Clough is a very good communicator.

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Must express appreciation at the level of communication we get from Sir Nigel. Even at this stage of the year he is keeping us informed. As far as I am concerned it's plenty of credits in the loyalty bank. Keep it up Nigel!! I'd love to know what his wage budget is for next season though, and whether the FA Cup run has lifted it, and more importantly whether the prince will lift it!!!

So pleased we are active in recruitment so early in readiness for next pre-season.
 

Woodwardfan said:
Must express appreciation at the level of communication we get from Sir Nigel. Even at this stage of the year he is keeping us informed. As far as I am concerned it's plenty of credits in the loyalty bank. Keep it up Nigel!! I'd love to know what his wage budget is for next season though, and whether the FA Cup run has lifted it, and more importantly whether the prince will lift it!!!

So pleased we are active in recruitment so early in readiness for next pre-season.
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It's good to see and I also love his down to earth approach and he has a sense of humour - dry, the way I like it.
 
I enjoyed David Weir's twitter conversations and motivational meetings with the fans which made us feel like this club is going places, and this man is going to take us there! And then we lost to Hartlepool and he turned up for the post match interview and refused to talk.
 
Rossb123 said:
I enjoyed David Weir's twitter conversations and motivational meetings with the fans which made us feel like this club is going places, and this man is going to take us there! And then we lost to Hartlepool and he turned up for the post match interview and refused to talk.
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Did he ever acknowledge the travelling away fans before or after games ?

Twat.
 
Very impressed with Clough's communication so far. He just seems to have "got" the Blades ethos from day one.
I'd suggest the players are impressed too, judging by the team spirit he's managed to generate from more or less the same bunch who looked spineless under Weir.
 
BerksBlade said:
Very impressed with Clough's communication so far. He just seems to have "got" the Blades ethos from day one.
I'd suggest the players are impressed too, judging by the team spirit he's managed to generate from more or less the same bunch who looked spineless under Weir.
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The shadow of a good leader is cast far and wide.

He's good at most things football, we could be in for a great ride if someone nobbles the Footballing Gods once and for all.
 
Rossb123 said:
I enjoyed David Weir's twitter conversations and motivational meetings with the fans which made us feel like this club is going places, and this man is going to take us there! And then we lost to Hartlepool and he turned up for the post match interview and refused to talk.
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His twitter account was practically frozen during his time managing us? He barely engages on twitter at all tbh.
 
It's the beginning of next season that will have me on the edge of my seat.
So often in the past we've brought in the final missing piece to the jigsaw only to sell two equally as important pieces to fund it ...
 
BerksBlade said:
Very impressed with Clough's communication so far. He just seems to have "got" the Blades ethos from day one.
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I wouldn't say he 'got' it, i'd argue that he created it. What I admire about Clough is he is refreshingly 'old fashioned' and puts importance on character and integrity above anything else. The same sort of traits that weren't at the club before he came in. I genuinely believe that Clough took the job but towed a firm line on the negotiation that HE would manage the footballing side of the club whereas Wilson and Weir were just grateful for the job and didn't mind being shoehorned into a shambolic setup.
 
OK D'Jaffo I know what you're saying, so let's say Clough "got" the fans' ethos from day one. He also got all his own men around him and runs the whole show now. Massive responsibility but even greater opportunity for him and us.

Also, within reason NC and his MD appear to have the budget to match ambition whereas Wilson and Weir initially were right under the cosh in fairness. Added to that NC created more budget with the cup run.

As ever it all depends how good he is at this next stage and thereon after. He was getting there at Derby but was not given the time he needed to see it through. Nobody knows though whether he would have done and he knows he has a bit to prove with us. That's good IMO.

As for "old fashioned values", I suspect he won't fancy Ched. I never saw a "team player" in Ched, certainly not in his first two seasons, and not that much in his big year.
 

UnitedBlade said:
Did he ever acknowledge the travelling away fans before or after games ?

Twat.
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Whilst I understand the need for football fans to feel appreciated and wanted, I've never got the mentality of people who crave this kind of stuff from managers/players etc. If I go to an away match, its that I've chosen to, not because someone forced me too, hence I don't need another adult waving in my direction and clapping like a seal, saying 'thanks for coming'. Maybe most of them do it because its expected and not with any sincerity.
David Weir probably has many reasons to deserve the label 'twat' (having never met him, I can't be sure), but not waving at fans isn't one!

Not a particular dig at you UnitedBlade by the way, its just that your post set me thinking....
 
LSF said:
Whilst I understand the need for football fans to feel appreciated and wanted, I've never got the mentality of people who crave this kind of stuff from managers/players etc. If I go to an away match, its that I've chosen to, not because someone forced me too, hence I don't need another adult waving in my direction and clapping like a seal, saying 'thanks for coming'. Maybe most of them do it because its expected and not with any sincerity.
David Weir probably has many reasons to deserve the label 'twat' (having never met him, I can't be sure), but not waving at fans isn't one!

Not a particular dig at you UnitedBlade by the way, its just that your post set me thinking....
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Perhaps, like Nigel, he wasn't interested in personal glory and wanted his team to get all the plaudits?
:rolleyes:
 
LSF said:
Whilst I understand the need for football fans to feel appreciated and wanted, I've never got the mentality of people who crave this kind of stuff from managers/players etc. If I go to an away match, its that I've chosen to, not because someone forced me too, hence I don't need another adult waving in my direction and clapping like a seal, saying 'thanks for coming'. Maybe most of them do it because its expected and not with any sincerity.
David Weir probably has many reasons to deserve the label 'twat' (having never met him, I can't be sure), but not waving at fans isn't one!

Not a particular dig at you UnitedBlade by the way, its just that your post set me thinking....
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It's just conventional. It was Brentford where I particularly noticed it. The players come out right next to the away end. A normal person would at least look to their left hand side where their supporters are hailing their entrance. He made sure he looked forward at all times. Cloughie's different, he knows you need to try and connect. An obvious failing of Weir's, he had no idea how you join his players together and I suspect the fans were an irritation over time with their expectation of decent performances. Clueless.
 
Rossb123 said:
Julian Winter and David Weir did two question and answers nights on Sheffield United's official twitter.
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In Weir's "Meet the Manager" meeting I complimented him on his professional demeanour and said he could have forged a career in politics, banking or as an undertaker. It was meant in jest but there was a ring of truth and it was that demeanour which would always work against him in bad times and for him in good times. By the end he looked a forlorn figure but he kept his dignity and always will.
 
Pinchy said:
Perhaps, like Nigel, he wasn't interested in personal glory and wanted his team to get all the plaudits?
:rolleyes:
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Yes, I bet they loved basking in the glory of the worst points haul in the club's history.

He was a selfless soul. Utterly wank, but selfless :)

UTB
 
BornOnShoreham said:
It's good to see and I also love his down to earth approach and he has a sense of humour - dry, the way I like it.
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With Clough, he has been around football his entire life and therefore nothing seems to faze him, be it dealing with players or the media - he comes across as though he has seen all the games and tricks before - and to be honest he probably has.

Contrast that with the one we had before him.

He does seem to have 'got' us, from day one and calling us a 'proper' football club seemed to be more of a nod to the fans than the hierarchy.

His use of the local press is especially good, and in many ways he goes further than most managers in explaining what is happening and why, which for most fans is enough - that way, when he says he can't or won't talk about something you know that there is good reason for it and everyone can then be grown up about accepting it and waiting - leaving less room for misinformation and rumour
 
Woodwardfan said:
In Weir's "Meet the Manager" meeting I complimented him on his professional demeanour and said he could have forged a career in politics, banking or as an undertaker. It was meant in jest but there was a ring of truth and it was that demeanour which would always work against him in bad times and for him in good times. By the end he looked a forlorn figure but he kept his dignity and always will.
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He's taken your advice. Here's a recent photo of him:

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Sheffield United are fortunate to have Nigel Clough as their manager, when he was at Derby he saved the club and rebuilt it over a period of six years always working to an ever reducing budget and he still kept Derby in the championship and built a really good youth policy that was and is bringing players into the first team squad, he would still be there if it was not for the fact that Sam Rush was bought in by the americans and he decided that he wanted to make decisions about players and clough told him where to get off and left.I hope the Sheffield board give him a free rein and back him, if you do he will take you all of the way.
 
peternicho said:
Sheffield United are fortunate to have Nigel Clough as their manager, when he was at Derby he saved the club and rebuilt it over a period of six years always working to an ever reducing budget and he still kept Derby in the championship and built a really good youth policy that was and is bringing players into the first team squad, he would still be there if it was not for the fact that Sam Rush was bought in by the americans and he decided that he wanted to make decisions about players and clough told him where to get off and left.I hope the Sheffield board give him a free rein and back him, if you do he will take you all of the way.
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Nigel said very clearly in one interview that he had been sacked.

He corrected the journalist interviewing him who had said that he left Derby.

The interview is somewhere amongst the collection in SheffieldUTube
 
I think he's the best signing this club has had in a long time. .I get the impression he's in this for the long haul as long as he's allowed to do it his way..
I'm not worrying about who we sign/ release etc.... I trust this manager. .he's a breath of fresh air and we are lucky to have him. Utb
 

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