Psychology

[Bashar Al Asaba]

What sort of professional manager is so candid in a post-game interview if they realy are going?

I fear losing Wilder as much as many others, but this is not the language of someone who is on his way out.

These are the words of one who wants to succeed. Over to the board.

Keep the faith.

Wilder remains.

UTB

 

[SwissBlade]

What sort of professional manager is so candid in a post-game interview if they realy are going?

I fear losing Wilder as much as many others, but this is not the language of someone who is on his way out.

These are the words of one who wants to succeed. Over to the board.

Keep the faith.

Wilder remains.

UTB

He did similar at Northampton. There’s a YouTube video

 

[spongebobblade]

It can be viewed as a threat but overwhelmingly I’m sure Wilder just wants it bloody sorted and the boardrooms ambition to match his own. He’s not asking for stupid investment. Just a reasonable budget that enables the club to move forward at this level. Timing is also imperative which is why this has come out before the season has ended. Wilder likes his business done ASAP, not searching through the dregs of what’s left

 

[Davalon]

Wilder is far from infallible as the last few months have shown but I'm struggling to remember a time, certainly since Bassett anyway, where I've trusted a manager to do right by as much.

As much respect as I have for McCabe I can't pretend I have as much trust in the boardroom to get it right.

 

[Stretch]

I don't get the feeling he is really contemplating walking either. His interview today has just heeped huge pressure on those who deserve it.

One of the owners will have to blink eventually.

 

[Liverpool blade]

Wilder is going nowhere!!. Here's why?.
(1) Halifax: he'd got no money but did wonders.
(2) Northampton: they'd got real boardroom issues and couldn't even afford a pot to piss in but he got them promoted on a shoestring budget.
(3) the blades: he absolutely loves our club and he's still learning about the championship!. He just wants the board to sort their issues out. UTB

 

[Boxer Blade]

There is a certain style in your posts bash, a style I like, a style reminiscent of Tyler Durden ?

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Considering his team are going to finish 11th in the Championship, and based on the last 6 weeks, he'd be better served concentrating on where things have gone wrong as opposed to coming out with innuendo and faux threats.

It's Sheffield Utd not Wilder United. I stand by what I've said all along: he's the best man out there to manage Sheffield United but also we're the best club for him to be it.

I'll stand back now and let the flat earthers come and attack me....

 

[Bashar Al Asaba]

This revival dies with Wilder.

I believed in the ethos he instilled in this club, but the players couldn't carry it to a satisfactory conclusion.

He has to do his magic again, if he's even inclined to do so.

Otherwise, we need to prepare for a decline.

 

[SwissBlade]

As always i really love the directness of Wilder, speaks his mind on all topics.

I think that whilst the interview with him on Thursday wasn't really about the ownership, despite it being mentioned. This interview post Preston was really getting his views on how it will affect him and he's made it very clear what needs to happen. As ever, he's not taken sides in the ownership debate, just said that he needs to know where the club is going. But if the ownership wasn't being sorted, he'd perhaps also be asking the same question, but in a different way.

Wilder seems to be saying now (and he's said it a while), that he's done his job, the supporters have done theirs. Now the Owners need to do theirs.

Hope it all gets sorted soon, not sure Wilder is looking to move on, he's said as much and that can only be taken at face value. He's just pushed the agenda now and perhaps being a little bit clever about it.

 

[Davalon]

Personally I thought it was a great interview, mainly because as ever, it was from the heart. Full of honesty, no sound bites, and spoken by someone who obviously cares a great deal.

He acknowledged he had made mistakes and was learning, so I don't see any deflection of blame.

We know we don't have the money to compete for players with a good number at this level which he accepts, but we all know to move forward we have to find greater investment. Thats not going to happen with owners playing each other off.

Wilder doesn't have an obligatìon to put up with being held back just because he's a Blade. What I am comfortable about is that if he did walk, it would be for good reason and not chucking teddies out, or a few pound signs.

Quite frankly if the boardroom impasse blows this current step forward and forces out Wilder, I'll be quite happy to see the entire boardroom and both co-owners fuck off.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Wilder's got a major rebuild on his hands this summer. The three main front men (Sharp, Clark & Duffy) are getting old and will need replacing. There's no point just persisting with them in the forlorn hope they will all suddenly get a new lease of life, it aint going to happen. Then there's the crap he brought in during the JTW plus the likes of Ched, Hussey, Lavery, Wilson, Carruthers, Hansen etc. If Wilder was to leave now the next manager would be lumbered with a far greater problem than the one Wilder had when he joined.

What we have now is his squad and it would be unprofessional of him to ditch them and the club at this juncture, not to mention an admission of failure. He knows that and that's why I think its nailed on he'll be sticking around.

 

[DiggerBlade]

Wilder's got a major rebuild on his hands this summer. The three main front men (Sharp, Clark & Duffy) are getting old and will need replacing. There's no point just persisting with them in the forlorn hope they will all suddenly get a new lease of life, it aint going to happen. Then there's the crap he brought in during the JTW plus the likes of Ched, Hussey, Lavery, Wilson, Carruthers, Hansen etc. If Wilder was to leave now the next manager would be lumbered with a far greater problem than the one Wilder had when he joined.

What we have now is his squad and it would be unprofessional of him to ditch them and the club at this juncture, not to mention an admission of failure. He knows that and that's why I think its nailed on he'll be sticking around.

Sign of a great manager is the building of a successful playing squad. This takes time and Chris Wilder has had two seasons only as our manager. One excellent season and one very good season. Next season is the true test of his managerial genius and know how.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Sign of a great manager is the building of a successful playing squad. This takes time and Chris Wilder has had two seasons only as our manager. One excellent season and one very good season. Next season is the true test of his managerial genius and know how.

Yep, agree with that. The bar has been raised now and the choice is leaving us in the shit or achieving legend status.

 

[PokerBlade]

I think you can read far too deep into what people say.

I took it at face value. He loves the club but he's ambitious. If the club doesn't share that ambition then that's that.

There's boardroom turmoil and we all know the club needs to invest in transfers in the Summer in order to go further. We need that backing.

So I don't think he's paving the way to leave or stay. He's saying that there are of course conditions to his loyalty.

 

[super_pig]

Wilder's got a major rebuild on his hands this summer. The three main front men (Sharp, Clark & Duffy) are getting old and will need replacing. There's no point just persisting with them in the forlorn hope they will all suddenly get a new lease of life, it aint going to happen. Then there's the crap he brought in during the JTW plus the likes of Ched, Hussey, Lavery, Wilson, Carruthers, Hansen etc. If Wilder was to leave now the next manager would be lumbered with a far greater problem than the one Wilder had when he joined.

What we have now is his squad and it would be unprofessional of him to ditch them and the club at this juncture, not to mention an admission of failure. He knows that and that's why I think its nailed on he'll be sticking around.

hmm well a new manager wouldnt be in league one for a start so that’s b*******

 

[snootyfenooty]

hmm well a new manager wouldnt be in league one for a start so that’s b*******

Aye but that's where we'd be heading with what he'd be left with.

 

[super_pig]

Aye but that's where we'd be heading with what he'd be left with.

you can't qualify an assertion with speculation

 

[coaxingstar71]

I thought it was a very honest assessment as Wilder sees it. He made some good points. He said he's not asking for £40m to buy players, he just wants to know what the direction and ambition is and is prepared to work within that. That's not being unreasonable.

What I liked was when he said that basically, whether he likes it or not, he's the spokesperson for the club. When there are any questions to be asked, he's answerable for the whole club. He said he is only prepared to tell the truth and say it how he sees it and won't be persuaded what to say or not to say.

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

There is a certain style in your posts bash, a style I like, a style reminiscent of Tyler Durden ?

You cannot be serious.

Two whole posts without a single expletive or a mention of Billy Sharp ?

No similarities at all IMO.

 

[mosbolad]

Wilder is going nowhere!!. Here's why?.
(1) Halifax: he'd got no money but did wonders.
(2) Northampton: they'd got real boardroom issues and couldn't even afford a pot to piss in but he got them promoted on a shoestring budget.
(3) the blades: he absolutely loves our club and he's still learning about the championship!. He just wants the board to sort their issues out. UTB

Logically though LB you should have got no further than point (1).........

Oh and you forgot Oxford.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

He did similar at Northampton. There’s a YouTube video

Is he allowed to manage two clubs at the same time?

 

[madeinsheffield]

Our club is in the best position for years, the fact the support and the club has been one together, storming the division last season, a decent finishing position this season when you consider the experience of our squad.

No man is bigger than the club, nobody, not a player, manager of even board member. But if our board can't see what they could potentially lose, by them not being able to sort out their differences and either part company or be together on the plan going forward then they don't deserve to be running this great footbal club

 

[Grecian2000]

If Wilder was to leave now the next manager would be lumbered with a far greater problem than the one Wilder had when he joined.

I'm sure the players, and manager, who had to endure the "walk of shame" just 24 months ago after the Scunthorpe match would be aghast at the very idea of that post.

There is work to be done for next season but to suggest we are in the same trouble as we were two seasons ago is, frankly, barmy.

 

[snootyfenooty]

you can't qualify an assertion with speculation

OK Confucius

 

[snootyfenooty]

I'm sure the players, and manager, who had to endure the "walk of shame" just 24 months ago after the Scunthorpe match would be aghast at the very idea of that post.

There is work to be done for next season but to suggest we are in the same trouble as we were two seasons ago is, frankly, barmy.

I think you need to read the line you quoted with the entirety of my post to give a reasoned reply.

 

[Grecian2000]

I think you need to read the line you quoted with the entirety of my post to give a reasoned reply.

Really?
You've listed a bunch of players you think he needs to move on/replace.

I call you on those players and raise you Hammond, Woolford, Sammon, McEveley, Done, McGahey, Cuvelier and Reed who all made Adkins last squad.

Like I said, work to do. Not as much work as when he first came in and found Adkins had left a huge dump in the bowl and not flushed for days!

 

[broomhillblade]

If CW really is serious about walking out, he'd better be aware of the 'Peter Principle': "Managers rise to the level of their incompetence".
He's made some mistakes this season and is still learning about survival in the Championship.
I doubt if many Premiership clubs would want him on the evidence of the latter half of this season.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Really?
You've listed a bunch of players you think he needs to move on/replace.

I call you on those players and raise you Hammond, Woolford, Sammon, McEveley, Done, McGahey, Cuvelier and Reed who all made Adkins last squad.

Like I said, work to do. Not as much work as when he first came in and found Adkins had left a huge dump in the bowl and not flushed for days!

Just because Wilder was left with a load of crap doesn't give him the right to do the same with his successor. If you look at the following list are you seriously telling me any of them are going to be of use next season:

Ched, Hussey, Lavery, Wilson, Carruthers, Hansen, Henegan,

You can then add to these Holmes and Leonard who have been sidelined (by Wilder). And then add again the replacements we need for Sharp, Clarke and Duffy. That's 12 players in total and there's some real shit amongst them.

I know for some criticising Wilder is a taboo subject but lets at least be honest amongst ourselves.

 

[Boxer Blade]

You cannot be serious.

Two whole posts without a single expletive or a mention of Billy Sharp ?

No similarities at all IMO.

Give it time, give it time

You cannot be serious.

Two whole posts without a single expletive or a mention of Billy Sharp ?

No similarities at all IMO.

Just my opinion