Burton post match thoughts (CAMiller)

[jocksgloves]

When the ball 'got away' from the keeper, there were two forwards on hand to take advantage, only one defender. The type of goal we simply don't score, it was a team failure, not due to one individual error.

[PeteWaller]

Poor result against poor opposition. We should have been at least 1-0 up before their two soft goals. What has happened to Fisher? Thought he was a ray of hope at the start of the season but he seems to have no confidence and is making simple yet costly mistakes.

The few remaining fans who thought we might stay up must be resigned to relegation now. I suspect TS is. I hope he is. We need to start building a team now which will more than cope at L1 level. So TS needs to authorise the complete rebuild of our team now. Spend money (ha ha) in January to bring in players that add real L1 quality. Get rid of the majority of Stubb's legacy. Then test those players out against Championship teams between now and the end of the season. Say cheerio to any hope of staying up and play an attacking style of football that befits Rotherham United. We will ship in goals but who cares, we are down. Then with better quality new players (Good L1 players) the defence will eventually gel and we will concede less. Confidence will grow within the team and they will be more than ready to take on the challenge next season. See if between now and the end of the season we can build something that goes into next season as a strong unit, more than capable of challenging at that level. I hope we don't wait until the close season to begin the rebuild.

No blame attaches to Warney. Said it before he is not our manager. I worried this week when I heard comments from him - a win last night might have convinced him he was our messiah. He is the fitness coach doing a decent stand in job with a squad of very ordinary players. Keep your day job Warney, it's more secure and the fans love you. Be under no illusions that you would be toast in quick manner if you ever considered taking on the role of manager. Last night's defeat ensures you don't anyway.

What a mess eh

[Monkey46]

Do you honestly think TS listens to anyone Pete, he got lucky with big Steve since then he ambles from one expensive disaster to the next lol, can't wait for the next appointment.

[leedsmiller]

Nothing epitomises our last three seasons more than two league defeats to Burton Albion. We've made no progress whatsoever in the Championship, to say we've stagnated would be a compliment, to say we're naive would give us undue credit. We've been very badly prepared every year; learned nothing from our time here; been very poorly led, on and off the field; recruitment has been driven more by frugality and desperation than thought or direction; we're heading for the worst season in our history and the worst of any team in the Championship... In essence, we're totally clueless and an embarrassment to the League we purport to represent. The sooner we return to League 1 the better for all concerned.

Am I being too harsh? I think not. There are people at the club who seem to live in a dream world. The sooner they wake up to the stark reality of our situation, admit there are deep-rooted problems and recognise that drastic action is needed the sooner we can start to regain some form of stability and, hopefully, develop the cohesive forward plan that has been sadly lacking since Wembley. Relegation is a very high price to pay, in many ways, but if that's what it takes to open closed eyes so be it. Regrettably, despite the rhetoric, reaching the Championship seems to have been the height of our ambition.

I've been around long enough to know 'our place' in the football hierarchy and I fully accept the competitive arguments and the divisiveness and unfairness that exists today but what I can't accept is my club not showing the fight, passion and determination that first attracted me to Millmoor well over half a century ago. History dictates that, inevitably, our stay at this level would be short-lived so I was resigned to 2, 3 or 4 years at most. What I wasn't prepared for was the meek, submissive, gutless way in which we've surrendered that status.

[Monkey46]

Well put Leeds spot on.