kevin blackwell

[bendylegs]

anyone seen or heard what kevin blackwells up to n0wr days. :thumbdown:

 

[beightonblade]

he's enjoying life with the £££££££££'s he mugged the Blades for !

 

[essex blade]

He was on Talksport the other day , being interviewed about the F.A Cup

 

[broomhillblade]

Funny how times change. When he was Warnock's no.2 there were many who said that the Blades' success was down to KB.

With all the managerial sackings these last couple of months you would think that somebody would want him.

Maybe he's looked after his money and is now taking a break, doing a bit of DIY, etc. (he was a builder in former times).

No doubt he'll be back before very long.

 

[essex blade]

Funny how times change. When he was Warnock's no.2 there were many who said that the Blades' success was down to KB.

when Warnock got us promotion ,blackwell was at leeds and stuart mccall was no 2.

 

[Micalijo]

Did someone mention Blackie? My buzzer went off.

Yes, funny how things change Broomhill but one thing that will never change is the utter ineptitude, total incompetence and the disgusting personality of one Kevin Blackwell.

 

[SwissBlade]

Its funny really. Most of the Blackwell haters that blamed Mr Blackwell for everything have since evaluated the way that the club is and was run during Blackwell's reign. It seems that a few have since moved their argument to blame the club for everything.

But if you look at it that way and take into account all of the restrictions placed on Mr B, then it highlights what a magnificent job Mr B did with the resources he had.

 

[Micalijo]

Its funny really. Most of the Blackwell haters that blamed Mr Blackwell for everything have since evaluated the way that the club is and was run during Blackwell's reign. It seems that a few have since moved their argument to blame the club for everything.

But if you look at it that way and take into account all of the restrictions placed on Mr B, then it highlights what a magnificent job Mr B did with the resources he had.

Restrictions!! £15m wage bills, endless loans available, £3m strikers, Daz, Cotts, Howard etc etc. You must be joking or pissed.

 

[raul]

If anyone DOES actually know how to get in touch with him, can you ask him if he'd be interested in putting some backbone into the worst performing team in Britain atm?

He has his detractors but I'm with Swiss on this one, name a manager who get's promoted whilst having to cut the wage bill and make a profit in the transfer market? We were still labouring under the impression we were "big time" during his tenure and he copped for all the flak now finding it's way to the correct target. We've been managed by a lot worse and sadly not a lot better.

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Did someone mention Blackie? My buzzer went off.

Yes, funny how things change Broomhill but one thing that will never change is the utter ineptitude, total incompetence and the disgusting personality of one Kevin Blackwell.

You may not have liked his personality, methods, or tactics, but his win record as blades manager speaks for itself. He was not incompetent.

 

[SwissBlade]

Restrictions!! £15m wage bills, endless loans available, £3m strikers, Daz, Cotts, Howard etc etc. You must be joking or pissed.

Come on Mic, tell me how much he spent on transfers, how much was recouped....

Every week constantly defending the club, whilst having to work with loanees and constantly changing squad?

Wasn't he talked back into the job by McCabe, only to get nothing from him to work with?

Then when the club committed themselves to him in the summer, they dumped him after 2 games

 

[marshy]

If I never have to hear him speak again, that's enough for me.

What an enigma!

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[Micalijo]

If anyone DOES actually know how to get in touch with him, can you ask him if he'd be interested in putting some backbone into the worst performing team in Britain atm?

He has his detractors but I'm with Swiss on this one, name a manager who get's promoted whilst having to cut the wage bill and make a profit in the transfer market? We were still labouring under the impression we were "big time" during his tenure and he copped for all the flak now finding it's way to the correct target. We've been managed by a lot worse and sadly not a lot better.

It's not about whether he got promoted or not. It's the lies he peddled about dominating games, the bullshit about lack of resources when he had so much more than vast majority of managers he was up against and the mind numbing feeling you got watching his side. He is imo an immensely shit manager who got very, very lucky with the squad he inherited, made a disgraceful cock-up of his biggest game and then totally lost it.

Not sure how you can slate McCabe for allowing him all the loan signings and Evans and plenty of others.

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Come on Mic, tell me how much he spent on transfers, how much was recouped....

Every week constantly defending the club, whilst having to work with loanees and constantly changing squad?

Wasn't he talked back into the job by McCabe, only to get nothing from him to work with?

Then when the club committed themselves to him in the summer, they dumped him after 2 games

He had plenty to spend. Could have used Ched money a million times better, no idea how to build a squad and created alot of his own problems

 

[Highbury_Blade]

It's not about whether he got promoted or not. It's the lies he peddled about dominating games, the bullshit about lack of resources when he had so much more than vast majority of managers he was up against and the mind numbing feeling you got watching his side. He is imo an immensely shit manager who got very, very lucky with the squad he inherited, made a disgraceful cock-up of his biggest game and then totally lost it.

Not sure how you can slate McCabe for allowing him all the loan signings and Evans and plenty of others.

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He had plenty to spend. Could have used Ched money a million times better, no idea how to build a squad and created alot of his own problems

An yet still has a better win record than any other united manager for a long time. Not the only metric to be rating him on but clearly shows he wasn't incompetent. Dull as dogshit of course, but not incompetent.

Edit: 0.1% worse than Warnocks win record. A manager who most would agree wasn't incompetent.

 

[Bladesway]

If we hadn't have sacked him we wouldn't be in the mess we are now. Spineless KM should have either sacked him back end last season or backed him properly for another season. Strange how he got us to a whisker of the play offs from nowhere, then a Play Off Final, then I think we finished around 10th last season. All places we would pray to finish right now.

Blackwell is probaby just milking his compensation for another one of KM's poor decisions when it comes to managers.

 

[Pinchy]

He's bought a dog. He kicks it hard; He kicks it long; He kicks it high.

He's put this dog on show: No-one wants to see it.

 

[raul]

Did you mean to post that on the JTF thread?

 

[CopenhagenBlade]

'He had plenty to spend. Could have used Ched money a million times better, no idea how to build a squad and created alot of his own problems'

I can't remember anyone complaining when we bought Evans but everyone is using it as a stick to beat the club/KB now. Yeah it didn't work out, well at least not at the start but I don't remember a single negative comment. It's not his fault what he cost or that we played a style that is/was totally unsuitable to the way we 'play' but to criticise KB is a bit unfair

 

[SwissBlade]

He had plenty to spend. Could have used Ched money a million times better, no idea how to build a squad and created alot of his own problems

Come on Mic, answer the question. How much did Blackie spend on transfers and how much did he recoup.

Yeah he spent some money and looking at Ched now he's showing that he was worth a decent fee.

And as it has been said, he had a cracking win record didn't he?

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'He had plenty to spend. Could have used Ched money a million times better, no idea how to build a squad and created alot of his own problems'

I can't remember anyone complaining when we bought Evans but everyone is using it as a stick to beat the club/KB now. Yeah it didn't work out, well at least not at the start but I don't remember a single negative comment. It's not his fault what he cost or that we played a style that is/was totally unsuitable to the way we 'play' but to criticise KB is a bit unfair

Spot on Copenhagen, I'll wouldn't say that the Ched signing hasn't worked out, he's still in his same contract and is starting to show the promise of why we signed him. Slow to get off the mark (understatement) in terms of goals, but is starting to pick up the goals now

 

[grafikhaus]

His win record was very good, but...

Watching them was appalling

He again bottled it in a play-off final

He managed to let Wendy* get the double over us for the first time in many, many years.

*Just in. Now there's a shock! Wendy have just got a penalty and the opposition have had a man sent off. Hasn't happened for...5 days.

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* make that two penalties...

 

[Barney Rubble]

Originally posted by Micalijo

He is imo an immensely shit manager who got very, very lucky with the squad he inherited,

A side whose confidence was dropping by the week and drifting towards relegation. Blackwell turned the team round, improved the quality of the football and would probably have got us to the playoffs if the board had got rid of Robson sooner.

Even the following season I felt thyat we began by playing sime good stuff but after a couple of defeats rumours started appearing in the press that Blackie was about to get the bullet. From then I think the quality of the football started to deteriorate but the results got us to the playoffs. The board supported the team by flogging our leading goalscorer and missed the chance to buy Halford whilst he was still in our price range.

The decision to sell everybody we can get a fee for and replace them with loanees must be a boardroom decision. If by any chance we were to get promoted with this policy we'd have to spend the increased money on buying our own team not strengthening it.

I think someone stated in another post that we had 19 players in on loan last season. If your side is changing from game to game you have to play a very simple system so the new faces can slot into the team. The easiest way was via the hapless hoofball that we've ended up having to endure.

 

[alcoblade]

Its funny really. Most of the Blackwell haters that blamed Mr Blackwell for everything have since evaluated the way that the club is and was run during Blackwell's reign. It seems that a few have since moved their argument to blame the club for everything.

But if you look at it that way and take into account all of the restrictions placed on Mr B, then it highlights what a magnificent job Mr B did with the resources he had.

I think Blackwell is far from the worst manger we've had (Robson). His results were decent in difficult circumstances. It's not easy managng when the budget is in constant decline.

The shame is after his opening 6 months, when he attacked with real intent, his real ambition came to the fore. His priority is to avoid losing at all costs. Couple this with direct hopeful football when you're advancing and it makes watching paint dry a reasonable aternative. What's more because he was offloding some ridiculous contracts, he was party to some ever so slightly less ridiculous contracts (Evans, Monty, Quinn, Cresswell 3 years FFS).

Overall, very glad he's gone. But the entire environment in which he worked was shite - thanks to our ambition of being a property company with a football club attached.

UTB

Yeah he spent some money and looking at Ched now he's showing that he was worth a decent fee.

At best (so far) he looks like an average championship striker. We've operpaid by £2.5M and £15K per week. Hardly Backwell's finest moment.

UTB

 

[Fiery Blade]

Blackwell is the root cause of the problems we have at this moment in time
If he had the balls to stand up to McCabe when he had a decent squad then things may have been different but he inherited a quality squad and blew the lot!
That man doesn't deserve another job in football
Blackwell was arrogant, self centred and a bully !

 

[wardlowwanderer]

'If he had the balls to stand up to McCabe'

You mean like all other managers do? Anyone in a position of power does not let anyone below them tell them what to do. Unless you're self employed try it with your boss on Monday morning and see how long it is before you fine yourself in the job centre on West St.

 

[William Large]

Funny how times change. When he was Warnock's no.2 there were many who said that the Blades' success was down to KB.

With all the managerial sackings these last couple of months you would think that somebody would want him.

Maybe he's looked after his money and is now taking a break, doing a bit of DIY, etc. (he was a builder in former times).

No doubt he'll be back before very long.

He actually built me a conservatory a few weeks back. Now it isn't much to look at, however it is functional and does it's job. He had an interesting way of laying the bricks for the foundations though, he would hurl them up in the air (mainly over his shoulder) and pray that they landed somewhere near to one another. He did this almost as soon as the brick was in his hand and seemingly with little or no thought whatsoever.
After a few days when I thought he was doing a reasonable job i thought, right you clever cunt, i'll take your trowel off you, sell it and replace with a wooden chip fork, then take your cement mixer off you, sell it and replace with hand blender then see how you manage.
Give him his dues he beavered away, always, always, put a shift in and worked very hard to complete the job. I thought about using him again to do me a garden wall but have decided i'll use his YTS lad instead, give him sponges instead of bricks and sack the little cunt half way thorough if he can't manage.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

We'd be in the top half now if Blackie was still here.

 

[Bladesway]

Blackwell is the root cause of the problems we have at this moment in time
If he had the balls to stand up to McCabe when he had a decent squad then things may have been different but he inherited a quality squad and blew the lot!
That man doesn't deserve another job in football
Blackwell was arrogant, self centred and a bully !

You should do stand up.

 

[Maidenhead]

If anyone DOES actually know how to get in touch with him, can you ask him if he'd be interested in putting some backbone into the worst performing team in Britain atm?

He has his detractors but I'm with Swiss on this one, name a manager who get's promoted whilst having to cut the wage bill and make a profit in the transfer market? We were still labouring under the impression we were "big time" during his tenure and he copped for all the flak now finding it's way to the correct target. We've been managed by a lot worse and sadly not a lot better.

And I'm with these two too

 

[Mendi]

Good luck to him what ever he does.

 

[Fiery Blade]

You should do stand up.

Its Blackwell whose the comedian !:hello: