Wilder

[BobbyDavison'sDebut]

Chris Wilder is the greatest manager I’ve ever seen, he ticked every box you could want from a manager. but it was time

lets not look back on last season through rose-tinted glasses. We were hammered by Leeds & Hull,, there was the anonymous performances where we never looked like scoring v Plymouth A, Millwall, Pompey A & Oxford. There were other matches we rode our luck. We were second best but somehow nicked the 3 points Plymouth H, Portsmouth, a moment of hamer magic beats Derby, & we can’t ignore the fact we lost 6 of the 7 games we played against promotion rivals.

just because we picked the wrong man, doesnt mean it was wrong

100% agree with this. We just got the wrong man in. We sleep walked into the playoffs. Got too many fines including our manager and also some embarrassing off field antics. Arguably the best we played for the second half of the season was the play off semis and half of the final. We needed a refresh but got the wrong guy

 

[Blade82]

For the millionth time...

No, we wouldn't have lost the first six games of the season with Wilder.

That doesn't mean he should have stayed.

It was time for him to go.

It was time for him to go

I heard Leeds fans sulking calling for Farke to go after losing to Southampton at Wembley. If only their board listened

 

[Blade82]

It was time for him to go… apparently

 

[reedy63]

One thing is for sure, we wunt be in the mess we are in now with Chris Wilder. Unfortunately, things have backfired bad move by the owners.
They have to sort this out; they must bring in a new manager who has experience and knows what He is doing. I have no idea who, but they must act now.

 

[kop blade]

should have never let him go bet they regret it now he was the beating heart a kop legend and tufty he will always be our great blades gaffer,,utb..

 

[Mendi]

I just can't see the owners bringing him back. Can anyone see it ?

 

[Booker4]

As much as Wilder suits us as a club, we cannot just keep going back to him every time we get in trouble otherwise we'll never go forwards as a club.

Why not try repeating the trick we had with him in 2016, by going out and trying to find the next Chris Wilder.

That's Dave Challinor for me as I've said tens of times. The fact these owners are highly likely to have never heard of him or even considering him says all you need to know. Far more likely to be either a foreign manager, a big name who has failed like Michael Carrick or Gerrard.

It will almost certainly be simeone willi g to work under our data based recruitment because the board think they know best.

 

[kop blade]

i love the bloke ok i did want a more attacking team but he knew how to grind wins out he was 15 minutes from going up i was confused why then oners in jan 2025 gave him a 3yrs vonract them let him go when we lost play off final we may never see a gaffer who could take us to top flight gos 92 points and they sack him they are cruel he wouldny have lost 6 games in a row thats for sure im suprised he hasnt been snaped up by a top 2nd tier team he knows how to win hes so much better than ruben selles who tals alot but doesnt win i backed selles ball but now i want him gone id have chis wilder tufty back he was THE BEATING HEART one of our own a blads fan he care about sufc we wins he is a kop blades god what what he did at the blades the memories when we could WIN games he will be im our hearts for leading us on that journey till the end of time,he loved the mighty blades i still hope he returns to finnish the job he can move us forward again and unite the players and fans we fight on we can win again with hreat man mr sheffield united fc tufty back ,,utb.

 

[kop blade]

I just can't see the owners bringing him back. Can anyone see it ?

I just can't see the owners bringing him back. Can anyone see it ?

yep pal he wins hes class Tufty ..hes better than selles utb..

 

[kop blade]

opolgize to him bring him back he can WIN its not to late

 

[kop blade]

our gaffer

 

[kop blade]

i love the bloke ok i did want a more attacking team but he knew how to grind wins out he was 15 minutes from going up i was confused why then owners in jan 2025 gave him a 3yrs contract them let him go when we lost play off final we may never see a gaffer who could take us to top flight on 92 points and they sack him they are cruel he wouldnt have lost 6 games in a row thats for sure hes class im suprised he hasnt been snaped up by a top 2nd tier team he knows how to win hes so much better than ruben selles who talks alot but doesnt win i backed selles ball but now i want him gone het talk about vertical dynamic but weve not seen it hardly any shots on goal its failed but tufty wins hes more defensive we need that now were leaking goals id have chis wilder tufty back he was THE BEATING HEART one of our own a blads fan he care about sufc we wins he is a kop blades god what what he did at the blades the memories when we could WIN games he will be im our hearts for leading us on that journey till the end of time,he loved the mighty blades i still hope he returns to finnish the job he can move us forward again and unite the players and fans we fight on we can win again with great man good servant good player from my era watched him with my papa in bassett days yep top man i respecto mr sheffield united fc tufty back ,,utb.get him bak say sorry we made a mistake he may come home worth a do he will sort this mess out like usual.chow

i miss him come home pal get your pizza come back m8

 

[kop blade]

crazy to let him go tugty ball was best he wins now you see its failed selles ball

 

[kop blade]

crazy to let him go tufty ball was best he wins now you see its failed selles ball

chris wins but selles talks about winning but doesnt win hes failed but i wish him the best but not at blades hes not for us

crazy to let him go tufty ball was best he wins now you see its failed selles ball

ruben he talks alot but tufty he wins

 

[Houston_Blade]

I’ve said before that I still remember the feeling in my stomach when Wilder left the first time, I was gutted. He then did a good job in the Championship last season and the board decided they wanted another direction. I wasn’t for the sacking but I also wasn’t against it. I thought we might have a change of routine and focus and that we might build a club where PL sustainability was possible.

With hindsight I’d have been massively against it, because what they’ve done over the last few months is absolutely shocking.

I knew very little about Selles and I wish I knew even less about him, he’s obviously going to hunker down and wait for the inevitable pay off, why wouldn’t he?!

It’s become clear that we, as a club, need to ‘stick to the knitting’. There is absolutely no point in trying to be something we aren’t. We’re a chippy, plucky, Northern underdog. We need a manager who gets this and can galvanise fans and players around this mindset.

Idiots like me need to stop thinking about what works elsewhere and realise that we’re Sheffield United and we won’t ever change and to be honest, after Slav and now Selles, I don’t even want us to anymore.

I’d take Wilder back in a heartbeat at the moment. Not sure he’d be happy with the squad that’s been assembled but I’m sure he’d get a tune out of them (apart from Godfrey, Barry, Bindon and Cannon, they’re just wank).

Come on COH, get rid of the clown in charge now and get back to what we know. Anything is better than getting ideas above our station and failing in the execution of them.

 

[fifty shades of blade]

I’ve said before that I still remember the feeling in my stomach when Wilder left the first time, I was gutted. He then did a good job in the Championship last season and the board decided they wanted another direction. I wasn’t for the sacking but I also wasn’t against it. I thought we might have a change of routine and focus and that we might build a club where PL sustainability was possible.

With hindsight I’d have been massively against it, because what they’ve done over the last few months is absolutely shocking.

I knew very little about Selles and I wish I knew even less about him, he’s obviously going to hunker down and wait for the inevitable pay off, why wouldn’t he?!

It’s become clear that we, as a club, need to ‘stick to the knitting’. There is absolutely no point in trying to be something we aren’t. We’re a chippy, plucky, Northern underdog. We need a manager who gets this and can galvanise fans and players around this mindset.

Idiots like me need to stop thinking about what works elsewhere and realise that we’re Sheffield United and we won’t ever change and to be honest, after Slav and now Selles, I don’t even want us to anymore.

I’d take Wilder back in a heartbeat at the moment. Not sure he’d be happy with the squad that’s been assembled but I’m sure he’d get a tune out of them (apart from Godfrey, Barry, Bindon and Cannon, they’re just wank).

Come on COH, get rid of the clown in charge now and get back to what we know. Anything is better than getting ideas above our station and failing in the execution of them.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

It was time for him to go

I heard Leeds fans sulking calling for Farke to go after losing to Southampton at Wembley. If only their board listened

Wilder is my favourite ever Blades manager by a million miles.

But it doesn't entitle him to a job for life.

His time has been and gone.

 

[The Hobott]

Just because we picked the wrong man, doesnt mean it was wrong

I beg to differ.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Remember people complaining a lot about us getting 92 points the wrong way.

Those people are morons.

You can't dress it up any other way.


They'll keep on digging that hole though I suspect. Double down and all that. Because they can't admit they got it so badly wrong.

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

Remember people complaining a lot about us getting 92 points the wrong way.

Those people are morons.

You can't dress it up any other way.


They'll keep on digging that hole though I suspect. Double down and all that. Because they can't admit they got it so badly wrong.

What a stupid statement

 

[ATL Recs]

That thought it was a marvellous idea to get rid of Wilder. You got it so so wrong.told in early April

That thought it was a marvellous idea to get rid of Wilder. You got it so so wrong.

Wilder knew before Easter that whatever division ws would be in they wouldn’t be here

 

[Berkshire Blade]

What a stupid statement

Points at everything since May.

Compare it to last season.


Defend that.

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

Points at everything since May.

Compare it to last season.


Defend that.

Scroll back until April. Defend that.

It was the comment about being morons that was stupid.

I didn't hardly enjoy the football at all last season, despite the points total (I'm not enjoying it now either). It was boring, turgid and functional. It wasn't entertaining.

I didn't press for change but wasn't disappointed to see wilder leave.

The fact the board picked the wrong man doesn't make me a moron.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Scroll back until April. Defend that.

It was the comment about being morons that was stupid.

I didn't hardly enjoy the football at all last season, despite the points total (I'm not enjoying it now either). It was boring, turgid and functional. It wasn't entertaining.

I didn't press for change but wasn't disappointed to see wilder leave.

The fact the board picked the wrong man doesn't make me a moron.

One bad week. It was awful. Even if we won two of those games we'd not have come 2nd though. Two sides did outstanding points size and we were unlucky with that.

Enjoy the football? I enjoy winning. I "enjoyed" our performance against Bristol city first game of the season in parts. We still fucking lost. In fact we got taken apart.

Functional? I'd cut my legs off for that now!

I remember Bournemouth going up and nobody being that impressed with them. Now look at them. That's where you take the risk not on the cusp of promotion

 

[UTB Blade]

The absolute state of some of the utter tits on this thread and this forum:
"Yes, I know we can't buy a goal or a point, much less a win, and we're mired in the dreck at the foot of the table hurtling relentlessly towards League One, having just had our arses handed to us 5-0 by a team that hadn't had a home win since 2024 until we rolled into town, but I'm still going to sit here and spout utter bollocks about how we're somehow better off in this appalling state, than we were with a proven, successful manager, who had us challenging for promotion."

No, no we're not. We're not remotely better off with this absolute shambles, than we were when we were a competent, functioning football club.

The whole point of football is to win.

To succeed.

To progress.

To move up as far as you can.

Not to lose, fail, regress, and plummet as far as you can, as fast as you can.

Normal football fans understand this basic concept.

But not some sections of our fanbase, oh no.

The only fanbase on the planet, in which significant numbers would apparently rather be losing than winning, would rather be plummeting down the table instead of climbing up it, would rather be in a relegation scrap than a promotion race, as long as the bloke in charge hasn't committed the heinous crime of thumping his badge.

There's no wonder we're in the state we are on the pitch, when we've got so many people in our fanbase refusing to recognise, much less criticise, the self-inflicted cause of our decline and fall.

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

One bad week. It was awful. Even if we won two of those games we'd not have come 2nd though. Two sides did outstanding points size and we were unlucky with that.

Enjoy the football? I enjoy winning. I "enjoyed" our performance against Bristol city first game of the season in parts. We still fucking lost. In fact we got taken apart.

Functional? I'd cut my legs off for that now!

I remember Bournemouth going up and nobody being that impressed with them. Now look at them. That's where you take the risk not on the cusp of promotion

Bournemouth have shaken the Managerial tree a few times after Eddie Howe left, and have ended up a solid EPL club now. Same as Crystal Palace. Both clubs yo-yo'd between the leagues.

Lots of similarities with our present position.

These are both clubs whose position we are aspiring to get to.......

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Bournemouth have shaken the Managerial tree a few times after Eddie Howe left, and have ended up a solid EPL club now. Same as Crystal Palace. Both clubs yo-yo'd between the leagues.

Lots of similarities with our present position.

These are both clubs whose position we are aspiring to get to.......

Two clubs who evolved in the premier league you mean

 

[54yrblade]

COH took a punt on us, seeing where we were at the time they became involved and the potential PL riches on offer
Wilder and the team last year f*cked it up, along with the off field embarrassments.

Maybe COH didn't look closely enough, or act swiftly enough once they took over. Maybe that was the right time to act? We'll never know now

Either way, hopefully, recent performances, with the back up evidence of the serial failures to win big games last season, encourage some deep thinking and a manager change soon.

We cannot be a 'one man club'. We can, and will move forward, even if it takes a relegation to set us on our way, and that could happen.

 

[PrestwichBlade]

The absolute state of some of the utter tits on this thread and this forum:
"Yes, I know we can't buy a goal or a point, much less a win, and we're mired in the dreck at the foot of the table hurtling relentlessly towards League One, having just had our arses handed to us 5-0 by a team that hadn't had a home win since 2024 until we rolled into town, but I'm still going to sit here and spout utter bollocks about how we're somehow better off in this appalling state, than we were with a proven, successful manager, who had us challenging for promotion."

No, no we're not. We're not remotely better off with this absolute shambles, than we were when we were a competent, functioning football club.

The whole point of football is to win.

To succeed.

To progress.

To move up as far as you can.

Not to lose, fail, regress, and plummet as far as you can, as fast as you can.

Normal football fans understand this basic concept.

But not some sections of our fanbase, oh no.

The only fanbase on the planet, in which significant numbers would apparently rather be losing than winning, would rather be plummeting down the table instead of climbing up it, would rather be in a relegation scrap than a promotion race, as long as the bloke in charge hasn't committed the heinous crime of thumping his badge.

There's no wonder we're in the state we are on the pitch, when we've got so many people in our fanbase refusing to recognise, much less criticise, the self-inflicted cause of our decline and fall.

Indeed, but it wasn't working under previous managers either, it never has. Something fundamental needs to change at the club to do that. Constantly flexing back to the "known" ain't gonna work, even if it does make some people feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

*edit - it's now clear Sellés isn't the man to do it, but let's look forwards not backwards eh?

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

Two clubs who evolved in the premier league you mean

Perhaps we should have kept Wilder, let him.get us up, then fired him early in the first season in the EPL and built from there.

Bottom line is we don't know why he left the club. It might have been because they wanted a new direction with more AI based analysis on who we signed, maybe a DoF (that hasn't happened), maybe they were bored as well, possibly Wilders ego was the problem - who knows?

The plan is the right one ( to get us to a sustainable EPL club), but they've picked the wrong bloke, and they now need to rectify that.

No amount of hand wringing and wailing will bring Wilder back. And if it does, Christ almighty his ego and stubborn-ness will be off the scale.

They've picked the wrong man to replace him - simples, and they need to rectify this before Monday.