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Paul Davis - Millers writer for The Star
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Feature: My take on a Millers season of woe
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http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/rotherham-united/rotherham-united-the-millers-season-so-far-why-stubbs-and-jackett-were-the-wrong-fit-and-warne-could-be-the-right-one-1-8403958



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It should be no - he should earn his stripes somewhere else. Let's have a professional and experienced manager in to guide the team to safety in L1 next year, forget promotion. Also, that rose tinted piece forgot to mention the training ground and complete underuse of NYS. Arguably Jackett did the right thing - saw a no hope situation, no budget, no facilities and little chance of success with a mismatched squad of has beens, kids and little opportunity to change things. PW is a miller so what, we all are, he's tactically inept and out of his depth and still would be in L1. This looks like Trump style propaganda to get us on board, like the caller to dee dah I mentioned on the other thread - claiming 75% support. I'd say no more than 10% - not whether we liked him, whether he can do the job.

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Not ONE word about the inept backroom & commercial staff that are holding the club back, the empty shop units, the laughable training facilities that aren't even conference standard. You're towing Tony's line Paul Im afraid.

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For what it's worth, I agree with much of what Paul has written. Measured against his two illustrious predecessors, Paul Warne's performance has been superior. Not only that, but the job he has been asked to do has been made far more difficult because of the inept signings/performance of Stubbs and Jackett. He took on a club massively low on confidence, devoid of any real Championship quality and arguably missing its most influential player in Frecklington. His ability to motivate players in such cir***stances deserves credit - not many 'real' managers would have relished the task and not many would have performed any better.

I take the points about the training facilities, backroom staff etc etc. However, we had the same infrastructure when we achieved back to back promotions and it didn't seem to hinder us then. Not sure it will be a factor in our success or not in League One although, like all supporters, I'd like to see some incremental improvements across the board.

I wouldn't be overly concerned if Warnie was given the job next season. What I would like to see though, is a football brain on the Board as a non-executive Director. Many of our issues this season can be traced back to a lack of footballing nous at the top level.



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Have to agree with NY and Brad, it reads as though everything was/is fine and dandy and it will come out in the wash. From my perspective I regard it more of the band playing 'Nearer my God to Thee' as we go down.

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Irrelevant nonsensical drivel !

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Nellinio wrote:

Irrelevant nonsensical drivel !

 What else are you expecting on a social network forum?confuse



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All reasonably points in the article but conclusions slightly too optimistic before a ball is kicked in L1.

I like the point about stubbs and his playing style but really it wasnt about this. He brought in very poor players and the board brought in a poor manager. I have to go back over this as we have seen no sign of change., just rhetoric.

The blaming of Steve Evans also confuses me. Stability ? what is stability. In his time I saw some of the best football and most talented players and we also had a spine of our own players fairly consistently. I dont know why the plug was pulled on Evans but I do know that RUFC fell of the edge of a cliff when he left. If it was "stability" then I think someone has a totally generalised idea of what that is. Is stability having the same crap squad of 20 players that get beat and dont achieve? Or, maybe stability is using your skill and knowledge and resources to maintain and gradually improve your situation ...maybe?

No, I am sorry but I dont buy the stability perspective at all. According to Tony we shop in Harrods and have a competitive budget so by that reckoning he should have stuck with steve evans but I dont think they had the football knowledge to notice what the job was and the quality needed...and perhaps Evans did.

The optimism in L1 is somewhat misplaced. More teams struggle the first year of a relegation than succeed .

To call this is a blip is also somewhat avoidant of the utter crash we have witnessed. It also most seems engineered disaster to me. To make so many mistakes and continue to do the same things shows a real inability to grasp the problem.

The club still feels like its lost its direction and I m afraid Paul Warne is not the manager that will be the figurehead to change that. Tony has become to important. We need a good manager and a fierce one.



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