CONFIRMED John Lundstram signs

[Ancient blade]

I'm a bit surprised not to find anything so far on here about the above player, the captain of Oxford United, who is, evidently, about to join the Blades!

 

[SteveBlade]

First I've head of this.

 

[bladesmanluke]

Hmm.

I'll leave it to someone else

 

[dazzlingblade]

who?????????

 

[Dkc]

Who is this Lundstrom of whom you speak?

 

[dazzlingblade]

i dont believe any rumour until there is at least 269 replies so ill ignore this bullshit

 

[bartman]

I'm a bit surprised not to find anything so far on here about the above player, the captain of Oxford United, who is, evidently, about to join the Blades!

Lights on but.no one at home ?

 

[Th!stledo]

To be honest I've had to edit out a lot of the comments as it would be an hour read otherwise! Lots of talk on there about this signing and Ive tried to stick to views about the player rather than the tiresome Wilder bashing. It's like a bloke in Weatherspoons telling you how the best thing he ever did was splitting up with that girl who went on to win the "Sexiest Woman Alive Award" 5 years running

Wow ... do you have her number?

 

[Roygbiv]

If you pop over to the Rumour Mill board you will find 14 pages of talk about this young man.If you decide to read the thread over there on Ryan Leonard then get a coffee because you're in for a long night

 

[Tunstall Fred]

If it's not confirmed by 9:45am tomorrow morning IMO it won't happen.

5pm,and he will play tomorrow night i reckon

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

To be honest I've had to edit out a lot of the comments as it would be an hour read otherwise! Lots of talk on there about this signing and Ive tried to stick to views about the player rather than the tiresome Wilder bashing. It's like a bloke in Weatherspoons telling you how the best thing he ever did was splitting up with that girl who went on to win the "Sexiest Woman Alive Award" 5 years running

What's a Weatherspoons? A utensil for dealing with heavy rainfall? And how would that accommodate some bloke talking bollocks? It's important you don't give any indication that your standards are likely to slip as we approach the new season. It won't help to maintain or enhance your status. Just a friendly word to the wise.
Go big or go home.

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

If you pop over to the Rumour Mill board you will find 14 pages of talk about this young man.If you decide to read the thread over there on Ryan Leonard then get a coffee because you're in for a long night

Spoilsport !

 

[dazzlingblade]

Spoilsport !

yep, cant stand these itk types, he will be telling us what oxford fans think of him next is some feature called view from or something

 

[Sheffsteel]

Ive tried to stick to views about the player rather than the tiresome Wilder bashing. It's like a bloke in Weatherspoons telling you how the best thing he ever did was splitting up with that girl who went on to win the "Sexiest Woman Alive Award" 5 years running

Totally agree.

Their comments about Wilder don't make any sense.
Apparently Wilder plays boring long ball football and is too negative and over cautious trying to hold on to 1-0 leads.
Also apparently his interviews are dour, he's often touchy, over emotional and too defensive.

If they were talking about Kevin Blackwell then I could understand it
But the Wilder we know is the total extreme polar opposite to their views, very weird!

 

[Roygbiv]

Spoilsport !

The guy is called Ancient Blade. I could be taking the piss out of my grandad. Unlikely though as he died in 1994

 

[dazzlingblade]

Totally agree.

Their comments about Wilder don't make any sense.
Apparently Wilder plays boring long ball football and is too negative and over cautious trying to hold on to 1-0 leads.
Also apparently his interviews are dour, he's often touchy, over emotional and too defensive.

If they were talking about Kevin Blackwell then I could understand it
But the Wilder we know is the total extreme polar opposite to their views, very weird!

thing is managers can change, oxford fans must have their reasons, i bet southampton fans would not believe what we think of madkins, im just delighted he is our over cautious negative dour arse

 

[Pinchy]

thing is managers can change, oxford fans must have their reasons, i bet southampton fans would not believe what we think of madkins, im just delighted he is our over cautious negative dour arse

I was never impressed (on very limited evidence I accept) by Tufty's Oxford. Someone mentioned he had nil Knill when he was there? That might be significant.

I think Northampton was the beginnings of the glorious Tuftyball that thrilled me last season.

 

[davidblade]

Forum police wherefore art thou , wrong section.

 

[Champagneblade]

Moore
Basham Stearman O'Connell
Freeman Coutts Fleck Stevens
Duffy
Sharp Clarke

GK, CB, Baldock, Lundstram, Leonard, Carruthers, Lavery

Wright, Lafferty, Thomas, Brooks, Evans, Hanson, New AM/ST



Pushing it a bit isn't it?

We're not going to spend 500k on anybody and not have them in the squad. And having them both on the bench wouldn't make sense if we have Basham starting and also Carruthers (and possibly Lenihan) on the bench as midfield options - we'd already have 5/6 CM options in the squad.

They might be a bit different but there's no room for Leonard if we're signing Lundstram. Not yet anyway.

Can't see us not going with two strikers on the bench either.

 

[BigBed]

Fuck me..............

 

[Bladesway]

Forum police wherefore art thou , wrong section.

We all gave up on that a long time ago.

 

[Champagneblade]

Fuck me..............

Wrong section mate. Go to the Lonely Hearts part of the forum

 

[mattbianco1]

I'm a bit surprised not to find anything so far on here about the above player, the captain of Oxford United, who is, evidently, about to join the Blades!

14 page thread in Rumour mill

 

[Treeton Blade]

 

[sheffielder]

Fuck me..............

LYDON

 

[Booker4]

Totally agree.

Their comments about Wilder don't make any sense.
Apparently Wilder plays boring long ball football and is too negative and over cautious trying to hold on to 1-0 leads.
Also apparently his interviews are dour, he's often touchy, over emotional and too defensive.

If they were talking about Kevin Blackwell then I could understand it
But the Wilder we know is the total extreme polar opposite to their views, very weird!

The only thing I can think of is that Knill wasn't with Tufty at Oxford and Knilly changed the style, I don't know. I doubt it though. Oxford had three seasons of missing out of the play offs in League 2 under Wilder and I think they expected more. Wilder almost lost his job actually in his time at Oxford, the fans were split on him I believe. Leaving for Northampton was obviously not a popular move and united the whole fan base against Wilder. Problem is that, they didn't realise what what were losing, as appreciated by every club Wilder's managed, bar Oxford. They can be bitter as much as they like but it's just funny to us looking in!

 

[Esablade]

We're not signing Morsy?...wtf!?!??
WILDER OUT

 

[itsinyerblood]

The only thing I can think of is that Knill wasn't with Tufty at Oxford and Knilly changed the style, I don't know. I doubt it though. Oxford had three seasons of missing out of the play offs in League 2 under Wilder and I think they expected more. Wilder almost lost his job actually in his time at Oxford, the fans were split on him I believe. Leaving for Northampton was obviously not a popular move and united the whole fan base against Wilder. Problem is that, they didn't realise what what were losing, as appreciated by every club Wilder's managed, bar Oxford. They can be bitter as much as they like but it's just funny to us looking in!

Good observations, and often the chemistry between two decent footballing professionals is what makes the difference to their managerial direction. Think Clough and Taylor (before things went sour), and I must stress I'm making no further comparisons between either managerial pairing. Chris is clearly someone who understands football players and teams. The impression I get is that he's absorbed a lot of advice and common-sense from various quarters within football, so maybe Knill has brought something to the relationship that helped raise Wilder's potential and suddenly he began to learn the art of winning whilst getting those around him to buy into the same values that have clearly worked well for the pair of them. The whole question of who's number one and who plays second in command, how this works, and whether those who play the role of assistant manager have frustrated ambitions to manage themselves - as Knill has attempted before working with Wilder - are well documented throughout football's history. Locally, Blackwell comes to mind, but he clearly lacked that special quality that a good manager is meant to have, and thus never shone when it mattered.

You're right though Booker4, it's to our good fortune that we allowed Wilder and Knill to manage United. The pair of them clearly connect where football's concerned, and I don't think anyone should doubt their potential to manage successfully at a far higher level than they've been used to.

 

[Booker4]

Good observations, and often the chemistry between two decent footballing professionals is what makes the difference to their managerial direction. Think Clough and Taylor (before things went sour), and I must stress I'm making no further comparisons between either managerial pairing. Chris is clearly someone who understands football players and teams. The impression I get is that he's absorbed a lot of advice and common-sense from various quarters within football, so maybe Knill has brought something to the relationship that helped raise Wilder's potential and suddenly he began to learn the art of winning whilst getting those around him to buy into the same values that have clearly worked well for the pair of them. The whole question of who's number one and who plays second in command, how this works, and whether those who play the role of assistant manager have frustrated ambitions to manage themselves - as Knill has attempted before working with Wilder - are well documented throughout football's history. Locally, Blackwell comes to mind, but he clearly lacked that special quality that a good manager is meant to have, and thus never shone when it mattered.

You're right though Booker4, it's to our good fortune that we allowed Wilder and Knill to manage United. The pair of them clearly connect where football's concerned, and I don't think anyone should doubt their potential to manage successfully at a far higher level than they've been used to.

Good post. The problem for a lot of Assistant Managers and coaches is that they are good in their role and have an essential part but some then want to be a manager and that's a totally different ball game. In Blackwell's case, it appears, he has poor man management, which is Wilder's and Warnock's strength. I once met Shaun Derry, by fluke as a student in Nottingham, and Derry brought me a pint as a Blade, and said Warnock thinks tactics are a type of sweet! He did say Warnock was great as a motivator. Not saying Wilder is tactically naive though, but clearly Knilly brings a lot to the table, and unlike Blackwell, is quite happy letting Tufty taking the limelight. Geoff Taylor was another with Harry.

 

[itsinyerblood]

Good post. The problem for a lot of Assistant Managers and coaches is that they are good in their role and have an essential part but some then want to be a manager and that's a totally different ball game. In Blackwell's case, it appears, he has poor man management, which is Wilder's and Warnock's strength. I once met Shaun Derry, by fluke as a student in Nottingham, and Derry brought me a pint as a Blade, and said Warnock thinks tactics are a type of sweet! He did say Warnock was great as a motivator. Not saying Wilder is tactically naive though, but clearly Knilly brings a lot to the table, and unlike Blackwell, is quite happy letting Tufty taking the limelight. Geoff Taylor was another with Harry.

Yes, there's a dependency on one another that makes the potential come alive. Without knowing, I can imagine Knill might bring his own take on a player's game, or what they could do a little differently or better, or whether a specific change of position will make that essential difference to a winning mentality. I don't get any sense that either Wilder or Knill are precious about who contributes what, just as long as they work effectively and successfully. I think almost everyone who follows the Blades knows that in these two we have a managerial team capable of taking this club much, much further.