Five Potential Replacements

[Blade64]

The most important appointments first would be a competent CEO and DoF. Create a proper structure who in turn will appoint new manager, head of recruitment etc. Dare I say it, over at S6 they appear to have a proper CEO and DoF

 

[GymClassHero]

Thinking specifically about that point- is that not what Cooper did at Forest?

Very similar situation to us actually. Both are big and historic clubs, and both floundering in mid table/relegation.

I think for now stick. When or if we twist, it's Cooper for me.

... And his son is our Goalie

 

[CopenhagenBlade]

He’s not walking away, partly because he needs/wants the money partly because he cares about the club, he’s fed up like the rest of us though and would welcome the sack from what I’ve been told (someone I know who speaks with him very regularly)

Can’t see them sacking him as they just don’t care, sounds like both wilder and the players have lost interest though, I think there’s a real chance of relegation.

If he’d welcome the sack, then he is not committed, the players will feel that and then where’s the motivation coming from? Why doesn’t he just leave if he cares so much, because it’s hardly as though he is helping much? Oh yes he wants another payoff to add to the previous £4m and probably very good salary.

 

[Manwell Pablo]

Jesus you all moan about picking apart the dead carcass of Leicester City and Steve Cooper is somehow winning this poll at a canter.

I didn't mind him tbf.

Dave is the best option imo.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

He'd already achieved automatic promotion with Brighton and taken Leicester to the PL. His Port Vale side were second in the league when he took the Blades job. People look back at Adams as being one of our worst managers but his record was excellent before he joined us.

Hard to say what would have happened if we hadn't sacked him but before coming to us his record was just as good as Wilson's if not better.

Maybe.

I didn't particularly rate either of them very highly but Wilson had a better managerial career than Adams overall.

He got Barnsley promoted to the top flight for the first time in their history and then finished 12th in the Premier League with Wednesday.

Who knows what would have happened though.

 

[Dkc]

Jesus you all moan about picking apart the dead carcass of Leicester City and Steve Cooper is somehow winning this poll at a canter.

I didn't mind him tbf.

Dave is the best option imo.

Cooper was a disaster in his last job at Brondby. If his last job had been at an English club and he'd achieved the same results no one would be seriously considering him

 

[Back post bob]

The Yanks need to dig deep and get bettis to convince Tindall who he knows and bring Howe with him for big bucks with a three year plan to change the club structure

 

[NerdyBlade]

That's an unbelievably uninspiring list. And a lazy one.

Why? 3 of the 5 are relatively successful

 

[NerdyBlade]

The Yanks need to dig deep and get bettis to convince Tindall who he knows and bring Howe with him for big bucks with a three year plan to change the club structure

No, if we're throwing money around and could have someone at Howe's level, you get Thomas Frank

 

[Manwell Pablo]

Eddie Howe

 

[Davalon]

I've gone Challinor based on the players we have.

If the squad had a better dynamic I would have gone Cooper.

 

[Borbokisfreekick]

I imagine people were saying similar when we sacked about 25 other managers in my lifetime.

At a guess, about 80% of those sackings didn't result in any improvement. The only ones I can think of that worked are Porterfield for Peters, Bassett for McEwan, Warnock for Heath, Wilder for Adkins and Hecky for Slav. That's five successful managerial changes and at least 20 unsuccessful changes in my time watching United.

As others have mentioned Clough for Weir worked and Kendall for Basset also worked.

We can’t get much worse than we are right now. And all we hear after every game is “we’re just lacking the final bit” “we’re too loose in possession” … so why hasn’t this been addressed in the last 12-18 months?

I want Wilder to succeed, I’d love to see us perform like we did 2016-2020, but there are no signs of it.

We play awful football with no idea, and the average football fan with basic knowledge of the game can pick out where we go wrong every game.

I can’t believe that the players we have - many of which have played in the premier league and are good footballers for the level can only muster on average 39% possession, less than 80% pass accuracy, are bottom 5 in chances created and XG ….that’s down to the manager, tactics and what they do on the training ground.

 

[Champagneblade]

Of those listed I like the trajectory of Dave Challinor. Howe is unrealistic.

But I’d like Chris to turn it around.

He’s been without Hamer, O’Hare and Brooks. That was a known and could have been better catered for, arguably.

But he has also been without Seriki and Burrows, Chong and Oné.

I’d hate for someone to come in and excel purely because those were now available. But that’s kind of the last excuse.

I’d say you have your three week break to work on the system, you have those missing ones back. If you still can’t get us having some identity by Christmas then you’re out of ideas.

If Oné isn’t given starts and Burrows doesn’t play then you’ve bluffed everyone really. If they are fit then all three need to be staring against Lincoln City if they are the supposed difference makers we are led to believe.

I think we’ll play 3 at the back and may even attempt to overlap. But we need wingbacks bombing forward to create chances.

If that isn’t the plan then I don’t know what is.

 

[Red Wing Blade]

Of those listed I like the trajectory of Dave Challinor. Howe is unrealistic.

But I’d like Chris to turn it around.

He’s been without Hamer, O’Hare and Brooks. That was a known and could have been better catered for, arguably.

But he has also been without Seriki and Burrows, Chong and Oné.

I’d hate for someone to come in and excel purely because those were now available. But that’s kind of the last excuse.

I’d say you have your three week break to work on the system, you have those missing ones back. If you still can’t get us having some identity by Christmas then you’re out of ideas.

If Oné isn’t given starts and Burrows doesn’t play then you’ve bluffed everyone really. If they are fit then all three need to be staring against Lincoln City if they are the supposed difference makers we are led to believe.

I think we’ll play 3 at the back and may even attempt to overlap. But we need wingbacks bombing forward to create chances.

If that isn’t the plan then I don’t know what is.

He had Hamer and O'Hare at the start of the season and we were as shit with them as we have been without them, which says it all really.

 

[uTurn]

Of the selections offered, I went with Edwards. My actual preferences would either be Mousinho or Barry-Murphy.

Other than the fact that he's currently unemployed, I see nothing to gain from Hecky potentially coming back. His success as our manager was heavily influenced by the best player I've ever seen in a Blades shirt (Ndiaye), but the football we played was otherwise little more than ordinary.

Having had the opportunity to watch Cardiff a little more closely this season, I'm very impressed with how Barry-Murphy has them playing. They're very comfortable and confident in possession, and they are utterly unafraid of firing off a shot. They took 27 shots vs Charlton yesterday, not dissimilar to the number they took against us too. Certainly a team to excite, and get people off their seats, something which we are laughably bad at currently.

 

[reedy63]

No Matter is we keep Wilder or appoint another manager.
We wont do Nowt while ever the American owners wont back the manager Cant even repair the roof of Bramall Lane Upper Stand.
If get the 12 points deduction. We have a battle to stay in championship.

 

[skegblade]

We would go foreign # again

 

[Dkc]

We can’t get much worse than we are right now.

What short memories people have. We can get a lot, lot worse.

Unless we are deep in relegation trouble early next year, Wilder's here for this season at least. Our famously skint owners aren't going to pay off Wilder and his backroom staff to roll the dice again. And they would have to dig deeper to meet the salary needs of any in-demand manager. Frank and Howe aren't coming to S2 anytime soon.

Fans calling for our manager to be sacked in September can't be doing much for team morale.

 

[HIBGIA]

What short memories people have. We can get a lot, lot worse.

Unless we are deep in relegation trouble early next year, Wilder's here for this season at least. Our famously skint owners aren't going to pay off Wilder and his backroom staff to roll the dice again. And they would have to dig deeper to meet the salary needs of any in-demand manager. Frank and Howe aren't coming to S2 anytime soon.

Fans calling for our manager to be sacked in September can't be doing much for team morale.

It's not the fans fault, any of this rubbish that is being served up at the minute.

 

[Chazzer]

Hecky as director of football, with emphasis on bringing through Academy players. We have let too many go in recent years (Lankshear, Osula, Slater, not to mention Brooks). Keep Wilder for now but Hecky to make sure he listens to Jones and the other coaches.

 

[SB_90]

scott parker is as dull & boring as Chris wilder

Dave Challinor is a possible

 

[mattbianco1]

Owners can't afford to sack Wilder.
Wilder won't quit.

End of thread.

 

[SB_90]

Hecky as director of football, with emphasis on bringing through Academy players. We have let too many go in recent years (Lankshear, Osula, Slater, not to mention Brooks). Keep Wilder for now but Hecky to make sure he listens to Jones and the other coaches.

i like that idea. as he did a great job with youth players. but its whether he take that job now

 

[Broomhall Blade]

I’m aware there’s already a lot of discussion on this; but without wanting to beat a dead horse, I figured a poll might be quite interesting.

I just saw a post from Bet365 about potential candidates to replace Wilder and some of them are definitely more appealing than others.

Post in question

Personally, I’d take any of them, barring probably Scott Parker, over keeping Wilder for the rest of the season.

Can we have someone else suggestion,
None of those entirely fill me with confidence.
Why is Heckingbottom even up there, Jesus wept.

 

[Dkc]

Get Billy Sharp in as striking coach or something while he finishes his badges, then we have a natural and cheap successor to Wilder.

 

[ancientblade]

What short memories people have. We can get a lot, lot worse.

Unless we are deep in relegation trouble early next year, Wilder's here for this season at least. Our famously skint owners aren't going to pay off Wilder and his backroom staff to roll the dice again. And they would have to dig deeper to meet the salary needs of any in-demand manager. Frank and Howe aren't coming to S2 anytime soon.

Fans calling for our manager to be sacked in September can't be doing much for team morale.

the football we are playing is awful slow and boring thats down to wilder its negative and defensive minded no he probably wont be sacked but oh my god give our fans something to shout about there abandoning the club in droves as proved by the last 2 away followings and poor home crowds our fans wont pay big money to watch the drivel were giving em just now

 

[KMC-1889]

Why the resistance towards Parker? He's managed at this level for 3 seasons and got promotion every single time hasn't he?

He’s been blessed every time with a championship super team. I still don’t know if he’s a decent manager or not tbh.

 

[jt64]

Why? 3 of the 5 are relatively successful

I'm not convinced any of them added anything material to the situation they were in. They either went into a club with a big financial advantage, big squad advantage, are a system coach, or some combination of the above. It's also an all British list, as if someone is trying to reinforce some sort of pathetic "it didn't work twice for us so it'll never work ever" rhetoric. Christ, it even contains the old GERRIMBACK bullshit

 

[Bartleby]

They got promoted mainly on loan players who became key to them. When they went up they had to spend a fortune as they had to replace them all with permanent signings, which nearly backfired as they spent two seasons fighting relegation, which is where they are again now.

Think our owners would be happy with that, minus the spend a fortune bit.

 

[Tazzy]

What short memories people have. We can get a lot, lot worse.

Unless we are deep in relegation trouble early next year, Wilder's here for this season at least. Our famously skint owners aren't going to pay off Wilder and his backroom staff to roll the dice again. And they would have to dig deeper to meet the salary needs of any in-demand manager. Frank and Howe aren't coming to S2 anytime soon.

Fans calling for our manager to be sacked in September can't be doing much for team morale.

Its about progression unfortunately with wilder in charge we are going backwards .I get wilders a blade and what hes done in the past brill .But hes not changed in all them years and we are where we are now because of him sentiment has to go out of the window now and look to move forward not backwards