Louis Reed

[Sean Thornton]

If Lou's mum or dad are reading this I was only messing. He's 6 foot 4 and he's going to play for Juventus.

His dad is on here. Doesn't post much though. Very good poster on BladeMad some time ago. Certainly knowledgable about football.

 

[Keef Chedwyn]

His dad is on here. Doesn't post much though. Very good poster on BladeMad some time ago. Certainly knowledgable about football.

Glad I wrote that about Juventus then. Phew.

 

[Silent Blade]

Usually when a new manager comes in he will want to change the system. He may want to play taller players in the middle. Who is the favourite to be the next Chesterfield manager?

 

[larkymasher]

The more successful we are,the less academy players will become first team players.I am astonished how people who follow football can't see this,Wilder is on a fast track and potential youngsters are not part of the plan.The academy is there to produce a flow of income,not to produce long term first team players,may be in the lower leagues but not now.

Wrong, the more successful the club is the more time our home grown players have to mature to get to the level required.
it also gives the players a chance to get a better loan placement in a higher standard of football.

Yes, agreed they all wont be CWs cup of tea but for the players he likes he can give them time instead of the club saying no at 17 or 18 years of age.

Also, of course most academy players will play at the lower end of the football league than make it to a Championship or Premiership player. That's a fact of any football club in those divisions.

If like Brookes Cw thinks they are good enough, they will get the chance. Irispective whether Wilder is on a fast track or not.

 

[Woodwardfan]

Wrong, the more successful the club is the more time our home grown players have to mature to get to the level required.
it also gives the players a chance to get a better loan placement in a higher standard of football.

Yes, agreed they all wont be CWs cup of tea but for the players he likes he can give them time instead of the club saying no at 17 or 18 years of age.

Also, of course most academy players will play at the lower end of the football league than make it to a Championship or Premiership player. That's a fact of any football club in those divisions.

If like Brookes Cw thinks they are good enough, they will get the chance. Irispective whether Wilder is on a fast track or not.

The thing that bugs me a little bit about our system is that Brooks was pulled out of a season long loan to Chesterfield at rather an indecent stage to be honest.

My instinct tells me it was a last minute decision and I can't for the life of me think how it got that far. Anybody know?

 

[larkymasher]

The thing that bugs me a little bit about our system is that Brooks was pulled out of a season long loan to Chesterfield at rather an indecent stage to be honest.

My instinct tells me it was a last minute decision and I can't for the life of me think how it got that far. Anybody know?

Brookes got an unexpected chance with England in the Summer. He showed enough to convince he could be part of the first team squad.

I agree it was last minute but my guess would be that Brookes was lined up for Chessy prior to last season finishing.

Football can change so quickly.

 

[Davalon]

Usually when a new manager comes in he will want to change the system. He may want to play taller players in the middle. Who is the favourite to be the next Chesterfield manager?

Diego's Dad with Brian Thackeray his assistant.

 

[Davalon]

The thing that bugs me a little bit about our system is that Brooks was pulled out of a season long loan to Chesterfield at rather an indecent stage to be honest.

My instinct tells me it was a last minute decision and I can't for the life of me think how it got that far. Anybody know?

I'm sure Nigel wouldn't have behaved so despicably.

 

[larkymasher]

It isn't ignorant nonsense. He's a professional footballer of average ability at best and lacks height, pace (quite where you get 'quick' from, Pele knows! He ain't; quite the contrary, he's slow) and athleticism.

As for the poor lad and his parents, I'm afraid life, and football, are harsh taskmasters. Personally I'm more concerned about Sheffield United than Youth Football, but each to his own. You should pop over to Chez Vegas and watch Little Louis, De Juve and Di Nonentitaio at the height of their careers.

I think the tone of your comments can be harsh but you are correct in saying a first team player MUST be good enough whether home grown or not.

One thing for sure is that the vast number of supporters love a home grown player making the grade. That, I hope you would agree with.

 

[Woodwardfan]

I'm sure Nigel wouldn't have behaved so despicably.

Not at all sure what Clough has to do with it but you've something in your head Dav.

Or is it Adkins?

 

[Pinchy]

I think the tone of your comments can be harsh but you are correct in saying a first team player MUST be good enough whether home grown or not.

One thing for sure is that the vast number of supporters love a home grown player making the grade. That, I hope you would agree with.

I do, but wishing on a star, Woody style, doesn't make it happen. Neither does pretending David Brooks has played better than he has.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Usually when a new manager comes in he will want to change the system. He may want to play taller players in the middle. Who is the favourite to be the next Chesterfield manager?

Name mentioned this morning on Radio Sheffield was Ronnie safe pair Moore

 

['Doc' Pace my hero]

How many of our acadamy produced players are close to playing in our Championship side ?

 

[Silent Blade]

Name mentioned this morning on Radio Sheffield was Ronnie safe pair Moore

I remember when he took over Rotherham, he said he was going to change things as he thought the team played "too many passes"

 

[BushBlade]

Wrong, the more successful the club is the more time our home grown players have to mature to get to the level required.
it also gives the players a chance to get a better loan placement in a higher standard of football.

Yes, agreed they all wont be CWs cup of tea but for the players he likes he can give them time instead of the club saying no at 17 or 18 years of age.

Also, of course most academy players will play at the lower end of the football league than make it to a Championship or Premiership player. That's a fact of any football club in those divisions.

If like Brookes Cw thinks they are good enough, they will get the chance. Irispective whether Wilder is on a fast track or not.

That said, if CW was given the choice of having 3 players who could be excellent in two years time, or flogging the 3 players for £15m and spending the cash on players who are good now, I suspect he'd go for the money.

 

[Pinchy]

I remember when he took over Rotherham, he said he was going to change things as he thought the team played "too many passes"

...the hoofers will be wanting him to replace Tufty...

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Took him 9 years after joining us before he became decent. I was a regular reserves watcher in the mid 2000s and he was always poor. Left us in 2005 and played in the lower divisions until Bournemouth got promotion in 2013

By his own admission, he had a terrible attitude during his youth. Once he knuckled down, he made a good career for himself.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Brookes got an unexpected chance with England in the Summer. He showed enough to convince he could be part of the first team squad.

I agree it was last minute but my guess would be that Brookes was lined up for Chessy prior to last season finishing.

Football can change so quickly.

I think that coupled with our failure to land Ricky Holmes resulted in the decision to keep him here.

 

[I should coco]

...the hoofers will be wanting him to replace Tufty...

I'm not sure whether you mean Father Ted or Ronnie Moore, but even allowing for some of your very silly posts, this one ranks in the top 1.

Pray tell, where are these multitudes of 'hoofers' currently plotting their 'Wlder Out' campaign?

Only in S2 / Pinchy's fertile imagination.

 

[snootyfenooty]

How many of our acadamy produced players are close to playing in our Championship side ?

Not many, most of them are in the Premiership.

 

['Doc' Pace my hero]

Not many, most of them are in the Premiership.

My point exactly,the first person who understands #109,however unwittingly,they were sold to fund our immediate needs.

 

[Pinchy]

Most former academy players are out of the professional game or scraping a wage in non-league football.

 

[mosbolad]

...the hoofers will be wanting him to replace Tufty...

Of course the resident intelligentsia never wanted 'Tufty' in the first place.....

He wouldn't get a mention if he had no United connections. He's a complete nonentity.

Bladey Bladey Claptrap. It never changes. Sack a manager with a proven record of success after less than a season and bring in a former Blade on the back of 15 years of not much.

Only in S2.....

It might be for silly Bladey Blades. The rest of the football community would look at his CV and beg to differ.

Nonentity. Fucking Bladey Bladey Nonentity. Read and learn.

 

[Pinchy]

Of course the resident intelligentsia never wanted 'Tufty' in the first place.....

I never cease to be flattered by close examination of my "compleat workes". You've overlooked the one where I, very quickly, acknowledged I was wrong and why.

That puts me in a tiny minority amongst the many armchair pundits on here whose football knowledge is drawn entirely from Junior Computer Manager with no input from real life.

 

[larkymasher]

That said, if CW was given the choice of having 3 players who could be excellent in two years time, or flogging the 3 players for £15m and spending the cash on players who are good now, I suspect he'd go for the money.

You may well be right Bush but he hasn't done that with Brookes.

Maybe just maybe we are getting into a position of keeping our talent longer than in previous years.

 

[larkymasher]

Most former academy players are out of the professional game or scraping a wage in non-league football.

Of course they are Pinchy. 1% of academy players ever make a professional player.
That said, if scrapping around in non league earning £300 to £400 a week as well as having a job is seen as failure then so be it.

I wish I had been so lucky

 

[Rodders]

I never cease to be flattered by close examination of my "compleat workes". You've overlooked the one where I, very quickly, acknowledged I was wrong and why.

That puts me in a tiny minority amongst the many armchair pundits on here whose football knowledge is drawn entirely from Junior Computer Manager with no input from real life.

Is that legalese for "I'm full of shit just like everyone else?"

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

I never cease to be flattered by close examination of my "compleat workes". You've overlooked the one where I, very quickly, acknowledged I was wrong and why.

That puts me in a tiny minority amongst the many armchair pundits on here whose football knowledge is drawn entirely from Junior Computer Manager with no input from real life.

I have read the last sentence several times, and I think it means: of everybody on here (we are all armchair pundits, after all), you are in a tiny minority because your football knowledge derives from real life, and almost all of the rest of us derive our entire knowledge from Junior Computer Manager (whatever that is). I just wanted to check that you really mean that before I reply.

 

[Pinchy]

I have read the last sentence several times, and I think it means: of everybody on here (we are all armchair pundits, after all), you are in a tiny minority because your football knowledge derives from real life, and almost all of the rest of us derive our entire knowledge from Junior Computer Manager (whatever that is). I just wanted to check that you really mean that before I reply.

You may well be in the tiny minority as well...

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I
That puts me in a tiny minority amongst the many armchair pundits on here whose football knowledge is drawn entirely from Junior Computer Manager with no input from real life.

Perhaps you’d like to qualify that sweeping statement? Who are these armchair pundits? What evidence do you have regarding your “Junior Computer Manager” allegations?


By “real life” do you mean playing the game at a decent level? I’d say the majority on here have probably played loads of football at a shit level, watched loads of football and quite a few have played “Junior computer manager” assuming that is Pinchish for any football simulator game over the last few decades. I fall into that category myself. Played football all the time in my youth but was never good enough to play at a high standard. Played 5 a side leagues etc. Watched loads of football being somewhat fanatical about the subject (as I suspect most of us on here are). Used to love a bit of SWOS in the 90s too. But I don’t think we should sign Steve Castle for £300k to see his value rise to £1million. Or put Mark Blount into a holding midfield role and watch his value soar.