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In fairness, I don’t actually know if I believe that’s the reason. I just think luck turned, injuries improved and the players got fitter. Certainly can’t argue that we’ve had exceptional results in recent months I think it’s a bit silly to say Wilson hasn’t adapted. He’s been really good. Elder has been good since he’s had a run in the team Ward has been disappointing and clearly Warne thinks so too. Can’t get them all right I suppose

Come on, Paul. Get Robinson some game time

No reason warne couldn’t have signed him 🤔 I actually rate that Warne adapted and realised his stated aim of playing a back 3 wasn’t the best option. He's managed to adapt many of his signings to a back 4 so hats off to him I can’t believe how often I find myself having to defend Warne on this forum. It genuinely baffles given our position

Maybe… in fairness to Warne, since he’s played him as an out and out attacker, he’s been exceptional. Last year, he played wing back before Warne got the players he wanted and we had figured out were better suited to a back 4

About 29 of those descended into anti-Warne chat 😂

As a 30 year old, my memory doesn’t go back too far but there’s only one winner- Steve Mac mark 1. That team was brilliant

Nyambe, Vickers, Elder haven’t been bad but I accept the point He does in fairness seem to have got the best from the likes of NML and Collins as well

I’m going to be honest- the statistics you’ve used there are absolute nonsense. You could probably take any team in the world and pluck specific statistics like that which paint the team in a positive or negative light. It’s silly In spite of that, there has been a drop in form in the last few games but that’s fine 🤷‍♂️ there’s no need to overreact, it’s football. We were inevitably going to have bad periods in the season, like every team. Like Warne repeatedly says, football is random, sometimes things go for you, sometimes they don’t. I happen to agree about Hourihane, I probably wouldn’t have him in the team. But I think it’s fair to say 5 goals and 6 assists in the league is a good return for a deep lying midfield player. Warne has said a few times that he wants to win every game so presumably he’s willing to take the risk of Hourihane being a defensive weakness

I do rate Warne tbf. Nice bloke, seems to have put together a squad with decent quality for this level and good character. He could use the academy more for me but that’s most managers really Mind you, I would be a fan of any manager who’d put in this position. We’re fourth. We will lose games and we will play badly before now and May. So will Man City. So will Bolton.

Eh ??? 😂

We’ve lost two games in three months and we’re three points off top though? We’ve just paid a transfer fee for the first time in three years. I think any criticism of Warne is just deeply unfair. I happen to agree Hourihane is a liability off the ball but he does create a lot of chances, particularly from set pieces, so I’m willing to accept Warne has decided to take that pay off.

I think it’s just a random blip. We’ll probably win handsomely on Saturday. You can’t win every game, im not over thinking it

This is the sort of dramatic post we were seeing a lot in October. These sorts of reactions blew my mind then and they blow my mind now. Sorry to pick on you, you’re clearly not the only one, but haven’t you learned anything from almost ousting Warne earlier in the season only for him to win ten of the next twelve? We were always going to have poor performances. We weren’t great last night but let’s have a little perspective. We lost 1-0. They weren’t great. We weren’t great. Could have drawn, could have nicked it, the chips didn’t fall unfortunately. If I were the players I would be understandably fuming after the season they’ve had so far reading posts like this

The people slagging Bird off defensively must be watching a different player to me. Granted, he was poor on the ball by his own standards tonight but I think, defensively, he gets about, makes blocks, interceptions etc. that’s next to a player who cannot run as well

Nto was in Derbys academy as a scholar but left to play in the American college league. He’s back with a vengeance, I’ve heard on the grapevine. Out to prove the haters wrong, namely Wassall, who is his nemesis

Another thing which impresses me about Warne: This Derby team displays basically no dissent. It may just be that the players are a good group but I’d imagine it comes from the management. They never seem to falsely claim set pieces, they never shout at the ref. Well, certainly less than other teams I’ve seen. I really rate that

I think he’s alright is smith. Problem is he’s just not as good as Hourihane and Bird at football and Warne clearly favours having Tommo around for his energy. If we’re playing two in midfield, it sort of limits his chances of getting in the squad. May get in ahead of Fornah I suppose

It’s only half the season but, regardless, I wouldn’t consider 46 games a particular big sample in such a low scoring, random sport. I am admittedly no expert whatsoever though and would happily be corrected if someone works in sports getting or something

This sounds suspiciously like anti warne rhetoric 🤔 Jokes aside- those post 90 stats are so close to other teams that they’re not worth considering. In fairness, likewise with the 75-90 stat. We could easily score none for the rest of the season. Too few games, too small sample size to read into it too much

Looks like he’s staying then- really pleased. I think, like Bird and Cashin, he’s miles ahead and of this league in terms of quality. Hopefully we can sign him permanently in the summer and then he can bang in 30 goals in the championship next season and lead us to title glory

I’m obviously very pro-Warne but I do find it a little sad that there is only room for one up and coming youngster on our bench tonight for the EFL trophy Compare it to teams like Liverpool, City, Arsenal who all regularly start/bench youngsters across all formats and play at a much higher level. Disappointing after seeing so many debuts in recent years

Not just that, he’s an excellent football player. Physically though, I think there’s something wrong with him which means he can barely run

It’s sad but I just can’t see Warne giving Robinson or Brown a start. Hope I’m wrong

I do think Hourihane is a bit of a liability without the ball. Sometimes he’s so slow I actually say wow. Given the naff opposition we come up against in this league, however, we often get away with letting unmarked players break into the box so it’s probably worth having him in for his in swinging corners Bird is top drawer.