Jim addressing the fans on twitter 18/10/15.

[SwissBlade]

So why not ask him that question about where the money has been spent?

I don't see the need. I've never asked for this type of communication from our chairman. But as he puts himself out there I'm prepared to listen and communicate (but that's a different matter)

Either they're totally up front and communicative or they don't communicate like this.

I've said for a while that Jim, nice bloke that he is, opens himself for a lot of criticism. And blindly being a blades fanboy and pushing the positive sell isn't really British, it's not Sheffield United. We're a cynical bunch even at the best of times.

So for him to keep pushing #togetherforever and then distancing himself from Clough or Adkins is a bit off.

I remember last season, there were Twitter conversations similar to this, Phipps urging calm and spouting the whole promotion talk. However, last season we had the cup run, so he could use that. Now he's no excuses, nowhere to hide. I digress though, around this stage, Jim said that ultimately he was responsible if we failed in our objective (automatic promotion), we will not fail, he uttered. We failed. Who got the chop? Not 'tweety Jim'...

I'd be much happier if Jim actually told it as it was. Yes we're going for promotion, but we will sell our best players and not buy replacements of equal or better, we'll make do with what we have. But what we will do is buy a feckin centre half!

 

[Deadbat]

Well they're as obsessed as us, so who knows weather it's true or not, but I live in the hope that people put their reputations on the line when making claims, hope it's true is the quick answer, but it might be bs, rumours are just rumours, but if I was the board this morning I would have seen enough to know that we need new blood now, wouldn't surprise me if it was true, or not..

Just watching Derby and wolves, we really need to step up should we get up, wolves haven't been bad, but they're 4-1 down having saved a Martin penalty as well..

Looked at benches of Derby and Wolves and also Wednesday and Hull yesterday.

All would walk in our side. Not sure any of these will go up with most being around edge of playoffs to mid table.

That is how far off we are.

 

[blade too long]

So correct me if im wrong

theres not enough hours in a day for that

if Id paid for the club I think Id want all its assetts in my name

why would McCabe be any different

if you are buying your house would you have it in the supporters clubs name to show your a blade
I dont thiink so

 

[judge]

theres not enough hours in a day for that

if Id paid for the club I think Id want all its assetts in my name

why would McCabe be any different

if you are buying your house would you have it in the supporters clubs name to show your a blade
I dont thiink so

I have never known anyone miss the point with such violent regularity as you do on this forum
And then the trademark stupid irrelevant question at the end

I am not questioning why mccabe has done what hes done i am questioning why the prince has got involved if he can only afford to cover our losses for a few years

 

[BushBlade]

I agree we made a mess of the last window and we should have more potential to get better players in January but do you think carrying on with the likes of Collins, McEveley, McGahey, Scougall, Coutts, Basham, Baxter as our spine defence-midfield is preferable to taking action now? Even some of the 4th/5th choice would be better than Collins/McEveley/McGahey/Scougall. You might have to be cute if going for other League One players or League Two and get them on loan for a sizeable loan fee and then complete the full transfer in January. Money talks.

There are still plenty of players in Prem and champ even reserve better than those above (granted Edgar not worked)

The option of sitting tight will see us a lot further away from the top 2 than 5 points when January comes around (you an quote me on that if we don't make any loan signings). We have to act now. Defeats at Port Vale, v Colchester and Bury and drawing at 10 man Oldham show this side is not good enough and has to be improved NOW. 3 more months would be way too late no matter how better it is to act in January. We were miles behind last time we did that and it will be similar again this time.

It's not really that likely that we could persuade our rivals to loan us their best player until the JTW. I can't think of many examples where that has happened.

 

[judge]

theres not enough hours in a day for that

if Id paid for the club I think Id want all its assetts in my name

why would McCabe be any different
Why would the prince be any different

if you are buying your house would you have it in the supporters clubs name to show your a blade
I dont thiink so

 

[BushBlade]

That's the thing. As much as Clough made some awful buys and tied us into contracts for 2-3 years...Adkins business has been awful really.

Failed to move on any of the liabilities from last year (that is easier said than done) and sold Murphy (maybe had little choice in this)

Signings other than jury out on Sharp have been really poor.

Sharp - Scored a few and his performances been decent but missed lots of guilt edged chances (Colchester, Port Vale, Oldham)
Sammon - Not even a first team regular starter - had 2 or 3 good games but a lot more really poor ones. Cant see him being here long term
Woolford - Been dreadful. To the point he has struggled to even make the bench even when we have so many injuries
Edgar - Started well but been really poor most of his spell and now out injured

Which of the liabilities should he have moved on? Particularly when the one 99% of us would have shipped out had just been given a new contract by the manager the board then decided to sack.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Genuine question – what sorts of players to you think are actually available to us in the emergency loan window? We can't pick up first teamers in the leagues around us, and it's unlikely that anyone with a vague chance of getting any time in the first team would be available. Burn was on the fringes, and given his game time currently it's now completely understandable why Fulham wouldn't let him go.

The minute we buggered up the permanent deals in the last window, we essentially signed ourselves up to 4 months of struggle. Every now and again a Brayford type is available, but as memory serves he'd have never agreed to join us had it not been for his history with Clough. You're looking at probably 4th/5th choice players that are available and nowhere near the team, or crocks looking to get fit again. Neither good options, and even at Prem/Cham level there would be a question over quality (as McCarthy, who should have ticked all the boxes, proved). Like it not, January's the main opportunity to right the wrongs of August's recruitment.

So a fourth choice Premership player is not a better option than Collins?

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Being honest we could come back in a month (18/11) and he will still be saying the same things. It is no different this month to last month.

Have a like with a big side dish of sadness.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Next season will be our year if we keep Adkins. This one is a write off already due to basically fucking around

But we'll have a third division team next season for the next 2/3 years.

We can not afford to have that attitude.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

I asked Jim if we could move players on IE pay off contracts he replied.

 

[Blade58]

Next season will be our year if we keep Adkins. This one is a write off already due to basically fucking around

So no reason to assume we won't just fk around next season either then?

I don't share your confidence Luke

 

[blade too long]

I am gob smacked at the vast array of conspiracy theories from certain quarters of our fans
the level of fleecing and lying they seem to think goes on makes ex US president Nixon look like a saint
We are pocketing transfer fees putting the deeds in the hands of an evil landlord changing control to confuse people
and any profits been snapped up

we are a league one club haemmoraging money , making a weekly loss trying to get out to improve things financially
there is no hiding of the deeds , they are in the owners name mc cabe
he paid for them ,, he will have them until someone buys the club , ground included
its worthless without it

 

[blade too long]

Oh diddums a little typo Gi'up with thi sen!

thought youd found a time portal if so do we go up ?

 

[Silent Blade]

I am gob smacked at the vast array of conspiracy theories from certain quarters of our fans
the level of fleecing and lying they seem to think goes on makes ex US president Nixon look like a saint

I am gobsmacked too

 

[judge]

I am gob smacked at the vast array of conspiracy theories from certain quarters of our fans
the level of fleecing and lying they seem to think goes on makes ex US president Nixon look like a saint
We are pocketing transfer fees putting the deeds in the hands of an evil landlord changing control to confuse people
and any profits been snapped up

we are a league one club haemmoraging money , making a weekly loss trying to get out to improve things financially
there is no hiding of the deeds , they are in the owners name mc cabe
he paid for them ,, he will have them until someone buys the club , ground included
its worthless without it

No one has said any of that
Not one single post ive seen has said that
Im starting to worry about your sanity matev

 

[blade too long]

No one has said any of that
Not one single post ive seen has said that
Im starting to worry about your sanity matev

who said it was about you

 

[judge]

who said it was about you

Not me thats for sure ,do you even read the posts you reply to ?

 

[blade too long]

I wasnt replying to one , was a general opinion on all the threads and their content
are you denying theres people who often ask who owns the deeds

 

[LoughboroBlade]

So a fourth choice Premership player is not a better option than Collins?

Really depends doesn't it. We're crying out for an experienced commanding centre-half, and we brought in exactly that ahead of Collins a year ago. That didn't go particularly well as I recall.

 

[BushBlade]

So a fourth choice Premership player is not a better option than Collins?

A 4th choice PL player could get a loan to a championship club. Why would one want to come here? Hammond was only interested because he knows Wilkins. There must be very few that would be willing to join us and I can't see many clubs being prepared to loan a player to us at, say, a third wages when a championship club might pay half or three quarters.

I'd have thought a Dan Burn type, 4th choice championship player was more achievable but whom?

 

[blader]

subtly the debate over our investment has changed since the Prince came in, has anyone noticed?

Initially, the point of this new investment was so that we would keep our best players and spend money (which we previously didn't have) on more players to improve the side.

Now, the debate has shifted. It isn't about how much we have invested, but how much have we 're-invested' which is a completely different point. It's evident now money isn't being spent on bringing in players of quality 'a la Wolves, Bristol City etc' but are we having a net spend of zero? And basically, no we aren't.

I don't mind that we dont have millions, but Phipps needs to stop acting like we do. If the board were genuinely willing to spend what it takes to get out of the league, they would re-invest the Murphy money, and then some. They wouldn't be haggling over a few grand for Burn, or a few grand on Hammond's wages. A serious board would put faith in the manager and pay for the player's Adkins (the man THEY chose to get us up) has said would gain us promotion.

Furthermore, on the topic of Murphy and Maguire, and how the attitude of 'if a player wants to leave we're better getting rid' is applied. I remember Joe Garner handing in a transfer request at Preston and turning down a new contract. Preston managed to convince him to stay, they went up with him as top scorer. Let's not pretend once a player shows intent to leave, then it's all over. Rooney could also be used as a good example.
A serious, well run club negotiate these things in a professional manner and do what is best for the first team. They don't sell players to the first bidder and hide behind the fact they 'expressed an interest to leave'. It's utter bollocks.

 

[bladesmanluke]

So no reason to assume we won't just fk around next season either then?

I don't share your confidence Luke

Well I suppose we haven't learned a thing from last season looking at it

 

[Worksop II]

I don't mind that we dont have millions, but Phipps needs to stop acting like we do.

I think Princey is spending all the money on his NFL Fantasy Team.

 

[marsh blade]

subtly the debate over our investment has changed since the Prince came in, has anyone noticed?

Initially, the point of this new investment was so that we would keep our best players and spend money (which we previously didn't have) on more players to improve the side.

Now, the debate has shifted. It isn't about how much we have invested, but how much have we 're-invested' which is a completely different point. It's evident now money isn't being spent on bringing in players of quality 'a la Wolves, Bristol City etc' but are we having a net spend of zero? And basically, no we aren't.

I don't mind that we dont have millions, but Phipps needs to stop acting like we do. If the board were genuinely willing to spend what it takes to get out of the league, they would re-invest the Murphy money, and then some. They wouldn't be haggling over a few grand for Burn, or a few grand on Hammond's wages. A serious board would put faith in the manager and pay for the player's Adkins (the man THEY chose to get us up) has said would gain us promotion.

Furthermore, on the topic of Murphy and Maguire, and how the attitude of 'if a player wants to leave we're better getting rid' is applied. I remember Joe Garner handing in a transfer request at Preston and turning down a new contract. Preston managed to convince him to stay, they went up with him as top scorer. Let's not pretend once a player shows intent to leave, then it's all over. Rooney could also be used as a good example.
A serious, well run club negotiate these things in a professional manner and do what is best for the first team. They don't sell players to the first bidder and hide behind the fact they 'expressed an interest to leave'. It's utter bollocks.

I reckon it will get much worse soon my prediction is Adkins will not see out the full season .He will be off to a championship club due to false promises.

 

[JohnDenver]

however they need to focus on getting us up, not chatting with fans on Twitter and making themselves look like idiots

The club is failing at the moment, but it's not because Jim Phipps spends an hour or two replying to tweets every week. If only it was so simple.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Really depends doesn't it. We're crying out for an experienced commanding centre-half, and we brought in exactly that ahead of Collins a year ago. That didn't go particularly well as I recall.

To be fair whilst we were on the training pitch working out who marks who at set pieces one of the key elements was sat on a train.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

I reckon it will get much worse soon my prediction is Adkins will not see out the full season .He will be off to a championship club due to false promises.

I think we might see the back of him as he's blowing hot air out of his arse at the moment.

 

[marsh blade]

I think we might see the back of him as he's blowing hot air out of his arse at the moment.

I think its the club thats blowing hot air out of their arse specially jim must have bin on the vindaloo.

 

[SwissBlade]

The club is failing at the moment, but it's not because Jim Phipps spends an hour or two replying to tweets every week. If only it was so simple.

Yeah, don't disagree, however I think Jim really doesn't help things. Makes a bad situation worse.