Who is to blame for the season so far?

[Barney]

Well...

 

[Jim Chimmerney]

The players?

 

[Barney]

The players?

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[I should coco]

The fans, obvs.

 

[Bladebri]

No mention of players, they are the ones who ultimately have to deliver on the pitch.

 

[Bobby Orkiss]

I've got a feeling McCabe thinks it's Tevez !

 

[alcoblade]

The continual premature sacking of managers is down to McCabe, generally supported by three quarters of the fanbase who then claim "who, me?" before rage process repeats.

UTB

 

[Jehovah]

I would say so far its the managers and the players. Tactics have results in no attacking threat and players have made individual pathetic mistakes which the manager can't legislate for.

 

[sheffielder]

I would say so far its the managers and the players. Tactics have results in no attacking threat and players have made individual pathetic mistakes which the manager can't legislate for.

We are not protecting ourselves from mistakes. We are not very confident so the team needs to work harder and press and stop allowing teams to get good balls in the box, through the middle and down our flanks. Stop then shooting etc

Good luck favours hard work!

Back to the question. Everyone but it's not an option

 

[sheffielder]

If you press higher you win the baller higher up the pitch and will make more chances

 

[TJB.]

Everyone but it's not an option

This. Omnishambles.

 

[sheffielder]

This. Omnishambles.

You win together, lose together. Just surprised the kit man wasn't on the list

 

[DeanLearner'sCat]

As always, it's a combination of those in the boardroom, those in the dugout and those on the pitch.

The board have seemingly no strategy whatsoever. Just sack a guy, let him spunk some (though maybe not enough) money, sack him, repeat. And the appointments don't seem to follow any sort of pattern regarding style, so there isn't any sort of coherent transition from one to the next. So we essentially have to start again every single season. They have to take plenty of blame for us being in this division, certainly.

I have some sympathy for Wilder. He inherited a mid-table team, he's working with a reduced budget and had been left with a lot of deadwood to try and get rid of. Plus, some players are being sold and not replaced (yet). Having said that, there's nothing positive to say (so far) - signings have been bad, performances have been bad, results have been bad.

And the players - some lack ability, some lack balls. A lot don't seem big enough for the shirt. And the likes of Sharp and Clarke, who have played for clubs as big/bigger than us, don't seem suited to whatever Wilder is trying to do.

 

[robbiez666]

Wilder has to take much of the blame. He's signed 9. 7 of the starting 11 were his players. They will take time to bed in but tactically he had been woeful thus far.

There's clearly issues going on off the pitch in terms of bringing players in. Despite currently making a healthy transfer profit and slashing the wag bill, our chairman appears to be trying to cut most of the cloth. It looks like we've not signed players we should have due to financial issues (and I don't mean paying over the odds).

The players have all under-performed, both individually and as a group. They're not taking responsibility on the pitch.

Ultimately though, Wilder has had a lot more backing and freedom in terms of players than Adkins ever had.

 

[Esablade]

'Bad luck'.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Some people don't have a clue what they are talking about. Every business has a strategy at boardroom level. The strategy has been communicated several times.

I reckon some of our fans would prefer the Hull City Chairman. Using their logic Alam must be a fantastic Chsirman. He wants to change the club name, admitted he couldn't care less what the fans think. Have no manager and haven't for 3 months. Not bought any players over the Summer and only have 14 squad players.

Maybe that's the secret of success.

 

[robbiez666]

Some people don't have a clue what they are talking about. Every business has a strategy at boardroom level. The strategy has been communicated several times.

I reckon some of our fans would prefer the Hull City Chairman. Using their logic Alam must be a fantastic Chsirman. He wants to change the club name, admitted he couldn't care less what the fans think. Have no manager and haven't for 3 months. Not bought any players over the Summer and only have 14 squad players.

Maybe that's the secret of success.

Is this the '5 years to Europe' strategy?

 

[coaxingstar71]

I don't know what you're all moaning about, it looks like after 6 years we're finally going to get out of this league!

After the Southend game, I've been too pissed off to post anything and any optimism I had has gone. Went out yesterday afternoon and didn't even bother checking the score. Was quite surprised we didn't get a right hammering but typical Blades, looking good for a point and then concede a last minute penalty. The nightmare continues.... someone wake me up when it's over.

 

[Revolution]

Some people don't have a clue what they are talking about. Every business has a strategy at boardroom level. The strategy has been communicated several times.

I reckon some of our fans would prefer the Hull City Chairman. Using their logic Alam must be a fantastic Chsirman. He wants to change the club name, admitted he couldn't care less what the fans think. Have no manager and haven't for 3 months. Not bought any players over the Summer and only have 14 squad players.

Maybe that's the secret of success.

Alam has spent money and delivered Hull the best period in their entire history. They've reached a final and played in Europe and been promoted to the PL twice.

I would swap him for McCabe in a heartbeat.

And McCabe has changed the strategy on an annual basis since 2005.

And McCabe doesn't care what we think. If he did, he wouldn't sell our better players.

 

[Tyler Durden]

It's almost always the players actually. They deserve the least sympathy and the strongest condemnation, and they have done for at least 3 seasons.

Although in terms of affecting my general mood and being fucking irritating, the fans take number one spot.

 

[LSF]

Well...

What about a nice "no blame culture" for a change.
Be nice wunt it?

 

[United Aren't Back.]

......Those who predicted 2nd place in the pre season poll.

 

[alcoblade]

Some people don't have a clue what they are talking about. Every business has a strategy at boardroom level. The strategy has been communicated several times.

I reckon some of our fans would prefer the Hull City Chairman. Using their logic Alam must be a fantastic Chsirman. He wants to change the club name, admitted he couldn't care less what the fans think. Have no manager and haven't for 3 months. Not bought any players over the Summer and only have 14 squad players.

Maybe that's the secret of success.

I don't follow. Are you saying that McCabe is a decent chairman?

I'm not sure many should or would care that there are some worse ones out there.

UTB

 

[Bladesway]

Wilder has to take much of the blame. He's signed 9. 7 of the starting 11 were his players.

Adkins, Clough, Weir, Wilson, Blackwell and on and on. Lack of actually having a coherent strategy that we actually follow through for any length of time is primarily to blame. McCabe makes snap decisions on firing managers because the fans get on his back and this is his easy way out.

Fact is no strategy and not a big enough pair of balls to say no we are not going to sell players. Any business needs a template, model, strategy, call it what you will. We don't so the next poor bastard wonders in, buys some players, we sell the good ones and then wonder why we aren't doing very well. Some people moan why we can't find another Warnock type figure but forget it took several years to get a team together that actually achieved promotion. These managers are few and far between and there are upwards of 80 clubs looking for them.

We don't actually give anyone chance to implement what they are trying to do because the sand is constantly shifting under their feet.

This club is a fuck up top to bottom.

 

[Bladesway]

Some people don't have a clue what they are talking about. Every business has a strategy at boardroom level. The strategy has been communicated several times.

I reckon some of our fans would prefer the Hull City Chairman. Using their logic Alam must be a fantastic Chsirman. He wants to change the club name, admitted he couldn't care less what the fans think. Have no manager and haven't for 3 months. Not bought any players over the Summer and only have 14 squad players.

Maybe that's the secret of success.

Go on then, what is the strategy and how long has it been the strategy? Then please explain the previous strategy and why it didn't work.

 

[Liaminho9]

I would have voted Wilder & the Players.

Before the season started the majority thought the squad looked good and would perform.

 

[Lazerblade]

It has to be McCabe, how can all the managers we have had in the last few years suddenly become bad at what they do as soon as they get in the hot seat at the lane. It has to be the conditions they are working under and who puts those in place?
The vast majority of them have or are doing better than they did or are doing with us, at clubs the same size or smaller than us.
Players that have performed well become dithering wrecks overnight.
Players are powerful too they can decide they don't want to play for a certain manager and that is a disaster you need everyone pulling in the same direction all the time. I think billy is a prime example of this right now, yes it could be the system but he just doesn't look interested, was Adkins mate not so with wilder, did wilder make him captain (big mistake) to get him on side.
What a mess, lots of things going wrong but ultimately McCabe has to shoulder most of the blame.

Come on wilder prove us all wrong this is so depressing.

 

[super_pig]

where is Adkins Barney??

 

[Isar]

Well...

Where is the fans option? I vote fans.

 

[Bladesince59]

Some people don't have a clue what they are talking about. Every business has a strategy at boardroom level. The strategy has been communicated several times.

I reckon some of our fans would prefer the Hull City Chairman. Using their logic Alam must be a fantastic Chsirman. He wants to change the club name, admitted he couldn't care less what the fans think. Have no manager and haven't for 3 months. Not bought any players over the Summer and only have 14 squad players.

Maybe that's the secret of success.

No........... I would much rather be bottom of League 1 than top of the Premiership.