Like his persona but has Warne run his time with us?

[Lol'smate]

Steve Miller. We actually had a really good academy under Booth. It was the fans group Miller 05 and subsequent owner that ruined it. Its not been a major priority in the early years under TS although slowly coming back.

Breck's book page 114 shows how Booth set up a youth academy

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Although it may seem that we're a cship yo yo club we,ve actually been relegated immediately only once in modern times

If it happens this season then fair enough

Yes but there's a definite certainty that it will happen because the foundations of the house can't build above bungalow

As for youth systems there's little point in having them if the players they produce are never risked in the first team.

[BigLadonOS]

As for youth systems there's little point in having them if the players they produce are never risked in the first team.

And if we let the better players go for peanuts like we have done previously.

[KerrAvon]

Rotherham under Stewart and Warne is a well run club that is financially stable that will avoid bucket collections and the 'will it or won't it survive' of successive periods of administration.

A few weeks ago, they were recieving plaudits on here. A string of bad results and the fickle nature of football supporters comes to the fore.

I think Warne is doing a good job with the resources and luck that he gets. Are there things he needs to learn and get better at? Of course - just like everyone else.

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Tony Stewart has done great for Rotherham United Football Club, the fans & the area of Rotherham.

But, there is no one in the boardroom with football knowledge, which covers valuation of players, the contracts given, has said we have let players leave the club in transfers, not getting the correct money in for players, when sold, this again is with not having some one in the club with getting the best price for a player.
Tony Stewart said after our last relegation, from the championship, that the club had learnt a lesson, & would do things better, when promoted back to the championship.
But this has not happened, ok the clubs balance sheet is better than a lot of other clubs, but the club has not covered the playing staff required to stay in the championship, where has the championship offers £6-7 million, getting relegated will lose around 75% of this revenue in division 1.
Who ever valued the players we let go from Rotherham, has not knowledge in football, the club needs football advice in the boardroom & also in the coaching & tactics of the playing staff.

[KerrAvon]

I think we are much more competitive than the last stint in the Championship, Eric. Don't you?

The talk of the additional income from being in the Championship is one of the biggest red herrings that there is in threads like this. Every club receives it, but three still get relegated, don't they?

The fact is that being in the Championship costs more in player's wages. In addition, the contractual situation with players means that it simply isn't possible to replace every player in the promotion squad with players that are more suited to a higher level.

[millertop]

Make a good point there Kerr, I’ve always said it’s best for club to be in championship financial wise but forget these things like wages increase
Still there is a big difference from championship/L1 so I still think championship is best for the club and sponsors will come back

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Its been a yo-yo first 2 months of this year, January looked good for the club, but February was dismal, admitted in February the Millers played some big clubs, in Bournemoth, Norwich, Reading, Cardiff.
But we ought to have got something out of the Reading, Cardiff & Notts Forest games, so the 2 game advantage while being in touch with other relegation placed clubs went, so now we have to win the 2 games to catch up, a bad turn around.
To players, a left back was a definite player we required, the club knew about Mattocks injury problems, opposing clubs used this weakness to take points off us.
We have to look at when fans are allowed into football stadiums, being in the championship will attract more home fans, & the away fans will be more than any division 1 teams.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

animallittle3, you've posted some decent things on our site previously but, don't be a smug c.unt....f.uck off!

And I think it's one of my comments he's picking up on. I posed an open question asking if Barnsley's squad was any better than ours. That's not saying it actually is.

[Brin]

And I think it's one of my comments he's picking up on. I posed an open question asking if Barnsley's squad was any better than ours. That's not saying it actually is.

Have to say my retort was OTT but at the time he caught me at a bad time and I reacted wrongly. Still thought he was a smug git though for his post.