Protest

[Houso]

The Wendy past. He's had his ups and downs as a manager like most unemployed managers. And let's face it, we ain't gonna prise anyone out of a job at the moment.

In truth, I never thought we'd get anyone exciting as manager so I'd no hopes to be dashed.

Well why appoint someone who would quite obviously anger the fanbase so much if there are other managers out there with ups and downs on their CVs? Robins was interested; but he's had no 'downs', yet we said no thanks to him.

And I can't understand why Wilson would want to come to a club that so clearly has supporters who would not welcome him.

I would go as far as saying that 1 in every 1000 Blades would be HAPPY with this appointment. How does that make sense on an emotional or commercial level?

 

[Rustyblade]

As far as I understood the question, I completely fail to understand how anyone could possibly agree that Wilson is the answer.

 

[shorehamview]

everyone needs to calm down.. we're letting the fact that he is ex wednesday get in the way

I'm letting the fact that he's ex-Wednesday coupled with the fact that he's fucking bobbins cloud my judgement.

 

[oldblade]

Sorry BH i've already stated this isn't just about the Wednesday connection for me, his record last season was worst than the manager we got rid of.

And the season before, he got Swindon to the play off final, and only just missed out on automatic promotion.

I have no idea how well or badly he will do at Bramall Lane, assuming it is actually him who is to be appointed as manager, but at least let's give the man a chance! He hasn't even been confirmed in the position and already the abuse is flying.

His record elsewhere has for the most part been reasonable, so on that score it's not exactly an illogical appointment. The main bone of contention seems to be that he has Barnsley and Wednesday connections.

Well, I would once again point out that Ian Porterfield played for Wednesday, and he did okay for us.

Wilson should be judged by us on his record with us, and not on the fact that he played for or managed our rivals, or on some unfavouravble remark (that he probably can't even remember) that he made about us years ago.

 

[kent-blade]

Danny Wilsons career win % is 39.24, which is pretty impressive considering how long he's been managing. Robins has 38.8.

 

[JohnDenver]

Well why appoint someone who would quite obviously anger the fanbase so much if there are other managers out there with ups and downs on their CVs? Robins was interested; but he's had no 'downs', yet we said no thanks to him.

And I can't understand why Wilson would want to come to a club that so clearly has supporters who would not welcome him.

I would go as far as saying that 1 in every 1000 Blades would be HAPPY with this appointment. How does that make sense on an emotional or commercial level?

I like the style his teams adopt.

I like that he's managed in the division.

I never expected this level of hostility on the internet (but that's not always indicative of everyone's feelings), so I grant there is a big danger in the fans' reaction.

I can't produce a list of better alternatives within our range.

Was he my favoured choice? No. Will I get upset about it? No. Perhaps the apathy of recent years has got the better of me.

 

[beechblade]

Danny Wilsons career win % is 39.24, which is pretty impressive considering how long he's been managing. Robins has 38.8.

Wilson has been managing 17 years, Robins only 5.

 

[oldblade]

3 points in 33 games thats his current form in this very division. How that warrants him as being better than any of the other candidates is behyond beggers belief to me.

In fairness, he did have his star striker sold during the January transfer window, and unsurprisingly they then struggled to score goals.

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Wilson has been managing 17 years, Robins only 5.

Which I think is KB's point. It is a lot harder to sustain that sort of win rate over 17 years than it is over 5 years.

 

[kent-blade]

Wilson has been managing 17 years, Robins only 5.

Yes, thats why Wilsons is pretty impressive. He's been at a few different clubs, had some successes and some failures, but overall managed to maintain a decent win %. A couple of people mentioned Sam Allardyce, and he was generally regarded as being out of our league given the current position, yet his win ratio is only 0.8% better.

 

[borg elite]

Confirmed on Radio Sheffield.

Has something been announced? Please tell me this is the smokescreen to make John Smith from The Red Lion FC seem like a good appointment.

UTB

 

[beechblade]

In fairness, he did have his star striker sold during the January transfer window, and unsurprisingly they then struggled to score goals.

A star Striker isn't the making of a team, it's how the mananger and team responds to that. They didn't respond. They had three points and finished on 41 after his depature thats a response and that came from Paul Hart of all people.

He seems to do well when he has good players around him, but the second that goes he struggles for a response, yes he has experience in the division but he has absolutley no answer to get out of it hence why his contract was not renewed at Bristol.

 

[Houso]

Yes, thats why Wilsons is pretty impressive. He's been at a few different clubs, had some successes and some failures, but overall managed to maintain a decent win %. A couple of people mentioned Sam Allardyce, and he was generally regarded as being out of our league given the current position, yet his win ratio is only 0.8% better.

You can't really compare Big Sam for the simple fact that he managed to get that win ratio in the Premier League with a mediocre side for the most part.

 

[kent-blade]

You can really compare Big Sam for the simple fact that he managed to get that win ratio in the Premier League with a mediocre side for the most part.

Well im not actually comparing them, and I do think Big Sam is a better manager for various reasons that im sure many share. Win % dont say much because there is too much they don't account for, but they are still a better means for making a judgement on a manager than who they used to manage, or how they did in one poor spell of their career.

 

[Karaoke Blade]

Please tell me that the supposed appointment of Wilson is simply a smokescreen so that when we get someone else (ie Robbins) in, he will be received as though he is the new messiah. Go on tell me.

 

[BladeHearts]

A star Striker isn't the making of a team, it's how the mananger and team responds to that. They didn't respond. They had three points and finished on 41 after his depature thats a response and that came from Paul Hart of all people.

He seems to do well when he has good players around him, but the second that goes he struggles for a response, yes he has experience in the division but he has absolutley no answer to get out of it hence why his contract was not renewed at Bristol.

It wasnt just his star striker that was sold it was pretty much the entire play-off team from the previous season sold from under his feet.

 

[Tuns]

In fairness, he did have his star striker sold during the January transfer window, and unsurprisingly they then struggled to score goals.

In fairness if he can't cope with a star player being sold then he's got no chance at United where he's going to have to build a promotion winning team when all good/saleable players are going to be flogged.

What baffles me is that by McCabe's own admission we've lost the heart and soul of the club - so step forward Danny Wilson to galvanise Blades?

He may turn out to be the man that gets us promoted (unlikely) but I have no doubt his appointment has been made on the key credentials of being very cheap and so desperate and no doubt surprised to get such a good job that he'll be a yes man and that's not the way to select managers.

 

[oldblade]

A star Striker isn't the making of a team, it's how the mananger and team responds to that. They didn't respond. They had three points and finished on 41 after his depature thats a response and that came from Paul Hart of all people.

He seems to do well when he has good players around him, but the second that goes he struggles for a response, yes he has experience in the division but he has absolutley no answer to get out of it hence why his contract was not renewed at Bristol.

I think if we'd had Charlie Austin in our team we'd have got the 7 extra points we needed to stay up. When a striker scores as regularly as Austin does, I think it can make the difference between staying up and going down.

And I don't think they only lost him. Their main central defender also went. I doubt that Wison had any say in the matter.

 

[sheffielder]

OldBlade, Austin was sold in January ?

What was the excuse from August to January then?

 

[beechblade]

It wasnt just his star striker that was sold it was pretty much the entire play-off team from the previous season sold from under his feet.

Yet again BH Paul Hart managed to get the team DW had the following season picking up points.

 

[mekkyblade]

In fairness, he did have his star striker sold during the January transfer window, and unsurprisingly they then struggled to score goals.

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Which I think is KB's point. It is a lot harder to sustain that sort of win rate over 17 years than it is over 5 years.

So he lost his star striker and it went tits up from there? Well he better get used to that happening at the lane, and then what?? The mans a snort beast and a sh#t manager and that for me is a dangerous combination. McCabe has really pulled it off this time! As far as football on the deck is concerned i would trade that for a manager who could get players running through brick walls for him and the club whether the ball is on the deck or in the clouds, that will never happen with wilson!! UTB and see you on cherry st at arf eleven!

 

[FleaPitBlade]

In terms of worse managerial appointments: Maybe Joe Kinnear at Newcastle. And Mike Bassett as England manager.

Following a shit house of a season, the acadamy lads installed some real pride and belief that there was some light at the end of this horrible tunnel. Well, McCabe has just slammed the door shut on it.

I'm not basing my opinions on the fact he's 100% pig. I'm basing it on the fact that he's a shit manager who's 100% pig.

Say hello to our new manager. :hello: Looks the fucking part, doesnt he.

 

[oldblade]

OldBlade, Austin was sold in January ?

What was the excuse from August to January then?

What excuse does he need? After beating Charlton away at the beginning of January (with Austin still in the side) they were 6 points clear of relegation.

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So he lost his star striker and it went tits up from there? Well he better get used to that happening at the lane, and then what?? The mans a snort beast and a sh#t manager and that for me is a dangerous combination. McCabe has really pulled it off this time! As far as football on the deck is concerned i would trade that for a manager who could get players running through brick walls for him and the club whether the ball is on the deck or in the clouds, that will never happen with wilson!! UTB and see you on cherry st at arf eleven!

It was more than just the star striker. But he was obviously the most noticeable loss. With him they scored, without him they didn't.

Edit - 31 goals in 54 appearances tells it's own story.

 

[SteelCity Blade]

I can only assume that KM and DW were always fully aware of the abuse they will get from some sections and are prepared for it. I cant believe for a minute that they would enter this under the illusion that it would be popular!!!!

I couldnt give a toss about who he's managed in the past. There are far more important considerations when appointing a manager IMO. Despite that I wasn't daft enough to think that DW would simply be accepted by the masses. Football fans are shamelessly tribal and KM as a self confessed Blade should know this full well.....particularly in the case of Blades.

Having said all that, I believe a protest would not only be an utter waste of time but harmful to a club that is vulnerable at this moment in time. As Foxy said in another thread it wont reverse the decision. The bloke should be left to get on with it and prove everyone wrong. I say this with a tin hat placed firmly on my noggin! - I might have to lend it to KM and DW!

Good luck Danny, you're going to need it fella!

 

[Bladesway]

Death by 1000 cuts the Kevin McCabe way. Administration actually starts looking like a comfy option with another on the cheap signing.

Its beyond disgraceful but it has been like that for some time. However, another protest? That will look great won't it? The first club ever to protest at the signing of a Manager. And what difference would it make to Superblade in any case? He would see any publicity as good right now.

 

[beechblade]

I can only assume that KM and DW were always fully aware of the abuse they will get from some sections and are prepared for it. I cant believe for a minute that they would enter this under the illusion that it would be popular!!!!

I couldnt give a toss about who he's managed in the past. There are far more important considerations when appointing a manager IMO. Despite that I wasn't daft enough to think that DW would simply be accepted by the masses. Football fans are shamelessly tribal and KM as a self confessed Blade should know this full well.....particularly in the case of Blades.

Having said all that, I believe a protest would not only be an utter waste of time but harmful to a club that is vulnerable at this moment in time. As Foxy said in another thread it wont reverse the decision. The bloke should be left to get on with it and prove everyone wrong. I say this with a tin hat placed firmly on my noggin! - I might have to lend it to KM and DW!

Good luck Danny, you're going to need it fella!

I hope they expected upsetting fans. But is it a wise decision when the fans are already upset enough, now it may not upset everyone but it's doing enough here and elsewhere to already drive a wedge between fans, not just fans and the board, but fans. That probably is the most upsetting thing of all, last week and Monday we stood United, on Friday we are now looking divided.

 

[alcoblade]

I never expected this level of hostility on the internet (but that's not always indicative of everyone's feelings), so I grant there is a big danger in the fans' reaction.

I did. It was so telegraphed. If this is true, McCabe has truly lost the plot. My inbox is full of messages from mates who don't normally contact me, and don't post on the net. This will be a complete fuck up to rival that of Robson's appointment.

UTB

 

[mekkyblade]

I can only assume that KM and DW were always fully aware of the abuse they will get from some sections and are prepared for it. I cant believe for a minute that they would enter this under the illusion that it would be popular!!!!

I couldnt give a toss about who he's managed in the past. There are far more important considerations when appointing a manager IMO. Despite that I wasn't daft enough to think that DW would simply be accepted by the masses. Football fans are shamelessly tribal and KM as a self confessed Blade should know this full well.....particularly in the case of Blades.

Having said all that, I believe a protest would not only be an utter waste of time but harmful to a club that is vulnerable at this moment in time. As Foxy said in another thread it wont reverse the decision. The bloke should be left to get on with it and prove everyone wrong. I say this with a tin hat placed firmly on my noggin! - I might have to lend it to KM and DW!

Good luck Danny, you're going to need it fella!

I honestly believe that KM wont expect the abuse he is going to get because this IMO is how far removed he is from the fans, the values of the club and f##kin reality! As far as the tin hat pal i think you better start putting offers in for a certain 2 million pound luxury house in pakistan!

 

[oldblade]

Can we not at least give the man a chance and judge him on his results here?

 

[sheffielder]

Can we not at least give the man a chance and judge him on his results here?

He has had his chance to leave

 

[mekkyblade]

Can we not at least give the man a chance and judge him on his results here?

In a word 'no f##kin chance!!' ... sorry thats three.