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How is it blinkered and narrow minded to not employ a bloke whose whole style is alien to the players we've got? Like I said before, I don't particularly want his brand of players or football. I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham, lumping it long in front of 30,000 people whilst defending against Port Vale. Oh wait I've already seen that happen.

Joins a forum and moans about having to read different opinions. It would be maddening if it wasn't so laughably predictable. 

Bird and Hourihane together is a busted flush. Not enough mobility, not enough strength and they want to do the same thing. I agree with you there. The answer to our lack of wing-backs is not to play a system that needs them..... the fact this is his 3rd home game and he's only just working this out is a tad concerning. You could see against Port Vale that it left us defensively vulnerable in the air, on the flanks and on set pieces. It was a shambles and I could see we were going to lose that game even when we scored in the first minute. 
I'd honestly be tempted to shift Knight to right back, and have a midfield 3 or 2 of Rooney, Bird and Sibley or use roberts as an inverted full back and slot forsyth in on the left with knight in the middle accompany bird and sibley. That might provide sufficient cover until January and we can look for a loan or 3 to give us additional cover. Warne atm is making a meal of this so far. Maybe the club is too big for him and he's got Eddie Howe syndrome or something but no-one can convince me after that performance that this is working.

 

How is it blinkered and narrow minded to not employ a bloke whose whole style is alien to the players we've got? Like I said before, I don't particularly want his brand of players or football. I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham, lumping it long in front of 30,000 people whilst defending against Port Vale. Oh wait I've already seen that happen.

How is it blinkered and narrow minded to not employ a bloke whose whole style is alien to the players we've got? Like I said before, I don't particularly want his brand of players or football. I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham, lumping it long in front of 30,000 people whilst defending against Port Vale. Oh wait I've already seen that happen.

You're not wrong about Hourihane but I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham mark 2 either which is where I can see we're heading.  I was never a fan of Warne's appointment and believed it was a monumental error and I still think that tbh. I hope I'm wrong but the style of play is pretty much non-existent and we're not taking advantage of our players best qualities atm. 

Watching the second half was painful and I gather it was better than the first. We've been turned from an imperfect footballing side in progress which needed some tactical adjustment into a footballing nightmare. Warne's direct brand of football produced one shot on goal from a free kick, one ball into the box that almost had a shot on target and a foul outside the area from the gk in 45 minutes of play. All exeter had to do was not play a high line and we looked stuck.
The worst thing is he hasn't even shored us up defensively, the slightest bit of pressure and we look just as vulnerable as we did under Rosenior. Sibley at wing back with 3 left footed center halves what was that about exactly? When we went to 4-4-2 it didn't even work very well. I don't think we've got the players to really execute what he's wanting and if I'm honest I don't want his 'brand' of football at our club anyway. I'm absolutely baffled why we've turned to this bloke in all honesty. I don't get it in the slightest and I never understood why anyone was so excited when we appointed Rotherham United's manager in the first place. 

1 shot on target in the second half and that from a freekick..... absolutely fu**ing pitiful 

You're not wrong about Hourihane but I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham mark 2 either which is where I can see we're heading.  I was never a fan of Warne's appointment and believed it was a monumental error and I still think that tbh. I hope I'm wrong but the style of play is pretty much non-existent and we're not taking advantage of our players best qualities atm. 

You're not wrong about Hourihane but I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham mark 2 either which is where I can see we're heading.  I was never a fan of Warne's appointment and believed it was a monumental error and I still think that tbh. I hope I'm wrong but the style of play is pretty much non-existent and we're not taking advantage of our players best qualities atm. 

Watching the second half was painful and I gather it was better than the first. We've been turned from an imperfect footballing side in progress which needed some tactical adjustment into a footballing nightmare. Warne's direct brand of football produced one shot on goal from a free kick, one ball into the box that almost had a shot on target and a foul outside the area from the gk in 45 minutes of play. All exeter had to do was not play a high line and we looked stuck.
The worst thing is he hasn't even shored us up defensively, the slightest bit of pressure and we look just as vulnerable as we did under Rosenior. Sibley at wing back with 3 left footed center halves what was that about exactly? When we went to 4-4-2 it didn't even work very well. I don't think we've got the players to really execute what he's wanting and if I'm honest I don't want his 'brand' of football at our club anyway. I'm absolutely baffled why we've turned to this bloke in all honesty. I don't get it in the slightest and I never understood why anyone was so excited when we appointed Rotherham United's manager in the first place. 

You're not wrong about Hourihane but I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham mark 2 either which is where I can see we're heading.  I was never a fan of Warne's appointment and believed it was a monumental error and I still think that tbh. I hope I'm wrong but the style of play is pretty much non-existent and we're not taking advantage of our players best qualities atm. 

Clearly the vast majority of the signings suited how Rosenior wanted us to play, and barely any of them suit Warne.  Under Rosenior, we would have been looking at tweaks in January. Under Warne, if we’re persisting with the 352, I genuinely think we need at least a dozen new players. And that’s simply not happening given the financial restrictions.
You’re absolutely right that it’s not Warne’s fault, but if he wasn’t prepared to work with the style of player here, he simply should never of been given the job.  Or Rosenior should not have been given free reign to sign who he wanted.

How is it blinkered and narrow minded to not employ a bloke whose whole style is alien to the players we've got? Like I said before, I don't particularly want his brand of players or football. I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham, lumping it long in front of 30,000 people whilst defending against Port Vale. Oh wait I've already seen that happen.

I'm a political theorist... picking holes in definitions and logic is literally what I do most days. 

I watched enough of highlights on youtube (and i often watch the lower league highlights on the telly) to know I didn't like what I saw. His comments post match also concern me given he was pleased with the second half. 

How is it blinkered and narrow minded to not employ a bloke whose whole style is alien to the players we've got? Like I said before, I don't particularly want his brand of players or football. I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham, lumping it long in front of 30,000 people whilst defending against Port Vale. Oh wait I've already seen that happen.

How is it blinkered and narrow minded to not employ a bloke whose whole style is alien to the players we've got? Like I said before, I don't particularly want his brand of players or football. I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham, lumping it long in front of 30,000 people whilst defending against Port Vale. Oh wait I've already seen that happen.

I’m still not convinced he’s worked it out. I think he was forced into it because we ran out of centre halves to play.  He even moved Sibley to wingback just to try and keep playing a back 3, before realising what a catastrophically stupid decision that was.

You're not wrong about Hourihane but I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham mark 2 either which is where I can see we're heading.  I was never a fan of Warne's appointment and believed it was a monumental error and I still think that tbh. I hope I'm wrong but the style of play is pretty much non-existent and we're not taking advantage of our players best qualities atm. 

You're not wrong about Hourihane but I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham mark 2 either which is where I can see we're heading.  I was never a fan of Warne's appointment and believed it was a monumental error and I still think that tbh. I hope I'm wrong but the style of play is pretty much non-existent and we're not taking advantage of our players best qualities atm. 

You're not wrong about Hourihane but I don't want us to be turned into Rotherham mark 2 either which is where I can see we're heading.  I was never a fan of Warne's appointment and believed it was a monumental error and I still think that tbh. I hope I'm wrong but the style of play is pretty much non-existent and we're not taking advantage of our players best qualities atm. 

Wonderful, I can't wait to bring in Warne's 'brand' of player... 

ref having a shocker. It wasn't a pen (outside area) or a red (defenders covering) but how it's not a foul is beyond me

ref having a shocker. It wasn't a pen (outside area) or a red (defenders covering) but how it's not a foul is beyond me

ref having a shocker. It wasn't a pen (outside area) or a red (defenders covering) but how it's not a foul is beyond me