Bassett

[Bill Johnson]

Jesus H Christ.
One has to wonder about someone who has a borderline pathological hatred of a bloke who oversaw a fantastic rollercoaster ride which many Blades fans consider the best in their lifetime.
If so much hatred and bile can be directed at Bassett where's the torrents for Warnock, Adams, Robson, Blackwell, Peters and a whole host more genuine basket cases that have driven our club into multiple pile ups.

As an aside what does Bassett hater think of his herpes signing of Nadine?
Not seen any scathing and witty diatribes on that one.

 

[grafikhaus]

You would do well to read the Crazy Gang book, full of great stories like that. It is when you read that book you realise what an exceptional manager Bassett was.

But not so exceptional that he was wanted by 'fashionable' clubs. Or put in the hard yards like Frank Lampard or Sol Campbell. Or inexplicably had clubs queuing up to rescue him from unemployment like Moyes, ONeill etc. Or wore a waistcoat.

 

[Revolution]

Anyone who hates Bassett and what he achieved for us is not a Blade. It's that simple.

 

[Houston_Blade]

4 passes not 20 passes.

See 54 mins 57 secs

Blades v Spurs at the end, my first game at BDTBL as a 6 year old.

 

[Doddyontheball]

Bassett took us from the abyss and turned around a club that was literally dying on it's feet. There were so many enjoyable times and exciting moments to savour.

 

[Bill Johnson]

Bassett took us from the abyss and turned around a club that was literally dying on it's feet. There were so many enjoyable times and exciting moments to savour.

Agree. There were many amazing days and nights.
The 3 1 at the Sty the best night and Leicester the best day to be a Blade.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

What a great job Bassett did for us completely against the odds .
Inherited a shite team with no cash to spend & took us to the top tier of English football and kept us there for 3 seasons even though the rug was constantly been pulled from underneath his feet .
Add in there some great FA cup runs ( inc a semi final ) and some memorable victories over the S6 deluded and all those who attended in that era will understand his achievements.
That aside I found him a great approachable bloke who always had time to talk to you , met him on several occasions at player of the season do’s at The Lane and was always happy to chat unlike others i’ve met .
Top bloke who wish all the best

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Then again, sad to say, you have not understood the word you deploy.

I can assure you that I genuinely believe old Dippy Dave set us back twenty year.

An interesting view point. Unless you’re deliberately being a contrarian, I’m interested to know why you think that. His tenure possibly gave us a reputation for a style of football that lasted longer than his tenure, but that was partly re-enforced by Warnock. But as has previously been said, it most part it was undeserved and secondly he basically stopped the club from heading into the abyss. Even with the success under his stewardship, we were still brassic. We couldn’t afford to replace the John Street ffs.

I honestly shudder to think of an alternative scenario where DB doesn’t take over in ‘88. At the time of his employment, it was one from Bassett, Keith Burkinshaw, Ken Brown or Cyril Knowles.

 

[tomtheblade]

S2 showing its true colours tonight.

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Here's what I genuinely don't understand. Judging by your post history you seem to have a deep and long-running dislike of our fans.

But surely you should know that a club *is* its fans. Players get bought, sold and retire, they're professionals hired to do a job. Managers come and go, they get hired and fired. Owners buy and sell the club. Of all of these some are better at their jobs than others, and some care more than others. We're pretty close to about as good as it gets with our current lot in this latter regard.
Bramall Lane could go up in flames tomorrow (God forbid) and we'd rebuild it under the banner of SUFC.

These can and do all go away, but the fans remain. I think we have a few idiots in our ranks, as all clubs do, but I would never show such disdain for them as you do. To insult them in such a broad manner is to insult the club.

I dont get it.

 

[Geordie Blade]

I can assure you that I genuinely believe old Dippy Dave set us back twenty years.

Bassett joined in January 1988. In the twenty years after that, we spent five sessions in the top flight, fourteen in the second division and one in the third (finishing second).

Since 2008 (after your alleged ‘set back’ was resolved), we’ve spent five seasons in the second division and six in the third.

 

[SwissBlade]

Anyone that can't see what Bassett did, not only for United but also for football by shaking things up with Wimbledon really doesn't know football. He reminded people that there was not only just one way to play the game.

Bassett was absolutely instrumental in turning the club around for Limited funds, as Warnock did to a lesser extent several years later, but more than that, Bassett gave us an identity (or at the very least, reinforced the one we had) which we still hold today.

Wilder has most certainly put his stamp on the club and i think he has shaped the evolution of the club. But we can still see Bassetts legacy - hard work, fitness, honesty, togetherness... We were and are United. Its what i love about the club and Wilder has built on this because he came from that background.

I'll only say this though, that when he was working alongside Micky Adams Bassett did himself no favours and it was a shame he came back in really as i don't think that it was ever likely to work. The way we played in that short period was terrible and lacked so much, tactically the direct approach didn't work, but perhaps the club was rotten at that time. It merely tainted some great memories.

Bassett should have a statue in the car park for certain. He's played a big part in the history of our fantastic club

 

[Paisley Blade]

Anyone that can't see what Bassett did, not only for United but also for football by shaking things up with Wimbledon really doesn't know football. He reminded people that there was not only just one way to play the game.

Bassett was absolutely instrumental in turning the club around for Limited funds, as Warnock did to a lesser extent several years later, but more than that, Bassett gave us an identity (or at the very least, reinforced the one we had) which we still hold today.

Wilder has most certainly put his stamp on the club and i think he has shaped the evolution of the club. But we can still see Bassetts legacy - hard work, fitness, honesty, togetherness... We were and are United. Its what i love about the club and Wilder has built on this because he came from that background.

I'll only say this though, that when he was working alongside Micky Adams Bassett did himself no favours and it was a shame he came back in really as i don't think that it was ever likely to work. The way we played in that short period was terrible and lacked so much, tactically the direct approach didn't work, but perhaps the club was rotten at that time. It merely tainted some great memories.

Bassett should have a statue in the car park for certain. He's played a big part in the history of our fantastic club

My thoughts entirely.

I started going in the fantastic 70/71 promotion season and was present for the wonderful few years that followed. Although I was too young to appreciate the undoubted aesthetic beauty of the football on show, what I can recall from those days was the sheer buzz and excitement of taking on clubs from the higher echelons and dismantling them in front of a fervent , united , and normally massive crowd. It was a joyous time.

The fact I was born in to this era made the stark contrast of the late seventies and most of the eighties very difficult to stomach, but like the rest of us I just had to suck up the dross that was on offer whilst relishing the odd few highlights and clinging to them like a man cut adrift.

Quite simply , DB changed all that. He came in and instructed people to stop hankering after the past and create a new vision and identity for SUFC, making the absolute best of scarce resources , putting pride back in to the club that had been absent for too long. The rollercoaster that followed was unforgettable, providing me and many of us with wonderful memories. Who cares if we missed out midfield , we beat Man Utd THREE times in this period ?!

Let's face it , the club was dying on its arse. DB came in and arrested that seemingly inexorable slide, and for that he deserves his place at the top table when we talk about Legends of the Lane.

 

[Pinchy]

Bassett should have a statue in the car park for certain. He's played a big part in the history of our fantastic club

It’s currently on loan to the Natural History Museum, whilst we clear a space in the car park.

 

[Snowman]

It’s currently on loan to the Natural History Museum, whilst we clear a space in the car park.

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Not that I agree with your sentiments, but that would look wicked in the car park.

 

[Chali 2na]

An interesting view point. Unless you’re deliberately being a contrarian, I’m interested to know why you think that. His tenure possibly gave us a reputation for a style of football that lasted longer than his tenure, but that was partly re-enforced by Warnock. But as has previously been said, it most part it was undeserved and secondly he basically stopped the club from heading into the abyss. Even with the success under his stewardship, we were still brassic. We couldn’t afford to replace the John Street ffs.

I honestly shudder to think of an alternative scenario where DB doesn’t take over in ‘88. At the time of his employment, it was one from Bassett, Keith Burkinshaw, Ken Brown or Cyril Knowles.

Nail on head.

 

[Pinchy]

Really?

Roberts, Deane, Agana, Bryson?
Danes goals against the Pigs, Booker at Mansfield, his goal at QPR, Hodges, Colin Hill, Mike Lake? Exciting, got the fans back behind the team. Hoof? Towards the end yes, when the pressure of the job, broken board, no money. That became hoof. Not a John Harris side but other than one season under Porterfield it was the best we’d had for years. The most enjoyable. God knows why you still can’t take anything positive from any of that. Tell the thousands going away week in week at the time it was rubbish hoof. Not many will agree. In fact, hardly anyone.

I was one of them. Anyone telling the truth will acknowledge he got plenty of stick for the constant long ball shite from people who preferred football but still supported their club. What do you say about the thousands who stayed away because they simply couldn’t stand it?

Those who listen, and usually you are one of them, will know that I’ve always said he was the right man at the right time. The difference is I’ve come to realise the legacy and reputation we now have is too big a price to pay for two or three seasons.

Bassett would play today the same outdated, discredited, grotesque crap he produced, certainly once he lost Deane and Agana, decades ago. Football has moved on immeasurably; he’s stuck in the crazy gang era. To that extent he’s a numpty and most certainly a dinosaur. His return under Quickfix Mickey was a complete and utter embarrassment. He’s a relic of the past and it’s time he was left there.

This place is full of the Bassett generation. They know no better. For that I pity them. They have no wish to know any better. For that I mock them.

I have a photograph of the greatest player of all time alongside Tony Currie. Can you imagine him posing next to Vinnie Jones or Wally Fucking Downes?

The Bassett Legacy:

 

[Snowman]

Must be a stonking hangover!

 

[Sean Thornton]

I was one of them. Anyone telling the truth will acknowledge he got plenty of stick for the constant long ball shite from people who preferred football but still supported their club. What do you say about the thousands who stayed away because they simply couldn’t stand it?

Those who listen, and usually you are one of them, will know that I’ve always said he was the right man at the right time. The difference is I’ve come to realise the legacy and reputation we now have is too big a price to pay for two or three seasons.

Bassett would play today the same outdated, discredited, grotesque crap he produced, certainly once he lost Deane and Agana, decades ago. Football has moved on immeasurably; he’s stuck in the crazy gang era. To that extent he’s a numpty and most certainly a dinosaur. His return under Quickfix Mickey was a complete and utter embarrassment. He’s a relic of the past and it’s time he was left there.

This place is full of the Bassett generation. They know no better. For that I pity them. They have no wish to know any better. For that I mock them.

I have a photograph of the greatest player of all time alongside Tony Currie. Can you imagine him posing next to Vinnie Jones or Wally Fucking Downes?

The Bassett Legacy:

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Thé “thousands that stayed away” had been staying away since1977.

 

[Chali 2na]

Thé “thousands that stayed away” had been staying away sibce1977.

Don't you ever pull me up on my grammar again!

 

[Pinchy]

This fella gets approximately one mention for every fifty of DD. Yet he was incomparably better.



The guy who really should have a statue, cardigan included.

Alehouse Dippy fans, think on.

 

[Davalon]

Can someone explain why Sir Alex Ferguson trusted him to do scouting for him if he was such a dinosaur?

Some of us, even at 45, are too young to have seen this club get close to reaching it's potential.

Those seasons under Bassett remain my best days as a Blade, and let's be honest, they may well remain so even if I get a good innings.

Currently the football has been a joy and the job Wilder has done immense, but being overjoyed at a draw away to Norwich, doesn't compare to beating Man Utd and Liverpool a few times in a few years.

If you didn't find some of the football exciting under Bassett, and appreciate the skill and technique of some of the more attack minded players during that time, I'd say you must be the most miserable Blade of all time based on so much other shit we've put up with.

I can only guess that this long running grudge could be down to Harry putting a certain someone in their box following a silly letter admonishing the style of play.

As agendas and OMs go you can only guess at the peverse entertainment this must provide.

 

[Harry's Game]

This fella gets approximately one mention for every fifty of DD. Yet he was incomparably better.

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The guy who really should have a statue, cardigan included.

Alehouse Dippy fans, think on.

Harris should certainly have a statue I agree on that.

As should Billy Gillespie, Jimmy Hagan, Tony Currie, Alan Woodward, Dave Bassett and Brian Deane.

 

[ZoneManWilf]

What do you say about the thousands who stayed away because they simply couldn’t stand it?

You're a liar.

At the peak of the Bassett years, 91/92 we were the 11th best supported team in the country, above Chelsea and West Ham and just behind Everton.

When I grew up during the 80s I thought 12k was a brilliant crowd. The first time I ever want to Bramall Lane when it was sold out was under Bassett. Our record attendance since the late 70s was under Bassett because of one of the amazing FA Cup runs he took us on (Man U quarter final 34,344)

So whilst your arguments about the style and results under Bassett are subjective, you assertions about the 'thousands' staying away under Bassett are factually bollocks.

 

[Davalon]

This fella gets approximately one mention for every fifty of DD. Yet he was incomparably better.

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The guy who really should have a statue, cardigan included.

Alehouse Dippy fans, think on.

And how old would you have to be to remember watching his teams play?

No-one follows this club to be a glory hunter, and as much as we all love SUFC, let's not kid ourselves that the last 50 years as a whole haven't been pretty pathetic for a club of our stature.

5 top flight seasons in about 42, no cup final since 1936, no qualifying for Europe....

If that doesn't explain the respect for Bassett then nothing will.

 

[ghandi]

And how old would you have to be to remember watching his teams play?

No-one follows this club to be a glory hunter, and as much as we all love SUFC, let's not kid ourselves that the last 50 years as a whole haven't been pretty pathetic for a club of our stature.

5 top flight seasons in about 42, no cup final since 1936, no qualifying for Europe....

If that doesn't explain the respect for Bassett then nothing will.

You do realise that Pinchy has succeeded in winding people up again don't you?

 

[Silent Blade]

Harris should certainly have a statue I agree on that.

As should Billy Gillespie, Jimmy Hagan, Tony Currie, Alan Woodward, Dave Bassett and Brian Deane.

We already have one of Jimmy Hagan

 

[benn5712]

"We are all just Donkeys"
Harry said that publicly after some criticism of Mark Morris.

No doubt Silent will correct me. Thanks in advance.

 

[Davalon]

You do realise that Pinchy has succeeded in winding people up again don't you?

I'm fully aware of that. It's his OM on here.

Doesn't mean we shouldn't prove he's clearly not as intelligent as he likes to portray on all matters.

 

[Fanny magnet]

Why do you argue with him ?

He is the Adrian Durham of s2 4su

 

[Bill Johnson]

We already have one of Jimmy Hagan

Whereabouts Silent?

Answered my own question. The tiny one in the museum.