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Can we have some positive posts about Blackwell? I'm getting bored reading all the drivel now about how he should be sacked.

What more could then man do? If we'd won the league last season you'd still all be calling for his head because we'd probably be below Hull in the drop zone of the premiership!

I think he's done a great job since he joined. Yes his tactics can be off at times, yes we've adapted somewhat of a long ball tactic but that has won us more points than it has lost us since he took charge. If it gets us promoted frankly i don't care how we play. With points come prizes!

You don't get nothing for playing fancy football in this league. Look at Doncaster!
 



Lets just check one thing before we all reply.................
..............you are being sarcastic right?
 
mattbianco1 said:
Can we have some positive posts about Blackwell? I'm getting bored reading all the drivel now about how he should be sacked.

What more could then man do? If we'd won the league last season you'd still all be calling for his head because we'd probably be below Hull in the drop zone of the premiership!

I think he's done a great job since he joined. Yes his tactics can be off at times, yes we've adapted somewhat of a long ball tactic but that has won us more points than it has lost us since he took charge. If it gets us promoted frankly i don't care how we play. With points come prizes!

You don't get nothing for playing fancy football in this league. Look at Doncaster!
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All good points. We seem to be scoring a lot more this year under Blackwell and we won a derby match this year too. We're on for a double over them lot. So things could be worse :)

However much I like your enthusiasm to lighten things up around here I can't help but think you will be shot down in flames by people who envy your positive outlook on life.
 
How can you defend the indefensible?


I posted this elsewhere yesterday but it applies here too.


The man has a huge opinion of himself, thinks he is better than he actually is when in fact he has a moderately good record. He ALWAYS plays the victim, (injury lists, no money, poor refs, shafted at Luton, agents, shafted at Leeds) and NEVER takes any responsibility for his own failings as a tactically inept manager.

His transfer dealings are laughable. Like Warnock was obsessed with strikers, Blackwell is obsessed with wingers. We have Cotts, Treacy, Little & Reid vying for 2 places and he is being linked with another two in McSheffrey and Halmosi. Yet we don’t play the type of football suited to wingers anyway! The defence meanwhile is decimated, he let Bromby go and bought in the equally awful Davies on loan and we had to rely on Del Geary who hasn’t played for 18-months and Jon Fortune who is slower than my Nan against the Dingles. Yet there is absolutely no suggestion of strengthening in that area.

Tactics are unbelievable at times. We have good FOOTBALLERS in the squad yet we don’t play to their strengths. Billy Sharp has gone out for the season and is loving at Donny because they play to his strengths. We have one of the best young strikers in the country at the club in Ched Evans and yet again we don’t play to his strengths. Instead we punt aimless balls into the carthorse that is Darius Henderson, someone who it seems is only capable of jumping 3 inches off the ground and constantly giving away possession/fouls..

He also appears to have lost the dressing room or at least he doesn’t command respect from players. This was perfectly demonstrated by Killa shouting at him that he was a “fuc*ing useless c*nt” and Willaimson making cut-throat gestures after Barnsleys second goal, both incidents were plain for everyone to see on Sky.

He can't feck-off soon enough for me.
 
Completely agree about Henderson and Evans, Torrix. Of course Henderson is normally the first name on the teamsheet as we only have one tactic. Now he's stupidly got himself suspended we should start with Evans and Ward upfront - however, don't rule out a loan move for Craig Beattie or some other lumbering Hendo-alike.
 
hope you're not suggesting Donny are under-achieving because of the way they approach the game. I accept the exclamation mark may mean it was some form of joke but I'm not sure what you're getting at. You mention the words Blackwell and great job in the same post and all joking aside I think you may need medical attention.
 
mattbianco1 said:
Can we have some positive posts about Blackwell? I'm getting bored reading all the drivel now about how he should be sacked.

What more could then man do? If we'd won the league last season you'd still all be calling for his head because we'd probably be below Hull in the drop zone of the premiership!

I think he's done a great job since he joined. Yes his tactics can be off at times, yes we've adapted somewhat of a long ball tactic but that has won us more points than it has lost us since he took charge. If it gets us promoted frankly i don't care how we play. With points come prizes!

You don't get nothing for playing fancy football in this league. Look at Doncaster!
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Either this is a wind up of gigantic proportions or you are indeed sir in need of medical attention.
Please explain how his brand of football gets points Have we amassed 3 points from the last possible 21 playing this type of football or is a a nightmare.
I am totally lost with your 'reasoning' regarding Blackwell He is caught in a downward spiral and hasn't a clue how to change it!
His only response has been that we will be ok when we get all our players back from injury.
Blackwell belongs in a circus -he's a clown - and clowns aren't very funny!
 
mattbianco1 said:
Can we have some positive posts about Blackwell? I'm getting bored reading all the drivel now about how he should be sacked.

What more could then man do? If we'd won the league last season you'd still all be calling for his head because we'd probably be below Hull in the drop zone of the premiership!

I think he's done a great job since he joined. Yes his tactics can be off at times, yes we've adapted somewhat of a long ball tactic but that has won us more points than it has lost us since he took charge. If it gets us promoted frankly i don't care how we play. With points come prizes!

You don't get nothing for playing fancy football in this league. Look at Doncaster!
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1. Why. If people are feeling positive it will reflect in the posting, no point in trying to contrive a feeling that doesn't exist.

2. He could have got us promoted. In his first few months in charge he took Robsons squad, got it fit, played some reasonable stuff and ended up with 1.93 points per game for his efforts.
We went into the last game of the season needing a win to try and get into the play-offs but lost.
In his first full season the football regressed badly, the attitude away went negative and his ppg dropped to 1.74. We still went into the final game needing a win to have a chance of automatic (but drew) and then could have gone up with a win at Wembley.
This season we are down to 1.13 ppg.
If he had gone up we could be anywhere (having not sold the crown jewels and re-profiled) so who know's if there would be calls for his head.

3. You think he's done a great job. Good for you.

4. You don't care how we play as long as we get promoted. Maybe not, but you are far more likely to get promoted playing well than lumping it around and hoping we get a few lucky breaks.
There may be excuses for our worse results this season but the trend has been downward from the end of the first season and is getting worse.

Sorry, I don't do "positive for positives sake".
 
mattbianco1 said:
What more could then man do? If we'd won the league last season you'd still all be calling for his head because we'd probably be below Hull in the drop zone of the premiership!!
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He could have got us promoted last season, that would have been more. I know he got us close, but had he used the right approach throughout the season instead of just March onwards, we probably would have done it.

If we'd have got promoted I wouldn't have been calling for his head. (Not that I am now, I'd give him till the end of the season unless we do get dragged into the relegation battle up to Christmas and New Year. Then a change might be necessary to galvanise the players and fans) He'd have done his job by getting us to the Premier League. The next season is a different scenario, and depends on the activity from the summer of said promotion for fan expectation.

mattbianco1 said:
I think he's done a great job since he joined. Yes his tactics can be off at times, yes we've adapted somewhat of a long ball tactic but that has won us more points than it has lost us since he took charge. If it gets us promoted frankly i don't care how we play. With points come prizes!
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I agree completely, I don't care how we play if it gets us promoted. And points do bring prizes. But, as it is now we are currently closer to the relegation zone than the play-offs, and have taken 3 points from a possible 24 since the Sheffield derby. To me, that's a case of tactics not quite working with the new crop of players, because we had one of the biggest player turnarounds I've seen at the Lane over the summer.

Sometimes players need to adjust to tactics, but I think looking at our current squad, with the players that have been brought in, the tactics need to be adjusted to suit the players if we're going to make any sort of push for the play-offs this season. We have too many players that could cause damage, but can't get involved in the game because of our style of play.

mattbianco1 said:
You don't get nothing for playing fancy football in this league. Look at Doncaster!
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What about West Brom, Cardiff, QPR? Burnley (to a certain extent) and Wolves last season? It's ok talking about Doncaster, but more teams play very attractive football and are at the top end of the table.

I'm not necessarily asking for Arsenal-esque, free flowing, one touch, passing football. The problem with the way we play, is that it doesn't seem to be with any purpose. We hit it towards Henderson and hope that he wins it and that somebody latches on to it. If we were attacking with a bit of direction, and invention, trying different things, it would be alot better to watch and more entertaining. But, alot of the time it's aimless. And that's why so many people get frustrated watching us.
 
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MattBianco01, please answer me a couple of questions:

If Blackwell is doing such a fine job, IYO, can you please enlighten me as to the purpose of playing SQuinn?? :thumbdown:

If Blackwell is such a fine manager, IYO, can you tell me the logic behind playing a left back at left wing whilst moving our most effective winger this season, IMO, out to the right wing when we have 2 fit right wingers on the bench?? :thumbdown:

What more could he have done, as someone has mentioned he could have got us promoted last season dont you think, we certainly had the squad for it? ;)

When he took over from Robson he had the team playing quite well, it could be argued that the team for last season was slightly stronger than when he took over, so why the change in attitude/tactics from what so nearly brought success the season before when we as good as had no chance of making the playoffs thanks to Robson?? :confused:

There seems a correlation between utilizing his aimless long ball tactic more and more and a reduction in his PPG average, or am I the only one that sees that?? :confused:
 
This thread is just gonna end up like many others.

Until May last year you could have said he couldn't do more and i'd have been more likely to agree; even though I still believe there was room for improvement there wasn't too much you could argue he was doing that was illogical or irrational.

He was signed to steady the ship and did it, he should never have been given a 2 year extension. After the Playoff final he made stupid remarks that were unnecessary and only likely to turn fans against him and even possibly make the players question his ability/desire. He then had the entire transfer window to ensure we were prepared for this year and although I accept the Naughton and Walker situation was not his call we closed the transfer window with a squad with gaping worries. 2 CB's at the club, 1 RB, a gamble on Bunn being any good, only 3 strikers. Yes we've had injury problems but in general i firmly believe we should have had the cover to cope, even the sides we've put out with the squad we have should be more than good enough to have done better. As many have alluded to I haven't once heard him take responsibility for any of our problems this season and these last few weeks there's been a different excuse put out almost every 2 days.

Too many injuries - have a squad with reasonable cover for key positions

Players not being familiar with each other - get a squad over the summer that is strong enough without us needing to rely on short term last minute loan deals

Many players living out of hotels -see above

We're running out of money - we've spent as much as most of the big boys in this league and have come off a run of games losing to teams spending a pittance in comparison


That's just a few of the excuses that KB's trotted out recently. It's not good enough for the manager to keep doing this, even if these were all points that he is not responsible for then he should still just keep it shut and get on with the bloody job but try and do it in a way that galvanises the players and the fans. You don't get out of a rut without first of all knowing you're in one, then taking affirmative action.

In the last few months we've seen some truly bizarre tactical decisions, we've seen players return after being labelled as out for a very long time a number of times and we've had to watch some terrible performances.


The small signs of improvement in the last 2 games aren't enough in my view. For me this would have been a good time to try and change the way we play, after losing 4 in a row I think people would understand and give him more of a chance if he'd done this but it's just a general heads down and carry on lads approach at the moment.

I really can't see us getting promoted this year, despite the heartache last year I still began the season expecting us to be good enough to reach the playoffs again but now after over a third of the season we are 9 points away from the playoffs and only 4 points away from the relegation places. That is absolutely unacceptable. We as United fans know more than most that the longer you stay in this league the harder it becomes to get promoted, we blew the first year getting Robson in, the 2nd year we missed a great chance both in the final month of the season and against a poor but organised and determined Burnley side in the final. Each year our squad is bound to get poorer and I accept that but it worries the hell out of me that unless something drastic happens we'll be here next year and the next and the next and like someone else said (apologies can't remember who) we'll probably look back on these last 4 seasons as being the time the blades missed their chance.

I've been 100% behind Mccabe until the last 12 months even after he signed Robson. I can forgive one mistake and it was remedied reasonably quickly but for all his talk and best public intentions he must be able to see that Blackwell is not the man to take us to the level we want to be at. Unless he's being extremely astute and waiting for someone he's got in mind to become available I think sacrificing this year in the way we inevitably will do if we stick with KB will be the worst thing he's done since he became Chairman.

If it's positivity you want then just for the moment I'd recommend not reading the news, United forums, watching TV or listening to other people.
 
Fabulous stuff.

I missed the one about hotels. I must try harder.

Totally agree, as a club we have blown it.
 



At least Bladesonline is not out to slag their own team, nice that at least one fan site still supports their team, of course plus the 20,000 plus who actually make it to home games. Was beginning to think that all the noise on here meant all fans had given up, but no it's just the loud ones. Ah UTB!
 
The issue is not necessarily that people have negative opinions....

More the fact that every single discussion has to turn into the same few sentances again and again.

It gets extremely tiresome.
 
The thing I find tiresome is turning out to BDTBL, as I have done for over 40 years, with no expectation of seeing my team play anything approaching decent, aesthetic football.

I just know it will be another 90 minutes of turgid, sterile, mind-numbing long punts. There'll be no passing to feet, no subtlety, no guile, no creativity.

Elpiton will do just that about half a dozen times. Apart from that he'll watch in bewilderment as better players run rings round him, taking no effeective part at all, holding his head from time to time. What a treat.

Harper will be little more effective, sadly, but his bewildered look will be that of one who wonders whether he is an a different game to anything he's done before. Yes, James, you are now in Blacko's circus mate.

Defenders will hack it out of play when defending and loop it aimlessly forward when in possession in the vain hope that one of our forwards may get on the end of it.

The strikers, meanwhile, grow increasingly frustrated at ever receiving any decent service from those behind and end up running out of ideas and looking clueless.

All of this does not happen by chance. This is the team that Blacko has built. He is responsible for team selection, motivation, organisation, 'tactics' and player recruitment. He has little or no aptitude for any of them. He is a complete liability and the sooner he departs the better for us all. He will not succeed; we will pay the price.

This is how bad it is: I'm not sure I want my team to win on Saturday.
 
Foxy said:
The issue is not necessarily that people have negative opinions....

More the fact that every single discussion has to turn into the same few sentances again and again.

It gets extremely tiresome.
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Maybe thats due to us having to endure the same dross week in week out, coupled with the same excuses. If he does nothing to change things how can feelings or posts change towards Blackwell?

Dont get me wrong I support the team, I just dont support Blackwell, and in my book there's a clear distinction between the two.
 
HoodedClaw said:
Maybe thats due to us having to endure the same dross week in week out, coupled with the same excuses. If he does nothing to change things how can feelings or posts change towards Blackwell?

Dont get me wrong I support the team, I just dont support Blackwell, and in my book there's a clear distinction between the two.
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I get that part.

What I don't get is why we need 45 threads saying the same sentence, then if someone attempt a different subject it being shoe-horned back to that same sentence :)
 
I know where you're coming from, it does get to the stage where it becomes a chore to read and post things. :(
 
Problem is that the overall objective at Bramall Lane at the moment is to make United look as attractive an investment proposition as possible with minimum possible outlay.
Being top of the league playing attractive football would help but is less important than big crowds, controlled costs and a strong balance sheet.
Blackwell is not producung good enough results at the moment for whatever reason, but plausible excuses - for investors at least - are currently available. In the short term, at least until the New Year, nothing drastic needs to happen. If results do happen to improve then for New Year, read end of season.
For these reasons, I'm afraid, Blackwell Out threads are a waste of time and will serve only to either piss off those who disagree or further frustrate those who don't.
 
mattbianco1 said:
Please refer to this thread http://www.sheff-utd.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14755

Then, come back to this thread and tell me how many people that have given me support with their comments joined post-June 2009....
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Hi Matt, Look whats happened since the date of your post!!
On any forum your going to get opposing views, negative / positive as you put it!
Nothing wrong with that - Even us negatives as you call us are all Blades fans wanting the best for our team but just don't happen to have the same view as yourself - It happens on all sites
We may be opposite on our views regarding Blackwell / McCabe/Henderson / Evans or whoever / whatever topic is flavour of the month but deep down we care about SUFC.
If people didn't have opposing views Question Time would be a really crap programme on TV:thumbup:
 
mattbianco1 said:
Can we have some positive posts about Blackwell?
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Er.... I like his car :)

mattbianco1 said:
What more could then man do?
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Quit?

mattbianco1 said:
If we'd won the league last season you'd still all be calling for his head
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Ahhhh, but you see he didn't.

mattbianco1 said:
I think he's done a great job since he joined.
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He did an amazing job when he first joined, in fact the end of that season looked so promising.....

mattbianco1 said:
With points come prizes!
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Ah yes - but sadly we have not churned out enough points under Blackwell, and won no prizes. This season seems to be no different.

mattbianco1 said:
You don't get nothing for playing fancy football in this league. Look at Doncaster!
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Doncaster? Their budget in comparison to ours is miniscule, they are doing well to be honest.
 
Not sure whether you consider my comment supportive or not, or even relevent, and yes I used to post on BU. I'm also not entirely sure what you mean by doom and gloom.
Seems to me that a call for positives in relation to the manager of a football team that has taken 3 points out of a possible 24 is bound to get some degree of adverse response.
 
mattbianco1 said:
Please refer to this thread http://www.sheff-utd.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14755

Then, come back to this thread and tell me how many people that have given me support with their comments joined post-June 2009....
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That's a strange thread to go back to.

You were complaining about people complaining after one defeat and now 8 games and 5 defeats later you want to bring it back up. Looks to me like there were a few people who could see what was coming and you were completely wrong.

People will be positive if what they have paid to see is positive.
 



mattbianco1 said:
Please refer to this thread http://www.sheff-utd.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14755

Then, come back to this thread and tell me how many people that have given me support with their comments joined post-June 2009....
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If the last few weeks are representative of the content of BU I can see why it failed! I can also understand why Webbo (even given that he was a bit trigger happy) became weary with it all. Even allowing for the run of bad results and general dislike of Blackwell, it still reads like thread after thread after threaad of the same stuff and same comments, to the point where you think 'why bother?'
 
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