taffyram

We weren't playing like that when warne took over Roy,all we did under rosenior was play side to side,endless pointless passing football,this was nothing like that.
Last night's performance was a vast improvement to that style.
Swift and accurate passing,the ball going through the middle as well as the wings and 4 lovely,technical finishes.
You would have enjoyed it if you had been there,I did and I've been a critic of our gameplay not being slick or enjoyable enough.
Credit to warnes management team where it's due,the changes last night were effective and there was a lot of attractive football on display.
Let's hope it continues.

Lampard the new favourite for the Bristol job. Hahahaha.

I for one am shocked that the Rooney appointment has started badly. Shocked I tell you!

Brummies are livid that Eustace was unexpectedly replaced by Rooney when in the top six. Then 3 rotten defeats.
Now many on here are predicting a change of Rams manager when we are seventh with a game in hand and two points off the playoffs! Two rotten weekend and two magic midweek games in last four!
Suddenly we get a topic like this!

 

Hull under that young chap, what’s his name, Leroy or something like that 😉

At the time I said that I'd didn't like Rowett's style but if it was successful then it'd be difficult to argue with it. It wasn't so stuff the Snake! 😄 
I enjoy individual players more than whole teams I think. I'll watch almost any football Sky put out. Although Scottish football is a struggle, though the Ranger/Celtic game is always fun to wince and 'tooth-suck' at some of the challenges. But in the Prem it's tricky to stick with one team, Arsenal perhaps at times, Liverpool too. Hate seeing Villa and Brighton but they play decent stuff.
I'm a big fan of Harry Kane atm and am enjoying watching bits of the German stuff. Salah, Saka, Haaland etc they all have their moments, but I can't commit to another team long term, only each game sort of.
I grew up watching Cloughie era football, excitement, skill, success. Spoilt me for League 1 init. Loved Mac1 and Mac2 even. Just want to see us play some football. Loved Birdy last night and hate the thought we'll lose him.
I always thought I'd chose winning over 'entertaining' football, but recently I've changed my mind!  Edit: nope it's a lie, winning is what its all about! 😄

The most important thing Warne needs now is consistency. If we played like we did last night, he’d have next to nobody wanting him out, even if we did come off 3-1 losers to Stevenage.
We have showed on a couple of occasions that we can play good football and get good results, if we just revert back to poor football and poor results, it’s even more frustrating.
He deserves credit for the victory last night in the same way as he deserves criticism for games like Saturday. If we just perform hot & cold, we aren’t going to progress. Hopefully it’s something to build on.

It's almost as if they were scared of being seen to enjoy themselves.
There has been some pretty aggressive bullying of people who don't agree with the Warne out rhetoric at matches - I have witnessed it.
I think the core group of singers, who keep going all match whatever the response, were excellent again last night.
There is quite a good response from some areas of North Stand, too. 
But it was also notable last night that the players were celebrating more amongst themselves than with the fans. They, too, have been subject to some abuse.
If the team can build from here, the atmosphere will come back. But it will take time to rebuild trust on  both sides.

We'll play like absolute turd, win 1-0 and Warne will claim "see? Now we win and everything is fine again, that's how fickle football fans are".
We could play like prime Barcelona and win 48-0. I'd still want him gone.

I had such high hopes for the bloke. Great record in this division, couldn't take Rotherham any further I assumed due to budgets. Let's see what he can do at a big club. And I think now we've all seen what he is capable of. Nothing.
The bloke hasn't grasped the size of the job at all. Did he really think hitting the ball wide as early as possible and smashing crosses into the box was going go down well with supporters? The good managers evolve their ideas over time. He is expecting really technical footballers to become athletes who can run half a marathon and bulldoze the opposition on the break. No wonder tactically we are all over the place.
This squad is top 6 easily, any half decent manager could at least be competitive. We have the biggest wage budget in the league. And what this manager has produced is nothing short of something I'd expect on a Sunday morning on Alvaston Park. Pathetic, amateur standard of football where crossing the ball gets clapped at like seals on our bench. Bottom half league one teams can easily figure out our game plan within 5 minutes. We've got all these quality midfielders and we still insist on avoiding them at all costs when we attack. It is painful to watch. Is this really the best this squad has to give? 
I'm done with it. I was so excited to see what he could do with a summer and implement a plan to fire us up the league. Currently, we're firing into the midtable wasteland. It is embarrassing. He's got all these resources at his disposal and quite frankly, he's a rabbit in the headlights facing an inevitable doom.
Lovely man I'm sure. But a football manager who has a clear glass ceiling and has demonstrated he cannot take his work to the next level. 

I think we've reached the point now, when a manager starts clutching at straws, desperately trying something new to stave off the seemingly inevitable parting of the ways. 
 
I'd imagine tomorrow's training session will see Sonny Badley up front, Josh Vickers banging it long up to him, and James Collins so far offside he's mostly retrieving the ball for goal kicks. 
 
Warne will return to the managers office in despair, coffee in one hand, Winter 2023/23 holiday brochure in the other.
 
He'll thump his head on the desk in sheer frustration, and begin typing out his resignation letter. 
 
"FFS, even this desk is against me" he'll moan, as his fingers struggle to hit the right keys as the table wobbles precariously back and forth.
 
Investigating further, he realises the force of the head butt has dislodged a dusty old folder being used to even out the wonky desk legs. 
 
He picks up the folder, expecting its probably just some old accounting ledger we didn't want the EFL to see, and wipes the dust from the cover.
 
'The Steve McClaren playbook'.
 
He opens it gingerly, like Indiana Jones opened the Ark, and gazes in rapt wonder at its contents. 
 
He realises, for the first time in his life, that the ball serves its purpose better on the floor, passing can be better than running, and effort is no substitute for ability. 
 
He slides the holiday brochure back under the table leg, and sets to work typing up his new vision of football management, ready to impart this knowledge of his staff and players, and before we know it, the Rams are flying up the table. 
 
All I needed was time, he'll declare to the local media upon automatic promotion in April 2024.
 
Prologue.
 
It's October 2024, and the Rams are struggling to establish themselves back in the Championship.  
 
The fans are unhappy, the owner's coming under pressure to make a change, so Paul dips once again into his managerial bible. 
 
It's done him so well, so far, but try as he might he can't find any answers. 
 
He knows there's a section called Plan B, but he's never had to delve that deeply, all his prayers had been answered in the first section, so he was saving Plan B for the Prem. 
 
Needs must though, so he turns the page eagerly.  
Plan B.























 
It's blank, obviously, apart from a picture of a giant mug, and a Newcastle telephone no.



 

not on that day, but the qpr game was genuinely unlucky, i mean they had one shot on goal the whole match. If he'd joined from the start of the season he probably would of got us automatic promotion
yes, but the whole spine of the team got ripped out through injuries
we'll never know as he was only there 5 months. As for only winning 1 game out of 9, have you just made that up? At least check your stats before using them in your argument. 
Honestly - the stuff people come out with

I guess that most of  us like to be blind optimists and predict wins for the Rams.

Thanks for spending hours on this. Its more entertaining than the matches. BUT when you look at the scores and well over half of the participants have zero points we are as bad at predicting as the team we support are at entertaining.

Jody Morris maybe, for some reason I think him and Derby was a good combo. 

Ricky Gervais meme 
 
“go fetch the McClaren”

I understand that when the football isn’t pretty, and the league position is dire, football fans will inevitably lash out. However, I am amazed that there are a good number on here tonight slating our owner. This is a staggering state of affairs even for our club, only some 15 months since he saved us.  Cool it down lads. 

I’d have Taylor Swift. 

I know it's not the answer people will want, but it's to sell players like Bird, Cashin etc. That money would be much more useful being reinvested back into the squad.
The academy is still ticking over, they beat City yesterday. More kids will come through, but to not cash in on the academy with sensible incoming fees would be daft.

Approach people who publicly want to invest in Premier league clubs and sell them the "wrexham" dream of going up the divisions under their ownership and them becoming legends.
Imagine how much that might appeal to the right persons ego to take us from league 1 to premiership in say 5 years.

Dunno, but I've just put a bid on a coffee machine on eBay that needs a new owner.

Is there a crowdfunder set up to pay off Warne’s contract?

Paul Warne gaining his wins in the 3rd division where as others around him played 1st or 2nd division teams. If he was managing the team in the league above I would understand it. But when you're not beat Stevenage and Cheltenham then it does throw these kind of stats into question.

I am hoping the last game was a big wake up call to the players and Paul and we see the start of something new tonight.
Before Saturday, I had hoped for at least 2 wins and 2 draws from the following 4 games, 3 wins and a loss more than acceptable.  Well, we have our loss, so now I want to see 3 wins.
There simply has to be a reaction tonight, no nerves, no caution, just go for it and show us all why you were chosen to represent, or put on the shirt of Derby!!
Win games, play good football and us moaners can start moaning about the price of a pint again!
Season starts tonight.......