Wilder on the boardroom struggle

[Sean Thornton]

The club have to pay the court costs?

Another claim that suits some whilst having no basis in reality.

 

[metalblade]

I’m sure I heard that the Academy is incredibly expensive to run, someone has to pay for it.

Also it’s unfair to say they were sold for nothing. That was a fair valuation (taking everything into account) at the time. Apart from Maguire none of those players were 1st team regulars.

There is a reason they were not first team regulars none of them were here long enough to be called regular ................................... KERCHING

 

[Yewsman]

Tezza
The ignorance displayed by you in this and your other posts on here about running a football club and how the football world works is quite staggering. Thank God we have McCabe running the club not you or we would be in the National League by now.

 

[Sean Thornton]

That's a reight post.

Not if you take into account that if the players are sold off the owners don’t get their money back - unless theoretical Blade player sale inflation kicks in - and they’re left with a L1 side again, having to pump millions in just to stay afloat.

As ever, the hyperbole needs following to at least a semi logical conclusion, rather then ending on “l’m telling you” .

 

[pommpey]

Tezza
The ignorance displayed by you in this and your other posts on here about running a football club and how the football world works is quite staggering. Thank God we have McCabe running the club not you or we would be in the National League by now.

Well, given McCabe's knack of hiring shit managers, sacking them and ending up with a fucking bill for doing so, and the fact that at one stage we were heading that way I'd say your words hold more irony than you'll admit. McCabe lucked out with Wilder and Knill, who have made some canny acquisitions, binned the shite we were holding onto because we felt we had to and changed that concept of how its being done on the pitch.

We'll see if McCabe has the same capability to hang onto the best management team we've had in fifty years. The JTW will reveal all.

pommpey

 

[knowsnowt]

Last time I looked McCabe was worth 90m. Hes already said he wants rid of the club, basically because he doesn't want to (and cant keep on) financing it, he wants to retire and who can blame him at his age. He wants to enjoy some of his millions, and who wouldn't!
Some people conveniently forget this.

"He should sell then". I agree and alao agree hes being over cautious in the extreme, too many criteria to be met. You could see that as either or a positive or negative depending on your outlook.

Even if McCabe gets a favourable outcome the money won't suddenly flow or new owners magically turn up.
I can see this going on another decade, whether we go up or not.

 

[I should coco]

As ever, the hyperbole needs following to at least a semi logical conclusion, rather then ending on “l’m telling you” .

The JTW will reveal all.

We're selling Duffy in the JTW to pay for Desso II.

It's a fact, I'm telling you. ..

 

[Chali 2na]

without spending his own money,

You are painfully stupid.

 

[Chali 2na]

Brooks wanted to go and who can blame him for the dosh? .

I think it's safe so say Brooks left for footballing reasons, not the money.

 

[Bert]

I think it's safe so say Brooks left for footballing reasons, not the money.

Why not both?

 

[Dkc]

One thing I'm pretty certain of is that if we get promoted, the Prince won't want to give up his investment in the club, even for a healthy profit. There's a lot of prestige in tbeing able to invite your associates to a box at the Emirates or Ethiad to watch your team lock horns with the global names. I reckon Princey'll find a lot more money from somewhere if we go up.

 

[Boxer Blade]

Well, given McCabe's knack of hiring shit managers, sacking them and ending up with a fucking bill for doing so, and the fact that at one stage we were heading that way I'd say your words hold more irony than you'll admit. McCabe lucked out with Wilder and Knill, who have made some canny acquisitions, binned the shite we were holding onto because we felt we had to and changed that concept of how its being done on the pitch.

We'll see if McCabe has the same capability to hang onto the best management team we've had in fifty years. The JTW will reveal all.

pommpey

Pomps, do I interpret that as when he hire shit managers it's his fault and now we have wilder and knill he's lucky?

 

[Chali 2na]

Why not both?

It's a good question.

I should have probably said something like, many people accused him of moving because of a new agent, for financial reasons and suspected it might stall his development. It's safe to say in hindsight that he was ready for the step and is excelling in the PL, vindicating his decision.

 

[Chali 2na]

One thing I'm pretty certain of is that if we get promoted, the Prince won't want to give up his investment in the club, even for a healthy profit. There's a lot of prestige in tbeing able to invite your associates to a box at the Emirates or Ethiad to watch your team lock horns with the global names. I reckon Princey'll find a lot more money from somewhere if we go up.

Saudi Arabia will have probably noticed the success Qatar and the UAE have had softening their image while piling up skeletons in their respective closets. It was rumoured that Bin Salman was trying to buy Man Utd before Khashoggi was murdered.

 

[pommpey]

Pomps, do I interpret that as when he hire shit managers it's his fault and now we have wilder and knill he's lucky?

Let's face it, had Wilder not cleared out the dross, changed the team round, instilled motivation into those left and signed some (cheap) augmentees, he'd have been out on his ear by now.

No one has submitted any reason why Wilson went. Pretty obvious when we were coasting to promotion, lost our top goalscorer and had zero options to replace him and fucked it up with an abject close of season perfomance

Weir was sacked, because we were performing awfully, week in, week out.

Clough? Any idea why he suddenly went? Smacks of unfulfilled promises to me.

Adkins? Still had the same shit team and were floundering. This is during the 'we'll invest if we are promoted' period of bullshit.

Then Wilder. Promoted, pretty modest investment, and now with ambitions to join what is patently a huge step up into the PL. He's going to need what you suggest is 'luck'. I'd say to exploit his (and Knill's) talents, massive player investment is needed, and McCabe and HRH clearly have no appetite for that.

pommpey

 

[Harrisblade]

Then Wilder. Promoted, pretty modest investment, and now with ambitions to join what is patently a huge step up into the PL. He's going to need what you suggest is 'luck'. I'd say to exploit his (and Knill's) talents, massive player investment is needed, and McCabe and HRH clearly have no appetite for that.

Maybe not that massive?

"Sheffield United’s executive officers told the court the club needed an injection from its owners of £2.5m to stay solvent and a further £7.5m for transfer fees and new wages in order to satisfy Wilder and keep building towards the Premier League.
But as the two sides bickered and reached an impasse about how to provide the money, the sale of Brooks to Bournemouth, with £4m up front, presented a convenient solution.
Even with the sale, recruitment has been limited, and the same problem will recur until the power struggle can be resolved."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...oardroom-dispute-threatens-derail-season.html

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

One thing I'm pretty certain of is that if we get promoted, the Prince won't want to give up his investment in the club, even for a healthy profit. There's a lot of prestige in tbeing able to invite your associates to a box at the Emirates or Ethiad to watch your team lock horns with the global names. I reckon Princey'll find a lot more money from somewhere if we go up.

My guess is that he`ll think he won`t need to.