Wilder interview

[Houston_Blade]

Yeah but he couldn't establish us in the Premier League

If he’d have got us there again he might have got another crack this season. But he didn’t and he hasn’t

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

Great Wilder interview, he looks as tanned as Trump

Thought it was an episode of Bargain Hunt with David Dickinson.

 

[The Crab]

90 points was a great tally.

We didn’t go up.

These are both facts

 

[The Crab]

I agree. In my 57 years with the club the successful managers(won promotion) have been Harris, Porterfield, Bassett, Warnock, Wilder, Hecky. All experienced and or with promotions on their cv. The rookies we have had have a 100% failure rate. Some have managed to get us relegated. This has never been a club for rookies due the always dodgy finances. Selles has very little chance of succeeding.

I agree.

Whoever has been in the board room, in the dugout, the one common denominator has been a relative lack of spending power. And when we have spent, it’s usually turned out to be a duck egg

 

[BangorBlade]

You can go on forever about 90 or 92 pts, but It came down to one game, irrespective of the points over 46 and we lost, move on

Yea agree with you Pintor to a certain extent but having failed with 90/92 points youd think the COH/Bettis would have stuck with the same manager and carried on with build.
Like you said chum we move on in the hope this can be turned around

 

[robbiez666]

This thread is like a playground

 

[Bell4]

When your up your own arse you can easily get stuck up there.
That’s where Wilder went wrong.

He got much more right than he ever got wrong .

 

[skegblade]

I can't be arsed to watch the interview see I'm a United supporter not a Chris Wilder supporter. While the up and at em brigade love the pashun and badge thumping it all means feck all the bloke is an irrelevant failure who has done very well out of Sheffield United, I'm glad to see the back of the cnut. Do we really have to go over this old ground every time we have a poor result.

Going to be a long season and the board will be boring

 

[Kenilworth]

Outside the 'bubble' almost every footy fan Ive spoke to are thinking what the fuck have Sheff Utd done.

This. ^^^^^**
Every single one - and I live way outside the bubble and talk to mates with no Blades affiliation.
They are dumbfounded by the whole situation.

 

[Kenilworth]

I can't be arsed to watch the interview see I'm a United supporter not a Chris Wilder supporter. While the up and at em brigade love the pashun and badge thumping it all means feck all the bloke is an irrelevant failure who has done very well out of Sheffield United, I'm glad to see the back of the cnut. Do we really have to go over this old ground every time we have a poor result.

We have to move on but we’d still be shit in division 3 without him. We’d not have had the Prem seasons.
By all means feel good about a change but don’t rewrite history. Whatever money Wilder made out of his management he bloody well earned.

 

[Pintor75]

Yea agree with you Pintor to a certain extent but having failed with 90/92 points youd think the COH/Bettis would have stuck with the same manager and carried on with build.
Like you said chum we move on in the hope this can be turned around

Maybe they would have stuck with him a bit longer, but I believe they're looking for a more modern approach not a manager who at times got the club fined and bad press for his actions on and off the field, Wilder is a legend imo for what he did first time around, but time moves on and I feared for his health tbh near the end

 

[Bradfordblade]

This. ^^^^^**
Every single one - and I live way outside the bubble and talk to mates with no Blades affiliation.
They are dumbfounded by the whole situation.

Absolutely. I understand the criticisms of CW and agree with some of them but the decision COH made was bonkers and could set us back years. I could have understood the decision if they replaced CW with someone like Cooper or O'Neil but not RS. I cannot understand why anyone looking at this objectively would think differently.

I really hope to be proved wrong and I have nothing against RS. He seems a decent, intelligent guy and I hope he does well However, as a seasoned Blade I know how things can spiral downwards really quickly.I feel like I have been here many times before. I am getting whiffs of the bad old days and periods of decline with the likes of Sirrell, Haslam, Peters, McEwan, Woolhouse, Charles Green, Mike McDonald, Heath, Robson etc. and I am thinking OMG here we go again!!

Maybe, just maybe, I will be proved to be wrong and it is just that decades of being a Blade is conditioning me to expect the worse. If there is a way of cocking thins up, SUFC will find it and do it. It is the SUFC way

 

[BangorBlade]

Maybe they would have stuck with him a bit longer, but I believe they're looking for a more modern approach not a manager who at times got the club fined and bad press for his actions on and off the field, Wilder is a legend imo for what he did first time around, but time moves on and I feared for his health tbh near the end

As daft as this might sound m8 I actually think they thought was Wilder was too powerful at the lane.

 

[Bradfordblade]

I can't be arsed to watch the interview see I'm a United supporter not a Chris Wilder supporter. While the up and at em brigade love the pashun and badge thumping it all means feck all the bloke is an irreleall about opinions I supposevant failure who has done very well out of Sheffield United, I'm glad to see the back of the cnut. Do we really have to go over this old ground every time we have a poor result.

Deary me. All about opinions I suppose and everyone is entitled to them. Yes CW got things wrong. Who is perfect? He did things that was not comfortable with and made decisions that cost us. But CW also gave us some of the best times we have had in years. To see suchposts with so much anti- Wilder bile is sad.

Time to move on and look forward I quess but I think CW desrves a bit more respect and gratitude. Remember the state we were at the end of 2015/6?

 

[GymClassHero]

Wilder was effective at getting results in the Championship but his negative tactics, strange team selections and rants were getting more bizarre as time went on. I was a big CW fan but after the second half capitulation at Wembley (following on from the last 10 games in the league campaign where we bottled it), where we had them on the ropes and then we came out again and looked a completely different team from the break, meant that I could see merit in going in a different direction as a club.

I actually like Selles and provided he is wise enough to see where he has gone wrong and he can change things quickly to adjust, then he should do well. Example, he was asked this week about whether he has the right players in place atm to play his ideal tactics and he basically said no, and that he will have to reassess. That was good to hear as I want him to learn from mistakes made and change things to make it better. Otherwise you get the Russell Martin syndrome (or David Weir) where they are tunnel visioned and see only what they want it to be like and not the reality.

Wilder has had his shot (and done well for us) but just like evolution and the dinosaurs, time moves on and his United managerial career is now extinct. Selles is the here and now and I hope for all our sakes he does really well and is backed by the board... both in the future and importantly, right now.

Agreed it's unfortunately time for us as a club to move forward and keep with the times. Whilst I don't want us to become one of these faceless multi layered club which has three staff members to do the job required of one, Wilder was becoming more and more peculiar as time went on.

 

[Hblockblade]

He should be in charge of us now FFS !!!!!!

Nothing against Rubén and I am fully behind him , but Chris should have got till Xmas then assess , fucking owners

The silent owners knew what they were doing getting rid of wilder, bring in a yes man and give him nowt and he will still be happy.

 

[Houston_Blade]

The silent owners knew what they were doing getting rid of wilder, bring in a yes man and give him nowt and he will still be happy.

He doesn’t seem overly happy though.

 

[Kenilworth]

Great interview.
Chappers is a very decent football broadcaster and I’ve always liked Gabby Yorath / Logan. She is a consummate broadcaster and knows her football inside out.

 

[coolasanidiot]

Only just listened to that- WTF have these owners done - insane decision. He built a new squad in close season that got 92 points. Why the **** didn't they give him 12 games.

 

[JimW1889]

You can like Selles without hating Wilder and vice versa, really doesn't have to be one or the other.

 

[Bladesman]

You can like Selles without hating Wilder and vice versa, really doesn't have to be one or the other.

Yes it does, that's the way this forum works.

Happy Clappers v Bedwetters
Wilder peroni drinkers v Selles tapas eaters
McWobblegob fans v Poundless Prince fans
Local journos v Bladey YouTubers

Now pick a side dammit!

 

[Booker4]

Not listened to much of the interview tbh. It's something I will watch when we push up the table which I hope will come soon. I was gutted when he left as I said on here. I think he's the best manager we've had since Harry.

Saying all that there's something about Selles I really like. The fans, the players and most importantly the board need to back Selles.

I still think we can have a really good season.

As for wilder. I wish him all the best. Gave us some amazing memories and signed some cracking players but we have to move on. Hell no doubt manage again and quite possibly in the championship. He deserves that chance. Only time will tell whether the board got it right changing.