Ever wondered why it's taken so long?

[Cerberus Blade]

Interesting comments from an article by Stuart McCall in the Yorkshire Post. Provides a good insight into how our club is being run. Now you know, if you didn't know before, why we are further down the pecking order than little clubs like Rotherham.

It's "Value For Munny" philosophy gone wrong.

I knocked Sheffield United back that summer,” explained McCall. “It was when David Weir got the job. Everyone said I was stupid for not going because we were losing so many players. But I wanted to show loyalty. “I flew back from Benidorm to speak to them and they offered me the job, but the budget had gone down from £4.2m when Danny Wilson was there to £2.1 with a five-year plan. “Rotherham had just come up (from League Two) and I was told their budget was over £3m. Bradford’s was £2.5m. If I was going to be given £2.1m budget that was going to be a struggle. “Plus, Sheffield United fans see Rotherham as their little brother, they have 16,000 gates and they have expectations. So, I said ‘No, I can’t do it’. I also felt loyal towards Motherwell and that following season we again finished second despite losing seven key players.

Read more at: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spor...ealism-key-as-stuart-mccall-returns-1-8054118

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Interesting comments from an article by Stuart McCall in the Yorkshire Post. Provides a good insight into how our club is being run. Now you know, if you didn't know before, why we are further down the pecking order than little clubs like Rotherham.

It's "Value For Munny" philosophy gone wrong.

I knocked Sheffield United back that summer,” explained McCall. “It was when David Weir got the job. Everyone said I was stupid for not going because we were losing so many players. But I wanted to show loyalty. “I flew back from Benidorm to speak to them and they offered me the job, but the budget had gone down from £4.2m when Danny Wilson was there to £2.1 with a five-year plan. “Rotherham had just come up (from League Two) and I was told their budget was over £3m. Bradford’s was £2.5m. If I was going to be given £2.1m budget that was going to be a struggle. “Plus, Sheffield United fans see Rotherham as their little brother, they have 16,000 gates and they have expectations. So, I said ‘No, I can’t do it’. I also felt loyal towards Motherwell and that following season we again finished second despite losing seven key players.

Read more at: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spor...ealism-key-as-stuart-mccall-returns-1-8054118

So Mcall finally shows that we were/are trying to do it on the cheap.

 

[sheffielder]

Interesting comments from an article by Stuart McCall in the Yorkshire Post. Provides a good insight into how our club is being run. Now you know, if you didn't know before, why we are further down the pecking order than little clubs like Rotherham.

It's "Value For Munny" philosophy gone wrong.

I knocked Sheffield United back that summer,” explained McCall. “It was when David Weir got the job. Everyone said I was stupid for not going because we were losing so many players. But I wanted to show loyalty. “I flew back from Benidorm to speak to them and they offered me the job, but the budget had gone down from £4.2m when Danny Wilson was there to £2.1 with a five-year plan. “Rotherham had just come up (from League Two) and I was told their budget was over £3m. Bradford’s was £2.5m. If I was going to be given £2.1m budget that was going to be a struggle. “Plus, Sheffield United fans see Rotherham as their little brother, they have 16,000 gates and they have expectations. So, I said ‘No, I can’t do it’. I also felt loyal towards Motherwell and that following season we again finished second despite losing seven key players.

Read more at: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spor...ealism-key-as-stuart-mccall-returns-1-8054118

Oh I can see you being another bundle of fun

 

[blader]

Is this not evidence that we don't have the 'largest budget in the league' which so many people claim? I'm sure people will choose to ignore this to suit their own agenda, but McCall is gaining nothing from this article and it does provide an interesting insight to the finances of the club. We're skint, which is fine as it helps dampen expectations. However, the anger thrown at Adkins and Clough for failing to get promotion with the 'biggest budget in the league' seems somewhat misplaced.

 

[Dec]

This was before the Prince's investment... not all that difficult to work out, surely?

 

[Revolution]

McCabes plans:

2011-12: keep championship level spending
2012-13: weve lost playoff final, so get rid of good players and cut costs
2013-4: Yeovil went up, so cut budget to Yeovil levels. Splash out halfway in attempt not to get relegated
2014-5 big budget to Clough to allow him to accumulate lots of slow, injured midgets.
2015-6: stop funding Adkins in mid August. Give up completely in January
2016-7: Burton went up, so it's back to on the cheap.

 

[sheffielder]

Why do we have to discuss this again today, of all days?

just nobs

 

[vorpal blade]

because the article was published this morning

 

[stringjunior]

because the article was published this morning

I never use the following phrase, but on this occasion it seems highly suitable.....

LOL.

 

[sheffielder]

It's an old story, he's told it before.

 

[Houston_Blade]

So Mcall finally shows that we were/are trying to do it on the cheap.

Surely McCabe would say we're just being a "well run club"? Biggest joke comment he's ever made that one, oh sorry the 2nd biggest the first was "Bryan Robson is our new manager".

 

[shrubbery]

McCabe certainly announced at the end of last season that we had the highest budget in the league. Whether this is true or not is anyone's guess but I don't think that Adkins performance last year can be excused by these comments from McCall.

Let's hope that Wilder on a reduced budget than Adkins can do the business and finally get us out of this godforsaken league.

 

[Trueblade]

To be honest none of this matters. Why we get out knickers in a twist about a budget is comical. Look at the showers of shite that have been promoted whilst we have been fucking about with so called 'big name signings' over the last few years.

Wilder is on the right tracks lets get behind him and hope for a good season.

 

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

Would be interesting to see what budget Brentford, Yeovil, Bournemouth & MK Dons all had prior to their promotion(s) to the Championship in recent years?

I'd go out on a limb and say we were spunking much more then them in each respective season.

 

[Gimli]

Would be interesting to see what budget Brentford, Yeovil, Bournemouth & MK Dons all had prior to their promotion(s) to the Championship in recent years?

I'd go out on a limb and say we were spunking much more then them in each respective season.

Which shows that having 'the biggest budget in the league' is totally irrelevant. Signing old championship players will always cost more than getting the best talents from league one and two, glad to see the transfer and recruitment policy has changed under Wilder.

 

[diplomat]

Would be interesting to see what budget Brentford, Yeovil, Bournemouth & MK Dons all had prior to their promotion(s) to the Championship in recent years?

I'd go out on a limb and say we were spunking much more then them in each respective season.

I think Brentford and Bournemouth had substational benefactor backing that would have been above us. Yeovil and Burton seem to have just been very well put together budget teams and deserve great credit. MK I'm not too sure but seem to be middle budget but benefit from s long term plan and stable management.

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

Interesting comments from an article by Stuart McCall in the Yorkshire Post. Provides a good insight into how our club is being run. Now you know, if you didn't know before, why we are further down the pecking order than little clubs like Rotherham.

It's "Value For Munny" philosophy gone wrong.

I knocked Sheffield United back that summer,” explained McCall. “It was when David Weir got the job. Everyone said I was stupid for not going because we were losing so many players. But I wanted to show loyalty. “I flew back from Benidorm to speak to them and they offered me the job, but the budget had gone down from £4.2m when Danny Wilson was there to £2.1 with a five-year plan. “Rotherham had just come up (from League Two) and I was told their budget was over £3m. Bradford’s was £2.5m. If I was going to be given £2.1m budget that was going to be a struggle. “Plus, Sheffield United fans see Rotherham as their little brother, they have 16,000 gates and they have expectations. So, I said ‘No, I can’t do it’. I also felt loyal towards Motherwell and that following season we again finished second despite losing seven key players.

Read more at: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spor...ealism-key-as-stuart-mccall-returns-1-8054118

McCall is such a young up and coming manager . Hit the heights of Bradford City.

Self publicity for no reason at all . What else

UTB

 

[Booker4]

Interesting comments from an article by Stuart McCall in the Yorkshire Post. Provides a good insight into how our club is being run. Now you know, if you didn't know before, why we are further down the pecking order than little clubs like Rotherham.

It's "Value For Munny" philosophy gone wrong.

I knocked Sheffield United back that summer,” explained McCall. “It was when David Weir got the job. Everyone said I was stupid for not going because we were losing so many players. But I wanted to show loyalty. “I flew back from Benidorm to speak to them and they offered me the job, but the budget had gone down from £4.2m when Danny Wilson was there to £2.1 with a five-year plan. “Rotherham had just come up (from League Two) and I was told their budget was over £3m. Bradford’s was £2.5m. If I was going to be given £2.1m budget that was going to be a struggle. “Plus, Sheffield United fans see Rotherham as their little brother, they have 16,000 gates and they have expectations. So, I said ‘No, I can’t do it’. I also felt loyal towards Motherwell and that following season we again finished second despite losing seven key players.

Read more at: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spor...ealism-key-as-stuart-mccall-returns-1-8054118

Its interesting that McCall thought we would be up against it and budget wise if that's true then he's right but we also had a squad containing Murphy (who McCall had had at Mothwerwell and done so well there), Maguire and then Coady was added so Weir did get in a gem there and as we all know from the likes of Swindon with their various successful loans, it can be done. Unfortunately for McCall, he wasn't to know that we were months away from "game changing" investment but we did start loosening the purse strings for Clough to spend.

I actually think the squad we had that season was second only to Wilson's first season and if Clough had come at the start of that season we'd definitely been top six if not top 2.

 

[Subway Cyril]

So Mcall finally shows that we were/are trying to do it on the cheap.

you sound surprised, Im not

 

[Subway Cyril]

I never use the following phrase, but on this occasion it seems highly suitable.....

LOL.

laughing my ass off is a better one

 

[Elsecar_Blade]

Interesting comments from an article by Stuart McCall in the Yorkshire Post. Provides a good insight into how our club is being run. Now you know, if you didn't know before, why we are further down the pecking order than little clubs like Rotherham.

It's "Value For Munny" philosophy gone wrong.

I knocked Sheffield United back that summer,” explained McCall. “It was when David Weir got the job. Everyone said I was stupid for not going because we were losing so many players. But I wanted to show loyalty. “I flew back from Benidorm to speak to them and they offered me the job, but the budget had gone down from £4.2m when Danny Wilson was there to £2.1 with a five-year plan. “Rotherham had just come up (from League Two) and I was told their budget was over £3m. Bradford’s was £2.5m. If I was going to be given £2.1m budget that was going to be a struggle. “Plus, Sheffield United fans see Rotherham as their little brother, they have 16,000 gates and they have expectations. So, I said ‘No, I can’t do it’. I also felt loyal towards Motherwell and that following season we again finished second despite losing seven key players.

Read more at: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spor...ealism-key-as-stuart-mccall-returns-1-8054118

To be fair, that was after two seasons down here. IIRC, we were cost cutting that summer but things changed in August when Prince Abdullah showed up. The cost-cutting eased off, we signed a few players and then got Clough who signed a few more. I wouldn't be surprised that McCall was offered it on a reduced budget as I think - 90% sure - I remember McCabe saying we were significantly reducing the budget that summer? If he'd come, he'd have got the increased budget once the Prince arrived. Maybe he'd have spent it better than on the likes of Flo Cuvelier, Stephen McGinn and Jose Baxter too?