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7 minutes ago, jono said:

I am not sure I agree with this angle. We certainly have better players than many; but the best ? I think that is debatable. Look at the midfield. The arrival of Adams has made a huge difference but prior to that I reckon or midfield was average. Bird is wonderfully talented but in this league often got out muscled and his skill wasn’t always enough for him to win those battles … so better or just good  ? Hourihan 6 years ago, yes a better player, but our Hourihan ? The one who gets caught napping against athletic sides ? A good player but “better” than the rest ?
The only areas where I think we had demonstrably better players was defence and out wide. We Haven’t got the better strikers and we hadn’t (until Adams) got the best midfield. 
 

Warne had “better” wide players and made best use of them to support our  lack, for much of the season, of a dynamic striker. This leads to a form of football that by necessity involves getting the ball in to danger areas via the wings and making good use of set pieces. All to create the greater number of chances to address those areas where we didn’t have “the best” players.
 

Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see one touch midfield interchanges crafting chances with slick passing ; but too many of our players didn’t demonstrate enough of those skills either due to ability, age, or the type of opponent / type of football played in this league. 

This. We had the best players?.our midfield for half the season, and our strike force in general has been lacking in quality. How we could get over the line with these deficiencies.. outstanding achievement.

Warne in!

Collins looking a bit tired now? 

Commute to Belgium was brisk today!

2 hours ago, Chester40 said:

I can't imagine many teams go up with such a divided fan base around the manager but almost everyone will agree he's done his job this year and so understand why he's going to be given the chance again. How long that patience last is going to variable!!

I don't think the fanbase is that divided - at the match there's plenty of pro-warne chants for example. A few posters on here give the impression of a split fanbase, but the reality is different. It's like reading twitter and thinking the world is mental, whereas in reality you've just stumbled across some nutters in the village square.

On 13/04/2024 at 10:19, sage said:

No one on here does that. As its illegal.

 

Using a proxy VPN isn't illegal.

1 minute ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

Or as Napoleon asked of his generals "is he lucky"?

Actually Napoleon was pretty lucky with some of his battles. I.e. generals getting lost and randomly returning at the perfect moment. 

The memories Warne-Ball has given me this season, i.e away at Exeter, Charlton, and the sheer amount of team spirit on display, the never-say-die attitude, and also some terrific goals (fast paced, Vs they-always-walk-it-in), I've loved this season.

Warne in!

Weird dynamics for the second goal celebration. The team had obviously been coached to not celebrate much this game and this plays out with the minimal bounce routine. 

I noticed with the goal celebration the players didn't immediately go over, so it was more of a subdued 'job done' feeling. His shrugging to the crowd, if we want to be kind with him, could have also been in that vein.

It'd be a purposeful reading into it, to think it was a derogatory, triumphant statement with the shrugging. Also, doubt he's that daft.

We need to get the control and tempo back. I fear getting sucker punched.

Got to play to the mathematical probabilities. Get as many corners as possible as they can't defend them, and we've got some big nutters.

Was this the big RD announcement?

Come on you beautiful rams!

Makes last week's utter meltdown by many seem a trifle overstated.

Needs to go 442, Bradley off Washington on

Sibley needs to do a lot more attacking as a wing back. He's playing like a left back.

Chill people. Let's not melt down just yet.

Adams! Come on mate.

Waghorn missed-sitter-of-the-day

Sibbo needs to be more positive. Backed off a couple of runs and passing back.

If we stay in L1 the Warne outers will have a field day. If we get promoted, the Warne outers will have a field day, unless we pull a Luton.

Officials ruining this game

Random drinks break

What occurred with the goalie?