#wildersbrexitblades

[Torrix1889]

I’ve got a bit of stick for using the #wildersbrexitblades over the past few days in light of us being linked with predominantly UK players since Wilders return so decided to waste a few minutes looking back over his first tenure…

Wilder joined on 12/5/2016 and left on 12/3/2021

Signings during this period, (there are some shockers here so apologies for raking up any bad memories)

Simon Moore Cardiff City
James Hanson Bradford City
Danny Lafferty Burnley FC
Dean Hammond Leicester City
Mark Duffy Birmingham City
Jake Wright Oxford United
James Wilson Oldham Athletic
John Fleck Coventry City
Jack O'Connell Brentford FC
Jake Bennett Mickleover FC
Danny Lafferty Burnley FC
Ethan Ebanks-Landell Wolverhampton Wanderers
Harry Chapman Middlesbrough FC U21
Caolan Lavery Sheffield Wednesday (Born in Canada qualifies for Northern Ireland)
Leon Clarke Bury FC
Chris Hussey Bury FC
Jay O'Shea Chesterfield FC
Joe Riley Manchester United
Samir Carruthers Milton Keynes Dons

Richard Stearman Fulham FC
Lee Evans Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ryan Leonard Southend United
George Baldock Milton Keynes Dons (Born in Buckingham qualifies for Greece)
Ched Evans Chesterfield FC
John Lundstram Oxford United
Ricky Holmes Charlton Athletic
Ben Heneghan Motherwell FC
Nathan Thomas Hartlepool United
Clayton Donaldson Birmingham City (Born in Bradford qualifies for Jamaica)
Cameron Carter-Vickers Tottenham Hotspur (Born in Southend qualifies for USA)
Jamal Blackman Chelsea FC
Enda Stevens Portsmouth FC
James Wilson Manchester United

John Egan Brentford FC
Oliver Norwood Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Conor Washington Queens Park Rangers
Kean Bryan Manchester City U23
Dean Henderson Manchester United U23
David McGoldrick Ipswich Town
Marvin Johnson Middlesbrough FC
Kieran Dowell Everton FC
Gary Madine Cardiff City
Scott Hogan Aston Villa
Oliver Norwood Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Ben Woodburn Liverpool FC

Sander Berge KRC Genk (Norwegian)
Oli McBurnie Swansea City
Lys Mousset AFC Bournemouth (French)
Callum Robinson Preston North End
Luke Freeman Queens Park Rangers
Ben Osborn Nottingham Forest
Michael Verrips KV Mechelen (Dutch)
Muhamed Besic Everton FC (Bosnian)
Dean Henderson Manchester United
Phil Jagielka Everton FC
Ravel Morrison Östersunds FK
Jack Robinson Nottingham Forest
Richairo Zivkovic Changchun Yatai (Dutch – loan)
Panagiotis Retsos Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Greek – loan)

Rhian Brewster Liverpool FC U23
Aaron Ramsdale AFC Bournemouth
Oliver Burke West Bromwich Albion
Max Lowe Derby County
Jayden Bogle Derby County
Wes Foderingham Rangers FC
Ethan Ampadu Chelsea FC

So 66 Wilder signings and just 10 who were either non-British or who were born in UK/Ireland but qualified for their country via family connections.

Now tell me that #wildersbrexitblades does not exist…..

 

[Boxer Blade]

That's a long list, I stopped reading when I got to Dean Hammond

 

[Cheesebored]

I’ve got a bit of stick for using the #wildersbrexitblades over the past few days in light of us being linked with predominantly UK players since Wilders return so decided to waste a few minutes looking back over his first tenure…

Wilder joined on 12/5/2016 and left on 12/3/2021

Signings during this period, (there are some shockers here so apologies for raking up any bad memories)

Simon Moore Cardiff City
James Hanson Bradford City
Danny Lafferty Burnley FC
Dean Hammond Leicester City
Mark Duffy Birmingham City
Jake Wright Oxford United
James Wilson Oldham Athletic
John Fleck Coventry City
Jack O'Connell Brentford FC
Jake Bennett Mickleover FC
Danny Lafferty Burnley FC
Ethan Ebanks-Landell Wolverhampton Wanderers
Harry Chapman Middlesbrough FC U21
Caolan Lavery Sheffield Wednesday (Born in Canada qualifies for Northern Ireland)
Leon Clarke Bury FC
Chris Hussey Bury FC
Jay O'Shea Chesterfield FC
Joe Riley Manchester United
Samir Carruthers Milton Keynes Dons

Richard Stearman Fulham FC
Lee Evans Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ryan Leonard Southend United
George Baldock Milton Keynes Dons (Born in Buckingham qualifies for Greece)
Ched Evans Chesterfield FC
John Lundstram Oxford United
Ricky Holmes Charlton Athletic
Ben Heneghan Motherwell FC
Nathan Thomas Hartlepool United
Clayton Donaldson Birmingham City (Born in Bradford qualifies for Jamaica)
Cameron Carter-Vickers Tottenham Hotspur (Born in Southend qualifies for USA)
Jamal Blackman Chelsea FC
Enda Stevens Portsmouth FC
James Wilson Manchester United

John Egan Brentford FC
Oliver Norwood Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Conor Washington Queens Park Rangers
Kean Bryan Manchester City U23
Dean Henderson Manchester United U23
David McGoldrick Ipswich Town
Marvin Johnson Middlesbrough FC
Kieran Dowell Everton FC
Gary Madine Cardiff City
Scott Hogan Aston Villa
Oliver Norwood Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Ben Woodburn Liverpool FC

Sander Berge KRC Genk (Norwegian)
Oli McBurnie Swansea City
Lys Mousset AFC Bournemouth (French)
Callum Robinson Preston North End
Luke Freeman Queens Park Rangers
Ben Osborn Nottingham Forest
Michael Verrips KV Mechelen (Dutch)
Muhamed Besic Everton FC (Bosnian)
Dean Henderson Manchester United
Phil Jagielka Everton FC
Ravel Morrison Östersunds FK
Jack Robinson Nottingham Forest
Richairo Zivkovic Changchun Yatai (Dutch – loan)
Panagiotis Retsos Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Greek – loan)

Rhian Brewster Liverpool FC U23
Aaron Ramsdale AFC Bournemouth
Oliver Burke West Bromwich Albion
Max Lowe Derby County
Jayden Bogle Derby County
Wes Foderingham Rangers FC
Ethan Ampadu Chelsea FC

So 66 Wilder signings and just 10 who were either non-British or who were born in UK/Ireland but qualified for their country via family connections.

Now tell me that #wildersbrexitblades does not exist…..

Worked ok though in the main. As has been stated many times his big ticket signings were pretty poor, Oconnel and Berge apart (IMO) .Most of the players he signed for peanuts have been excellent.

 

[HarryHaslam]

So around 15%, that’s pretty high when you factor most those signings were in L1 and Champ where signing players from outside the UK and Ireland is not as common as you think. Well done Sir Chris Brexit Blades is a myth

 

[Torrix1889]

So around 15%, that’s pretty high when you factor most those signings were in L1 and Champ where signing players from outside the UK and Ireland is not as common as you think. Well done Sir Chris Brexit Blades is a myth

I bet there's not a single club with such a high number of British players over that period who have played mostly in the top 2 divisions..

#wildersbrexitblades is fact!

 

[mr glossop]

Don't think Wilder signed Hammond that was Nigel Adkins

 

[Frank the tank]

I’ve got a bit of stick for using the #wildersbrexitblades over the past few days in light of us being linked with predominantly UK players since Wilders return so decided to waste a few minutes looking back over his first tenure…

Wilder joined on 12/5/2016 and left on 12/3/2021

Signings during this period, (there are some shockers here so apologies for raking up any bad memories)

Simon Moore Cardiff City
James Hanson Bradford City
Danny Lafferty Burnley FC
Dean Hammond Leicester City
Mark Duffy Birmingham City
Jake Wright Oxford United
James Wilson Oldham Athletic
John Fleck Coventry City
Jack O'Connell Brentford FC
Jake Bennett Mickleover FC
Danny Lafferty Burnley FC
Ethan Ebanks-Landell Wolverhampton Wanderers
Harry Chapman Middlesbrough FC U21
Caolan Lavery Sheffield Wednesday (Born in Canada qualifies for Northern Ireland)
Leon Clarke Bury FC
Chris Hussey Bury FC
Jay O'Shea Chesterfield FC
Joe Riley Manchester United
Samir Carruthers Milton Keynes Dons

Richard Stearman Fulham FC
Lee Evans Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ryan Leonard Southend United
George Baldock Milton Keynes Dons (Born in Buckingham qualifies for Greece)
Ched Evans Chesterfield FC
John Lundstram Oxford United
Ricky Holmes Charlton Athletic
Ben Heneghan Motherwell FC
Nathan Thomas Hartlepool United
Clayton Donaldson Birmingham City (Born in Bradford qualifies for Jamaica)
Cameron Carter-Vickers Tottenham Hotspur (Born in Southend qualifies for USA)
Jamal Blackman Chelsea FC
Enda Stevens Portsmouth FC
James Wilson Manchester United

John Egan Brentford FC
Oliver Norwood Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Conor Washington Queens Park Rangers
Kean Bryan Manchester City U23
Dean Henderson Manchester United U23
David McGoldrick Ipswich Town
Marvin Johnson Middlesbrough FC
Kieran Dowell Everton FC
Gary Madine Cardiff City
Scott Hogan Aston Villa
Oliver Norwood Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Ben Woodburn Liverpool FC

Sander Berge KRC Genk (Norwegian)
Oli McBurnie Swansea City
Lys Mousset AFC Bournemouth (French)
Callum Robinson Preston North End
Luke Freeman Queens Park Rangers
Ben Osborn Nottingham Forest
Michael Verrips KV Mechelen (Dutch)
Muhamed Besic Everton FC (Bosnian)
Dean Henderson Manchester United
Phil Jagielka Everton FC
Ravel Morrison Östersunds FK
Jack Robinson Nottingham Forest
Richairo Zivkovic Changchun Yatai (Dutch – loan)
Panagiotis Retsos Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Greek – loan)

Rhian Brewster Liverpool FC U23
Aaron Ramsdale AFC Bournemouth
Oliver Burke West Bromwich Albion
Max Lowe Derby County
Jayden Bogle Derby County
Wes Foderingham Rangers FC
Ethan Ampadu Chelsea FC

So 66 Wilder signings and just 10 who were either non-British or who were born in UK/Ireland but qualified for their country via family connections.

Now tell me that #wildersbrexitblades does not exist…..

Yeah but so fucking what ?

 

[Snowflake]

I’ve got a bit of stick for using the #wildersbrexitblades over the past few days in light of us being linked with predominantly UK players since Wilders return so decided to waste a few minutes looking back over his first tenure…

Wilder joined on 12/5/2016 and left on 12/3/2021

Signings during this period, (there are some shockers here so apologies for raking up any bad memories)

Simon Moore Cardiff City
James Hanson Bradford City
Danny Lafferty Burnley FC
Dean Hammond Leicester City
Mark Duffy Birmingham City
Jake Wright Oxford United
James Wilson Oldham Athletic
John Fleck Coventry City
Jack O'Connell Brentford FC
Jake Bennett Mickleover FC
Danny Lafferty Burnley FC
Ethan Ebanks-Landell Wolverhampton Wanderers
Harry Chapman Middlesbrough FC U21
Caolan Lavery Sheffield Wednesday (Born in Canada qualifies for Northern Ireland)
Leon Clarke Bury FC
Chris Hussey Bury FC
Jay O'Shea Chesterfield FC
Joe Riley Manchester United
Samir Carruthers Milton Keynes Dons

Richard Stearman Fulham FC
Lee Evans Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ryan Leonard Southend United
George Baldock Milton Keynes Dons (Born in Buckingham qualifies for Greece)
Ched Evans Chesterfield FC
John Lundstram Oxford United
Ricky Holmes Charlton Athletic
Ben Heneghan Motherwell FC
Nathan Thomas Hartlepool United
Clayton Donaldson Birmingham City (Born in Bradford qualifies for Jamaica)
Cameron Carter-Vickers Tottenham Hotspur (Born in Southend qualifies for USA)
Jamal Blackman Chelsea FC
Enda Stevens Portsmouth FC
James Wilson Manchester United

John Egan Brentford FC
Oliver Norwood Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Conor Washington Queens Park Rangers
Kean Bryan Manchester City U23
Dean Henderson Manchester United U23
David McGoldrick Ipswich Town
Marvin Johnson Middlesbrough FC
Kieran Dowell Everton FC
Gary Madine Cardiff City
Scott Hogan Aston Villa
Oliver Norwood Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Ben Woodburn Liverpool FC

Sander Berge KRC Genk (Norwegian)
Oli McBurnie Swansea City
Lys Mousset AFC Bournemouth (French)
Callum Robinson Preston North End
Luke Freeman Queens Park Rangers
Ben Osborn Nottingham Forest
Michael Verrips KV Mechelen (Dutch)
Muhamed Besic Everton FC (Bosnian)
Dean Henderson Manchester United
Phil Jagielka Everton FC
Ravel Morrison Östersunds FK
Jack Robinson Nottingham Forest
Richairo Zivkovic Changchun Yatai (Dutch – loan)
Panagiotis Retsos Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Greek – loan)

Rhian Brewster Liverpool FC U23
Aaron Ramsdale AFC Bournemouth
Oliver Burke West Bromwich Albion
Max Lowe Derby County
Jayden Bogle Derby County
Wes Foderingham Rangers FC
Ethan Ampadu Chelsea FC

So 66 Wilder signings and just 10 who were either non-British or who were born in UK/Ireland but qualified for their country via family connections.

Now tell me that #wildersbrexitblades does not exist…..

15% non British , so not entirely against foreign players ?

 

[VLYDONIMIR]

Ched Evans?

 

[Swannyblade]

I think it's more likely #We'veGotAShitScoutingDepartmentThat'sBeenCobbledTogetherOnTheCheapBlades.

 

[WF10BLADE]

In the table of things that matter

This falls below the pigs taking 3k to qpr

 

[BobblesBlade]

Not been funny but did you check their family trees?

 

[dc_blade]

(there are some shockers here so apologies for raking up any bad memories)

Bad memories of our journey from League One to ninth in the Premier League?

 

[mancunianblade]

Don't think Wilder signed Hammond that was Nigel Adkins

Technically both I think. Adkin’s signed him on loan and gave him that stupid deal where he could sign himself and he did so as Wilder came in.. from memory paying Hammond off was Wilders first action?

 

[JJBlade]

I bet there's not a single club with such a high number of British players over that period who have played mostly in the top 2 divisions..

#wildersbrexitblades is fact!

Considering that an Ollie McBurnie costs £17 million, a Callum Robinson costs £8 million, a Rhian Brewster costs £23 million and a Dean Henderson would have cost £25 million plus.

And Moses Caicedo cost Brighton £4 million, Alexis MacAllister cost Brighton fuck all, Marc Cucurella cost Brighton £15 million. It's hardly surprising.

But being proper footballers, I suppose there'd have been a problem with them here, and for some strange reason we just wouldn't have been able to get the best out of them

 

[1889]

That's a long list, I stopped reading when I got to Dean Hammond

I didn’t notice him tbh

 

[Frank the tank]

Considering that an Ollie McBurnie costs £17 million, a Callum Robinson costs £8 million, a Rhian Brewster costs £23 million and a Dean Henderson would have cost £25 million plus.

And Moses Caicedo cost Brighton £4 million, Alexis MacAllister cost Brighton fuck all, Marc Cucurella cost Brighton £15 million. It's hardly surprising.

But being proper footballers, I suppose there'd have been a problem with them here, and for some strange reason we just wouldn't have been able to get the best out of them

Silly little piglet

 

[Kev Gee]

I don't think it's a myth.
CW prefers signing British based players.
I don't care were he signs players from.
As long as they are successful and good value for money they can be from Timbuktu for me.
The jury is out on alot of his big money signings though.

 

[Big Hitter]

How many were brown eyed and how many blue.?

 

[jono_t2000]

I don't think it's a myth.
CW prefers signing British based players.
I don't care were he signs players from.
As long as they are successful and good value for money they can be from Timbuktu for me.
The jury is out on alot of his big money signings though.

I don't think it's just big money signings...

Even the earlier signings were a lot more misses than hits.

Thankfully the hits happened to be very very good.

 

[bladeinspaceandtime]

How many were brown eyed and how many blue.?

Cool your jets, Adolf.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Worked ok though in the main. As has been stated many times his big ticket signings were pretty poor, Oconnel and Berge apart (IMO) .Most of the players he signed for peanuts have been excellent.

I'm surprised you think Berge was a good signing for 22m+. McBurnie has done more for less money.

 

[Cheesebored]

I'm surprised you think Berge was a good signing for 22m+. McBurnie has done more for less money.

It's all about opinions but how much have we missed Berge this season? If McBurnie had gone at the same time I doubt we'd have missed him as much. Berge was a better player than many give him credit for.(IMO). Maybe if McBurnie had been available for selection more often he'd have been better value. I don't think he has been.

 

[jono_t2000]

It's all about opinions but how much have we missed Berge this season? If McBurnie had gone at the same time I doubt we'd have missed him as much. Berge was a better player than many give him credit for.(IMO). Maybe if McBurnie had been available for selection more often he'd have been better value. I don't think he has been.

I would really have loved to see Berge play under Wilder in championship.

Hecky finally found a better position for him higher up the pitch but his cautious cautious approach limited Berge's actual impact.

Think Berge would have been a 10+ goal scorer in championship under CW.

 

[JJBlade]

Silly little piglet

Pathetic
You sound like the kind of bloke that would walk in on his wife being made airtight and then make excuses for her whilst everyone laughed at you

 

[jono_t2000]

Silly little piglet

C'mon Frank the tank your retorts were improving.. now you're back to 3 word insults.

Don't regress on me now.. you'd come so far!

 

[AgaMonkey]

Egan and Enda are Irish. Ireland is in the EU.

 

[nopigfansintown]

It's reductive mythology. And what it has to do with a political union is beyond me. The only relevant seasons are the Prem seasons. At a push the Championship. Comparisons with uber expensive, state of the art scouting systems (e.g. Brentford and Brighton) are totally redundant. We don't have one.
United World have signed many non British/Irish players - how many of them have been sold for big money or gone on to make their clubs big money? Made those clubs successful? Which ones are you clamouring to be put in United's team? There's the answer to the question.

BTW: add Coulibaly to the list.

 

[Frank the tank]

Pathetic
You sound like the kind of bloke that would walk in on his wife being made airtight and then make excuses for her whilst everyone laughed at you

You sound like the kind of bloke who supports Sheffield Wednesday but pretends to support Sheffield United

 

[CarlMcBlade]

I’ve got a bit of stick for using the #wildersbrexitblades over the past few days in light of us being linked with predominantly UK players since Wilders return so decided to waste a few minutes looking back over his first tenure…

Wilder joined on 12/5/2016 and left on 12/3/2021

Signings during this period, (there are some shockers here so apologies for raking up any bad memories)

Simon Moore Cardiff City
James Hanson Bradford City
Danny Lafferty Burnley FC
Dean Hammond Leicester City
Mark Duffy Birmingham City
Jake Wright Oxford United
James Wilson Oldham Athletic
John Fleck Coventry City
Jack O'Connell Brentford FC
Jake Bennett Mickleover FC
Danny Lafferty Burnley FC
Ethan Ebanks-Landell Wolverhampton Wanderers
Harry Chapman Middlesbrough FC U21
Caolan Lavery Sheffield Wednesday (Born in Canada qualifies for Northern Ireland)
Leon Clarke Bury FC
Chris Hussey Bury FC
Jay O'Shea Chesterfield FC
Joe Riley Manchester United
Samir Carruthers Milton Keynes Dons

Richard Stearman Fulham FC
Lee Evans Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ryan Leonard Southend United
George Baldock Milton Keynes Dons (Born in Buckingham qualifies for Greece)
Ched Evans Chesterfield FC
John Lundstram Oxford United
Ricky Holmes Charlton Athletic
Ben Heneghan Motherwell FC
Nathan Thomas Hartlepool United
Clayton Donaldson Birmingham City (Born in Bradford qualifies for Jamaica)
Cameron Carter-Vickers Tottenham Hotspur (Born in Southend qualifies for USA)
Jamal Blackman Chelsea FC
Enda Stevens Portsmouth FC
James Wilson Manchester United

John Egan Brentford FC
Oliver Norwood Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Conor Washington Queens Park Rangers
Kean Bryan Manchester City U23
Dean Henderson Manchester United U23
David McGoldrick Ipswich Town
Marvin Johnson Middlesbrough FC
Kieran Dowell Everton FC
Gary Madine Cardiff City
Scott Hogan Aston Villa
Oliver Norwood Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Ben Woodburn Liverpool FC

Sander Berge KRC Genk (Norwegian)
Oli McBurnie Swansea City
Lys Mousset AFC Bournemouth (French)
Callum Robinson Preston North End
Luke Freeman Queens Park Rangers
Ben Osborn Nottingham Forest
Michael Verrips KV Mechelen (Dutch)
Muhamed Besic Everton FC (Bosnian)
Dean Henderson Manchester United
Phil Jagielka Everton FC
Ravel Morrison Östersunds FK
Jack Robinson Nottingham Forest
Richairo Zivkovic Changchun Yatai (Dutch – loan)
Panagiotis Retsos Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Greek – loan)

Rhian Brewster Liverpool FC U23
Aaron Ramsdale AFC Bournemouth
Oliver Burke West Bromwich Albion
Max Lowe Derby County
Jayden Bogle Derby County
Wes Foderingham Rangers FC
Ethan Ampadu Chelsea FC

So 66 Wilder signings and just 10 who were either non-British or who were born in UK/Ireland but qualified for their country via family connections.

Now tell me that #wildersbrexitblades does not exist…..

Yes, but half of Wilders time with us was either in League One or the Championship. Hardly an attractive proposition for foreign players…plus the fact we haven’t got pot to piss in.