15 games left - Time for Wilder to do what hes best at

[N20 Blade]

I agree his man management is top notch and is what inspired this post, I really hope he can get the players giving absolutely everything in this final stretch

There is another thread alluding to this, but if promotion could be guaranteed through the play-offs, that would be better in so many ways. I know life isn't that simple but if we do drop behind over the next few weeks, then back on track, the squad could be just too good for others in a play off scenario. It would be huge to get the play off / Wembley monkey off our back and maybe, just maybe, Wilder is the man to do it. I saw him beat York City there as manager, so at least he has more form than us fans!!

 

[cahill]

Time for Wilder to do what he's best at and motivate the players to give absolutely everything and run through brick walls from here until the end of the season.

15 games left and we've increased our squad depth significantly so injuries become less of a factor..... no reason players can't fully motivated giving their absolute maximum 110% for this short final period

Don't care if they're new signings or existing players.. if they're not giving everything for this final sprint, then they come out of the team.

We need more than just motivational skills, although man management ability is vital.

 

[Cheesebored]

Time for Wilder to do what he's best at and motivate the players to give absolutely everything and run through brick walls from here until the end of the season.

15 games left and we've increased our squad depth significantly so injuries become less of a factor..... no reason players can't fully motivated giving their absolute maximum 110% for this short final period

Don't care if they're new signings or existing players.. if they're not giving everything for this final sprint, then they come out of the team.

Who do you think has been giving less than 100% currently?

 

[vegleeds]

What I see as the best of Wilder is deflecting any criticism from himself when things don't go well, be it injuries, match officials, the fans or the players in general. He is the football equivalent of Kier Starmer.

Nice bit of political shoe-horning into a football topic.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

I've heard of nicer kinks.

Spill em bro ?

 

[ancientblade]

i thought souza was very poor saturday looked sluggish and off the pace whether its a fitness issue i dont know but it definetly doesnt work with him and choudray there just too similar cant believe im saying this as im not his biggest fan but thought we missed o'hares energy and pressing against pompey he has to come back in for boro

 

[FriethBlade]

Wilders main job has to be to pick the team on merit not on who cost the most or who he just signed. Clarke surely can't play right back again after that display on Saturday, he's bench cover at best. Can Souza and Choudhury play together? The evidence so far says they can't. Is Ohare crucial to our style of play and if so who goes out of the team for him?

We looked our best earlier in the season when our flair players were buzzing, we need Hamer, JRS and OHare in the team causing the opposition problems. Get the team selection right and the rest will follow.

 

[ancientblade]

Wilders main job has to be to pick the team on merit not on who cost the most or who he just signed. Clarke surely can't play right back again after that display on Saturday, he's bench cover at best. Can Souza and Choudhury play together? The evidence so far says they can't. Is Ohare crucial to our style of play and if so who goes out of the team for him?

We looked our best earlier in the season when our flair players were buzzing, we need Hamer, JRS and OHare in the team causing the opposition problems. Get the team selection right and the rest will follow.

clarke was up against a winger in top form wilder should have seen that and doubled up on murphy souza and choudray cant both be in its one or the other for me also think jrs brewster o'hare and holding will be in for boro weve got the squad numbers now

 

[FriethBlade]

clarke was up against a winger in top form wilder should have seen that and doubled up on murphy souza and choudray cant both be in its one or the other for me also think jrs brewster o'hare and holding will be in for boro weve got the squad numbers now

And that's what the window has done...massively strengthened the squad...the quality off the bench is so much better than it was.

 

[metalblade]

clarke was up against a winger in top form wilder should have seen that and doubled up on murphy souza and choudray cant both be in its one or the other for me also think jrs brewster o'hare and holding will be in for boro weve got the squad numbers now

To be fair to Clarke he had BBD in front of him playing a position he is not that familiar with he was never going to track back to help Clarke and between them Souza and Choudury didn't have a clue where they should be other than getting in each others way. All down to Wilders starting line up.

 

[Yoonited]

How

Post match Wilder said we'd grown an arrogance, and he didn't mean in a positive way.
I found that interesting/worrying.

How do players who've been here two minutes grow arrogance. They've barely settled in.
Did he really mean just one or two.
Sounds like deflection to me.
Signs of panic perhaps.

 

[Shawy24]

How
How do players who've been here two minutes grow arrogance. They've barely settled in.
Did he really mean just one or two.
Sounds like deflection to me.
Signs of panic perhaps.

Rattled. The moment you start an interview and without being asked, say it wasn’t the tactics, you know it is. Plus selection of players. But hey! We’re second, playing a system that was designed out of desperation when he didn’t know what squad he’d have to start with. That’s his only get out of jail card from me.

 

[Yoonited]

Rattled. The moment you start an interview and without being asked, say it wasn’t the tactics, you know it is. Plus selection of players. But hey! We’re second, playing a system that was designed out of desperation when he didn’t know what squad he’d have to start with. That’s his only get out of jail card from me.

I've said before,his interviews are baffling and nonsensical.

Perhaps with added context ie, a previous interviewer has just pissed him off and he's still angry, hence the barking responses.

He takes us for fools.Sorry Chris but you're only as good as your last game.

I've stopped going such is my ambivalence.They aren't worth my hard earned.

I think calling us "punters" has plenty of truth in it.You pays ya money n takes a punt.Not very inspiring.

I don't agree that it's the points that matter above everything either.In the short term perhaps,not medium to long where we hope to be an established prem side where arguably we need a more rational modern thinker to coach us.

I wonder if he's better suited to an upstairs role where his moods don't affect our games and our faithful but largely passionless supporters.

Good at identifying problems.Not so good at clear solutions is my assessment.

 

[Snowflake]

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So I’m optimistic for the Boro match.

Doesn’t Middlesbrough have the same full moon ?

 

[SUFC Guy]

clarke was up against a winger in top form wilder should have seen that and doubled up on murphy souza and choudray cant both be in its one or the other for me also think jrs brewster o'hare and holding will be in for boro weve got the squad numbers now

Exactly. We don't have anyone that could have handled Murphy on their own. As soon as he had the ball on the left Anel should be straight over ready to hit him when he went past Clarke.

Not Clarke's fault at all. Tactically error imo.

 

[Selly]

Last 15 games in a Wilder Promotion season? lets have a look at the past:

16-17

Table after 31 games

Last 15 Record - W11 D4 L0 - 37 Points

18-19

Table after 31 games


Last 15 Record - W10 D4 L1 - 34 points


Safe to say replication of either of those sets of results would probably see us up comfortably

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Last 15 games in a Wilder Promotion season? lets have a look at the past:

16-17

Table after 31 games
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Last 15 Record - W11 D4 L0 - 37 Points

18-19

Table after 31 games

View attachment 204058
Last 15 Record - W10 D4 L1 - 34 points


Safe to say replication of either of those sets of results would probably see us up comfortably

...and after 31 games in the 2023/24 season, we were in 2nd place with 61 points, having won 18, drawn 7 and lost 6.

We are currently in 2nd place with 64 points (66 points), having won 20, drawn 6 and lost 5.

 

[Paul1963]

Exactly. We don't have anyone that could have handled Murphy on their own. As soon as he had the ball on the left Anel should be straight over ready to hit him when he went past Clarke.

Not Clarke's fault at all. Tactically error imo.

So your saying every time Murphy got the ball on the touch line Anel should have sprinted out of the centre to help him do his job? Out of curiosity who covers the 30 yard gap from Clarke and Anel on the wing to Robinson?

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

So your saying every time Murphy got the ball on the touch line Anel should have sprinted out of the centre to help him do his job? Out of curiosity who covers the 30 yard gap from Clarke and Anel on the wing to Robinson?

Should have been BBD or Choudhury's job to help Clarke.

 

[SUFC Guy]

So your saying every time Murphy got the ball on the touch line Anel should have sprinted out of the centre to help him do his job? Out of curiosity who covers the 30 yard gap from Clarke and Anel on the wing to Robinson?

Seeing how Choudhury and Vini were playing so deep, then one of those 2 would make sense. Doubling up on players isn't a new concept - other teams manage to do it.

 

[Paul1963]

But surely you keep both of your 2 centre backs in the middle rather than playing footballer rush hour, move Anel across, move Choudhury or Souza in to cover for him and then what, move somebody else to cover for them ? Isn’t it easier just to move one player to help ? Them being too deep was part our problem,we didn’t have anyone to pass to in front of them to link to the strikers

 

[djbaldken]

Absolutely this.. stop the bullshit playing out from the back pep football that totally destroys your creative players!!

I am heartily sick of the farting about from a GKick - coz all we do is take great risks of passing it across our own box and then boot it aimlessly anyway.

This!
As someone has said, it's comical.
Fine. Play it out from the back of you 've got players capable of doing this.
We dont!
Keeper side foots it to full back. Who side foots it back to keeper. Who then side foots it to next defender. Who then side foots it back to keeper.
Who FINALLY hoofs it up field because there's no other options available.

Why not do this in first place ffs.
Boils my piss.

 

[jono_t2000]

Last 15 games in a Wilder Promotion season? lets have a look at the past:

16-17

Table after 31 games
View attachment 204057
Last 15 Record - W11 D4 L0 - 37 Points

18-19

Table after 31 games

View attachment 204058
Last 15 Record - W10 D4 L1 - 34 points


Safe to say replication of either of those sets of results would probably see us up comfortably

This is what I'm hoping for.

Despite Wilders good and bad attributes, if theres 1 manager I would back to get us going full tilt in the final stretch, then it would be Chris Wilder.

 

[A Storm of Blades]

Genuine question. What’s our style of play? What are we typically looking to do in games? Since Wilder came back I don’t really see us developing an identity or way of playing. The players we’ve bought don’t really help answer the question either.

We’re sort of hoof but not really, we sometimes play out from the back but badly and slowly. We’re not really high press, high octane or possession. We sometimes go wide but play inverted wingers so cut in a lot.

I think I’ve been confused and bored as much as entertained in games this year!

Still, can’t argue with the win ratio, points tally or league position. You do worry though, that if we go up and don’t have a USP or blank chequebook we might struggle again.

 

[FTPE]

What does Wilder do best?
If I was a player and he moaned about the team after playing half of it in unnatural positions then I wouldn't be inspired, in fact I'd be pretty pissed off. e.g BBD playing right wing, more so young Brooks who has no right foot to play that side, Wilder is ruining that kid.
What I see as the best of Wilder is deflecting any criticism from himself when things don't go well, be it injuries, match officials, the fans or the players in general. He is the football equivalent of Kier Starmer.

So who gets the plaudits for having the joint most points in the division? Just the players?

 

[SwissBlade]

Time for Wilder to do what he's best at and motivate the players to give absolutely everything and run through brick walls from here until the end of the season.

15 games left and we've increased our squad depth significantly so injuries become less of a factor..... no reason players can't fully motivated giving their absolute maximum 110% for this short final period

Don't care if they're new signings or existing players.. if they're not giving everything for this final sprint, then they come out of the team.

Business as usual then. Sitting 2nd 2/3 of the season in, we need to kick on a bit and make those 2 points up on Leeds (3 to go beyond them), but generally we’ve done well so far

 

[jono_t2000]

Business as usual then. Sitting 2nd 2/3 of the season in, we need to kick on a bit and make those 2 points up on Leeds (3 to go beyond them), but generally we’ve done well so far

Exactly mate. Push on and give our all every game till end of season.

It's the blood, sweat and tears part of the season.

 

[jono_t2000]

Attitude ️
Desire ️
Effort ️️️

Get the fuck in lads! Well done Blades!!!

14 more games like that and we are FUCKING GOING UP!!!!!

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

We were up for that game.

 

[jono_t2000]

We were up for that game.

And we should be for evey game till end of season. Give it all from here on in and then have a rest once season finishes