ohhh raaaaa.

my favourite player back in the side.

MS_Miller wrote:

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Ward has coughed when warming up and is now injured. Aidy White replaces him in starting 11 now.

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 I hope thats a funny, if not he needs to be moved on !!

 

I see its not :( and we are 1-0 down after 1 min and 7 secs

ian wrote:

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Agree he is far too unfit and injury prone. But where the **** is Newall! !!!

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 Newell must have  been the player NR was referring to in his press conference earlier in the week when asked about Freck's and injuries ("we also have another injury but, you don't want to tell the opposition too much").

 

I hope the cough is not spreading through the dressing room.

I'd hate to think that this was going to cost us dearly next week.

Thing is Redders despite his experience will be 'starting again'.

It was worrying he left Andreu out. He is a good player and dine more in a handful of games than many in double that. He also seems to be improving which is more than can be said for maguire, white, Smallwood and Derbyshire.

Redders surely can't be thinking he won't invest too much in Andreu because he is on loan..., could he?

It's a worrying start.

I hope he's seen, and Black would tell him, that Green and Smallwood in the middle in what 20-30 or so pairing starts has and never will work, neither does it give us a more 'defensive' option away from home. I also hope he's seen and learned that to play most teams nowadays and even at home you have to counter attack, that's the way football is played these days, lots of patience with a smattering of sheer pace in the final 3rd. That line up yesterday gave us none of those things and I'm sure 90% of Rotherham fans could have told you that beforehand. We weren't ever going to get anything at Brentford hence my PL result of 2-0. Its not doom merchant its thinking with the head. It will take weeks, if not months to get the old regime and way of thinking out of our system. Things will not change overnight but I'm confident that NR is astute enough to do the right things. The endgame is still the same stay up, and the parameters haven't changed (this will be done by ac***ulating 90% of points required at home). Its an old cliché and basic but football matches are won and lost in both boxes. Its clear our defence as a unit isn't capable of functioning to keep a clean sheet, and certain individuals are just not good enough. Likewise up front. If we keep relenting with Derbyshire, we'll go down. But what has NR been told? The last regime blew the whole budget on crap? And there's nothing left? Something has gone on with Thorpe that maybe involved Halford as a less guilty party, that's the only sane reason I can deduce with him being constantly missing. This lad was lauded by some very high standing people, and surely must have cost some to put on the books (wages wise). We need a Palace mentality, lots of fight and lots of pace collectively without any stars. Pedestrian players, which there are too many of in our squad has to change. Lets be brave, lets get pace on there and go for it, it won't be any worse than it is but will give us goals which breed confidence even when losing