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I might get some pelters here but personally I think the potential appointment of Paul Warne is possibily the best option available to us at this stage of our " rebirth ".

LR clearly was influential in WR's team, some even suggested he was THE tactician in the set-up. Our away form was woeful last season, and continues to be so. There's absolutely no chance of promotion repeatedly making the same mistakes away from home.

If you've not listened the the BBC podcast Moment Of Truth, where he and Oxford's Karl Robinson were mic'ed up for the second half of last season, I suggest you do. He is a supreme man manager. Direct yes - very!  A complete sweary-Mary, but he can get players to run through brick walls for him. He knows what levers to pull for each of his players. I think we're all agreed we have one of the better squads in our division, but Paul Warne has done much more with lesser players and less than half our budget in this division. I listened to the podcast and did think he would be just the sort of motivator that would be ideal for us at this level. As much as I admire LR's loyalty , if you've ever seen the cameras in the dressing room, he's very vanilla and I'd even suggest uninspiring .

" But he plays hoofball doesn't he, Paul Warne? " I hear some cry. He plays with what he's got and the budget he's got.  I think he'd be licking his lips at the opportunity to work with our squad. One thing I'd be confident of, based on what I've heard of him when he was mic'ed ( is that even a word? ) up is that nothing will be left on the pitch. He demands it from every player.

I'll take that with our squad. If we're not good enough in the final analysis, I'll accept that. But it won't be for the lack of Paul Warne pushing them to their limits and accepting anything less than 100% from every player. Oh, and his track record in this division isn't too shabby, so he's not all talk.

I like everything David Clowes has done so far, measured, not knee-jerk, but I believe he's seen enough to be brave when change is needed.

We will certainly be in for a hell of a ride if we do appoint him.

DC, you've got huge gonads Sir. I applaud you.

Surprised when I saw this earlier.
David has probably weighed it up and doesn't feel Liam is capable of taking us up without play off drama at the very least. Can't say as I disagree - I like Liam, he speaks well, but there has been a disconnect this season - we should be settling and finding form but it's gone backwards - too many games lately we have played for 45 minutes at best and not been at the races the other half. Our defending (despite a just about acceptable record overall) and scoring has been woeful due to the tactics/system used and that stops with him as he has said himself.
Played 9, won 4, drawn 2, lost 3 is a right mixed bag of results, and despite being a championship team on paper we don't seem to be showing that in this division at present. You could definitely see someone with a bit more knowledge coming in, shaping them and getting a more convincing defensive line up, more effective supply chain, and Collins as he should be netting regularly.
I think Liam has probably just been offered his old job back for now, he is under contract for that so that's why we're not saying he's gone. I imagine he is weighing up his options as he seems pretty consciencious. Rare that anyone ever makes that back step though (Wassall obviously excepted) so I can't see him swallowing his pride and staying.
Might get a job opening soon, but more likely I can see him joining a backroom team such as Brighton again. Hudderfield and Cardiff seem a bit of a stretch given his experience.
As for Warne it's never boring is it. They've been a different division every year since he joined in 2016. Does seem to know how to get promoted, and might like the opportunity to work with a bit more if he thinks he can get us up, rather than losing his best players on Bosmans each year, he could build on them.
He does seem to know how to pick up strikers and bargains which he has going for him. His squad seems like a decent age and is overachieving for saying I've only heard of a handful of players. Not much of a record with youngsters but maybe that's Rotherham's academy not producing.
From his own mouth his defenders don't take risks, he doesn't play out from goal kicks, they just try to put crosses in and get the ball to a target man up front. They are physical and look to captalise on set pieces as often as possible. Maybe that's what we need. I do think the current personnel fits that ethos.

Is that the Rotherham that currently sit 8th, one point off 5th place, with a game in hand over all those around them? ?

What the hell is this post .
Saying that about Clowes is well out of order .

The clue as to what might happen was always in the title "INTERIM..." so there was always a plan to REVIEW and the Board have decided to appoint an alternative. Looks and sounds like logical and calculated stewardship to me not "...David Clowes playing Football Manager."

Gut feeling is Warne is not the true name we are after. 
Clowes does things quietly and behinds the scenes. Wouldn't be surprised if a bigger name like Dyche has been lined up and just kept on the quiet 

I suppose someone must? 

They could have given him one more night.

Mr Clowes recently save our club so let's back his first big decision it's the least we can do 

His style of football has got Rotherham promoted and 8th in the championship.
Do you like us going away thinking we played some nice stuff but didn't score?
We haven't got time to worry about style of football right now. We need winning football.

Away at WBA. 

We've won 2 home games thanks to Houraine scoring from outside the box. He hasn't done this away, so it's his fault!
Whilst good at home, bad away, has been going on for a while now, this season is totally different.
We would win the Fleetwood and Charlton game 9 times out if 10 and we struggled to turn our dominance vs Shrewsbury into chances. Lincoln was a bad day at the office. Our away performances have probably deserved 5-7 points based on how the games went.
At home, our points have probably exceeded the way we played. All 4 teams we defeated could probably make a case for deserving a point at least. Our big crowd and support has probably helped us get over the line too.
So in summary, not much difference in performances. Just had a bit more luck/confidence at home where things haven't quite gone for us away. 
 

it’s a great ruse to bring on a player whose initials are in reverse alphabetical order. Imagine trying to mark him with that in the back of your mind.
 
inspired parents he must have had  

I'd probably maybe potentially have said Darren Ferguson.
Good record in this league and plays nice football.
Only caveats he'd need replacing as soon as we go up, he may have learnt all he's ever going to learn so you're stuck with any faults he may have no matter what, and his success has only ever been at one club anyway.
Talked myself out of it.

It certainly makes a change from the same old same old!
The style of football is completely different but the standard of play so far has been nothing short of amazing.
The hard fought matches have been exciting and victory has been no easier to achieve.
Sheer hard graft, 100% effort and never able to switch off for a second is the order of the day.
Am I enjoying League one?
You bet your life I am!
However, a swift return to higher divisions would be perfectly acceptable!

Wildsmith 8  3 top drawer saves. Needs to work on his place kicking urgently.
Chester 7  
Knight 8
Roberts 8
Cashin 7
Davies 6
McGoldrick 8
Sibley 7
Hourihane 7
Mendez-Laing 8
Bird ? 6
Collins 7
Barkhuizen 6
Forsyth 6

Runs out in summer of 2024 I think.

Played the full 90mins In yesterdays draw with Cov.
Some fans saying he was MoM, seems they haven’t lost a game since he came into the team.

Can we really expect the South Stand to get their mouths around multisyllabics after a gallon of lager? ?‍♂️

Luvly Jubillee.

When we were in the depths of administration despair, I would have given my right arm to see a thread on the footballing skills of Conor Hourihane, and posters giving each other a handbagging over said topic. 

When we were in the depths of administration despair, I would have given my right arm to see a thread on the footballing skills of Conor Hourihane, and posters giving each other a handbagging over said topic. 

When we were in the depths of administration despair, I would have given my right arm to see a thread on the footballing skills of Conor Hourihane, and posters giving each other a handbagging over said topic.