G STAR RAM Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Andicis said: Clowes was quoted at saying we had a competitive budget. I daresay he wasn't implying we would be competitive for 8th place but towards the top 3-4. I don't expect a team full of world beaters. We should be beating clubs with much lower budgets than us, and if we aren't it's the manager's fault. He signed them. If we get in the playoffs, the only way it can be considered a success for Warne is if we come in 3rd or 4th and then win them. Limping in 6th and going out in the playoffs would be unequivocally a failure. What about if we finish 5th or 6th and win them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, nottingram said: Totally agree. I really wish we could have been in a position to compete with Stevenage and Lincoln for players this summer just gone. Don't really follow either team to be honest so can't comment on where they are at in their journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 minute ago, G STAR RAM said: What about if we finish 5th or 6th and win them? If we get up in 5th or 6th, I'd imagine we aren't going to be well set up for success in the difficult division above. LeedsCityRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: Oh well remembered - I think BT takes it as he said (sort of) no sacking yet. I did audition for Brains in Thunderbirds, Unfortunately some of my strings snapped 😁 RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Just now, The Last Post said: I did audition for Brains in Thunderbirds, Unfortunately some of my strings snapped 😁 Joe90? Ram-Alf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black ('n' White) Sheep Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 minute ago, RoyMac5 said: What's your opinion of how Warne is setting the team out and who he's signing - seriously I'm interested. You can probably tell by some of my previous comments @RoyMac5! I don't like his style of football... at all... but everyone has their own opinion. In terms of signings, I strangely think he hasn't done that bad! Thinking off the top of my head... Nyambe, Nelson, Elder, Fornah, Embleton... these are all players I'd have had on my list for a L1 team too. The less said about recent recruitment attacking-wise since he's taken over, the better though 🤣 RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 minute ago, G STAR RAM said: What about if we finish 5th or 6th and win them? Then it's job done, congratulations for all involved and the question eventually moves on to how we prepare for the Championship and what sort of expectations should be set for Warne and the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: Joe90? Now he was a cute puppet...Ooo I better be careful here 😊 RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Black ('n' White) Sheep said: You can probably tell by some of my previous comments @RoyMac5! I don't like his style of football... at all... but everyone has their own opinion. In terms of signings, I strangely think he hasn't done that bad! Thinking off the top of my head... Nyambe, Nelson, Elder, Fornah, Embleton... these are all players I'd have had on my list for a L1 team too. The less said about recent recruitment attacking-wise since he's taken over, the better though 🤣 I'll give you Nyambe (who didn't want to come here) and Nelson, but the other three, the jury is out on Elder and Fornah. Signing injury victims is just so 'pray for' ... 😄 Black ('n' White) Sheep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerphilly Ram Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 16 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: Don't be condescending, especially when you are ignoring the point I was making. Keeping a manager that is taking the club backwards isn't stability, it's embarking upon a managed decline. If Warne was meeting the expectations set out by the club, and the expectations he set out for himself when he joined the club the calls for stability and patience would make sense. He is currently failing on both counts. Isn’t the very fact he’s been backed by Clowes a suggestion that he’s at the very least not yet failing to meet the expectations set out by the club? He’s not meeting the expectations of some fans currently, more than likely that’s a growing number of fans based on recent weeks on here and across social media plus the reactions post Shrewsbury….BUT, we’ve yet to see the catastrophic drop off in attendances many are prophesising, we are still within touching distance of the playoffs, and it’s not mathematically impossible for automatic promotion by season end, however unlikely those scenarios are. I think your use of the word “currently” is pertinent. It appears, as poor as the football has been, that Clowes is backing Warne….for now. Looking at it as calmly as possible I get it, the season isn’t yet a write-off (yet) despite the protestations and statements from some fans to the contrary. If things descend further into disarray, fans do stay away, protests happen, a drunken lout throws their ST card in Warne’s general direction on the touchline etc then the inevitable happens, but for now it seems Clowes is backing his man and short of doing the things mentioned above there’s not much to be done about it…currently. Premier ram, G STAR RAM, Carnero and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Brolly Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, Andicis said: Give me a break. We're not little hard up Derby County. We probably have 3-4 times the budget of the lower half of the league. If you're insinuating Warne signed crap players, that's because he chose poorly. Can somebody please show me the league budget table I've asked several times but no one seems to have it. G STAR RAM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 8 minutes ago, Andicis said: If we get up in 5th or 6th, I'd imagine we aren't going to be well set up for success in the difficult division above. But would that be a success or failure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Just now, G STAR RAM said: But would that be a success or failure? Pretty ordinary for this league. Failure. G STAR RAM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 8 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: Then it's job done, congratulations for all involved and the question eventually moves on to how we prepare for the Championship and what sort of expectations should be set for Warne and the squad. If we win our games in hand won't we occupy one of them positions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 minute ago, G STAR RAM said: But would that be a success or failure? Objectively a success, how couldn't it be? Getting immediately relegated would naturally be a complete abject failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier ram Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Jayram said: Absolutely agree. Why should I travel 210 miles every home game to watch the same s***, literally the same dismal garbage over and over again and be happy with it just because that’s what a ‘fan’ is supposed to do? f*** that; I spend a fortune on this club and I want to be entertained, not embarrassed by seeing my team being outfought and outplayed by giants of the game like Stevenage. Nobody’s forcing you too Mick Brolly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 25 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said: Tbf they only have an hour..... I'll wait for the special when he's sacked 😀 Van der MoodHoover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondest Goat Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: If we win our games in hand won't we occupy one of them positions? One of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, Andicis said: Objectively a success, how couldn't it be? I don't know, you'd better ask @RoyMac5that. RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 So now I can't understand why Clowes didn't give the job to Rosenior. He's willing to let us be abysmal under Warne under the belief he'll give us stability, and eventually promote us. A man who I don't think gives a monkey's for this club - he said he didn't care for our history. Rosenior who stuck with us through awful times, who had us playing some great football and some dull (not awful, just dull) stuff too. Why didn't Mr Clowes appreciate what he'd already committed to the Club and give him a chance? Barney1991, Charlie G, JustOneBiblicalKazim and 22 others 11 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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