CONFIRMED Nigel Adkins is gone

[BladeFisher]

He said, quite correctly, that a significant number of our fans are complete wankers who never get behind the team and create a poisonous atmosphere at the Lane.

He went on to say they were single-celled Neanderthals who would applaud his departure, despite his proven achievements and celebrate the arrival of a Bladey mediocrity who has taken 15 years to become an overnight sensation.

He then pointed out that, given reasonable time, he would likely have turned this wreck of a club around and given us a proper football team to be proud of, but the s2 Hoofitandhope mentality wouldn't permit that.

He advised we replace him with someone, anyone, with Bladey Blade credentials. Preferably someone from the Dinosaur Dave era. He said we should be upanatem and gerritintbox. He said we'd be more comfortable with that.

He then wished the thickest, crudest, most parochial, least sophisticated supporters in football everything they deserve. So do I. It won't involve me.

Nice to know there'll be one more at Hillsborough next season.

 

[RedandWhite]

Absolutely ridiculous, we are a complete joke of a club, we will never get out of this league if we carry on like this

 

[Highbury_Blade]

He said, quite correctly, that a significant number of our fans are complete wankers who never get behind the team and create a poisonous atmosphere at the Lane.

He went on to say they were single-celled Neanderthals who would applaud his departure, despite his proven achievements and celebrate the arrival of a Bladey mediocrity who has taken 15 years to become an overnight sensation.

He then pointed out that, given reasonable time, he would likely have turned this wreck of a club around and given us a proper football team to be proud of, but the s2 Hoofitandhope mentality wouldn't permit that.

He advised we replace him with someone, anyone, with Bladey Blade credentials. Preferably someone from the Dinosaur Dave era. He said we should be upanatem and gerritintbox. He said we'd be more comfortable with that.

He then wished the thickest, crudest, most parochial, least sophisticated supporters in football everything they deserve. So do I. It won't involve me.

Welcome back Pinch, you've been remarkably quiet on the forum of late

 

[Barney]

He said, quite correctly, that a significant number of our fans are complete wankers who never get behind the team and create a poisonous atmosphere at the Lane.

He went on to say they were single-called Neanderthals who would applaud his departure, despite his proven achievements and celebrate the arrival of a Bladey mediocrity who has taken 15 years to become an overnight sensation.

He then pointed out that, given reasonable time, he would likely have turned this wreck of a club around and given us a proper football team to be proud of, but the s2 Hoofitandhope mentality wouldn't permit that.

He advised we replace him with someone, anyone, with Bladey Blade credentials. Preferably someone from the Dinosaur Dave era. He said we should be upanatem and gerritintbox. He said we'd be more comfortable with that.

He then wished the thickest, crudest, most parochial, least sophisticated supporters in football everything they deserve. So do I. It won't involve me.

Admittedly I got fed up and stopped attending, but I'll just add a bit of a counter argument and mention that those same supporters have held up attendances around the 19,000 mark season in, season out while we have been in this dire league.

That post of yours is comfortably the biggest load of ego ridden, bile infested bollocks against the most loyal fanbase in the country I have ever had the true misfortune to have read.

 

[borbokis]

Back to square one again FFS. I agree no one will think we have been good this season but paying off another manager and backroom staff who were all on 3 year contracts its absolute fucking madness. Why not put that money into the team and see how we get on instead?

 

[boo radley]

This is going to cut into my holiday time and playing with my boy on the beach! Hopefully we can announce the new guy by tomorrow! We don't need that to drag out

Other sand sculptures are available.

 

[Linz]

Now [Confirmed]

http://www.sufc.co.uk/news/article/sheffield-united-nigel-adkins-3109392.aspx

Sheffield United and team manager Nigel Adkins have parted company, it was announced today (12th May).


Mr Adkins took over in June 2015 on a three year contract but has been relieved of his duties after one season.


The following is a statement from the Club:


"A decision has been made by the board of Sheffield United for Nigel to depart immediately. Nigel is a gentleman and, as proved by his record, a very good manager, but the overriding aim is promotion from League One and the Club feels that this is the correct time to make a change.


"We will now begin the process of bringing in a new manager. We hope to make an appointment very shortly, with promotion from this division once again the priority. This is a decision made jointly between the co-owners and is the result of discussions between board members and colleagues.


"We sincerely wish Nigel and his backroom staff, Andy Crosby and Dean Wilkins all the best for the future."


Mr Adkins commented: "I am proud and honoured to have been the manager of Sheffield United but saddened to leave after just one season. I am naturally very disappointed not to be able to continue the good work going on behind the scenes, which I am confident will be of benefit to the Club going forward. I wish the Club and the supporters the best of luck for the future."


Sheffield United will not make any further comment at this stage.

 

[hoylandblade]

mccabe's got a lot to answer to this means Brian the blade will be back on radio sheff!!!!!

 

[Whiston Blade]

Tweet from Adkins:

"I've met many good people in the 11 months I've lived in Sheffield. I wish you well. It saddens me to say goodbye."

 

[blade too long]

Merge

whos this bloke Merge you want in charge

 

[blade too long]

sky news saying Wilder taking charge in next 48 hours

 

[boo radley]

Meanwhile McCabe has successfully shifted blame onto another manager.

No he has not. We all know who is to blame and if you think it is another manager either past or past then some are too gullible.

 

[Ricky]

"I am naturally very disappointed not to be able to continue the good work going on behind the scenes, which I am confident will be of benefit to the Club going forward."


That bit it quite promising.

Hopefully anything he's put in place will remain and continue to develop.

 

[grafikhaus]

whos this bloke Merge you want in charge

Predictive text. Megson?

 

[Chezzy Blades]

BBC Sport also reporting we're set to appoint Wilder in the near future.

 

[Bladesman]

"I am naturally very disappointed not to be able to continue the good work going on behind the scenes, which I am confident will be of benefit to the Club going forward."


That bit it quite promising.

Hopefully anything he's put in place will remain and continue to develop.

Good chance it will all get torn up.

Also reading the statement it sounds like Wilder won't be getting more than a year either.

 

[Ted Danson]

absolutely ecstatic, this just made my summer! I can now get excited about the Blades again and my St wasnt a complete waste of money.

Cant believe so many are so upset to see him go, he was achieving absolutely nothing in the most boring turgid style imaginable

 

[west_yorks_blade]

He said, quite correctly, that a significant number of our fans are complete wankers who never get behind the team and create a poisonous atmosphere at the Lane.

He went on to say they were single-celled Neanderthals who would applaud his departure, despite his proven achievements and celebrate the arrival of a Bladey mediocrity who has taken 15 years to become an overnight sensation.

He then pointed out that, given reasonable time, he would likely have turned this wreck of a club around and given us a proper football team to be proud of, but the s2 Hoofitandhope mentality wouldn't permit that.

He advised we replace him with someone, anyone, with Bladey Blade credentials. Preferably someone from the Dinosaur Dave era. He said we should be upanatem and gerritintbox. He said we'd be more comfortable with that.

He then wished the thickest, crudest, most parochial, least sophisticated supporters in football everything they deserve. So do I. It won't involve me.

So basically it's the fans fault

Fucking bollocks.

 

[boo radley]

Linz is getting naff all done at work because she's too busy checking what new threads need merging.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

When we hired him I remember saying "if this man, with this CV, can't get us out of this division - who can?" Sadly it hasn't worked out, the scale of the mess that Clough left behind was underestimated by many, including I. Adkins inherited a squad of largely poor athletes, many with dismal injury records, on wages disproportionate to their talents (see the numerous players who have left us on downward trajectories - several into League 2), however his earliest decisions last summer really crucified him.

I wrote on here before the season had started that I was starting to worry a little bit about Adkins, we all knew what our biggest problems were from last season; poor defenders (McEveley the worst of them), a lack of mobility in all areas of the pitch (Murphy an exception to that rule), not enough height and a weak spine starting at goalkeeper. His answer was to sign Woolford, Sammon and Sharp, no defenders and make McEveley his captain. That remains to be some of the worst management I've seen at Sheffield United in recent years (and recent years have been terrible). When we lost 4-0 to Gillingham with a back 5 of Long, Freeman, Collins, McEveley and McFadzean, in hindsight, nobody should have been at all surprised. There was talk of "big consequences" but even worse still, he didn't do anything. Instead he allowed a few decent results (not peformances) to cover everything up... And then the window shut, Murphy sold, despite the "not going anywhere" spiel, crucially he wasn't replaced (see Stephen Quinn, Nick Blackman, Harry Maguire, Matt Lowton, Kevin McDonald for examples of what inevitably happens next).


The results continued to be poor, the performances inept, but above all of this the response from Adkins was virtually non-existent. There was no radical change in tactics, formations or style of play and the January transfer window (incredibly) didn't see us strengthen at all, though he did manage to ship out a lot of the dross. Week after week the same boring, dishonest interviews, insulting to the 18,000+ fans as if they hadn't just been and watched the game for themselves. His parting shots at the fans were poor of a man who despite his failings as a manager, I always thought was a decent bloke. There is an element of truth to his accusations, we can whip up a bit of a nasty atmosphere, but we've been in free fall for almost a decade, half of which has been spent in League 1 now, you'd think there would have been more of an understanding.

Truth be told, I would have given him another shot at it, our hire and fire policy means that many of our managers can legitimately argue they weren't given enough time to build. But my views are purely based on his CV, as Blades manager he has done nothing to make me sad to see him go and he's the master of his own making. Really hope Chris Wilder can sort out this mess, but sadly I'm not sure he can. Our problems go deeper than the manager and having watched McCabe holding court with the fans the other night I'm pretty sure I know where they lie.

UTB

 

[boo radley]

absolutely ecstatic, this just made my summer! I can now get excited about the Blades again and my St wasnt a complete waste of money.

Cant believe so many are so upset to see him go, he was achieving absolutely nothing in the most boring turgid style imaginable

If that has made your summer though, I'm celebrating with you when we eventually get promotion.

 

[Linz]

Linz is getting naff all done at work because she's too busy checking what new threads need merging.

I'm busy trying to get the gossip on another of the managerial candidates

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Dear Mr.McCabe

Following today's news, I would like to point out that since May 2007, you have appointed and sacked seven managers, two of which had win percentages of 51.89% and 47.12% - that's seven in nine years, or one every 1.3 years.

Are you seriously suggesting to supporters of SUFC that you know what the fuck you are doing?

 

[blade too long]

 

[LSF]

Admittedly I got fed up and stopped attending, but I'll just add a bit of a counter argument and mention that those same supporters have held up attendances around the 19,000 mark season in, season out while we have been in this dire league.

That post of yours is comfortably the biggest load of ego ridden, bile infested bollocks against the most loyal fanbase in the country I have ever had the true misfortune to have read.

Oh that's funny Barney ... Do you really not get Pinchy yet?

 

[Grecian2000]

Calum Haggett IN.

 

[Smirth]

It will be nice to finally appoint a manager who's reputation is growing and is on the up in terms of his own achievements. For too long we've appointed people tainted with past failures.

 

[Minty]

Heard from a very good source (everyone says that of course), that it is definitely Wilder.

Other ex Blades from the Basset era to crop up as kitmen / coaches etc etc.

You heard it here first.....

First post on here.....

Would be very surprised if it was Wilder.....I was in the boozer a couple of weeks ago with a mate and Wilder was sat next to us and we got chatting, congratulated him on promotion and talked general Blades/footy stuff. He gave the impression that he's already been through the interview process before and really doesn't have much time for the Board and how the club is run and pretty much said that he wouldn't consider the job.

Anyway, I suppose if he's offered the right terms and has received assurances about backing etc then he could think differently.

 

[boo radley]

When we hired him I remember saying "if this man, with this CV, can't get us out of this division - who can?" Sadly it hasn't worked out, the scale of the mess that Clough left behind was underestimated by many, including I. Adkins inherited a squad of largely poor athletes, many with dismal injury records, on wages disproportionate to their talents (see the numerous players who have left us on downward trajectories - several into League 2), however his earliest decisions last summer really crucified him.

I wrote on here before the season had started that I was starting to worry a little bit about Adkins, we all knew what our biggest problems were from last season; poor defenders (McEveley the worst of them), a lack of mobility in all areas of the pitch (Murphy an exception to that rule), not enough height and a weak spine starting at goalkeeper. His answer was to sign Woolford, Sammon and Sharp, no defenders and make McEveley his captain. That remains to be some of the worst management I've seen at Sheffield United in recent years (and recent years have been terrible). When we lost 4-0 to Gillingham with a back 5 of Long, Freeman, Collins, McEveley and McFadzean, in hindsight, nobody should have been at all surprised. There was talk of "big consequences" but even worse still, he didn't do anything. Instead he allowed a few decent results (not peformances) to cover everything up... And then the window shut, Murphy sold, despite the "not going anywhere" spiel, crucially he wasn't replaced (see Stephen Quinn, Nick Blackman, Harry Maguire, Matt Lowton, Kevin McDonald for examples of what inevitably happens next).


The results continued to be poor, the performances inept, but above all of this the response from Adkins was virtually non-existent. There was no radical change in tactics, formations or style of play and the January transfer window (incredibly) didn't see us strengthen at all, though he did manage to ship out a lot of the dross. Week after week the same boring, dishonest interviews, insulting to the 18,000+ fans as if they hadn't just been and watched the game for themselves. His parting shots at the fans were poor of a man who despite his failings as a manager, I always thought was a decent bloke. There is an element of truth to his accusations, we can whip up a bit of a nasty atmosphere, but we've been in free fall for almost a decade, half of which has been spent in League 1 now, you'd think there would have been more of an understanding.

Truth be told, I would have given him another shot at it, our hire and fire policy means that many of our managers can legitimately argue they weren't given enough time to build. But my views are purely based on his CV, as Blades manager he has done nothing to make me sad to see him go and he's the master of his own making. Really hope Chris Wilder can sort out this mess, but sadly I'm not sure he can. Our problems go deeper than the manager and having watched McCabe holding court with the fans the other night I'm pretty sure I know where they lie.

UTB

Lost interest when you said the scale of the mess Clough left behind. As though that excuses Adkins! CLOUGH WAS SACKED SO HE HAD NO CHANCE TO SORT OWT OUT. Even if many think he spent too much on mediocrity , The buck stops with the bloke at the top. If he thought that Clough spent too much then why did it take so long to put the technical team in place. 17 to 22k a week on the worst player ever seen at the lane being played every week just to justify Adkins ego!!
Third wirst finish in our history, yeah right legacy and the club in a better position than last Summer.

 

[blade too long]

Dear Mr.McCabe

Following today's news, I would like to point out that since May 2007, you have appointed and sacked seven managers, two of which had win percentages of 51.89% and 47.12% - that's seven in nine years, or one every 1.3 years.

Are you seriously suggesting to supporters of SUFC that you know what the fuck you are doing?

got to say look at leicesters turn over of managers
14 in the past 10 years
theyve had 2 promotions and won the premier league
we obviously arent sacking enough of em