We were “ok”last night

[Carlton Blade]

I said it since Saturday what was going to happen.

A draw with Burnley and we'd have won last night

But dispatching Burnley convincingly meant the wankers could have a day off, feeling they'd be free from criticism.

Total unprofessionalism that plagues this club because we, like most clubs have players that basically don't give a fuck, not really, and at least not often enough.

Because we will never have players that give a fuck often enough, and are quite prepared to rest on their laurels when they get a good result we can only ever have a modicum of success with a certain type of manager.

A Bassett, a Warnock or a Wilder, a snarling, raging, nasty type that will not let the players switch off and toss it off after a good result.

This is the only thing that has ever worked for us because we are never going to have the best players no matter what division we're playing in.

So, nice guys like Slav and Spackman and Hecky that try to get us playing a certain way will always fail, because the players are directionless and unmotivated cunts that need a rocket up their arses constantly to level them up with other teams

Try screaming at grown men every time they don't meet your expectations and see where that gets you

 

[Eza Blade]

When i see Paul heckingbottom i dont see a leader of men which is what you have to be to gain the respect of 30 players to motivate them to go out and put performances in week after week

It’s this, this right heat This absolute crock of bollocks that makes people call you a Cunt.

Some people must see it, as he’s managed multiple football clubs and been head of academies. To try and call a judgment on some one’s ability to lead because they don’t react how you believe they should shows the level of ignorance you posses.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

He literally took a team that was down on it's arse last season and led it up the table to the playoffs. Not a single player has grumbled publicly about anything he's done. Who cares about the egofest that is manager press conferences, it's just pantomime for the fans.

Just because he doesn't shout at journalists doesn't mean he doesn't have the respect of everyone at the club. By all means have issues with his matchday tactics and changes, I certainly do. But I don't question his management of the players as actual people. Because he's really fucking good at it

I hear a lot of people saying that argument

Its utter tosh IMO we had the best squad in the league bar Fulham last year

He had the managers bounce and then again performances fell away towards the end of the season and we only just managed to get in the play offs after falling over the line IMO

Do people not remember the first leg of the play off semi where forest pummeled us in the first leg

Hecky has steadied the ship but that's mainly through going back to what we did under wilder he has no plan or long term vision im baffled as to how people don't see that

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

It’s this, this right heat This absolute crock of bollocks that makes people call you a Cunt.

Some people must see it, as he’s managed multiple football clubs and been head of academies. To try and call a judgment on some one’s ability to lead because they don’t react how you believe they should shows the level of ignorance you posses.

As i have said before hes a good bloke and a decent manager

He just isn't good enough for us tahts my opinion

He has managed multiple football clubs and he has only been successful at the dingles

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Try screaming at grown men every time they don't meet your expectations and see where that gets you

Its not screaming at them

You have to set a marker that the performances aren't good enough something he clearly cant get across as we have put that perfoormance of last night in 10/15 times its just we have had top players to get away with poor tactics berge/MGW/Bogle/Norwood/ndiaye do that

 

[Carlton Blade]

I hear a lot of people saying that argument

Its utter tosh IMO we had the best squad in the league bar Fulham last year

He had the managers bounce and then again performances fell away towards the end of the season and we only just managed to get in the play offs after falling over the line IMO

Do people not remember the first leg of the play off semi where forest pummeled us in the first leg

Hecky has steadied the ship but that's mainly through going back to what we did under wilder he has no plan or long term vision im baffled as to how people don't see that

Have you forgotten the 2nd leg where we turned it round and should have won?

You're embarrassing yourself as usual.

 

[Carlton Blade]

Its not screaming at them

You have to set a marker that the performances aren't good enough something he clearly cant get across as we have put that perfoormance of last night in 10/15 times its just we have had top players to get away with poor tactics berge/MGW/Bogle/Norwood/ndiaye do that

Most points in the Championship since he took over. He's not perfect but neither is the squad

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Most points in the Championship since he took over. He's not perfect but neither is the squad

Bit of a bias sample im not sure that's fair on Fulham/Bournemouth/Forest/Burnley/Watford/Norwich

 

[Charlieblade]

If the manager thinks that’s ok the players will do too

Shambolic performance and they should be doing laps of shirecliffe this morning

At no point did the manager say that was ok. Your basic comprehension skills are so low, they cannot be recorded on any mammalian scale!

 

[Carlton Blade]

Bit of a bias sample im not sure that's fair on Fulham/Bournemouth/Forest/Burnley/Watford/Norwich

You want to remove every single positive thing about his spell in charge. You can't though because, regardless of his flaws the results speak for themselves

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Not a great interview and has that tone of ‘well that’s the way it goes sometimes’. I appreciate Hecky likes to keep a level head but would like to have seen a bit more fire rather than resignation about him. He doesn’t have to dig out players but words like ‘completely unacceptable’ would be more fitting than ‘below the standards we set’. I’m becoming unsure exactly what our standards are - Bristol City away? Watford away? QPR at home? This more fatalist approach is doing my head in a bit. I heard the SMcC interview yesterday and the only part I didn’t like was when he said about ‘avoiding complacency’. For me, completely the wrong narrative. Complacency is for the likes of Man City , not us. If we are having to ‘avoid complacency’ then we are in trouble - should be a word a million miles away from even being used.

Unsure to what extent events on the pitch are being influenced by the management team (not enough in my view). Hecky praises Norwood for his involvement. Fair enough and he is having a good season generally. However, a team of professionals with genuine aspirations of reaching the Prem should have the integrity and honesty to say that Norwood shouldn’t be anywhere near free kicks. Dangerous positions completely wasted and wouldn’t be out of place in a Sunday league team. Why hasn’t this been addressed? What are our ‘standards’ when it comes to free kicks?? Time to get a grip of the team and make managerial decisions such as Norwood should not take free kicks not simply keep on taking them because he always has. Amateur an unprofessional

Let’s at least get a draw on Saturday and move on to a more fit team after the WC. Let’s also set some basic standards that mean we won’t keep making the same errors against teams we should be putting to the sword

I've no idea why Norwood took the second free kick. He'd put his first into the stands with poor technique. His second was even worse.
It looked on for McAtee to have a go too.

Really poor from Norwood. Just had to keep it low and hard, at least then you have a chance from a rebound, or a deflection.

 

[Charlieblade]

Its not screaming at them

You have to set a marker that the performances aren't good enough something he clearly cant get across as we have put that perfoormance of last night in 10/15 times its just we have had top players to get away with poor tactics berge/MGW/Bogle/Norwood/ndiaye do that

Do you mean like Wilder? His tantrums and intransigence lost him a job.

Your expectations for a manager at Sheffield United might be suitable if we were looking for a new manager at a top six PL team, but we aren’t. PH is doing a job that you are not capable of.
If Dyche is the answer, you are asking the wrong question!

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Have you forgotten the 2nd leg where we turned it round and should have won?

You're embarrassing yourself as usual.

The thing is you shouldn't have to wait until the last moment to have to play well which is what we did

And that second leg forest did everything they possibly could do to try and bottle that game

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Do you mean like Wilder? His tantrums and intransigence lost him a job.

Your expectations for a manager at Sheffield United might be suitable if we were looking for a new manager at a top six PL team, but we aren’t. PH is doing a job that you are not capable of.
If Dyche is the answer, you are asking the wrong question!

Again it was wilder who chose to leave he wasnt sacked

Wilder and the prince discussed plans for the season after relegation and what wilder wanted wasnt met if we had have kept wilder we would have gone straight back up

The prince said no signings only loan players and we will sell Berge/ramsdale if the valuations are met

Which again is why slav was sacked because he wasn't backed and we appointed a manager who was the youth manager

Those are FACTS go re listen to the wilder/prince interviews at the time

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Do you mean like Wilder? His tantrums and intransigence lost him a job.

Your expectations for a manager at Sheffield United might be suitable if we were looking for a new manager at a top six PL team, but we aren’t. PH is doing a job that you are not capable of.
If Dyche is the answer, you are asking the wrong question!

If the question is would you like a proven manager who has gained multiple promotions and shown how to keep a promoted team in the premier league then the answer would be Dyche

If the question is do you want a manager who has no previous experience of getting teams out the championship and couldn't inspire a wet fart then its Hecky

FACTS

 

[Carlton Blade]

The thing is you shouldn't have to wait until the last moment to have to play well which is what we did

And that second leg forest did everything they possibly could do to try and bottle that game

So to summise. United play poorly "Hecky is shit". United play well "the opposition were shit"

 

[djbaldken]

For Fallowfield to say Hecky thinks that 'was Ok' is really taking that interview out of context.
Hecky made the point several times that we performed below our standards. He also said that 'as a group we were below our best'. He went on to add 'the goal we gave away was poor'. 'we did nt create enough opportunities, we cant make excuses'.
And Hecky is right we were below our best. If him saying all this is not calling out a crap performance I dont know what is. To say we have played one good game in 4/5 games is also a load of crap. In the last 5 matches we have picked up 10 points!!!!. we ve lost ONCE in 5 matches ffs. Some posters are never satisfied
This 'unispiring' (not my words) manager has got us to third in the league still with the chance of being top by Saturday. This with a team ravaged by injuries.
In this match ,NDiaye was marked out of the game. We were weak in Midfield, Osborn was no where near his Burnley performance. Macatee is lightweight. Norwood was closed down too often. Stevens is way no where near his best.
McBurnie did his best under the circumstances. He had a couple of opportunities that on another day would have gone in. Egan really should have done better with his attempt.
Lets not forget Rotherham defended well. The goal they scored was again down to poor defensive play on our part. They did a good job on us. They closed us down whenever they could and did it well .
But then again the we all know the OP (im sure hes Brian the Blades son), wants Hecky gone.

 

[coolasanidiot]

Saturday was brilliant last night was awful but....

We are 3rd with a good goal difference- Hecky's position shouldn't even slightly be debated- he's doing well.

 

[CPB]

If the manager thinks that’s ok the players will do too

Shambolic performance and they should be doing laps of shirecliffe this morning

He clearly says at the start "Disappointing... we dropped below the levels we wanna play at".

When he says' we were OKAY he's saying we prepared for Rotherham OKAY but we weren't good enough.

You can't cherry pick one lines from an interview to suit your agenda.

 

[djbaldken]

If the question is would you like a proven manager who has gained multiple promotions and shown how to keep a promoted team in the premier league then the answer would be Dyche

If the question is do you want a manager who has no previous experience of getting teams out the championship and couldn't inspire a wet fart then its Hecky

FACTS

When you say muliple promotions as a manager what you really mean is TWO. Muliple means, many or several. Two is just two. Not many. Not several. Just two. Again you are posting without thinking.

And the guy you claim couldnt inspire a wet fart has got us to third in the league with a squad ravaged by injuries.

Can we please have another record . Im getting tired of this one.

Oh and by the way, how many inspitational performances did Burnley produce under Dyche? How many notable scalps did they take? How many Premier League teams feared going to Turf Moor? How many pundits praised their style of play?

 

[Balham]

How would Hecky "inspire a wet fart"? I don't think I would want to.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

When you say muliple promotions as a manager what you really mean is TWO. Muliple means, many or several. Two is just two. Not many. Not several. Just two. Again you are posting without thinking.

And the guy you claim couldnt inspire a wet fart has got us to third in the league with a squad ravaged by injuries.

Can we please have another record . Im getting tired of this one.

Oh and by the way, how many inspitational performances did Burnley produce under Dyche? How many notable scalps did they take? How many Premier League teams feared going to Turf Moor? How many pundits praised their style of play?

Errrrr he inspired the team with the lowest budget to stay in the prem for 5/6 seasons

You also cant get promoted from the premier league you know and yes two is a multiple

 

[Tom Bott]

two is a multiple

A brace.

 

[djbaldken]

Errrrr he inspired the team with the lowest budget to stay in the prem for 5/6 seasons

You also cant get promoted from the premier league you know and yes two is a multiple

yes Dyche did inspire the team with the lowest budget to stay in the prem. I never said he wasnt inspirational.

And you are saying Hecky isnt able to inspire a team. The discusion is about Hecky

You are also doing what you ve accused Hecky of. He mentioned the word OK so you insinuate he is saying the performance was acceptable.
You use the word muliple to insiniate lots of times when its only twice.

 

[Snowflake]

We were crap. Totally lacking energy and ideas. Fair play to Rotherham though.

I am probably more annoyed because it was a local derby, and a terrific chance to capitalise on a great run of results, but fucking hell it was disappointing.

Before the game I was all for an unchanged team, and I don't blame Hecky for the selection, but rather than acting swiftly like he did against Bristol, it felt like he was happy to let this one drift until it was too late.

If we win on Saturday, yesterday is just a slip up, but I am not overly confident that the main 11 have enough gas in the tank.

I doubt the whole of “the main 11” will be available !!

 

[Snowflake]

Most points in the Championship since he took over. He's not perfect but neither is the squad

I think that the squad is, but half of it are regularly missing.
Barge and Bogle down the right would have created havoc last night and enabled us to win.

 

[Bell4]

Losing to Rotherham at home is not ok.

Neither is throwing away leads and subsequently points to Birmingham and Blackpool.

Also not ok with the amateurish head start we gave out in the Norwich game.

Neither was QPR at home ok.

That's 5 homes games where we've thrown away points. You can't afford so many bad days at the office before you come unstuck.

The message has to be that none of the above is ok at all.

We're practically begging Watford to catch us up when they should be well behind on the rest view mirror, an unconvincing Norwich too.

Spot on - spot on

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Heckingbottom always comes across as someone who'd be very happy to just make the play offs

 

[BigBed]

If the manager thinks that’s ok the players will do too

Shambolic performance and they should be doing laps of shirecliffe this morning

With drawing pins in their boots.

 

[HD8 Blades]

He was here for 5 years it worked for 4 1/2 years

All the best managers say it like it is

Fallowfield and Wilder / Dyche sitting in a tree