A very sad day for all Blades

[Micalijo]

Ok, a sad day for me. Here was I thinking Trevor was going to stamp his authority on matters. He basically issued a statement saying we want SOD. I dared to believe that surely if SUFC want Donny's manager he will be on his way, and very quickly.

Not a chance, McCabe bottles it after SOD requests a few 40k a year men come with him and we end up with Blackwell mark 2, only this time with a squad lacking in every single department.

All I ask Mickey is that unlike Blackwell you treat us loyal Blades with respect every time you open your gob. Do that and you have half a chance.

Anyway, here's to more years of Monty being the first name on the teamsheet and to more years of ugly, turgid, longball shite.

 

[Oreyt]

:croc: :croc: :croc:

 

[bartman]

Here we go again Mic

1.Birch didn't issue a statement saying he wanted SOD(no matter what spin you put on it)
2.How do you know McCabe bottled it? How do you know SOD requested a few £40k per annum men to come in? Blades Mad isn't always (if at all) right you know.
3.How do you know SOD was interviewed? We only know that Adams and Scott have been interviewed and that is because they said so.
4.You love Monty really don't you

 

[muttsnuts]

Here was I thinking Trevor was going to stamp his authority on matters. He basically issued a statement saying we want SOD. I dared to believe that surely if SUFC want Donny's manager he will be on his way, and very quickly.

Not a chance, McCabe bottles it after SOD requests a few 40k a year men come with him and we end up with Blackwell mark 2, only this time with a squad lacking in every single department.

All I ask Mickey is that unlike Blackwell you treat us loyal Blades with respect every time you open your gob. Do that and you have half a chance.

Anyway, here's to more years of Monty being the first name on the teamsheet and to more years of ugly, turgid, longball shite.

For gods sake give the man a chance, stabilize the club and move forward (hopefully with the backing of the 'fans')

 

[Gingerblade]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Blade Blade]

Perhaps you'll give respect back to Micky by spelling his name right?

 

[cooperblade]

I'm happy. Popped a chocolate twist in the oven to celebrate.

 

[Micalijo]

Perhaps you'll give respect back to Micky by spelling his name right?

Aint got a clue how you spell it, but cheers for the correction.

This aint really a pop at Micky - not his fault he's been offered the job. I rate him as a pure long ball merchant but that's my opinion. Sad day for me, simple as that. Wanted SOD - hoped for genuine change, got Blackie mark 2.

 

[Torrix1889]

Ok, a sad day for me. Here was I thinking Trevor was going to stamp his authority on matters. He basically issued a statement saying we want SOD. I dared to believe that surely if SUFC want Donny's manager he will be on his way, and very quickly. No he didn't.

Not a chance, McCabe bottles it after SOD requests a few 40k a year men come with him and we end up with Blackwell mark 2, only this time with a squad lacking in every single department. How do you know?

All I ask Mickey is that unlike Blackwell you treat us loyal Blades with respect every time you open your gob. Do that and you have half a chance. Agreed

Anyway, here's to more years of Monty being the first name on the teamsheet and to more years of ugly, turgid, longball shite.

Can't stand Monty either but apart from his stint at Leicester, Adams has been far from a hoofball merchant.

 

[Houso]

Disappointed with the appointment (if and when it happens of course), but he will do us well in the short term. That said, he's a Cov view from someone on another forum...

First excuse for not winning = I've inherited a crap squad, its not MY team
Second excuse once he brings in some loanees = I've not allowed to bring in any permanent signings.
Third excuse once he brings in some free transfers = I haven't been given any money to spend
Fourth excuse once he spends £2m to £3m on utter sh*te = "Ummm .... errrr .... this isn't Micky Adams fault, its the ref, players arent performing, I havent been given enough money, ummmm ..... errrrr"

Although having your manager talk in the third person can be quite amusing.

Despite my hatred of him, Micky Adams will keep you in the division in the short term. In the long term however:
- He is an arrogant twat of a human being, the amount of stories I heard about him is unbelievable. He splits the dressing room more than most players!
- He is stubborn. If it isn't working with one of his signings, he will continue to play them. Then when that utterly gash signing scores a goal, he has another 20 games of ineptness guaranteed and also Mickeh praising him in the media like its the reutrn of Jesus;
- He looks like Ralph Wiggum;
- When he lead us to 8th (our best finish in this league) the stats distorted what actually happened that season. We couldn't make the play offs anyway with approximately 10 games to go and were still in a relegation fight. Mickeh burnt his bridges with the players, huge dressing room split, rumours of players wanting to smack Mickeh due to the way he acted etc etc. We had Don Hutchison and Dennis Wise at the club at the time and the story goes that they basically ran the team and kept the players together. The players all loved Hutch and Wise and played for them two. Mickeh was the face but it was H & W who pulled the team together, got the team spirit going and got the players playing. Anyway, regardless of this, we finished 8th with 63 points .... 12 off 6th. So basically 8th place will have people presuming we mounted a play off challenge, we didn't and we were never in danger of doing so.
- The football isn't going to be pretty but I am sure you can appreciate the irony of that coming from a fan of a club that currently employs Aidy Boothroyd as their manager.
- £1.4m on Kevin Kyle and Leon McKenzie. Although only a retard could've NOT learnt from that kind of huge mistake. That was from money raised from the McSheffrey sale, it kind of raises the whole "thats why we cant have nice things" in terms of spending money. I'm sure Leicester fans will agree, DON'T give Mickeh any money to spend.

 

[Micalijo]

Here we go again Mic

1.Birch didn't issue a statement saying he wanted SOD(no matter what spin you put on it)
2.How do you know McCabe bottled it? How do you know SOD requested a few £40k per annum men to come in? Blades Mad isn't always (if at all) right you know.
3.How do you know SOD was interviewed? We only know that Adams and Scott have been interviewed and that is because they said so.
4.You love Monty really don't you

Plenty of sources Bart, plenty. Trust me, we talked and as far as I know he wanted it. I know someone who has same agent as SOD.

I see this as confirmation that Birch has no power at all to do what he wants. How you can say Birch wasn't talking about SOD is beyind me? I am well aware he didn't name him but I'll ask again who do you think he was on about? MIcky Adams on £60k a year? I'm bitterly disappointed we didn't get SOD and that I do not want Adams as manager.

 

[DuncDisorderly]

More infantile crap, based on nothing, supposition presented as fact. As for another of the all encompassing 'all Blades' statements, bollocks. Happy day for me when and if confirmed. Will be interesting to see who the coach and back room staff are.

Onwards and upwards. UTB...

 

[SotonBlade]

Birch, in fact no-one at the club, has named any names as to who they were after. I for one applaud that. The only ones that have been sounding off have been other clubs and the press. Also, despite some people disagreeing i think the length of time taken to get someone in has been a good thing, it means we have spoken to more than one person, and made the best decision for the interests of the club. And that will have taken into consideration all areas, financial and football matters.

I think Adams is about the best we could have hoped for. O'Driscoll would have been nice, but i personally think he probably asked for more than we could give, both in wages and transfer kitty.

Here's to a top 2011 under Mr Adams!

We're the Adams family...der der der der..click click!

 

[sitwell]

If his first move was to get rid of Ellis ,he could get the fans on side straight away.

 

[Wards]

Although I won't plumb the depths like Mic has, I too have to admit to being very disappointed with the appointment.

Was a perfect time to change the whole culture of the club, the hard work had already been started. Maybe we'll be back in the same loop we've been in for the last god knows how long now - guts and effort, short term success, inevitable failure long term...rinse and repeat.

I hope to god it's not long ball shite, that'll be me done at the end of the season. Till then he gets my full support of course but PLEASE play some bloody football!!

 

[shorehamview]

No managerial candidates were mentioned by Trevor Birch, no matter what trousers you try and make his statement wear. None.

He never mentioned O'Driscoll by name. Never. Not once. When is this going to sink in?

Just because you interpreted it as O'Driscoll doesn't alter the fact that Birch never named him

Now, you could equally argue that he never said he didn't want him either, but by that measure he never said he didn't want a dream team of Jose Mourinho and Christa Ackroyd. Or Muffin The Mule and a big, fuck-off Transformer. Now, this isn't an indication that I'm happy with Micky Adams. I reckon we could have done better, certainly different, but it might be down to getting the right man at the right price, rather than the right man and hang the expense. If the speculation is correct I will back him though.

But he never mentioned O'Driscoll in his statement. Not once.

 

[beechblade]

Birch, in fact no-one at the club, has named any names as to who they were after. I for one applaud that. The only ones that have been sounding off have been other clubs and the press. Also, despite some people disagreeing i think the length of time taken to get someone in has been a good thing, it means we have spoken to more than one person, and made the best decision for the interests of the club. And that will have taken into consideration all areas, financial and football matters.

I think Adams is about the best we could have hoped for. O'Driscoll would have been nice, but i personally think he probably asked for more than we could give, both in wages and transfer kitty.

Here's to a top 2011 under Mr Adams!

We're the Adams family...der der der der..click click!

I also think S'OD would have wanted to make too many changes to the backroom staff, costing us far more money. If he truly wanted the job as Mic source says he would have placed llittle in the way of demands and made gradual changes over the course this season and the next, to the backroom. I believe that we have a good set of coaches and certainly Carver as the head coach has passion I think him Adams may make a perfect combo, personally I'd like to see Ellis go, I have nothing against him like others on here but I would like MA to bring either his own number two or promote JC to the post.

As long as we can play good attackive football that mixes it up nicely and does the job I'll be happy, pure football can be just as boring as hoofball if your team go knowhere, we need to see movement brought back into midfield and players wanting the ball. Some thought in our game also.

Onwards and Upwards!

UTB!

 

[cooperblade]

Anyone got a photo of his famous pig gesture at the sty in 2002?

 

[Trigger Blade]

Ok, a sad day for me. Here was I thinking Trevor was going to stamp his authority on matters. He basically issued a statement saying we want SOD. I dared to believe that surely if SUFC want Donny's manager he will be on his way, and very quickly.

Not a chance, McCabe bottles it after SOD requests a few 40k a year men come with him and we end up with Blackwell mark 2, only this time with a squad lacking in every single department.

All I ask Mickey is that unlike Blackwell you treat us loyal Blades with respect every time you open your gob. Do that and you have half a chance.

Anyway, here's to more years of Monty being the first name on the teamsheet and to more years of ugly, turgid, longball shite.

I thought someone connected with the club must have died, so it was a relief to find it was just Mic with an attention seeking headline. That's surely the only reason for moving from a sad day for all Blades, to a sad day for you in the text?

I felt a frisson of self-satisfaction at your misspelling of Micky, as forecast by me only an hour or so ago.

For me, the day we gave Robson the job was a sad day, as was the play-off final v Burnley when McCabe didn't accpet Blackwell's resignation.

Today doesn't feel like that to me.

 

[Micalijo]

What amazes me about all the stick is that when I say Birchy all but mentioned he wanted SOD, it's as if I'm trying to argue that the world is flat.

Surely, plenmty of us thought he was talking about SOD. WHy did he say it? People say we have made no comments - we have.

Wonder if Birch is happy with adams?

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More infantile crap, based on nothing, supposition presented as fact. As for another of the all encompassing 'all Blades' statements, bollocks. Happy day for me when and if confirmed. Will be interesting to see who the coach and back room staff are.

Onwards and upwards. UTB...

Sad day for me Duncs - yes, the title was a wind-up.

 

[shorehamview]

What amazes me about all the stick is that when I say Birchy all but mentioned he wanted SOD, it's as if I'm trying to argue that the world is flat.

Surely, plenmty of us thought he was talking about SOD.....

Mainly because you have interpreted Birch not naming names as a plain war cry for O'Driscoll. Interpret it how you like, but saying that Birch named O'Driscoll is wrong. That's what you're getting stick for. Being wrong. You've just admitted Birch all but named SOD. You were telling us it was SOD.

Birch didn't name him. You said he did. Wrong. Sorry, but there you go.

 

[bartman]

Plenty of sources Bart, plenty. Trust me, we talked and as far as I know he wanted it. I know someone who has same agent as SOD.

I see this as confirmation that Birch has no power at all to do what he wants. How you can say Birch wasn't talking about SOD is beyind me? I am well aware he didn't name him but I'll ask again who do you think he was on about? MIcky Adams on £60k a year? I'm bitterly disappointed we didn't get SOD and that I do not want Adams as manager.

I'll do you a deal,Mic.

When this is all over,I will contact someone I know who is very high up at a local club(not The Blades) who has regular contact at Board level with United.

I have never asked him to find out any 'in the know' info before(although he voluntarily told ne about Argyll and Farnan leaving which I put in shoutbox a couple of days before it was announced)as i wouldn't want to jeopodise his position however i will ask him if he could find out if SOD was offered the job and if he was,why was it turned down.(I think he would tell me if SOD was interviewed put probably not be able to tell me the reason for turning us down if he has done so)

What I will say is that,if my contact cannot find this information out,and bearing in mind he has close contacts at the highest level at SUFC,there is not a chance that your 'sources' will have known any facts unless they are actually at board room level at the Blades. I will also find out who made the decision(i.e Birch or McCabe)...I suspect it will have been a joint decision.

I also think that if SOD had turned us down for the reasons stated,John Ryan would have made this public

 

[Sensiblade]

I'm going with the 'Give him a chance to manage us before cutting him down attitude'
Look at the last Blade we appointed as manager, he didn't turn out too bad did he?

I prefer managers with passion - Warnock, Bassett, Adams etc...
to mangers with no personality - Robson, SOD and to a point Blackwell (he had the passion but in a very bland and unassertive way)

Give him a chance, he might surprise you

 

[beechblade]

What amazes me about all the stick is that when I say Birchy all but mentioned he wanted SOD, it's as if I'm trying to argue that the world is flat.

Surely, plenmty of us thought he was talking about SOD. WHy did he say it? People say we have made no comments - we have.

Wonder if Birch is happy with adams?

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We did but it was our assumption and the press, If he had said his name I'd be more bothered about it but in the end he didn't.

If we did interview him, maybe they weren't impressed by the changes SO'D wanted to make, maybe as said he placed too many demands on the club or maybe they just found him too dull and lifeless and felt he didn't have the personality to carry off the post. Maybe Sean wasn't impressed by our need, there's a fair few ways this may have gone down and it may not have been the fault of the club, maybe we had everything agreed with SO'D and the Donny board were making the stupid demands.

Micky Adams may have been prepared to work with what we have got for now with the option of bringing one or two players into strengthen, or maybe he thinks the current lot are good enough and just need a major kick up the arse.

When/If its confirmed in the next few days, then lets give him a bloody chance first!

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

"DON'T give Mickeh any money to spend."

No danger of that!!

 

[Ballinpigpubs13]

Cannot understand any negativity if M.Adams is appointed. Must have far more experience as a manager in one of his toes than G.Speed had.

 

[JohnDenver]

I read through all that and nothing has actually happened yet?

Suppose I should know better by now...

 

[SteelCity Blade]

My first choice from the beginning....."he's a Blade n' he's a Blade n' he's a Blade n' he's a Blade.......na na na na.......

 

[TonyAgana]

When Trevor Birch said that SUFC could not afford to be relegated, what does everybody think that means? That we can't afford the heartache of another relegation? That we can't afford them Wednesdays grabbing the bragging rights? Even if SO'D wanted "a few 40k a year men come with him" would that be it? Wouldn't he want to completely change the squad? As far as I can predict, Sean O'Driscoll wouldn't keep this squad of players up. I hear plenty of United fans calling for quality football but where is the footballing quality in our squad? Aside from one or two players we've got a Kevin Blackwell-styled squad geared up to play Kevin Blackwell-style football.

I reckon we made a mistake appointing Robson, a mistake not accepting Blackwell's resignation and a mistake sacking Blackwell. Robson has been covered. When KB offered his resignation we had a Summer to get a decent replacement in with time to regroup and rebuild a squad. However, we kept a manager whom McCabe knew was capable of further stripping the carcass whilst maintaining a steady ship. It was bloody ugly but there was no chance we would go down last season. As no more money was made available in the Summer I wasn't surprised to see KB still at the reigns at the beginning of this season. But to then sack him in the manner we did meant the Summer was completely wasted with a closing transfer window looming. The timing and appointing of a complete rookie was, I think, a bigger mistake than the Robson appointment.

Regarding O'Driscoll, part of me would have taken relegation as a given if it meant we could exercise a few contract clauses and drop some salaries - not to mention helping a few fans lower their expectations (no I'm not "happy with mediocrity" or any other tired, overused quips, I've just accepted that we're in the shit at the moment) - if long-term improvements could be guaranteed. But what is guaranteed in football? Not a lot.

So as it stands, I welcome Micky Adams. Given his self-proclaimed love for United, I reckon he should understand how the crowd works and, in turn, how to get the best out of the 11 on the pitch (I'd qualify that statement by saying that under Warnock I'd often come away from the ground feeling like I'd helped in some way to grab that 94th minute winner. I don't think I've felt like that since he left). However, I hope we give him a short contract - maybe he'd even accept 18 months if he's so keen to manage us? I don't see him as a long-term solution, more a short-term stop-gap, you know, like Blackwell was supposed to be before McCabe fooked that up.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Ok, a sad day for me. Here was I thinking Trevor was going to stamp his authority on matters. He basically issued a statement saying we want SOD. I dared to believe that surely if SUFC want Donny's manager he will be on his way, and very quickly.

Not a chance, McCabe bottles it after SOD requests a few 40k a year men come with him and we end up with Blackwell mark 2, only this time with a squad lacking in every single department.

All I ask Mickey is that unlike Blackwell you treat us loyal Blades with respect every time you open your gob. Do that and you have half a chance.

Anyway, here's to more years of Monty being the first name on the teamsheet and to more years of ugly, turgid, longball shite.

Good enough for Bassett, good enough for me. Good luck Micky.

Onwards and upwards.

Former Sheffield United manager Dave Bassett, a close friend of Adams, told BBC Radio Stoke that he would do a good job at his home town club.
"Micky grew up watching them and there is always that dream of being their manager," said Bassett.
"It will be a hard job, but Micky has got some good qualities.
"He's worked as a coached, he's managed at Fulham, Brighton, Brentford and we worked together at Nottingham Forest and Leicester.
"He has a good background and that's important."

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And bring in Bob Booker and Cork instead of piggies Ellis and Smith, real sad day.