Warne pleased with nervy win

Last updated : 28 December 2016 By Millersmad

The Millers produced the best first half of the season to lead Wigan 3-0 at half time and had Warne purring; "I thought we started the game really well and I thought it was the best football that we've played in the first half, To go in 3-0 didn't really flatter us."

However in true Millers fashion, the second half was different and Wigan pulled 2 goals back to leave a nervous last ten minutes; "I knew they were going to throw the kitchen sink at us, and I spoke to the lads briefly and came out and I could see that their team were already on the pitch, so I could well imagine. I said to my team at half-time that if I was the manager in the other dressing room, I'd have made myself heard. I knew they would throw the kitchen sink and I thought we withstood it quite well, we didn't have as much of the ball as I'd have liked and the pressure was building and they got a goal."

"Then obviously when they got the second goal I was thinking wow. I was really proud of the lads and they give everything they've got to help us win football matches here. They're a close group and we've got a good environment for them to train in and I was very pleased, you'll be surprised, to hear the final whistle go."

"I've said it in the last home game and I think it's part of the theatre of watching Rotherham play, A three or four nil lead to make an easy victory just isn't entertaining enough for our fans and we like a bit of theatre. We like a good crossbar hit and a goal ruled out for handball at the end and things like that. It's a rollercoaster being a Rotherham fan, but it's an exciting rollercoaster at the minute." Warne added.

"I wasn't a very good striker, so Aimen's finish was a lot better than I could have done, He was over the moon and Peter Odemwingie was going mental on the bench because he said that he was going to score a goal."

"I think the goals merited our good play in the first half and I went in at half time pretty happy. I was aware that the first 15 minutes when we went back out were crucial and being greedy, I thought if we could get another goal it would have been game over. It didn't go that way and it's just an amazing feeling to have back-to-back wins here."

Warney looked forward to the visit of Burton Albion to the New York Stadium tomorrow, which again, is a must win game for the Millers; "I don't know if they'll be nervous with us because I know if we were fourth from the bottom, it wouldn't bother us what those below us were doing. I think they might look at the results, but until we get a few, we aren't really putting any pressure on. I'm not trying to put extra pressure on the lads and I just want them to enjoy playing and gets wins."