kevinhectoring

He'll study them carefully, look at strengths and weaknesses, then craft his tactical plan.
I'm thinking it'll go something like.....
...run around....
...run a bit harder...
...gas out....
..then subs on to run around a bit more...
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There were loads of cards, but no yellows or reds!

Congratulations ! How was the ref ? Any banns ?

Congratulations ! How was the ref ? Any banns ?

If we had him last season and he was fully fit as this season I am convinced we would have stayed up even with the minus 21 points 

You can say that again 
As well as the moments of genius he’s given us, he’s put in the hard yards time and time again. It’s extraordinary how many times - aged ?36 - he pops up deep in our own half and makes an important tackle. Hope we’ll see another season whichever div we play in 

You can say that again 
As well as the moments of genius he’s given us, he’s put in the hard yards time and time again. It’s extraordinary how many times - aged ?36 - he pops up deep in our own half and makes an important tackle. Hope we’ll see another season whichever div we play in 

Fair enough. But Sibley, Didzy and NML are still getting used to playing together. My hunch would be to stay with Sibley. He knows how to score and I think we’ll see better from him in terms of connection with the others. But if it’s not working then Warne needs to make changes in a proactive way 

Congratulations ! How was the ref ? Any banns ?

Plenty of cards

Well I don’t know if that’s really true.
Warne has been charge for 80% of the league campaign, yes, but critically without a pre-season.
Maybe with a pre-season he would have done things differently and had more time to really nail down a good balance between what he wants and what the players are suited to.
I think next season is really the time to judge. Anything that happens now in the next 2-5 games is just a bonus.

Fair enough. But Sibley, Didzy and NML are still getting used to playing together. My hunch would be to stay with Sibley. He knows how to score and I think we’ll see better from him in terms of connection with the others. But if it’s not working then Warne needs to make changes in a proactive way 

Fair enough. But Sibley, Didzy and NML are still getting used to playing together. My hunch would be to stay with Sibley. He knows how to score and I think we’ll see better from him in terms of connection with the others. But if it’s not working then Warne needs to make changes in a proactive way 

Well apparently Curtis was already out of the wheelchair Monday morning and he sheds the zimmer frame tomorrow. He should be fine without a stick on Saturday 

I was responding to your ‘massive credit to Warne etc’ comment. 

I think the team selection and set up in these last 3 games has been better than during our unbeaten run and gives us a good chance of top 6 and promotion. It has more players doing what they are good at and it makes best use of the experience in the squad. The main thrust of my post was that it’s taken Warne a long time to find it. 

I was responding to your ‘massive credit to Warne etc’ comment. 

I think the team selection and set up in these last 3 games has been better than during our unbeaten run and gives us a good chance of top 6 and promotion. It has more players doing what they are good at and it makes best use of the experience in the squad. The main thrust of my post was that it’s taken Warne a long time to find it. 

Fair enough. But Sibley, Didzy and NML are still getting used to playing together. My hunch would be to stay with Sibley. He knows how to score and I think we’ll see better from him in terms of connection with the others. But if it’s not working then Warne needs to make changes in a proactive way 

Fair enough. But Sibley, Didzy and NML are still getting used to playing together. My hunch would be to stay with Sibley. He knows how to score and I think we’ll see better from him in terms of connection with the others. But if it’s not working then Warne needs to make changes in a proactive way 

Yeah I think (although it's yet to be proven, either way) that our current setup does provide / would have provided us with an improved chance against the better teams.
We did play pretty well during our unbeaten run - although it doesn't quite stand up to the unbeaten runs other teams have gone on  - but some of the results covered over a number of cracks in our performances, which were later exposed. Same could be said for Sheff Weds if their recent form isn't a fluke downturn.
I'm not dismissing an unbeaten run as an easy thing to achieve, and how our run stacks up against those teams above us isn't really a surprise and is largely to be expected but it has been overstated a little bit IMO.
 
Barnsley - 12 games, 32 points. 2.67 ppg. 50% of games were against teams currently occupying a top half position, 17% were against those currently in a relegation spot.
Ipswich (run still ongoing) - 16 games, 40 points. 2.5 ppg. 38% of games against teams currently occupying a top half position. 25% against those currently in a relegation spot.
Sheff Weds - 23 games, 55 points. 2.39 ppg. 48% of games were against teams currently occupying a top half position, 17% were against those currently in a relegation spot.
Derby - 15 games, 33 points. 2.20 ppg. 27% of games were against teams currently occupying a top half position, 33% were against those currently in a relegation spot.
 
 
 

I was responding to your ‘massive credit to Warne etc’ comment. 

I think the team selection and set up in these last 3 games has been better than during our unbeaten run and gives us a good chance of top 6 and promotion. It has more players doing what they are good at and it makes best use of the experience in the squad. The main thrust of my post was that it’s taken Warne a long time to find it. 

Don’t get carried away. It’s taken most of the season to find a combination of players and formation that has us playing good football much of the time and looking stable at the back. Happy to give them credit for getting us out of the slump but we have to hope it’s not too little too late 

No. Waste of taxpayers money and court time. Just ignore and move on.

Not numpties kev lad. Being abusive to a ref is a card. It falls under "dissent by word or action". It's just one of the many (parts of) Laws that refs don't, or hardly ever, make use of. Ergo, the numpties are the refs for not enforcing the Laws, not folk like you who wonder why a card and/or free kick hasn't been given when, according to the Laws of the game, it should have been.
Then there's the several ways  of preventing a free kick, corner or throw in being taken quickly. Players being hurt and off the field and then crawling back on. Even Fozzy did it recently. It's a yellow but doesn't tend to get given.
I have a fair few pet peeves about things refs don't do which the Laws say they should. I emailed Howard Webb at PGMOL recently listing them and asking why they aren't enforced. I also explained that enforcement would lead to the ball being in play more and thus add to fans' enjoyment. Not surprisingly I haven't had a reply.

Don’t get carried away. It’s taken most of the season to find a combination of players and formation that has us playing good football much of the time and looking stable at the back. Happy to give them credit for getting us out of the slump but we have to hope it’s not too little too late 

Don’t get carried away. It’s taken most of the season to find a combination of players and formation that has us playing good football much of the time and looking stable at the back. Happy to give them credit for getting us out of the slump but we have to hope it’s not too little too late