Time to look towards 26/27

[spongebobblade]

There were three distinct phases of recruitment in the summer. The early, data/Sellés driven signings of Nwachukwu, Ukaki, Polendakov, Barry & Bindon; the free agent swoop for Mee and Ings when it was clear we were struggling in the early stages of the season and finally the Jamie Hoyland-led run-it-past-Chris end of window panic buys of McGuinness, Tanganga, Chong, Ogbene and Matos.

So to your first question yes, I do think Wilder was consulted on the last 5 signings because the chairman has explicitly said he was having conversations with him in early September.

Forgive me. The chairman said he had conversations with Wilder in early September. Well it must have been bloody early because the window shut on the 1st. Are you telling me Wilder told him who he wanted, we negotiated with the club and player and signed all 5 of them in one day?!!

 

[Sky Blues]

Forgive me. The chairman said he had conversations with Wilder in early September. Well it must have been bloody early because the window shut on the 1st. Are you telling me Wilder told him who he wanted, we negotiated with the club and player and signed all 5 of them in one day?!!

It's almost criminal what many on here can't see.

You have quite a poor squad for the Championship these days, but at the same time you have Hamer who is at least one of the best players in the Championship. People are looking for someone to blame without looking at the culprits for this seasons fiasco.

 

[reedy63]

I dont the the American owners will get rid of Chris Wilder after the selles debacle.
unless we have a bad start next season. Let him sign the players he wants. I know Wilder has support from the Fans and some
Fan dont like Him everyone is entitled to their opinion. What we need are the American Owners of our club to give Wilder the money to get players who can get promotion next season. With us to compete in the Premier League, you have to spend millions of pounds. The question is, will they? What is your opinion, fellow Blades?

 

[s20Blade]

I dont the the American owners will get rid of Chris Wilder after the selles debacle.
unless we have a bad start next season. Let him sign the players he wants. I know Wilder has support from the Fans and some
Fan dont like Him everyone is entitled to their opinion. What we need are the American Owners of our club to give Wilder the money to get players who can get promotion next season. With us to compete in the Premier League, you have to spend millions of pounds. The question is, will they? What is your opinion, fellow Blades?

Can't see these new owners putting alot of their own into the squad so it will be free transfers, loans and lower league players on the up like the wilder eaely days.

 

[calcalcal]

The manager that finished on 74 points is currently 11th in the Premier League.

Do you see how stupid that is as an argument? What good is 92 points when the promoted teams got 10% more and the team that finished 16 behind you tactically outclassed you (again).

Weren't tactically outclassed at all. Should have been 2 or 3 nil up. VAR shafted us. Their keeper pulled off a worldie at start, and brooks missed a great chance. With any luck at all its game over long before they scored. They also fluked past coventry in the semi as well. Luck was with them but thats football.

Ps. Sunderland have spent crazy money to get where they are

 

[Yoonitedite]

I didn't expect Wilder to "hit the ground running". I expected him to instil a structure and then go from there. He had 41 league matches which is more than enough. Steven Rosen said that he had a conversation with Wilder in "early September" before they had a face-to-face meeting in Cleveland. Jamie Hoyland was appointed as Head of Recruitment on Wilder's say-so. If you want to believe that Wilder wasn't involved in the signings at the end of the summer transfer window then be my guest but the profiles have Wilder's fingerprints all over them.

As an aside, when we sacked Sellés the table looked like this*:

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I've highlighted the teams currently 3rd to 8th. They were at most 7 points ahead of us yet we've only made ground on one of them (and that side has played one fewer than us). Wilder's remit should have been to take us to the play offs.

Once again, too many Blades accept mediocrity if it's got a SUFC badge on it.

*ignoring points deductions

Interesting point.
2 mediocre football clubs,mirroring a mediocre city

 

[reedy63]

The American owners of our club said they are worth Billions of pounds with worldwide companies, if they dont want to spend big sums of money.
We will stop in the championship. Maybe show ambition rather than have cheap transfers or loans.

 

[Balham]

Forgive me. The chairman said he had conversations with Wilder in early September. Well it must have been bloody early because the window shut on the 1st. Are you telling me Wilder told him who he wanted, we negotiated with the club and player and signed all 5 of them in one day?!!

I'm saying that Wilder was consulted on those 5 signings. It was the last day of the transfer window, we were offering a club in the division below a route to offload their highest earners (Chong and McGuinness) and offering those players a chance to move back to the Championship. I doubt the negotiations took long.

As for the other three: Ogbene is a loan (more straightforward), Tanganga may have been a longer burn therefore less likely to have been Wilder approved (ironic that, given he's by far the best of them) and Matos was a proper end-of-the-window panic buy so almost certainly a quick one too.

There's no point me repeating this. You idolise Wilder, that's fine. I see it more as the emperor's new clothes.

 

[spongebobblade]

I'm saying that Wilder was consulted on those 5 signings. It was the last day of the transfer window, we were offering a club in the division below a route to offload their highest earners (Chong and McGuinness) and offering those players a chance to move back to the Championship. I doubt the negotiations took long.

As for the other three: Ogbene is a loan (more straightforward), Tanganga may have been a longer burn therefore less likely to have been Wilder approved (ironic that, given he's by far the best of them) and Matos was a proper end-of-the-window panic buy so almost certainly a quick one too.

There's no point me repeating this. You idolise Wilder, that's fine. I see it more as the emperor's new clothes.

I idolise Wilder …. Now your being ridiculous, just like when your telling us he was consulted on those 5 signing when actually you haven’t got a clue

 

[LBA_Blade]

The American owners of our club said they are worth Billions of pounds with worldwide companies, if they dont want to spend big sums of money.
We will stop in the championship. Maybe show ambition rather than have cheap transfers or loans.

It is a fine margin between showing ambition and it not working and going sour like what has happened very quickly at S6. Two of our cheap transfers, are probably 2 of the best players in our squad in Bamford and Jairo, we also have some quality additions from the academy conveyor belt too. The problem with big money signings often leads to big egos (not always) but it has a chance of upsetting the squad balance. Our biggest ambition would be to keep the academy kids and be able to bring in loans to fill the gaps. If we could do that, we would put ourselves in the mix next season. The problem is when getting to the Premier League you do need to invest £100million + or at least have a net spend to have a chance of being there, even Burnley had a net spend of £57million in the summer, spending over £80million.

 

[BarcaBlade]

I'm a dinosaur though, so carry on as you were, pushing for Selles#2 and a Fairy Godmother DoF.

Available, apparently (AI bollocks warning - stop now for your own sense of self-worth)

Q: Just in general. Would the fairy godmother be under contract or considered a free agent available to any team interested in her services?

AI answer: In the traditional fairy-tale sense, the Fairy Godmother isn’t portrayed as someone under contract to any kingdom, court, or family.
Instead, she’s usually depicted as something closer to a free agent:
Typical “employment model”:

• Independent magical benefactor – She appears when someone worthy needs help.
• No formal obligations – There’s rarely a king, guild, or magical authority assigning her clients.
• Case-by-case intervention – She chooses who to help (often a kind but mistreated protagonist).
• Strict service limits – e.g., the famous midnight deadline in Cinderella