Are we wednesday in disguise?

[parisblade]

Back to the tiltle of the thread,

Imagine a young lad/lass attending his/her first game at bdtbl and all they hear around them is negitivity. They may want to go to the "other side" and sample what it's like there....maybe it's better?

Not sure about that. The crowds are bigger at BDTBL, the ground is a lot better and over the last few seasons, put plainly, we've won more times than our porcine cousins

 

[Blades-7]

That underdog tag seems to trigger the fans aswell.

I've not heard a decent atmosphere at the lane (except PNE semi) since we were "backs against the wall" playing against the likes of Arsenal etc. I also remember when Reading were running away with the championship, they came to the lane and it was a pulsating volatile atmosphere as if to say "we are Blades, this is Bramall Lane and you're going to get fuck all here!"

I miss those atmospheres

Me too.

They won't return because some fans just want to sit down and eat prawn sandwiches.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Surely the most obvious solution to this predicament would be to get promotion.

Then all the old atmosphere will return as we will be back to fighting away against the odds.

 

[Deleted member 875]

No he is not in my opinion, but as I have said elsewhere, I have nothing against him personally and would kiss his big fat ugly head (the one on top of his shoulders missus) if he got us promoted, but I know my integrity and lips are safe under this regime. Of course I will give him a chance, I have to in my support for the club and I'd love to be proved wrong. Just because I moan about him on here and down the pub, doesn't mean I'm standing on my seat for 90 minutes shouting 'Blackwell out!'

Do you, or anyone, see anything in our performances under Blackie, apart from huff & puff and good old honest workrate - ie 'The Blades Way' - that offers any hope for the near future, cos I don't. I just see one dimensional tactics and a lack of ideas or originality. Yeah sure, there's the odd bit of pleasing passing football thrown in occasionally but I think that says more about the players we have than the manager's tactics. You mentioned Warnock and Bassett but these two are like chalk and cheese to Blackwell. At least those two knew how to attack teams. Promotion is acheived by winning games that you could have lost, not by not losing games you could have won. I don't see Blackie emulating either of those two anytime soon.

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I don't know what it's supposed to mean, but I like the horse....

Thats fair enough then.

I don't quite see what the point is in writing Blackwell off before he has had a fair chance to show what he is capable off. If in a couple of years he has gone and we are still in the Championship then i may grudgingly admit that you are right, but i still think we have a chance of getting up in the next couple of seasons under Blackwell's management and whilst i think we have a chance i will back him.

Besides have some more horses

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[Deleted member 875]

Blackwell is not in the same league as eithe Warnock or Bassett. He has neither the charisma or football savvy of Bassett or the drive of Warnock. Blackwell is an ordinary manager with extremely poor communication and man management skills. He is full of his own importance and will lead United nowhere!. He is and always will be a nearly man without the wherewithal to go that extra mile!

How do you know he has extremely poor communication and man-management skills?

How do you know he is full of his own self-importance?

How do you know he will lead United nowhere?

Did someone 'in the know' tell you?

 

[ghandi]

post: 178534"]How do you know he has extremely poor communication and man-management skills?

How do you know he is full of his own self-importance?

How do you know he will lead United nowhere?

Did someone 'in the know' tell you?

In order to try and help with the first two points:

I'm friends with two coaches at the academy and both of them seperately have mentioned that Kevin Blackwell does not mix with them and doesn't speak to them or any other non first team staff even when sat on the same table as them in the canteen at Shirecliffe. Warnock and even the "characterless" Bryan Robson had no difficulty in exchanging pleasantries. BTW For what it's worth neither of my friends are United supporters.