What has happened to this forum? Where have all the sensible people gone? Decent quality footballers aren't going to want to come to a struggling club fighting relegation Regardless of budget. We have fought hard, come up short so it's time to regroup, take our medicine & recruit a lot lot better. TS should keep his mouth shut regarding finances, well at least stop lying, Warne should stay but some of his mates on the playing staff have definitely had their day & have been found wanting. In short we cannot be a sustainable 2nd tier side with 9000 gates & shopping at the Footballing equivelent of Pound land, simple facts.

I'm not expecting miracles but how did Evans & Warnock keep us up? If we've got no money why waste it on giving contracts to Wood & Proctor, no hopers like Bray & Manny. Remember that old saying if you look after the pennies the pounds will look after themselves.

I agree with New Yorkshire 100%. Some of the claims TS makes about our ambitions are ridiculous. I wish he wouldn't do it. That is all I can fault him for. As NY and Brad say, we just can not compete effectively in this division. If things go well for us we might just finish fourth bottom. This season we have fallen one place short despite a tremendous effort.

On the game today, we played some of our best football of the season in the first half. We were comfortably the better side and were unlucky to hit the crossbar after half an hour or so. We deserved our lead when it came. Rodak had very little to do until twenty minutes to go when they got their penalty. It was at the wrong end of the ground for me to see clearly. It looked very soft but the ref couldn't wait to give it. He gave us nothing all day. He booked our players for next to nothing, but a WBA player would have had to commit GBH to get one. Vaulks was taken out late by a high tackle injuring him so he had to go off, and still nothing. Their keeper kicked the ball to the corner flag to waste time when they had a goal kick, and the ref ran fifty yards to put his arm round him and share a laugh but no more. Pathetic. Their second goal was a top strike to be fair. then we hit the bar again in added time.

In many ways I have enjoyed our efforts and performances this seaon and have enjoyed visiting some great old clubs and fabulous grounds. I am proud of how we have competed and conducted ourselves. I was very proud of the following today and the reception the players and staff got at the final whistle. In some respects though I am relieved to be going down. There are a few things about The Championship that I really will not miss at all. In no particular order:-

1. The huge disparity that exists between us and the 'big clubs', who have a financial advantage to start with but which is skewed further by TV money, parachute payments and massive overspending by clubs who blatantly breach the rules chasing the dream. It leaves us with very little chance. Thats the truth of it.

2. Cheating prima donna players who throw themselves around, get in the refs ear and get away with it.

3. Refs who clearly start with the preconception that we are likely to be dirty and that other clubs need protection from us, who have watched Michael Smith get beaten up week after week and give us the 5hitty end of the stick more often than not.

4. The constant whinging drivel from a minority of supporters who for some reason seem to be completely divirced from reality.

I'm looking forward to next season already. A great effort from all concerned today and all season. We won't need to sell anybody unless it is for really good money. We can definitely improve in some areas, but we have the basis of what will be a strong squad in League One where we should be very competitive and where we might get an even break every now and again.

Yep agreed...the Champ is not a nice place to be is it...or it's not as it was before parachute payments started. Getting promotion is hard enough to bridge the gap withouth that...in fact its so wrong the FA should find it in breach of 'spirit of the game', and the league should rule against it as it skews the competition. However both receive so much lovely money from the PL somehow I think they're happy to swallow it.

Unless we're getting 16k a week inside NYS and earning some lovely mullah from the units / stadium for events / surounding area etc....lets just not go there until we're anywhere near this.

But I will say from a coaches point of view myself and as a referee of how we conduct ourselves, and being far removed from Rovrum to be able to remove my rose tinted spectacles, under Warney we can be utterly proud of what Rotherham United now means to the footballing world compared when Evans was there. If the town don't back the club then how on earth can the board reach higher...and on that...I hope any outbursts from the hierarchy are actually tangible because too many times in the past statements have been utterly embarassing.

On to L1 and I must say in much better shape than we were last time and we should fear nobody including Bolton & Ipswich / those who fail in the play offs.

Money is better than any manager/coach at improving some players' performances.

Warney he's got to go. We aim to be a championship club. He's had his chance, failed. It's min' 2 yr plan. What worries me his retained list. More money chucked away on his idea of good human beings, not got the b*lls to make tough decisions but one problem with that as shown this season not enough players in his squad with the ability for the level we've played in. You can only go to the well so many times. It ran out towards the end of the season.

I have got over our relegation very quickly still think the manager should carry the can for our very poor recruitment last season only Jones and Robertson any good. Looks like Mr perfect will be here next season just got to hope our signings are better I know some of you will mention Crooks but he is a work in progress as far as I am concerned. There is one player who might be worth having a look at a forward Liam Boyce at Burton Albion.

-- Edited by TH MILLER on Sunday 28th of April 2019 09:54:01 AM

whiston01 no way would I keep Forde. I go to games to for escapism not to see players so limited like him to want me not to be there. If was there last Monday you'd be thinking twice about keeping Newell he was that bad along with Wood.

-- Edited by gwru on Sunday 28th of April 2019 09:42:05 AM

Not my fault about Richardson it's that predictive spelling have a bit sympathy for some one who has the flu but I don't expect it.
How many will we get I am not going next season remember there is the check a trade trophy to look forward to I am going to every home game next season the whole bag of mashings. This is a time to back your team find out who the real supporters are I will enjoy a good moan because we have gone down but I am back for some more punishment UTM.