Chris Wilder

[I should coco]

I still maintain that if he had won against Burnley

If my Aunty had bollocks she'd be my Uncle.

We didn't win as he picked the wrong team to play the wrong way. Of all the 'big day out disappointments', this was the worse as Burnley were there for the taking.

He was a lot better manager than people credited him for.

He wasn't.

He really wasn't.

despite having to slash the wage budget, sell his best players

This is the bloke who paid nearly £4m for Ched and over £2m for Darrius "I'll fight you" Henderson. He also brought Nyron Tenbobbithead in TWICE on two loans.

I'll give you that he a decent motivator and kept us up in 2008, but he was particulary clueless in the transfer market.

 

[The Crab]

If he was that good a manager, he would still be in management, or at least had some success.

He isn't and he hasn't.

Those cones won't put themselves out

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

If my Aunty had bollocks she'd be my Uncle.

We didn't win as he picked the wrong team to play the wrong way. Of all the 'big day out disappointments', this was the worse as Burnley were there for the taking.

The really galling thing about the playoffs, was that we'd literally taken Preston to the cleaners over two legs and looked bloody good doing it despite it only ending 1-0. It could and should have been a cricket score.

For some reason this attacking display was reigned in for the final....Burnley were garbage, but we were even worse.

 

[Grappler]

If my Aunty had bollocks she'd be my Uncle.

We didn't win as he picked the wrong team to play the wrong way. Of all the 'big day out disappointments', this was the worse as Burnley were there for the taking.



He wasn't.

He really wasn't.



This is the bloke who paid nearly £4m for Ched and over £2m for Darrius "I'll fight you" Henderson. He also brought Nyron Tenbobbithead in TWICE on two loans.

I'll give you that he a decent motivator and kept us up in 2008, but he was particulary clueless in the transfer market.

We never showed up that day, a shocker. Not sure it was the worst though. The elongated penalty shoot out against Huddersfield, where it was literally "first one to blink" and up stepped Simmo..............

 

[I should coco]

Not sure it was the worst though. The elongated penalty shoot out against Huddersfield, where it was literally "first one to blink" and up stepped Simmo..............

We'd had the rug pulled under us with Chedgate and there was no belief in the team or the fans before that game. The pigs alread up was just the dogshit on the cake. WeI went along expecting little and got even less.

You are correct that with the penalty snorefest, it was even more excrutiating than Burnley, but most Blades weren't that surprised.
The Burnley game was a real opportunity to get quickly back to the Prem. Not only was the game itself a crushing disappointment, but it heralded the slump back to the third division.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I can think of a number of reasons this won't happen

Lössl, Hadergjonaj, Jorgensen, Schindler, Durm, Kachunga, Mbenza, Mounie, Depoitre, Kongolo, Lowe, Stankovic to name a few

Restaurants Cerberus Blade has been too?

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

We'd had the rug pulled under us with Chedgate and there was no belief in the team or the fans before that game. The pigs alread up was just the dogshit on the cake. WeI went along expecting little and got even less.

You are correct that with the penalty snorefest, it was even more excrutiating than Burnley, but most Blades weren't that surprised.
The Burnley game was a real opportunity to get quickly back to the Prem. Not only was the game itself a crushing disappointment, but it heralded the slump back to the third division.

Add Wolves to the list. That was another one where we should've won.

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Restaurants Cerberus Blade has been too?

My bad, I thought that it was types of Ikea furniture.

 

[Grappler]

We'd had the rug pulled under us with Chedgate and there was no belief in the team or the fans before that game. The pigs alread up was just the dogshit on the cake. WeI went along expecting little and got even less.

You are correct that with the penalty snorefest, it was even more excrutiating than Burnley, but most Blades weren't that surprised.
The Burnley game was a real opportunity to get quickly back to the Prem. Not only was the game itself a crushing disappointment, but it heralded the slump back to the third division.

We had lost Ched, we had (from memory) Kevin McDonald on crutches at pitchside, we had worked out how to stifle Jordan Rhodes, so he hardly featured in the game, but had Cressy and Porter up front who were both knackered with about 20 minutes still left to play. I think that is all correct, but could be wrong on a few bits.

Those long, silent drives back up north, after Wembley. Just sat in the car, no one saying a word for hours, passing cars from "the other team", with their scarves out of the windows, all smiles.

For the Hull game, we went on the train, just so we would at least have some background noise on the way back.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Good old Blacky.

I still maintain that if he had won against Burnley he would have kept us in the top flight, playing an unasthetically pleasing but successful style of football.

It is also swiftly forgotten that he kept our heads above water despite having to slash the wage budget, sell his best players, and when he left the wheels completely and utterly fell off.

He was a lot better manager than people credited him for.

Nurse!

 

[Harry's Game]

The really galling thing about the playoffs, was that we'd literally taken Preston to the cleaners over two legs and looked bloody good doing it despite it only ending 1-0. It could and should have been a cricket score.

For some reason this attacking display was reigned in for the final....Burnley were garbage, but we were even worse.

Our star man in the run in had been Greg Halford (in the form of his life) however he injured his ankle near the end of the second leg semi, played the final with a cortisone injection, was patently unfit from the first minute when he couldn’t run to keep a ball in which was only three yards away from him. So we effectively started the game with 10 men. ( also seeing as we started Craig Beattie up front you could say nine men)

We still had two absolutely stone wall penalties turned down by Mike Dean so may even then have fluked it.

 

[GrayBlade]

They’re only 2 places above us.

 

[DifferentClass]

Get Jos Luhukay in a job 2k19

 

[Iceybabey]

Huddersfield will be looking at relegation to league one this time next year

 

[Pinchy]

I disagree: I think he gets too much credit.

Some is too much...

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Something bigger happening here......

 

[Guesty]

Julian Winter used to be our Chief Exec didn't he?

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Julian Winter used to be our Chief Exec didn't he?

Yes and a player at the same time as CW.

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

We had lost Ched, we had (from memory) Kevin McDonald on crutches at pitchside, we had worked out how to stifle Jordan Rhodes, so he hardly featured in the game, but had Cressy and Porter up front who were both knackered with about 20 minutes still left to play. I think that is all correct, but could be wrong on a few bits.

Those long, silent drives back up north, after Wembley. Just sat in the car, no one saying a word for hours, passing cars from "the other team", with their scarves out of the windows, all smiles.

For the Hull game, we went on the train, just so we would at least have some background noise on the way back.

Hmm, grim times. However, we enjoyed the Hull game because:
a) we gave it a proper go.
b) the weather was fantastic.
c) perhaps most importantly, was really pissed, in a happy way!!

 

[ucandomagic]

Hmm, grim times. However, we enjoyed the Hull game because:
a) we gave it a proper go.
b) the weather was fantastic.
c) perhaps most importantly, was really pissed, in a happy way!!

... and we fucking scored!

 

[Blade56]

He will get noticed more and more. He might get interested if the right job comes up but not Huddersfield, surely not