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[Blacksea]

I like this apart from the Blessin bit, is that absolute 100% facts or just tittle tattle and people thinking they know when really they don't?

Alexander Blessin hopes of getting Sheffield United job suffer setback

Alexander Blessin’s hopes of becoming the new Sheffield United manager have suffered a serious setback due to Brexit regulations as the club confirms its shortlist is down to five names, The Athletic understands. The German coach is one of several candidates who have been under serious...

theathletic.com

If Blessin is the main target,they could give somebody a 1 year contract until Blessin is available.In the meantime,somebody else can have snapped Blessin up and scuppered that plan.

 

[Bill puntin]

Well I wouldn't go quite that far

Can be arranged.

 

[Bladeloyal]

Ball_Sup (Phil) any insight on this?

Ballsup is sitting on the appeals panel as we speak ,all of them sitting in the two thirds bar drinking something that tastes of varnish and has a %12 abv

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Heckingbottom will go back to the under 23’s, We’ll end up with bettis mate Tindall as manager. Cheap option as always.

 

[bladesadviser]

Appointing a man who failed at Bournemouth and was replaced by Woodgate, a man who failed at Middlesborough would be peak Sheffield United

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Appointing a man who failed at Bournemouth and was replaced by Woodgate, a man who failed at Middlesborough would be peak Sheffield United

The blades way!

 

[Scarebus]

Love the 'cheap option' narrative from blades. Oh ye of little faith.

Surely announcing a shortlist of 5 and saying Hecky is in the running might give us a little bit of negotiating power over fees and wages. I'm not ready to start bleating 'typical united' until it's done and dusted.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Whoever it is will be gone before 12 months are up so it matters little. We'll be mid-table next year and that will mean the fans go mental so they'll be sacked.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Love the 'cheap option' narrative from blades. Oh ye of little faith.

Surely announcing a shortlist of 5 and saying Hecky is in the running might give us a little bit of negotiating power over fees and wages. I'm not ready to start bleating 'typical united' until it's done and dusted.

He's using Abdullah's 'rule of 5'.

 

[Scarebus]

He's using Abdullah's 'rule of 5'.

Group interview outside KFC?

 

[Farnboroughblade]

This will be Prince A's biggest ever test. If Bettis has been responsible to shortlist the list of 5, I wonder if the names of Jokonavic, Blessin or Howe would even be included. If they are and Hecky and Tindall are being pushed to the preferred option then the Prince, who I have regarded as being quite switched on with his football knowledge, will need to demonstrate his power in having the final say without being persuaded by others around him. If PA is hell bent on getting us promoted next season then he has to go with HIS preferred option and no one else's no matter at what cost. At this point in time, I'm putting all my trust in him.

 

[Torrix1889]

Well I dropped the Prince a pm on Messenger saying that the appointment of Hecky or Tindall would not go down very well at all.....I received the following reply;



So what is that then? "I pray we don't either"....or "I pray for your patience"....or, maybe it isn't pray at all and he was saying, "pat a cake, pat a cake, bakers man".........

 

[BushBlade]

Whoever it is will be gone before 12 months are up so it matters little. We'll be mid-table next year and that will mean the fans go mental so they'll be sacked.

Hence my comments in the shoutbox. There seems to be a cycle that every new owner goes through where they mistake the ability of a manager for their own ability. KM was the same with Warnock. I believe that he genuinely believed he was mainly responsible for our success and Warnock was just a hired hand who could be easily replaced. Then, when it goes tits up, it’s everybody else’s fault.
Each new owner seems to come in thinking every other football owner is a bit crap and that, because they’ve done well selling hats or phones or however they’ve made their money, they’ll be able to do things much better. Which usually means trying to “do things differently”. It’s just trying to reinvent the wheel. There isn’t a magic formula that no one has yet discovered.
It’s a people business. Get the right people in the right positions and it should work. Sometimes you’ll fall short, not because you’ve done anything wrong, just because football isn’t an exact science, a poor decision by a ref could cost you 2 points, which could be the difference between automatic promotion and the lottery of the playoffs. You can be scuppered by injuries, or players getting banged up, or just by the fact two other clubs have been a little bit more fortunate, or a combination of things.
The skill of being an owner is recognising when you’ve got good people being unlucky and when you’ve made a mistake in recruiting someone.

It’s quite possible that with van Winckle advising him, PA may not fall into some of the traps inexperienced owners fall into. That’s what I’m hoping for. It’s also possible that he’ll just follow the same learning curve others do and by the time he’s realised what he should have done, it’s too late. Who he appoints may give us a clue which way it’s going to be.

Which is why I’ve said if it’s Hecky, I’ll start to lose interest. I can’t keep watching the same film over and over again. I used to go to England games and then when we failed to qualify for the Euros in 2007, after seeing the Blades get relegated earlier on, I decided I’d had enough. I couldn’t deal with supporting two teams that constantly let you down. I’ve never been to an England game since, although I still want them to do well. It’ll be the same with United, I’ll still have a passing interest and want them to succeed but I’ll probably not watch them much or bother going to the Lane when I come up to Sheffield, unless it’s a three line whip and “come on FFS, everyone’s going” from my mates.

 

[JPBrods]

Why did you leave Chris. Life would have been oh so simpler.

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Can't Blessin do WFH, and Zoom ? This is 2021

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

Well I dropped the Prince a pm on Messenger saying that the appointment of Hecky or Tindall would not go down very well at all.....I received the following reply;



So what is that then? "I pray we don't either"....or "I pray for your patience"....or, maybe it isn't pray at all and he was saying, "pat a cake, pat a cake, bakers man".........

I think it means, if he ever catches you in Saudi Arabia he’ll chop your hands off

 

[JOEYDEE]

I think it means, if he ever catches you in Saudi Arabia he’ll chop your hands off

Let's hope it's only his hands...!

 

[AdamSufc1997]

Well I dropped the Prince a pm on Messenger saying that the appointment of Hecky or Tindall would not go down very well at all.....I received the following reply;



So what is that then? "I pray we don't either"....or "I pray for your patience"....or, maybe it isn't pray at all and he was saying, "pat a cake, pat a cake, bakers man".........

He replies that to any fan messaging him

 

[AdamSufc1997]

Can't Beerschot take him for season so we can get him for season after? He might give Hecky job just for next season until he can have a work permit

 

[diode_blade]

anyone mentioned this guy yet...

 

[metalblade]

If we want Blessin we will find a way around the work permit every other industry does. I think Bettis has just thrown Hecky's name in to please those fans who are growing impatient. Obvious that our man is seeing a contract out at another club.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

5 candidates...so Hecky, Tindall and 3 others whom they made up to make it seem like there's genuine options and to avoid an uproar.

I expect to be disappointed this summer. Managerial appointment on the cheap, key players sold, not adequately replaced, mid table at best.

 

[Blade58]

It wasn't promotion, but Barnsley finished above Wolves 4 years ago.

Ok Eddiebut he’s managed 3 clubs on his CV, all without any success

Nice bloke, nothing against him, but I’d prefer a winner. If the owner opts for Hecky, then he will be accused for going for the cheap option and we’ve had a few of those over the years

 

[Blade58]

anyone mentioned this guy yet...
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[Bladeloyal]

cant wait for what's that blessin fella ever done to wangle a work permit

 

[Broomhall Blade]

You might laugh S40BLADE but some years ago, some people on here were crying out for KR to be our next manager.

He got his Oxford side to last years play-off final and they lost to Wycombe.

This year Oxford are just outside the play-off places by 1 point with 2 games left.

Sometimes, the under-the-radar candidate gets it

I think I'd prefer him to Hecky and/or Tindaloo © Rodley

I would take Robinson all day long over Hecky, Tindall or Appleton.

Pretty sure Robinson hasn't even been linked, I know I mentioned him once in another thread but I thought I had got away with it.

 

[bromtom]

Pessimism: The Thread

 

[Jon Bon II]

 

[Bladesthorpe]

When I started this thread I never realised we had so many ITK fans, they have excelled themselves with the knowledge of who the other 4 applicants are.
FFS only a very few people know who they are so stop getting your knickers in a twist over a load of misguided speculation.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Jokanovic
Blessin
Tindall
Hecky
Appleton

Have missed summat about Appleton?