THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

Warne's a lot higher energy and a little bit odd, but in an endearing way. I did like his presser more than I expected to.

Alexander was definitely a lot more straight down the line.

Probably a good time to dig this up again for those who haven't listened to it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0cf9vkv

It's from a few years ago, when we were competing with Warne's Rotherham side for promotion to the Championship (those were the days, eh?). The BBC made this excellent series of podcasts following both Warne and some other bloke you may have heard of called Karl Robinson. Well worth a listen.

Disagree it does 'next to nothing'

He continued: “From a player’s point of view they will probably see (this season) as an anomaly. Most footballers get it, they understand it just hasn’t worked out this season. When we meet players, show them around and tell them we’re trying to do here, they understand.

“I think that shows the ambition of the club that they’ve managed to lure myself and Richie here, which sounds arrogant, but when we contact players as we have been, I don’t think the league position makes it more difficult, but actually because it is League Two.

I get the feeling that his 'unique' style of communication is great when things are going well but will annoy people when they're not

As in life