Phipps and co

[sheffielder]

I don't remember Jim Phipps picking McEveley and Alcock as a centre back pairing in our most important play off game for years. The team didn't get promoted because of Nigel Clough. Clough had considerably more backing than a lot of managers at the Lane
that season and still failed to deliver. As Jim only played a small part in this who were the others responsible?

I used to hate Clough, he’s a fuckwit and anyone who have him 1.5m for Rb is a fuckwit too, but I have wilder now and I give zero fucks. I am glad that Clough Adkins Wilson weird all fucked up so I could get wilder

 

[Pinchy]

Bert wouldn't be too upset if Big Jim came back. He wasn't a football man but he very quickly understood what the club means to Unitedites.

Quite:

He’s also done alright for himself in the commercial world so I’m not sure where the ‘prefer savvy businessmen’ line comes from.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

The Prince taking over is potentially prone to disaster - it might also succeed - no one knows.

What we do need is SOMEONE who understands the fans and the club (like Phipps did) - Wilder does and for all the crap McCabes took - he at least understands us.

We don't need some twat that names the main stand after himself and treats his "punters" as idiots.

Money is the only commodity (and spent wisely) that will get us out of this division in the long run. We have an opportunity this season, but this type of opportunity with generally 3rd tier players gelling together won't happen every season. Quality is needed which equates to spending money.

The American tried at Villa and bailed out - the fella at Bolton and Sunderland too. We actually know pretty much fuck all about the Prince.

Dangerous times for me.

UTB

 

[Pinchy]

Old kev can get ready too. Chairman of our longest ever absence from the top flight

I am not a fan

Get ready for what? Being savaged by a dead sheep?

When I want accurate information I always ask Sumdyooworktatacademy. They’re always spot on.

 

[Valleyblade]

It was a shambles mate. I have heard directly from someone who was working at the academy that the club was being run like a rudderless ship. Wilder said as much when he first arrived in one of his first interviews.


For me it is no coincidence that as soon as all of the merry men in the boardroom were removed or left, success followed - in the first season trying to get up, we did. We absolutely pissed the league.


I don't want to attack Jim unnecessarily, but I remember that whilst him and Seli etc were at the club we failed repeatedly. What were the objectives presented to the board? What were they being measured on? What was expected of them? If it was promotion, they failed, if it was income generation, they failed..... If it was tweeting needy fans, they succeeded.


Fan liaison is important, I agree. However great people think Jim was, I have never felt so disconnected from the club as I did when the players and Adkins did their walk of shame on the last day of the season - That was the culmination of where the board had taken us.


The first thing Wilder had to do was get shut of 17 players. Players that had been bought by Clough and Adkins, yes..... but Phipps and co should have been managing this. They were the budget holders after all


Like I say, I pray we don't go back to the circus that once was. Interesting times ahead.



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I don't buy this argument.

For me it's no coincidence that when wilder came in he manged the budget given to him reposnsibly, and continues to do so.

Clough and Adkins were backed. They pissed a lot of the backing up the wall.

I'd rather as a club we gave the manager the budget and let him do what he feels is best.

I don't reckon Tufty would have it any other way.

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

I always enjoyed listening to what Jim had to say. He’s a good man who had our best interests at heart. Once a Blade

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Old kev can get ready too. Chairman of our longest ever absence from the top flight

I am not a Sheffield United fan

Fixed that for you

 

[kingy1889]

Fixed that for you

Disagree with someone - accuse them of not being a fan

Reyt

 

[Ramon Mohamed]

Comment from a Star reader:

Ramon Mohamed ·
Sheffield

"I have followed Sheffield United since the 1970s and as I write I am a season ticket holder and to put some context in to this post my wife is Saudi and I worked in Saudi Arabia from 2010-2016.

During this time I followed two football clubs in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, Al Hilal and Al Nassr. Two clubs that the Prince was involved in. I spoke to some of the fans about the Prince and Sheffield United and they informed me that at their respective clubs he sold on most of the best players and made a handsome profit from the clubs and left. The royals have a habit of owning clubs in Saudi Arabia which have been badly managed.

I have also read local media reports in my home city of Sheffield that the Prince has spoken of himself as a self made millionaire. My knowledge of the House of Saud is that all Prince's are not born poor but have vast's amounts of wealth given to them procured from the sale of oil. So he's not been entirely truthful. Yes, he's invested his wealth but he certainly is not self-made and being royal, connections in high places helps.

Also the Prince has hardly spent anytime watching Sheffield United and as not much idea about the history and culture of the club and what the club means to ordinary fans like myself. He's hardly attended any meetings at the club.

The Prince also, as we know, became the Saudi Youth Sports Minister. However, during that time he spent most of his time in his Los Angeles mansion. So no commitment there then!

I for one have my reservations and have come across to many consultants in Saudi Arabia like Jim Phipps who are only there for the wealth that they themselves can accumulate at the expense of the local population.

Step forward biggey blade - your time has come:

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I might be wrong but if you follow the news the House of Saud is at war with itself and if we are not careful, my club Sheffield United in some indirect way, may become part of the spoils of that fall-out."



Pinch of salt article, pig fan perhaps, but a couple of interesting points

 

[Ramon Mohamed]

I am no Wednesday fan and I certainly exist and a season ticket holder at the lane and I stick by everything I have written....

 

[Blade58]

I am no Wednesday fan and I certainly exist and a season ticket holder at the lane and I stick by everything I have written....

Yes, I realised that when reading other posts in the thread, so apologies for that. Nothing worse than being labelled a pig

 

[Sean Thornton]

I am no Wednesday fan and I certainly exist and a season ticket holder at the lane and I stick by everything I have written....

When was the Prince involved with Al Nasr Club?