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[cahill]

Get some backbone and get behind the lads. Oakwell is just up the road, all this "too far", "not going to drive" "sit in the pub" etc. Lenners's comment "Barnsley is a write off already", I wouldn't like to be in the trenches with you mate.

Stop being defeatist

COYRAWW

 

[Fiery Blade]

Get some backbone and get behind the lads. Oakwell is just up the road, all this "too far", "not going to drive" "sit in the pub" etc. Lenners's comment "Barnsley is a write off already", I wouldn't like to be in the trenches with you mate.

Stop being defeatist

COYRAWW

The United board need to get some backbone and get rid of that clown Blackwell
As regards the trenches, if Blackwell was Commander you wouldn't get me within a mile of the trenches.
When will the pro Blackwell brigade face up to facts He is simply not good enough!

 

[Trevor Hockey]

I'm with you Cahill - been a Blade long enough to know we will come through this and the sooner fans 'support' the team and management the sooner it'll come good.

It may go wrong again at Dingleland. Personally I think we've got to re-group during international break and get as many fit as possible to get to January 1st.

Give everyone a chance - some are playing through injury or illness that would have the majority on here filling in their self-certification forms and booking an appointment at the GP for a note! Another player has had to deal with a personal tragedy recently.

Get behind the lads - COYRAWW

 

[Micalijo]

I'm with you Cahill - been a Blade long enough to know we will come through this and the sooner fans 'support' the team and management the sooner it'll come good.

It may go wrong again at Dingleland. Personally I think we've got to re-group during international break and get as many fit as possible to get to January 1st.

Give everyone a chance - some are playing through injury or illness that would have the majority on here filling in their self-certification forms and booking an appointment at the GP for a note! Another player has had to deal with a personal tragedy recently.

Get behind the lads - COYRAWW

Brilliant - I can't wait until January when we can sell Killa and Cotts and sign more like France, Taylor and Bunn. Great times ahead.

 

[Trevor Hockey]

Its being so positive that keeps you going Micalijo isn't it !!!!

 

[boo radley]

The United board need to get some backbone and get rid of that clown Blackwell
As regards the trenches, if Blackwell was Commander you wouldn't get me within a mile of the trenches.
When will the pro Blackwell brigade face up to facts He is simply not good enough!

You wish to split Blades support in to two camps, (pro and anti). It is far more diverse than that and the one's you wish to call pro are fans just wanting the club to do well and supporting the club as a whole. I am one of those and I have as much passion as you mate, Standing up at he start and singing and supporting throughout.So dont go down some apathy route please.
I see the anti as far too negative.
The one's you call pro Blackwell may not even like Blackwell but have a similar view to me.

 

[lenners]

When the club is being defeatist and coming out with endless excuses for being crap, it's hardly surprising the fans feel the same way.
Whenever a manager, chairman or whoever starts looking for excuses and publicly talks about them you create a defeatist atmosphere for the whole club, including players and fans.
The last six weeks has been a perfect example of how not to manage a football club, from top to bottom.

 

[Micalijo]

Its being so positive that keeps you going Micalijo isn't it !!!!

I read a report the other day that said being grumpy is good for you so I was well pleased with that!

Seriously though, I do not want to support Blackwell and your rallying cries or whatever they are really do sound unbelievably empty. That's only from my perspective I must stress - I'm sure you believe what you say and like Blackwell - fair enough.

I am utterly incapable of supporting him. I dislike his personality and dislike his football intensely. I hope that he loses his job as soon as possible, receiving the compo he is entitled to of course.

 

[Fiery Blade]

You wish to split Blades support in to two camps, (pro and anti). It is far more diverse than that and the one's you wish to call pro are fans just wanting the club to do well and supporting the club as a whole. I am one of those and I have as much passion as you mate, Standing up at he start and singing and supporting throughout.So dont go down some apathy route please.
I see the anti as far too negative.
The one's you call pro Blackwell may not even like Blackwell but have a similar view to me.

Dont Assume !
I will shout and cheer throughout and go to every game wanting a win!
But, I firmly believe that United will be better served getting rid of Blackwell and that fact doesn't stop me supporting the Blades
I am just as passionate about the Blades as you are and NEVER want them to go out and lose. I just don't have blind faith in the manager and do not believe he is capable of turning around the current fortunes.

 

[beightonblade]

If ever there was a time for sum leadership from the top at BDTBL now is the time.
Lenners is bang on the button when he says:

The last six weeks has been a perfect example of how not to manage a football club, from top to bottom

perhaps i wud go further than that and say the last couple of years.

McCabe has lost his way with the Blades and it wud be best for all if he went and took the rest of the management team with him.

 

[boo radley]

When the club is being defeatist and coming out with endless excuses for being crap, it's hardly surprising the fans feel the same way.
Whenever a manager, chairman or whoever starts looking for excuses and publicly talks about them you create a defeatist atmosphere for the whole club, including players and fans.
The last six weeks has been a perfect example of how not to manage a football club, from top to bottom.

Some of us have our own minds i am not one of your 'the Fans' and concerning the last part you are the defeatist one through your negative posts.

 

[Fiery Blade]

Some of us have our own minds i am not one of your 'the Fans' and concerning the last part you are the defeatist one through your negative posts.

There must be some weird brainwashing going on somewhere
Perhaps its the new TV screen at BDTBL :thumbup:

 

[lenners]

Some of us have our own minds i am not one of your 'the Fans' and concerning the last part you are the defeatist one through your negative posts.

Nope, the moment a club's management starts putting out excuses you are encouraging a defeatist approach along the lines of we can't really do much better because of injuries, player sales, etc, etc.
If/when we lose tomorrow, the same lines will be trotted out.
The moment you start down that line, you are hostage to it and that's exactly where we now are.

 

[Trevor Hockey]

Len - one mans excuses are anothers explanations !

 

[shorehamview]

Get some backbone and get behind the lads. Oakwell is just up the road, all this "too far", "not going to drive" "sit in the pub" etc. Lenners's comment "Barnsley is a write off already", I wouldn't like to be in the trenches with you mate.

Stop being defeatist

COYRAWW

Alternatively, look at it from the other side. It's an away match, and it's during the week. Many of us start work quite early in the morning. It's expensive enough watching United at home, never mind the additional outlay for going on away trips, even just up the road to Oakwell.

I would rather sit in the pub and spend around fifteen to twenty quid, then be home and in bed at a time which means I can get up for work than go to Oakwell, spend a lot more money and get home late, thus meaning I spend the rest of the next day knackered too.

I'm not defeatist, rather realist. I've not been to a midweek away match for nearly seven years, coinciding with me starting the job I still do now.

If I was twenty years younger and hadn't got a family and mortgage then I probably would go. Old age and financial constraints mean I won't. It's nothing to do with defeatism, or not backing the team. It's more to do with realism, and having a responsibility I didn't have years ago.

I don't think Barnsley is a write-off, I believe we can and should beat them. It's just that I won't be at Oakwell to see it.

 

[spadge]

it aint about mccabe, blackwell or anyone else for that matter to me. its a bout sheffield united and i will be there monday as i will for every match that i can get to, which is most of them. i dont care about blackwell hes a typical cockney, mccabe can shove his money up his arse, but never will i give up on sheffield united as a club. it could always be worse u could go to hillsborough every other saturday up the blades!!

 

[boo radley]

There must be some weird brainwashing going on somewhere
Perhaps its the new TV screen at BDTBL :thumbup:

Oooh always some way to knock the positive people.
So now that I like the screen (and you don’t) you believe our resources better spent on the team than all the other investments etc. sorry mate different debate. Don’t start with these rose covered specs comments.

I MAKE MY OWN MIND UP.

 

[boo radley]

Nope, the moment a club's management starts putting out excuses you are encouraging a defeatist approach along the lines of we can't really do much better because of injuries, player sales, etc, etc.
If/when we lose tomorrow, the same lines will be trotted out.
The moment you start down that line, you are hostage to it and that's exactly where we now are.

So whats positive at the mo for you len? have you replied in a positive to posts lately?

 

[Fiery Blade]

Oooh always some way to knock the positive people.
So now that I like the screen (and you don’t) you believe our resources better spent on the team than all the other investments etc. sorry mate different debate. Don’t start with these rose covered specs comments.

I MAKE MY OWN MIND UP.

I think the screen is fantastic but perhaps we could have a red button to choose which match we watch! :thumbup:

 

[lenners]

So whats positive at the mo for you len? have you replied in a positive to posts lately?

There's nothing positive - the club have said that publicly.
The manager himself has stated how terrible the injuries are and how little money there is, the squad not being good enough etc.
That is our own manager saying that.
Then we have the embarrassing fact that not one of our young players, not one, is good enough to even make the bench during this period which is pretty disgraceful for a club that we have constantly been told has one of the best academies around.

 

[Fiery Blade]

There's nothing positive - the club have said that publicly.
The manager himself has stated how terrible the injuries are and how little money there is, the squad not being good enough etc.
That is our own manager saying that.
Then we have the embarrassing fact that not one of our young players, not one, is good enough to even make the bench during this period which is pretty disgraceful for a club that we have constantly been told has one of the best academies around.

You just can't argue with that! It says it all BLACKWELL OUT! :thumbup:

 

[Trevor Hockey]

You just can't argue with that! It says it all BLACKWELL OUT! :thumbup:

You can argue with it Fiery !

Some would say it is good management to protect the youngsters from those who's attitude would destroy their confidence - such as the morons at Scunny and Blackpool and it has to be said - some home games.

Many on here and other boards argue Blackwell has destroyed Cotterill and others with shouting from the touchline yet believe several hundred or so in the stands have no effect on a players confidence or moral when they boo and/or sisng negative chants ( eg: f***ing useless - to young Walker at Scunny when he sliced a cross).

Then again - it wouldn't be right to give credit to Blackwell or the club would it!

 

[lenners]

You can argue with it Fiery !

Some would say it is good management to protect the youngsters from those who's attitude would destroy their confidence - such as the morons at Scunny and Blackpool and it has to be said - some home games.

Many on here and other boards argue Blackwell has destroyed Cotterill and others with shouting from the touchline yet believe several hundred or so in the stands have no effect on a players confidence or moral when they boo and/or sisng negative chants ( eg: f***ing useless - to young Walker at Scunny when he sliced a cross).

Then again - it wouldn't be right to give credit to Blackwell or the club would it!

Your comment is redundant as the bottom line is there is no-one considered good enough.

 

[Trevor Hockey]

Your comment is redundant as the bottom line is there is no-one considered good enough.

By who Len - Blackwell / others at the club or the all knowing footy guru - Lenners.

 

[oldblade]

You can argue with it Fiery !

Some would say it is good management to protect the youngsters from those who's attitude would destroy their confidence - such as the morons at Scunny and Blackpool and it has to be said - some home games.

Many on here and other boards argue Blackwell has destroyed Cotterill and others with shouting from the touchline yet believe several hundred or so in the stands have no effect on a players confidence or moral when they boo and/or sisng negative chants ( eg: f***ing useless - to young Walker at Scunny when he sliced a cross).

Then again - it wouldn't be right to give credit to Blackwell or the club would it!

There will always be a section of supporters in the stands and on forums who will never be satisfied.

Even during the 2002-3 season when I witnessed some of the best football played at Bramall Lane in the last 30 years there were people calling for the manager's head and the team/players got booed at various times during the season. The home game against Wimbledon for instance when we got an equaliser deep into injury time and were in a playoff position that most thought was far beyond our capabilities at the start of the season.

The previous seaon I saw us tear apart a Burnley side that had Gascoine in it's midfield alongside another experienced player (whose name escapes me at the moment!). Burnley were well placed in the league in the playoff positions. We were nowhere and had spent most of the season hovering just out of the relegation mire. And yet we fielded two teenagers in midfield that day - Tonge and Jagielka. Jagielka scored his first goals for United, getting two in a 3-0 win.

The point I'm making in a long winded way is that there is rarely a 'good' time to introduce young players to the first team. There are nearly always arguments against it. But I can't think of a better time than when a good portion of your first team squad are playing whilst allegedly carrying injuries and when we scarcely have enough fit players to fill the bench.

If your manager doesn't use your young players at a time like that then I suspect he never will, or as Len says you can't really be blamed for thinking none of them can be any good.

To my mind, our situation over the last few weeks has beeen tailor made for someone to come in and make a name for himself. After all, what is the worst that could happen? We might lose, which we have done anyway.

 

[lenners]

By who Len - Blackwell / others at the club or the all knowing footy guru - Lenners.

Pretty sure Blackwell's said it though the evidence is there in the non-appearance of anyone when we can't even fill the bench.

 

[boo radley]

There's nothing positive - the club have said that publicly.
The manager himself has stated how terrible the injuries are and how little money there is, the squad not being good enough etc.
That is our own manager saying that.
Then we have the embarrassing fact that not one of our young players, not one, is good enough to even make the bench during this period which is pretty disgraceful for a club that we have constantly been told has one of the best academies around.

Would you like to borrow some rope? No on second thoughts i dont want to contribute to that.
I'd hate to live in your house, bet no one's looking forward to Christmas. If things are that bad at home please don,t take it out on us or United

 

[lenners]

Would you like to borrow some rope? No on second thoughts i dont want to contribute to that.
I'd hate to live in your house, bet no one's looking forward to Christmas. If things are that bad at home please don,t take it out on us or United

Sure sign Len's on the money when posters can no longer deal with the facts presented to them.
And perhaps your comment might have been better directed at the manager - "I want to resign, it's all so terrible, everyone's injured, we're doomed, all the good players have gone, I can't take this anymore..."

 

[Fiery Blade]

In actual fact the last few weeks have been tailor made for Blackwell to really make a name for himself.
On his own admission that he had never known an injury situation like it why hasn't he experimented with one or two youngsters in the side, given Ried and Cotterill and Little extended runs, altered the format or tactics He had nothing to lose- everyone would have expected it would have been difficult but No he has done what he has done because he can't change he doesn't know how to!
These last few weeks have shown him in his true colours whinging, moaning, blaming everything and everybody but himself and NOT A CLUE OF HOW TO PUT THINGS RIGHT. It has been said that it is dead easy to manage when your'e winning its reversing the trend when your'e losing that's a lot more difficult and unfortunately Blackwell doesn't have the first idea of solving the problem except lets wait while we get all our players back, strengthen in the Jan window or our luck will turn eventually - meanwhile we have chalked off another mediocre season in the CCC.

 

[Fiery Blade]

Message to Boo, Cahill, Swiss, Come and Away and Trevot
How much does Blackwell get paid per week?
A damn site more than most managers in the Football League
He is PAID very WELL to do his job
We are not a charity We don't give him the job because we feel sorry for him
He is judged on results
May I remind you Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, are the last four results- Any other manager in the league would be looking for another job by now!