

Whatever league we're in, wouldn't you like to watch entertaining football rather than cling to the hope that we will clag a goal off a free kick or corner?

Other teams in our league, league one, aren't Barcelona either but they can pass it around more and play better football than us.