Incoming? Darragh Lenihan

[Balham]

Gets his round in though.

You joke.

 

[jt64]

I mean at this stage on a one year deal if VERY cheap wages it wouldn't be awful

 

[S40BLADE]

 

[Bladesman]

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2017 and we need a defender.

 

[Blade56]

I mean at this stage on a one year deal if VERY cheap wages it wouldn't be awful

Bit like Mee?

 

[FriethBlade]

Gets his round in though.

Can he carry culture though ?

 

[billyblademan]

Can he carry culture though ?

He can carry a tray of culture!

 

[Booker4]

If he does come in it will be in a martin cranie role you'd imagine and playing less than ten games a season.

 

[joe casey]

Wilder says….

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Ok so I've decided to look how much this is actually "a thing" and how much its just overblown forum nonsense - or somewhere inbetween.

I've listed the players below signed by Wilder who I think are either notorious for injuries with us, or injuries/availability issues before they signed:

17/18
Clayton Donaldson - known for picking up injuries before he signed - managed 30 games and 5 goals and proved a pretty solid signing.

18/19
David McGoldrick - as above but went onto become a club legend. No words needed.

19/20 (now it gets fun)

• Jack Rodwell: injured 16/17 and was out the whole of 17/18 through injury/mental wages at Sunderland. Managed 21 games for blackburn before we signed him and he managed 1 game.
• Ravel Morrison: 17/18 30 games in Mexico, 18/19 21 games - played once for us in the prem

-Moussett: solid record before he signed for us (29 and 28 games for Bournemouth), ever present 19/20, injury at start of 20/21 essentially finished his career as it enabled him to find local takeaways
- Mcburnie: 17/18, 28 games for Swansea (prem)/Barnsley, 18/19 44 games 22 goals for Swansea, 19/20 36 games for us. 20/21 23 games but 14 injured, 21/22 28 games played but out over christmas. 22/23 38 games and 13 goals

20/21
- Rhian Brewster: ankle surgey 18/19 kept him out until Jan 2020 where he signed for Swansea and hit 10 in 20. 20/21 managed 27 games for us (in squad for 34). 21/22 hamstring injurys then restricted the rest of his playing time for us though he was in the squad for 41 games in 24/25.

24/25
- Jamie Shackleton: 19/20 24 games and out Oct-Jan. 20/21 had one injury but in the Leeds squad for 31 games - stayed injury free 21/22 and again 22/23 managed 37 gams for Millwall. Rarely seen in a Blades shirt

25/26

• Kalvin Phillips: 23/24 no injuries just rarely used, 24/25 22 games but two injuries keeping him out for 8 games. Red Card/Injury curtailed any signs of a resurgence this season.
• Jairo Riedewald: 23/24 didn't appear in Palace squad Feb-April, 24/25 Hamstring injury but played 28, recurrence of hamstring injury twice this season perhaps adds to the reasons we haven't kept him on despite solid performances.
• Patrick Bamford: 23/24 hamstring injury but played 33, 24/25 injury kept him out 14 games

It's my interpretation and you're welcome to disagree but I think of the above it shows:

1. Players who had poor availability records before signing but turned out to be good signings: Donaldson, McGoldrick, Riedewald, Bamford
2. Players who actually had decent availability records but kept getting injured for us: Moussett, Mcburnie, Shackleton
3. Players we really shouldn't have gone anywhere near: Rodwell, Morrison,
Brewster - could fall into category 2 and 3 - he'd had major surgery but Swansea form showed he'd recovered well, hamstrings did for us and him in the end
Phillips - looks to be the next cab off the rank. Could fall into any of the three categories. 24/25 injuries you'd think are because of lack of playing time for City in 23/24, whether we can get him some fitness is anyone's guess.

My main takeaway is that outside of Rodwell/Morrison - I don't think Wilder has form signing old/injury prone players who don't do it for us. We either sign older boys who prove useful or sign previously fit players and turn them to glass - the fitness department for me is one of the main areas of concern at the club.

 

[Bladesman]

If he does come in it will be in a martin cranie role you'd imagine and playing less than ten games a season.

It was just me guessing based on on him being released.

I expect Danny Hall will do an article about this possibility though.

 

[Booker4]

It was just me guessing based on on him being released.

I expect Danny Hall will do an article about this possibility though.

Wilder has signed him before right? I can definitely see him coming but he'd only be a squad player.

 

[Blade56]

Ok so I've decided to look how much this is actually "a thing" and how much its just overblown forum nonsense - or somewhere inbetween.

I've listed the players below signed by Wilder who I think are either notorious for injuries with us, or injuries/availability issues before they signed:

17/18
Clayton Donaldson - known for picking up injuries before he signed - managed 30 games and 5 goals and proved a pretty solid signing.

18/19
David McGoldrick - as above but went onto become a club legend. No words needed.

19/20 (now it gets fun)

• Jack Rodwell: injured 16/17 and was out the whole of 17/18 through injury/mental wages at Sunderland. Managed 21 games for blackburn before we signed him and he managed 1 game.
• Ravel Morrison: 17/18 30 games in Mexico, 18/19 21 games - played once for us in the prem

-Moussett: solid record before he signed for us (29 and 28 games for Bournemouth), ever present 19/20, injury at start of 20/21 essentially finished his career as it enabled him to find local takeaways
- Mcburnie: 17/18, 28 games for Swansea (prem)/Barnsley, 18/19 44 games 22 goals for Swansea, 19/20 36 games for us. 20/21 23 games but 14 injured, 21/22 28 games played but out over christmas. 22/23 38 games and 13 goals

20/21
- Rhian Brewster: ankle surgey 18/19 kept him out until Jan 2020 where he signed for Swansea and hit 10 in 20. 20/21 managed 27 games for us (in squad for 34). 21/22 hamstring injurys then restricted the rest of his playing time for us though he was in the squad for 41 games in 24/25.

24/25
- Jamie Shackleton: 19/20 24 games and out Oct-Jan. 20/21 had one injury but in the Leeds squad for 31 games - stayed injury free 21/22 and again 22/23 managed 37 gams for Millwall. Rarely seen in a Blades shirt

25/26

• Kalvin Phillips: 23/24 no injuries just rarely used, 24/25 22 games but two injuries keeping him out for 8 games. Red Card/Injury curtailed any signs of a resurgence this season.
• Jairo Riedewald: 23/24 didn't appear in Palace squad Feb-April, 24/25 Hamstring injury but played 28, recurrence of hamstring injury twice this season perhaps adds to the reasons we haven't kept him on despite solid performances.
• Patrick Bamford: 23/24 hamstring injury but played 33, 24/25 injury kept him out 14 games

It's my interpretation and you're welcome to disagree but I think of the above it shows:

1. Players who had poor availability records before signing but turned out to be good signings: Donaldson, McGoldrick, Riedewald, Bamford
2. Players who actually had decent availability records but kept getting injured for us: Moussett, Mcburnie, Shackleton
3. Players we really shouldn't have gone anywhere near: Rodwell, Morrison,
Brewster - could fall into category 2 and 3 - he'd had major surgery but Swansea form showed he'd recovered well, hamstrings did for us and him in the end
Phillips - looks to be the next cab off the rank. Could fall into any of the three categories. 24/25 injuries you'd think are because of lack of playing time for City in 23/24, whether we can get him some fitness is anyone's guess.

My main takeaway is that outside of Rodwell/Morrison - I don't think Wilder has form signing old/injury prone players who don't do it for us. We either sign older boys who prove useful or sign previously fit players and turn them to glass - the fitness department for me is one of the main areas of concern at the club.

Weeeeeerz Souter, Mee, Chris Hussey, Ricky Holmes, Ben Woodman, Kieran Dowell, Ravell Morrison, Panagiotis Retsos, Ollie Burke, Ismaila Coulibaly, …

He sign lots of duff players, injury prone players and forgotten players and statically a few did ok.

 

[RowTBlade10]

He can carry a tray of culture!

 

[RowTBlade10]