20th Minute Saturday

[S64 Blade]

If this takes off, I’m going to the pub.

 

[Champagneblade]

I had some good times when Wilder was manager, but also had good times when others were manager (perversely for some, particularly when Colin was manager, because of the awfulness of before and after his tenure). People talk like the Blades never knew about or saw decent football until Wilder showed up, but I recall some good stuff under Wilson, he was just derailed by Chedgate. Obviously Harris was a good manager and there was success, and although Basset got us into, and kept us in the top flight, some people more in the know than me (I didn't go then), feel his football was a bit "basic".
The oddest thing about Wilder is that he's left a sour taste in the mouth for loads of us. This seems to be about his reputation for being "one of us", something many of us bought into, seemed quite unique, and brought about a warm fuzzy feeling when things were going well. Wilder cultivated this "front" of being different to any other managers United had employed in the past, and many of us got swept up in the success and the "Sheffieldness" of it all.
As things have turned out, he's just like any other football manager. He's rich, driven, and likes his own way. He really isn't "one of us", and spends his time getting paid money which most of us only dream of, for doing a job, which may involve getting cold and wet at times. In turn we actually pay money to get cold and wet. Wilder is just Wilder, a bloke who happens to be a football manager. He's not "different and special", he's actually just like all the others, but because we engaged with his self-belief, we thought he was, and that he really was "one of us". Finding out that he wasn't, and isn't, together with the chaotic nature of his leaving, has perhaps left some people feeling conned and let down, having put everything into believing he could achieve what others couldn't.
He didn't and won't. Just let it go.

You are right of course. The Bladey Blade thing would have been to sort out the training ground and move the Academy to A status. Then see how much was left for new signings. In that sense, he didn't keep his word about not tipping up the owner and not leaving the club in trouble. That's exactly what he has done by spending 120m and then asking for the Training Ground to be fixed. In that sense he was afforded too much say. But that is often the case when someone is doing well.

He did an excellent job for 4 years out of 5 but then when he got his summer priorities wrong it all unravelled. Just a pity he couldn't have rode that punch and gone again because the Board would clearly have let him and we probably wouldn't have wasted the first 4 months of this year. In the end he's ended up no better off in terms of club size and resources other than Boro probably have a better training ground but there squad objectively is a weaker one though he's had a decent run of late, which we all hope comes to a grinding halt today.

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

Wilder worked wonders here. Some memories will last forever.

But he's gone. He's no longer a part of this club. Remember him on threads on here. As much as I respect those good times, how much disrespect could you possibly show the current manager singing the name of the opposition manager while he's stood next to him?!

 

[Tezza1889]

Do not do something that will come back to haunt us, a decent clap as he gets to the dugout and that's it.....

This is a game he's wanting to call off, and one of those reasons is he doesn't want a full house of blades cheering united along on new years day, he'd obviously end up with a Tuesday night game in Febuary..

The atmosphere won't be the same will it, and his new striker from Brighton will be available..

Be carefull who you're cheering for, and again, don't be shocked that his first team will run out if it goes ahead, it'll have been a few that were pushing for a place on the bench and some staff that had the covid, you watch..

 

[Berkshire Blade]

I'm still struggling to work out what the 20 signifies. Surely 9th for 9th in the prem or 11th for that's where we begun in league one would at least make some sort of sense as a thanks?!

 

[Jon Bon II]

I'll be singing "Hecky, Hecky knock him out! Hecky, knock him out!" Front row of the settee. And I'll be booing the missus if she doesn't bring me a bacon butty and a cuppa at half time.

 

[steve26272]

My ex wife was great for the first few years

Then she stopped putting out, whinged all the time and became a stubborn cow

We split up, she emptied the bank, slagged me off and is now shacked up with another fella

Don’t applaud the cunt when she come round mine to drop the little one off mind