Kevin Blackwell has a job!

[1danewhitehouse]

He's been brought in to assist Warnock at QPR. Will the 2 of them live happily ever after or will it be handbags at 10 paces?

 

[JJ Sefton]

The Dream Team.

 

[BushBlade]

He was a decent assistant manager.

 

[Bladesman]

 

[axel smeets]

Posted in wrong section. Please move.

 

[Jon Bon]

The best we've had at the Lane since Bassett and French.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Posted in wrong section. Please move.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

KB's last game in charge for us was when we got stuffed by QPR, I think.

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[bladesadviser]

Not saying that I want either back but since the last one left we have never had as good a league position and don't like getting back to that position any time soon

 

[Sean Thornton]

The best we've had at the Lane since Bassett and French.

Geoff Taylor not Derek French.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Whatever Warnocks personal shortcomings or Blackwells managerial ones, together they built teams to be proud of.

This lot we have now aren't worth the steam off my piss.

 

[Bath Blade]

Posted in wrong section. Please move.

You must be one of our younger fans. Blackwell used to manage us, back when we were good, hence it being Blades related.

 

[Deleted member 875]

People seem to forget that Blackwell took us to within 90 minutes of automatic promotion in the 2008/09 season, and also took us to a play off final against all odds of a board who sold all his best players from behind his back.......

 

[blade too long]

blackwell was one of our championship managers , got us to a play off final
I can just recall

 

[Dkc]

His managerial career really took off since leaving us, didn't it?

 

[Jon Bon]

Geoff Taylor not Derek French.

Yes apologies. Silly me.

 

[axel smeets]

You must be one of our younger fans. Blackwell used to manage us, back when we were good, hence it being Blades related.

I don't consider 32 young. It is as Blades related as a thread about my bowel movements.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

People seem to forget that Blackwell took us to within 90 minutes of automatic promotion in the 2008/09 season, and also took us to a play off final against all odds of a board who sold all his best players from behind his back.......

People also seem to forget that with the players at his disposal we probably should have been looking at automatic. Perhaps had he not mishandled Cotterill, or sold Hulse so he could bring in Henderson, we might have done.

 

[billyblademan]

People also seem to forget that with the players at his disposal we probably should have been looking at automatic. Perhaps had he not mishandled Cotterill, or sold Hulse so he could bring in Henderson, we might have done.

It's a phrase oft used, but the points tally we got would have got us up most seasons. The key points dropped were against Wednesday (think they did the double over us that season - the one where they scored after about 30 seconds?), and we got only got 1/6 against Warnock's Palace.

 

[bornablade]

Two of our ex-managers who we disposed of get jobs at a Championship club.

Meanwhile back in League One.....

 

[Kenilworth]

I don't consider 32 young. It is as Blades related as a thread about my bowel movements.

Depends if they are "Lucky" or not

If they are, you're Gold Dust and could be the new Tarquers

 

[HighfieldBlade]

blackwell was one of our championship managers , got us to a play off final
I can just recall

Yes, it was the defeat to Burnley. We were outplayed and outsung. Really crap day.

 

[Bath Blade]

Yes, it was the defeat to Burnley. We were outplayed and outsung. Really crap day.

Every one of the four play-off finals has been a really crap day, but to rank them in levels of crapness I'd say 2003 was crappest due to the high expectation, followed by 2009, then 1997 because I was too pissed to care, and 2012 because I was too disillusioned to care.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Every one of the four play-off finals has been a really crap day, but to rank them in levels of crapness I'd say 2003 was crappest due to the high expectation, followed by 2009, then 1997 because I was too pissed to care, and 2012 because I was too disillusioned to care.

Couldn't agree more. 2003 was the epitome of crap days.

 

[Whiston Blade]

Couldn't agree more. 2003 was the epitome of crap days.

It was a bloody good day out until kick off, I always knew we were in trouble, that morning news of Windass's spat with Warnock was in the press and Neil wore a bloody suit to walk out in.

And the cherry on the cake was Brown missing that penalty... Wish I left then, the coach trip home was terrible.

 

[PeteBlade]

He was a decent assistant manager.

I distinctly remember some (back in the day) saying he was the real brains behind our success and not Warnock!

 

[BushBlade]

People seem to forget that Blackwell took us to within 90 minutes of automatic promotion in the 2008/09 season, and also took us to a play off final against all odds of a board who sold all his best players from behind his back.......

Yes, true. Apart from BT I can't think which of the other best players were sold behind his back during the 08/09 season.

 

[BushBlade]

I distinctly remember some (back in the day) saying he was the real brains behind our success and not Warnock!

So do I. They were wrong.

 

[PeteBlade]

So do I. They were wrong.

Oh yes, I agree.
Just amused me at the time as it does now.
A bit like that comment about how we were promoted "in spite of Warnock not because of".