The Contenders

[ancientblade]

i think it will be eddie howe but lampard and bilic are very interesting contenders as well for me its got to be one of those 3

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Michael Duff is a great shout. However I think he’d be the perfect candidate had we been in the position when Wilder took over.

To give us the best possible chance of not throwing everything down the drain we need that bit extra. A ‘name’ , someone with stature etc.

 

[sufcboy95]

Eddie Howe would be my first choice. Plays decent football, championship experience.

I can see the attraction of someone like a Lampard, Terry, Henry etc
There name would carry a lot of weight in the transfer market however all unproven and a big risk.

Whoever it is I hope there in before end of season so they get time to work with squad

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Lost at mind games to a south stand ball boy

Have this one on me. That South Stand Ballboy has been in our First Team matchday squad this season.

 

[1888to1889]

Frank Lampards Sheffield United vs Wayne Rooneys Derby County live on Sky Sports.

Please don’t

 

[Rudders]

Have this one on me. That South Stand Ballboy has been in our First Team matchday squad this season.

He had history for it didn't he, and pulled the trick with an opposing player who took umbrage in a previous game. Tallish lad - was it Hackford?

 

[Swannyblade]

Of those mentioned, I think Lampard is probably a decent shout and the candidate most likely to inspire our players to buy into a promotion push next season.
He will have seen a lot of our squad during his time in the Championship and Premier League so is familiar with our play and knows there’s talent and potential there if he can unlock it.
Has a reputation and standing in the game that will command respect from both the experienced senior players and the younger lads (as well as the owner for that matter).
Was excellent at bringing through younger players at both Derby and Chelsea.
Has previous experience managing at both Championship and Premier League levels if we’re going to have a serious crack at promotion next season.
Could do a lot worse and I’m yet to see much better.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

He had history for it didn't he, and pulled the trick with an opposing player who took umbrage in a previous game. Tallish lad - was it Hackford?

Ky Gordon

 

[Russ]

I don’t want to be known as “FRANK LAMPARDS” Sheffield united ffs

Good. Can I still call you 1888to1889 then?

 

[Nine Inch Nalis]

Or even worse than that broken glass... Neil Lennon

I've never fully understood why he gets such a visceral reaction from people really. My only objection is that he's not much cop as a manager.

 

[BushBlade]

Said it in another thread, passionate but grounded, Works within a ridiculously low budget and accepts the rug being pulled from under his feet by selling players, although to be fair this seems to be the model they have to work with. ( No disrespect to Tony Stewart). Accepts being yo-yo L1 - Championship. Gets the most out of what he has. Difficult to dislike.
Seen them a few times including Wembley playoffs against Shrewsbury (Shrews under Paul Hirst) another manager by the way who has never had any money to work with but did well with Grimsby and Shrewsbury.
Only issue I have with PW, he didn't want to be Rotherham manager and took it as default.
Rotherham supporters I know would hate me for posting this if they knew who I was.

Paul Chuckle?

 

[HillmortonBlade]

I've never fully understood why he gets such a visceral reaction from people really. My only objection is that he's not much cop as a manager.

Exactly my point. Not much of a manager.

Mind you, if he’s out next manager I only wish him every success. Though I don’t think the Championship is for him.

 

[Nine Inch Nalis]

Exactly my point. Not much of a manager.

Mind you, if he’s out next manager I only wish him every success. Though I don’t think the Championship is for him.

Me neither, his last outing with Bolton was a non-starter and to be honest, he only did well with Celtic when he was still using Rodgers' players and tactical blueprint.

 

[blackydog]

Paul Chuckle?

No mate, he's funnier than me.

 

[HillmortonBlade]

Me neither, his last outing with Bolton was a non-starter and to be honest, he only did well with Celtic when he was still using Rodgers' players and tactical blueprint.

I can’t help but feel that’s correct, and as Brown aged there was not a plan in place to strengthen.. will be interesting to see whether Celtic consider Wilder as a manager.

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

I can’t help but feel that’s correct, and as Brown aged there was not a plan in place to strengthen.. will be interesting to see whether Celtic consider Wilder as a manager.

Celtic is a huge club, rich history, European cup winners, but struggle to see the appeal to most managers.

Win the league and it's expected, finish second and it's abject failure.

 

[Nine Inch Nalis]

I can’t help but feel that’s correct, and as Brown aged there was not a plan in place to strengthen.. will be interesting to see whether Celtic consider Wilder as a manager.

I'd like Wilder to just have a break, the bloke's been doing this almost continuously since 1982 and he looked and sounded burned out towards the end.
Their fans seem a bit frosty about the idea anyway, god knows who they think they can attract who's better.

 

[Blade58]

Not posted for a while. Mixture of lockdown blues and a feeling of detachment to my football club and football in general. The events over the last few days have been hard to stomach and not what any of us wanted at all. I personally believe the writing has been on the wall for a while and it didn't come as a total shock for me.

However - a manger has left, we need a new one, and with that brings a sense of nervousness, but also a sense of excitement of what would happen if we appointed 'x', 'y' or 'z' and a step into the unknown.

Some names have been popping around in the media, including today in The Sun, who, like it or not, do seem to have their finger on the pulse when it comes to us.

So, if they are right and with the other names quoted it would appear currently in the running we have;

Eddie Howe

Pros: 'Modern manager', experience of the Championship & promotion, press friendly, would probably work with DOF

Cons: That stint with Burnley (or is this unfair given how long ago it was), would he have the instant buy in of the players, AFCB went downhill very sharply

Frank Lampard

Pros: Well respected by players, Championship experience, adopted attractive football at Derby & Chelsea, contacts within the game

Cons: His he experienced enough to cope with the environment he'll walk into?

Derek McInnes

Pros: Someone help me out

Cons: Aberdeen fans seem relieved he's gone, boring football

Slavan Bilic

Pros: Championship experience & promotion, fire in his belly (which I think our fans appreciate), foreign contacts

Cons: Anyone?

John Terry (only put this in here because it'd be my preference)

Pros: Impressed as assistant, put the graft in (ie not jumped straight into management), contacts, respect of players (?), DOF model would suit, thick skinned (whoever takes over will need that)

Cons: Totally inexperienced, would our fans accept him

Hope everyone on this board is in good health and its good to be back(ish).

HCDM

Those names are almost as worrying as the news that Chris Wilder has gone. The demise of the club begins!

The club have experienced probably 4 or 5 successful managers in the last 50 years. The last successful one has just either walked away, or there's been an engineered push

So looking at history, how long before the next successful manager walks through the door? Meanwhile HRH, you keep up your continued search for the purchase of a football club in every league in Europe, while we support and watch our club go down the pan

PS: As for suitable managers, I'm struggling to think of one tbh. However, it's irrelevant, because I'm expecting someone we've never heard of coming in from Turkey or somewhere. We're on the same path now as the pigs. Foreign owners. foreign advisors. Foreign board and yet to confirm, but probably a foreign manager

 

[HillmortonBlade]

I'd like Wilder to just have a break, the bloke's been doing this almost continuously since 1982 and he looked and sounded burned out towards the end.
Their fans seem a bit frosty about the idea anyway, god knows who they think they can attract who's better.

I guess, like the rest of the footballing world, they will mostly see our frankly appalling season and judge Wilder on that rather than the previous seasons.

 

[Nine Inch Nalis]

I guess, like the rest of the footballing world, they will mostly see our frankly appalling season and judge Wilder on that rather than the previous seasons.

Well that and they think he's a Tory as well! Bullshit travels fast.

 

[BladeTillIDie]

Ky Gordon

No surprise, always seems to be in the thick of it when we played pigs last week he was in middle of the scuffle.

 

[HillmortonBlade]

Well that and they think he's a Tory as well! Bullshit travels fast.

Keeping their footballing focus. Considering they have had a Home Secretary on their Board. But as ever with the Bigot Derby.. things soon descend to politics.

 

[Auld Reekie Blade]

Lennon: No - will spend far to much time in the stand. Think he had a season ticket when at Hibs. To be fair to him though, his first spell st Celtic was the polar opposite to that of his last.
McInnes: No - his football is that turgid he makes Clough-ball look exciting.
Hecky: No - was well on his way to getting Hibs relegated. I mean, how the fuck do you manage that when you have the likes of Hamilton Academicals in the league; I played against bigger pub teams.

Out of the rest I have no idea, I am so inspired by them, not. If I had to choose, and if they’d be up for it. EH or FL. JT can, as someone succinctly put it earlier about one of the others, fuck the fuck off the southern nonce.

 

[bypassblade]

I honestly think Lampard would be a great appointment. He's got something to prove since his stinging Chelsea dismissal. Attractive football is in his repertoire. But also, he's the kind of bloke this set of players are going to sit up and take notice of next season, and a name that commands instant respect. We desperately need someone who is going to pull the squad together first and foremost. I think he could do that very effectively.

TBH I'd take Lampard he took the Chelsea job 5 years too soon, he needs to build a repertoire in management coming to United could just be the boost he needs. In addition if he came he has the profile to attract new players or those on loan.

 

[Nine Inch Nalis]

Keeping their footballing focus. Considering they have had a Home Secretary on their Board. But as ever with the Bigot Derby.. things soon descend to politics.

I've always imagined it must get pretty exhausting. United and Wednesday hating each other takes up enough time and energy without the baggage of 400 years of British and Irish history adding to it!

 

[gordoncharles]

rafa benitez

If we don't get him, right now, I'm done and I won't go again until we get him

Benitez is an interesting case study. In his first two managerial jobs he lasted 23 games and 9 games respectively before getting the sack.

He then took a smallish club up to La Liga but got relegated straight away. After getting another 2nd Division job, and getting Tenerife promoted he was made manager of Valencia. That was bit left field, don't you think?

Can you image such a career progression in England today? He'd have been finished after getting the bullet from Osasuna after 9 games in 1996. Assuming he'd survived that he'd never have been given a huge club like Valencia after being relegated with Extremadura.

People like him have to start somewhere, but it looks like most of our fans are entirely predictable and can only think of names they're already familiar with. We may appoint some unknown, an ex-player new to management, or maybe someone who has been doing decently in the lower leagues and they may be the next big thing.

McCabe went for the name with experience in 2007 and that was disastrous. On the other hand we did much better with a lower league journeyman in 2016.

 

[Auld Reekie Blade]

Their fans seem a bit frosty about the idea anyway, god knows who they think they can attract who's better.

Well Celtic fans would give that lot at S6 a run for their money in the deluded stakes, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they thought Pep was going.

 

[sitwell]

I think cunts like McInnes and lennon get thrown into the mix so a less cuntish cunt gets a bit of acceptance through the relief that its not them.

 

[Auld Reekie Blade]

I've always imagined it must get pretty exhausting. United and Wednesday hating each other takes up enough time and energy without the baggage of 400 years of British and Irish history adding to it!

It is tiring, the rest of Scottish football has to put up with it because they are so big. The worst of it is, instead of the problem getting smaller it is creeping into the capital derby too.

 

[Nine Inch Nalis]

It is tiring, the rest of Scottish football has to put up with it because they are so big. The worst of it is, instead of the problem getting smaller it is creeping into the capital derby too.

Yeah I always had the impression that Hibs and Hearts avoided the worst elements of the rivalry despite having the same respective origins as the Old Firm, but there's a few that are determined to stoke up all the other bullshit it seems lately.