Quote Originally Posted by lbj View Post
It's not "pessimism" - it's that awful word "realism".

What a jolt last seasons relevations were and continue to be.....

We are being run as a business and not a football fans plaything. Last season was about living within our means and it's as simple as that.....and it hurts to realise that our "Toy Town" image is appropriate.

Recently Wilson has said that coming to Rotherham was a culture shock. Redfearn left prematurely - as did Stubbs within weeks of the start of a 3 year project. Both have stated that all is not well within the club. KJ came - he saw - he scarpered...lol

All these men followed the dubious exit of the EVO brothers.....

All the above men are very well respected individuals who came to the club to help us but left under a cloud of secrecy - that is....none of us know the real reasons these all left the club ( if they do they're keeping stum )

These guys have many contacts around the game and the phones will have been ringing within football circles.....the point is all of the above can't be wrong and something within the club is dreadfully wrong.

The end product of all this is perhaps that the totally illogical conscription of Warne as manager is purely due to the fact that nobody else in football wanted the job and someone literally had to do it.

It would explain a lot....except why the club is potentially a pariah within football - which is only a small family and exists in a permanent state of the football version of the Official Secrets Act.

The club is not in good health and is severely in need of dialysis.
Wow lbj, what went wrong? At last an eminently sensible and thoughtful post from you 😉
Quite a few of us have been saying for some time that something is rotten in the state of Rotherham United and your comment about "phones will have been ringing within football circles" is undoubtedly the case.
Things started to unravel with the mysterious departure of Steve Evans who allegedly had to sign a confidentiality agreement which prevented him talking about what happened. Since then, Neil Redfearn has mentioned "broken promises" and both Stubbs and Jackett hinted that all was not well behind the scenes.
As you suggest, Paul Warne may have been the only realistic option available and, if that's the case, he's going to have an even bigger job on his hands than we thought.