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BradtheMiller

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My season is over

Todays defeat has personally hurt more than any single defeat in 41 years of following the Millers & I refuse to subject myself to more of the same in the games that remain.

As someone on this forum mentioned a few days ago, how can we fans identify with players who are only here for a couple of games, & never the same team twice, team spirit? Don't make me laugh!!

Survive or not this season, it's not going to get any better with the Loan Ranger & Tonto in charge, a management team who are still dining out on a League 2 promotion & a flukey playoff win. The Manager has got a new catchphrase in case you haven't noticed "It's hard to take" after almost every game.

Everything about the current manager is wrong, tactically naïve, hangs players who have made individual mistakes out to dry in public, signs loan players the day before the game so they have no time to train. EVERY pre match press conference starts with

INSERT HERE are a fantastic club with a great history& tradition & wonderful supporters. It's almost as though he's apologising for little old Rotherham playing them.

In Steve we trust? Carry on guys, but I think your trust is misplaced!!

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BradtheMiller wrote:
Todays defeat has personally hurt more than any single defeat in 41 years of following the Millers & I refuse to subject myself to more of the same in the games that remain.
As someone on this forum mentioned a few days ago, how can we fans identify with players who are only here for a couple of games, & never the same team twice, team spirit? Don't make me laugh!!
Survive or not this season, it's not going to get any better with the Loan Ranger & Tonto in charge, a management team who are still dining out on a League 2 promotion & a flukey playoff win. The Manager has got a new catchphrase in case you haven't noticed "It's hard to take" after almost every game.
Everything about the current manager is wrong, tactically naïve, hangs players who have made individual mistakes out to dry in public, signs loan players the day before the game so they have no time to train. EVERY pre match press conference starts with
INSERT HERE are a fantastic club with a great history& tradition & wonderful supporters. It's almost as though he's apologising for little old Rotherham playing them.
In Steve we trust? Carry on guys, but I think your trust is misplaced!!

I've got to be honest and say that what you've posted there is the biggest load of bollax ive ever read on any message board....nuff said.

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It's important to not overreact, I am sure it did hurt, I got up at 4am to listen and that hurt plenty when they scored. Then had to receive a call from my lovely brother :( . Just think how far we have come in such a short while, Evans two promotions in two years is amazing. If we go down then we will have to take it on the chin it's not exactly a new experience, I am still hopeful we can avoid the drop.

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The defeat to the Owls was difficult to take. However, all I saw were a lot of Owls' fans cheering goals being scored against their hometown team, namely Rotherham United. __________________

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Survive or not this season, it's not going to get any better with the Loan Ranger & Tonto in charge, a management team who are still dining out on a League 2 promotion & a flukey playoff win. The Manager has got a new catchphrase in case you haven't noticed "It's hard to take" after almost every game.

Just been watching a replay of the Football League Show. SE did say, "It's hard to take" . I hope he's not saying that after too

many more games at the end of this season.

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I was not particularly bothered by who we play. Defeat, win, draw, it's all the same.

I do think the management team have significant flaws but overall they have bags of effort and enthusiasm.

Several decisions over the last 10 games have been suspect and there is perhaps too much chopping and changing.

Too many games have been drawn or lost from good positions. I think the reason for this are manifold but there has to be an ability to arrive at a consistent 11.

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BradtheMiller wrote:
Todays defeat has personally hurt more than any single defeat in 41 years of following the Millers & I refuse to subject myself to more of the same in the games that remain.
As someone on this forum mentioned a few days ago, how can we fans identify with players who are only here for a couple of games, & never the same team twice, team spirit? Don't make me laugh!!
Survive or not this season, it's not going to get any better with the Loan Ranger & Tonto in charge, a management team who are still dining out on a League 2 promotion & a flukey playoff win. The Manager has got a new catchphrase in case you haven't noticed "It's hard to take" after almost every game.
Everything about the current manager is wrong, tactically naïve, hangs players who have made individual mistakes out to dry in public, signs loan players the day before the game so they have no time to train. EVERY pre match press conference starts with
INSERT HERE are a fantastic club with a great history& tradition & wonderful supporters. It's almost as though he's apologising for little old Rotherham playing them.
In Steve we trust? Carry on guys, but I think your trust is misplaced!!

Good Riddance!!

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Guys, let's not start abusing fellow Millers just because they've got a different opinion to ours, that's not what we do on this site, leave all that to MillersMAD!

I've felt like Brad on numerous occasions over the years but I've got over it in a couple of days and been there at the next game, as I'm sure Brad will because I've seen how early he gets to New York Stadium and anyone who does that is "mad keen" and is an avid fan!

So, bite the bullet Brad and get yourself down there to the next game mate because managers come and go, but the fans are here to stay! U.T.M.

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NeztheMiller wrote:

Guys, let's not start abusing fellow Millers just because they've got a different opinion to ours, that's not what we do on this site, leave all that to MillersMAD!

I've felt like Brad on numerous occasions over the years but I've got over it in a couple of days and been there at the next game, as I'm sure Brad will because I've seen how early he gets to New York Stadium and anyone who does that is "mad keen" and is an avid fan!

So, bite the bullet Brad and get yourself down there to the next game mate because managers come and go, but the fans are here to stay! U.T.M.

Spot in nez.

It's bound to hurt because anything in life we care about will hurt us. However, that's where the good feelings are too.

Look at it like any affair of the heart and mind; a struggle of sanity and insanity until we die. It's no better on the other side of the fence . Might as well accept the pain and wait for the good times.

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sickly child wrote:
It's important to not overreact, I am sure it did hurt, I got up at 4am to listen and that hurt plenty when they scored. Then had to receive a call from my lovely brother :( . Just think how far we have come in such a short while, Evans two promotions in two years is amazing. If we go down then we will have to take it on the chin it's not exactly a new experience, I am still hopeful we can avoid the drop.

I was just checking how you were biggrin

For what it's worth I don't think you'll go down.

-- Edited by corneliusreeve on Sunday 22nd of March 2015 07:42:00 PM

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Never do I though it is going to be very tight. __________________

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corneliusreeve wrote:
sickly child wrote:
It's important to not overreact, I am sure it did hurt, I got up at 4am to listen and that hurt plenty when they scored. Then had to receive a call from my lovely brother :( . Just think how far we have come in such a short while, Evans two promotions in two years is amazing. If we go down then we will have to take it on the chin it's not exactly a new experience, I am still hopeful we can avoid the drop.
I was just checking how you were

For what it's worth I don't think you'll go down.

-- Edited by corneliusreeve on Sunday 22nd of March 2015 07:42:00 PM

Brilliant username, CorneliusReeve.

In real life is that hyphenated?

Just checking how it is. smile

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Might be knee jerk. Living away for so long the Wendys are just another team to me, but I remember what it was like. Even though we're in the same league, we walk in the shadow of just about every other club in this league. That's a tough reality pill to take, but it's true. But if we are going to progress and grow as a club, we'll do it far quicker finishing 21st every season in the Championship every season compared with 3rd in L1 and stuffing up the PO's.

Many, and myself have argued we maybe did it too soon, and if you look carefully you'll see this is true. Hunt, Martinez & Lafferty were a class above yesterday, and given the lack of game time, Wilson also showed a championship cleverness but quite clearly tired after 70 mins (understandably). All these, not our own players. We can't afford these players & we won't afford these players until we're getting 15-16k every home game, the units are making us money & that god damn Guest & Chrimes eyesore is raised to the ground.

The reality right now is, we do not have the infrastructure to compete 'comfortably' in this league. SE and PR contribute to our short comings, with their own short comings of their own - but realistically who, in fact I will say nobody, will do any better with the resources we have in place.

Another clear out will happen this summer, its obvious, and we will have to start again, scrapping for everything, being done unfairly like yesterday, and not taking the opportunities when they come through the season, that's what you get for the players we can only afford to bring in & from a manager who is learning his trade at this level of football. That will also mean another season of struggle.

But I tell you something, give me Villa Park, Cardiff Stadium, Amex, City Ground, King Power Stadium, Elland Road, St. Andrews, Macron Stadium, Hillsborough and any from the Ipro, Riverside, Molineux again next season.

If you think this season is tough, next season will be twice as bad - mark my words

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It was never going to be an easy ride in the Championship. So, do we give up now? Do we surrender? Do we get relegated? No, no and thrice no! We must battle on right up to the final whistle on the last match of the season. UTM! __________________

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Oh heck, I hope our destiny doesn't hang on us having to get summat at Elland Road in the last game of the season because if it does, then I tell ya, I'll not be confident on us staying in the Championship! Let's hope we're safe before that final game! __________________

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Attendance is not mandatory and although I don't particularly understand Brad's decision I believe that it is his to make.

I try to look at it another way. During the game I turned to Derbymiller and said "whatever happens you can never get your heart to pound as hard and fast as when you are watching football live as opposed to watching on telly." I left the stadium kicking anything in my way, cursing like a demon possessed tourettes sufferer and instead of doing what I had previously arranged (cook a chinese meal for four at 7pm) I went to the gym and beat the living crap out of a punch bag. I turned up late and apologised. We ate at 8:30. My point being that my emotions were all over the place. In fact I even dreamt of the pain again. However painful it was it's still an emotional rollercoaster.

If brad wants his life to be filled with tedium and self-protection that's up to him. I'll be at the next match - heart pumping and cheering my team on.

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Exetermiller wrote:
Might be knee jerk. Living away for so long the Wendys are just another team to me, but I remember what it was like. Even though we're in the same league, we walk in the shadow of just about every other club in this league. That's a tough reality pill to take, but it's true. But if we are going to progress and grow as a club, we'll do it far quicker finishing 21st every season in the Championship every season compared with 3rd in L1 and stuffing up the PO's.
Many, and myself have argued we maybe did it too soon, and if you look carefully you'll see this is true. Hunt, Martinez & Lafferty were a class above yesterday, and given the lack of game time, Wilson also showed a championship cleverness but quite clearly tired after 70 mins (understandably). All these, not our own players. We can't afford these players & we won't afford these players until we're getting 15-16k every home game, the units are making us money & that god damn Guest & Chrimes eyesore is raised to the ground.
The reality right now is, we do not have the infrastructure to compete 'comfortably' in this league. SE and PR contribute to our short comings, with their own short comings of their own - but realistically who, in fact I will say nobody, will do any better with the resources we have in place.
Another clear out will happen this summer, its obvious, and we will have to start again, scrapping for everything, being done unfairly like yesterday, and not taking the opportunities when they come through the season, that's what you get for the players we can only afford to bring in & from a manager who is learning his trade at this level of football. That will also mean another season of struggle.
But I tell you something, give me Villa Park, Cardiff Stadium, Amex, City Ground, King Power Stadium, Elland Road, St. Andrews, Macron Stadium, Hillsborough and any from the Ipro, Riverside, Molineux again next season.
If you think this season is tough, next season will be twice as bad - mark my words

Excellent post Ex and I'm in total agreement with your sentiments.

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Heman wrote:
Attendance is not mandatory and although I don't particularly understand Brad's decision I believe that it is his to make.

I try to look at it another way. During the game I turned to Derbymiller and said "whatever happens you can never get your heart to pound as hard and fast as when you are watching football live as opposed to watching on telly." I left the stadium kicking anything in my way, cursing like a demon possessed tourettes sufferer and instead of doing what I had previously arranged (cook a chinese meal for four at 7pm) I went to the gym and beat the living crap out of a punch bag. I turned up late and apologised. We ate at 8:30. My point being that my emotions were all over the place. In fact I even dreamt of the pain again. However painful it was it's still an emotional rollercoaster.

If brad wants his life to be filled with tedium and self-protection that's up to him. I'll be at the next match - heart pumping and cheering my team on.
Another great post and sentiments echoed by many I suspect. For me, that sickness feeling increased the longer time went on. Unreal really, and even now, a defeat like that hurts like hell. But I cannot wait until the next match. Nothing like live footy and watching your team. We are not alone at Rotherham, ask any footy fan - Liverpool yesterday for example. The pain is unbelievable if you have a passionate disposition.
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BradtheMiller wrote:
Todays defeat has personally hurt more than any single defeat in 41 years of following the Millers & I refuse to subject myself to more of the same in the games that remain.
As someone on this forum mentioned a few days ago, how can we fans identify with players who are only here for a couple of games, & never the same team twice, team spirit? Don't make me laugh!!
Survive or not this season, it's not going to get any better with the Loan Ranger & Tonto in charge, a management team who are still dining out on a League 2 promotion & a flukey playoff win. The Manager has got a new catchphrase in case you haven't noticed "It's hard to take" after almost every game.
Everything about the current manager is wrong, tactically naïve, hangs players who have made individual mistakes out to dry in public, signs loan players the day before the game so they have no time to train. EVERY pre match press conference starts with
INSERT HERE are a fantastic club with a great history& tradition & wonderful supporters. It's almost as though he's apologising for little old Rotherham playing them.
In Steve we trust? Carry on guys, but I think your trust is misplaced!!

Hope it isn't Brad. I have liked your posts and hope it's just a knee jerk reaction to a very bad game ending. I think Exeter's post sums up everything very well. Like you, I am in the ground an hour before KO so I can speak with the players, security, photographers because the build up to a match is all part of the experience for me and I dare say you. Gutted, absolutely gutted on Saturday and I still am today (Monday) and I no longer live anywhere near Rotherham so I don't have anyone peckin mi ead about the result. As you rightly point out, we have bottled it, choked so many times this season, it is very hard to take. But you are a Miller mate and it does come with the shirt. Always has and always will. You and I will be supporting this club long after SE has been and gone and we will have other great days and sh*t days. But we will still be there.

Infrastructure is not yet in place for us to survive in the Champs yet but we might just survive this season and perhaps we can get G&C site to pull us in some much needed additional revenue.

Come on mate, Cheer Up, you are a good poster and we need you on this Board. Just give MM a miss blankstare

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I still think we have plenty to stay positive about. in the main we are playing fairly well and just need to cut out the sloppy mistakes at the back. we are not a million miles away from being a good side.

I can count on 1 hand the number of times we have been comfortably beaten this season. hopefully we can patch up the defence, do what it takes to stay in the division and improve our recruitment in the summer

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