BBC article on Stephen Bettis' 10 years at Sheffield United

[FH Team]

Hi Blades -- thought we'd pass this on if you fancy reading it. It's an article on Stephen Bettis' 10 years with the club and what United have achieved during this time.

Hope you enjoy!

Here's the link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y8z7rxjq8o

 

[Agreasychipbutty]

A universally trusted and respected character, this thread should go down a treat

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Hi Blades -- thought we'd pass this on if you fancy reading it. It's an article on Stephen Bettis' 10 years with the club and what United have achieved during this time.

Hope you enjoy!

Here's the link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y8z7rxjq8o

Nevermind all that nonsense.

When is Ralph Staton gonna admit he's a pig live on air?

 

[Pedro Verde]

According to Dingleblade2 the pig, hes doing some gardening whilst he finds another job

 

[TopBoy]

"The Blades were one of only four clubs in the Championship to make a profit in the last financial year. This isn't a one-off – they've achieved this in four of the past six seasons, but it isn't typical in the modern game."

So, we're loaded then, right? And we will be signing players of Hamer's quality and not selling them?

 

[KMC-1889]

Oh so you’ve found your login again have you.

Don’t think many will be interested in a wilder fluff piece for his mate who should have been sacked after last summer.

 

[Blade In Flame]

That means no more dodgy managerial appointments without at least one interview and thorough due diligence.*


* If and when such a thing is required.

 

[s20Blade]

Hi Blades -- thought we'd pass this on if you fancy reading it. It's an article on Stephen Bettis' 10 years with the club and what United have achieved during this time.

Hope you enjoy!

Here's the link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y8z7rxjq8o

A article by FH that isn't about Wednesday apparently being one of the biggest clubs in the world?? You lot feeling okay?

 

[Danetheblade]

Hi Blades -- thought we'd pass this on if you fancy reading it. It's an article on Stephen Bettis' 10 years with the club and what United have achieved during this time.

Hope you enjoy!

Here's the link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y8z7rxjq8o

Nah, you’re alright. Hasn’t Staton got a few pigs to wank off? Surprised he had time to knock up a quick article about something other than the pigs.

 

[Dingleblade2]

According to Dingleblade2 the pig, hes doing some gardening whilst he finds another job

And a bbc radio show confirms he’s not?
Keep watching…..

 

[The Crab]

Hi Blades -- thought we'd pass this on if you fancy reading it. It's an article on Stephen Bettis' 10 years with the club and what United have achieved during this time.

Hope you enjoy!

Here's the link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y8z7rxjq8o

Good piece, thank you

 

[Harry's Game]

“Despite this, he has been described by one Bramall Lane source as a leader and culture-carrier at the top of the club”



Wow I wonder which source at the club used those words to describe him

A mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes to be solved…

 

[Bladesman]

I am surprised Radio Sheffield found time to do this article.

I thought they were planning the next Wednesday phone in.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

A universally trusted and respected character, this thread should go down a treat

I remember when the received wisdom of the unhappy fans was McCabe fucked up by letting him go and it was a good thing he returned from the US

 

[71Blade]

I remember when the received wisdom of the unhappy fans was McCabe fucked up by letting him go and it was a good thing he returned from the US

Think Liverpool.

 

[SwissBlade]

Hi Blades -- thought we'd pass this on if you fancy reading it. It's an article on Stephen Bettis' 10 years with the club and what United have achieved during this time.

Hope you enjoy!

Here's the link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y8z7rxjq8o

Thank you!

I’ll give that a listen. Gets a lot of stick but he’s also helped keep this club running over some tricky periods

 

[Shawy24]

Hi Blades -- thought we'd pass this on if you fancy reading it. It's an article on Stephen Bettis' 10 years with the club and what United have achieved during this time.

Hope you enjoy!

Here's the link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y8z7rxjq8o

Seriously. Why don’t you just fuck off from this forum and stick to what you do best and suck up to the pigs. Don’t pretend you or anyone in your organisation has any real interest in us.

 

[Bookers Mullet]

Oh look the token Football heaven afterthought article on us, given it's a quiet week for the pigs, and the American football draft being over and done with.

 

[Brian Deane]

“Despite this, he has been described by one Bramall Lane source as a leader and culture-carrier at the top of the club”



Wow I wonder which source at the club used those words to describe him

A mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes to be solved…

Was the person in question glugging an ice cold Peroni at the time ? That might narrow it down a bit .......

 

[FriethBlade]

Hi Blades -- thought we'd pass this on if you fancy reading it. It's an article on Stephen Bettis' 10 years with the club and what United have achieved during this time.

Hope you enjoy!

Here's the link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y8z7rxjq8o

Does it mention all the PL money we have 'squandered' over that period with nothing to show for it? The academy and training ground still arent fit for purpose despite 7 years of PL money (including parachute payments) and we have a bloated squad full of players we don't want and probably cant shift. Thats some performance from the CEO who oversaw all of that

 

[Wards]

If you hadn't noticed already FH Team you've alienated most of our fanbase. Good job. Keep it up.

Tits.

 

[FH Team]

Thank you!

I’ll give that a listen. Gets a lot of stick but he’s also helped keep this club running over some tricky periods

Just to say, it's a written article not a piece of radio -- but hope you're able to check it out!

 

[SwissBlade]

Just to say, it's a written article not a piece of radio -- but hope you're able to check it out!

Nice little piece, summarises without obviously going into too much detail on the achievements (and failings) during his time at the club. However, when you read some of those highlights they show how central he's been over the good and bad times.

Since McCabe, our owners haven't been as visible or hands on, so we have needed a solid CEO in place through these times. Its a thankless task and I also think he's hindered by the club running the Admin side so lean.

Its great to see the positive comments from the Prince and also Trevor Birch as well

Cheers.

 

[mattbianco1]

Here's to 10 more yearsssssssss

 

[Chazzer]

Presumably the 'profit' mentioned in recent years is largely down to the PL parachute payments

 

[54yrblade]

Of course Bettis was described as a 'culture carrier' by an un named source. I wonder who that was?

A supposed identity that stopped working and being relevant years ago, but one that is used to keep the chosen ones close.

Its not a compliment any longer. It's a failed and overused phrase. No more than that.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Despite the disappointments over the last 10 years, the club itself has continually grown and developed it's assets, in terms of owning the stadium, owning the hotel and improving it's facilities. When you look at what's happened to our illustrious neighbours in that period, our club is in a good position and (usually) operates sensibly and within it's means.

Players and managers may come and go, but the important thing really is that the club remains solvent so the next generations of supporters can continue to enjoy supporting the club.

 

[Bell4]

Good piece, thank you

Thank goodness - a bit of decorum and class - I hope the piggy fkrs appreciate it

 

[espoo blade]

Why the pluralisation? We're not Wednesday.

 

[FriethBlade]

Despite the disappointments over the last 10 years, the club itself has continually grown and developed it's assets, in terms of owning the stadium, owning the hotel and improving it's facilities. When you look at what's happened to our illustrious neighbours in that period, our club is in a good position and (usually) operates sensibly and within it's means.

Players and managers may come and go, but the important thing really is that the club remains solvent so the next generations of supporters can continue to enjoy supporting the club.

I get your solvency argument but lets be right any competent CEO ought to be able to keep a club solvemt when theyve had the hundreds of millions that we have from the PL

However these plaudits from FH and others arent surprising as the 6 clubs covered by FH have to be the least successful of any region in the entire country. If you include Bristol in Gloucestershire they come close but there is no other area of such size with such little success and low expectations as South Yorks/N Derbyshire.

We cant use our next door neighbours as the benchmark, there's a load of 'smaller' clubs than us doing better and not many bigger ones doing worse, that's the benchmark.