Rotherham United Manager Paul Warne said he was ‘hugely disappointed’ after today’s three-one loss away against Coventry City.
‘We came into this on the back of two performances,’ the Millers Boss told Radio Sheffield, ‘but we weren’t at the races today. They (Coventry) were superior to us in every department and their victory could have been even greater.
‘I thought we started the game really well then one goal caused confusion with my centre-halves and after that we were on a rocky road. I honestly didn’t think we were going to score, we weren’t creating enough chances although we did have some chances but when you are having a poor day at the office you need to take the chances when they come.’
Haven’t we been saying that for some time? Chances probably won’t come often in this league and when they do you should at least be getting shots on target. And, like the Gaffer, I couldn’t see where a goal was coming from. Again some of our passing wasn’t the best and some of our defending was woeful.
‘We’ve been in there and had a heart-to-heart with the team and it is heart-breaking,’ Warney said. I’ve told the lads that I would do anything for them and I expect that back. Our job is to be open and honest and to encourage them but our performance level wasn’t there today. I don’t think we addressed the basic’s well enough today to win a football game and we need to get better at the basics.’
Going back to basics might be a good thing. I thought we’d got over the ‘when the other team score we stand in shock until they score again’ routine. You can’t play poorly for sixty minutes then expect to get something from a game – although, to be fair, that’s exactly what Manchester United did today so maybe I am wrong.
Warney ended by saying, ‘On Tuesday night I need a team who are going to start well and keep us in the game.’
On Tuesday night we need to defend much much better than today as I can’t see us getting much going forward.
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Caz, I was very critical of our management last night on your other thread. Now I have slept on it, read PW’s comments and quite frankly I’m even more annoyed! That performance was completely unacceptable. Warne has got to start taking responsibility; time and again his post-match comments read as if our failings are nothing to do with him. I simply don’t buy that RUFC cannot hope to compete in this league. It would help if the manager knew what he was trying to achieve and set up the team consistently to achieve it because I am baffled at what he is actually after.
I often feel baffled watching the Millers, Kev. I’ve said for a while we have a Plan A and if that works we can’t be beaten but when that doesn’t work, which we are finding more and more in the Championship, we are like headless chickens. Our defending looked at it’s lowest ebb yesterday and although we have criticised him in the past Jamal Blackman stopped it being a cricket score – I’m now beginning to wonder if it’s been the defenders all along and not him. I’m afraid we are a League One team in a Championship ground. Would having fans in help? The jury, as they say, is still out for me on that one.
caz what happend to my comment it came up and now its gone c in l
Ohhh, CinL – I have no idea! I didn’t see one from you.
never mind cazi think it only a moan about team selection and what you said about plan a . i dont think they have a plan a or b and like you i think the goal keepers getting better c in i
Thank goodness for small mercies, eh, CinL!