Warburton Gone - Official

The queen ?

Very good points

ad maybe im just angry at how things have gone

i dont think Marshall can be blamed as much as you say though in my opinion hes a very good keeper and has saved as many chances as hes fluffed, its my opinion he didnt make a mistake at Blackburn and that wasnt the result that cost us

what cost us were the debacles at home to Cardiff and Peterbrough......i was at the Cardiff game and the bewilderment of the majority of the fans after that game was damning toward MW.

looking at the situation now Hendrick was an odd signing but at the time he was another player that could do a job he obviously doesnt fancy dozzell as much as hes had to recent.

i dont buy the injuries cost us yes Willock is a bad loss but when January came round he could have addressed this but didnt......he chose to bring in the luxury of Jeff Hendrick instead

yes i agree why drop barbet for the first time in seasons for Sanderson......thats one of the reasons he lost confidence from his spine......wasnt just Barbet lost out playing time to Sanderson so did dickie and Dunne (3 of our best players) arguably 1 of those 3 might win our player of season.


i really liked MW and like you agree hes made a very good job of things over the past 3 years........but the posh result following the Cardiff defeat during the 5 back to back defeats to me shows he may have lost the spark he had with the squad

when they went through the spell of losing both Chair and Dieng during AFCON and we had this spell then i would agree with what you say

this happened after the return of the pair

marshall for example was kept in the team and Dieng had to make do with a sub spot

we got on without Chair which was an amazing set of results during that period

but what happened to get these bad results

Sanderson and Hendrick introductions to a happy squad

its all gone downhill since


hes upset the spine which effects the dressing room

i would never have wanted MW to leave but the 2 month period is so shocking its gone from the fanbase thinking we wont lose to now thinking we will never get 3 points or a win ever again

look at the proof people are celebrating a 2-2 draw away at Huddersfield

If he was only being judged on the first 2 months that would indeed be unfair. I would also discount his first season (20018/19)  when any new manager would be taking stock and evaluating the players. IMO the club have allowed him to bring in his own men and given him money to spend. 

IMO it's a combination of the first 4 months of the 19/20 season and from January this year. At the start of both those periods he brought in new players and then tried to justify those signings by throwing them into the starting line-up. It didn't help that in that first period he wanted to play 4-2-3-1 but with players who found his system alien to them. Dykes and Bonne were firing blanks and he didn't seem to realise that his new goalie Kelly was dodgy. If we couple that with Wallace getting injured and Warburton deciding that Manning would be a good replacement at left back it just made us worse.I even remember when Wallace did get fit he tried playing him as a centre back which was strange as when he had done the exact same at Rangers they got well beaten as did we.

My biggest bug bear with Warburton is his stubbornness to change his system even when it obvious to everyone else that it's not working.  It seemed obvious to most that Manning needed to be played as a wing back because his skill was getting up and down the flanks and to use his crossing ability.  Dykes and Bonne were raw and needed some guidance which they eventually got when Austin was signed by Fernandes. It was just as strange that Warburton didn't rate Leistner but without him we were leaderless on the pitch. It shouldn't take a manager nearly 18 months to realise that a team needs to have a leader. 

Whilst some of his signings have improved us (Willock, Dickie,Dunne, Barbet) too many of his additions have been poor or are just old mates. He has spent money on players like Bonne, Kelly, Kelman and Dozzell who are at best average League 1 players.

I think it's unfair to suggest he is being judged on the last 2 months. 

If a lively although bottom of the league derby beat us
He should maybe consider leaving his post
That would be 7 without a win and yet another bottom of the league team beat us

whos Zamora?

never heard of him?

had i heard of him think he would possibly do a better job than Lyndon Dykes now

but as i dont know him

what can i say?