Black ('n' White) Sheep

Summary: Warne read the forum, realised that he needed to change formation, and we are winning. Well done, forum!

Lovely stuff
We’ve really missed Collins.
Hes already giving us a presence up top, good movement, pressing and link up play.

Nice! Good start... keep it up lads! ?

Lol. Warne has picked a back 4 with none of them in their preferred positions? It gets better.
4-2-3-1 more likely?
Bird and Hourihane, of course. *eyesroll*
Would have preferred Osula to Dobbin.
 

Seem to have gone to a back 4!
Looks like:
                        Wildsmith
       Smith  Cashin  Forsyth  Roberts
Mendez-Laing  Bird  Hourihane  Dobbin
                Collins  McGoldrick

When will the penny drop ?

Bird and Hourihane in CM?????

Agree with @Carnero, Wildsmith and Cashin (along with NML) are by far the most consistent players at the minute. Collins was starting to show promise (then got banned for 3 games). Almost everyone needs to up their game across the board.

Agree with @Carnero, Wildsmith and Cashin (along with NML) are by far the most consistent players at the minute. Collins was starting to show promise (then got banned for 3 games). Almost everyone needs to up their game across the board.

Was 50/50 whether I put DMcG or Conor behind the front 2 (Conor played there for Swansea with some success a couple of years ago).
Sibbo as an impact sub at the minute for me... needs to start being more consistent to start regularly... I follow the youth teams and know how good he can be (one of the most talented CAMs I've ever seen for us at that level); hopefully he starts to rediscover some more of that.

I quite like the look of that team but can’t see Conor being dropped and he will play again with Bird because that works. Shame Sibbo misses out. Maybe come on for McGoldrick when he tires ?

Just realised... We finally get to see the main team from Bristol.  How refreshing!  ?
 
 

I'm for continuous improvement (under a manager) myself... PW will take time to put his own style in to play here; it's completely different to what's been happening over the last 2-3 years and completely different to how most of our squad are used to playing. A bit more time playing this way (and a couple of transfer windows to get people in) and we'll know if it's working or not. I imagine if there's personalities in the changing room that PW doesn't like then said personalities won't be here long!
It is looking like we'd be better off at this stage if Rosie had have been made permanent... and yes, the last couple of games haven't been great to say the least, but the Chairman's made his decision. As long as we're in no danger of going down (I never thought I'd hear myself saying that about a Derby team in L1!) then I'd give PW at least another 12 months and see where we are. If we're higher up the league next season than we finish this season, I'd see that as an improvement.
Also, it's very early in the season still. Look at Oxford. They've stuck with Karl Robinson for nearly 5 years and in most of those seasons they've had a similar start to this one. More often than not he has them in or around the play-offs.
 
Having said all that, watch my emotions get the better of me in the next match thread! 

Don't Google "finishing off donkeys" whatever you do @Alpha

I hope Warne realises sooner rather than later that this squad can't play like Rotherham. Play to your team's strengths (wingers not wing-backs and a more measured build-up) until you're in a position to get the players in that can play like that.

Don't Google "finishing off donkeys" whatever you do @Alpha

Don't Google "finishing off donkeys" whatever you do @Alpha

Don't Google "finishing off donkeys" whatever you do @Alpha

Bird's done okay... Sibbo has had a shocker and needs to start justifying a place in the squad.

I hope Warne realises sooner rather than later that this squad can't play like Rotherham. Play to your team's strengths (wingers not wing-backs and a more measured build-up) until you're in a position to get the players in that can play like that.

Get Bielik back from Brum. This team is crying out for a midfield enforcer.

Get Bielik back from Brum. This team is crying out for a midfield enforcer.

Sibley in particular is a player everyone seems to think is brilliant based on a couple of good games 3 years ago. They whinge when he doesn't start and when he does he does absolutely nothing. For me him and Bird are completely average players who are made out to be more then they are simpy because they are from the Academy. 

Get Bielik back from Brum. This team is crying out for a midfield enforcer.

Get Bielik back from Brum. This team is crying out for a midfield enforcer.