Dkc
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I’m naturally an optimist, and after Port Vale thought we had an even chance of getting in the Play Offs and if so, a decent chance of winning them. But Saturday and tonight have made me finally realize that we’re not going up this year. And I’m fucking livid that this will almost certainly be another clusterfuck of a season will eclipse the last one for shittiness
The natural instinct is to sack the manager. After all, Adkins has had plenty of time to sort this squad out. He’s been allowed to bring his own players in, and has had 40-odd professionals to choose from at the Lane.
But we’ve been ineffective and tactically awful.So who’s fault is that?
It’s really really tempting to say “sack Adkins”. But Danny Wilson didn’t turn from a decent manager to a shit one overnight. Neither did Micky Adams. Nor Nigel Clough. They are all decent. But they “failed” as Blades manager and were sacked. I’d suggest the same is true of Nigel Adkins. It’s the club, the structure, the disharmony, the enormous weight of expectation, that’s holding us back.
All joking aside and at the risk of mockery from the pigs, we are a big club. In fact, potentially one of the biggest. When we were last in the Premier League our attendance was the 11th-highest. Who’s to say what it would have been had our stadium held another 10k.
It’s worth pointing out that the only clubs that got higher crowds that season were Man United, Newcastle Liverpool, Newcastle, Chelsea, Man City, Everton, Villa, Spurs and West Ham. Sunderland also got slightly higher crowds than us when winning the Championship title - but remember - we pulled these crowds in a relegation season.
Most will deny it, but attendance-wise, the Blades have the potential to be among the biggest clubs in the country. We’re not alone of course, Wolves, Leeds and others have similar potential (Leeds even more than us) but let’s not under-estimate how big this club is.
Well-intentioned but disastrous decision-making by McCabe, and a huge chunk of bad luck, got us here. I think that the huge hunger for success, and the resulting massive pressure, is one of the reasons we are still down here.
If Adkins doesn’t walk, and thinks he can handle the pressure, I feel we’ve got to give him next season at least. Who can say someone like Steve Evans or Chris Wilder, who are also decent managers, would succeed at a place where so many other decent managers have failed?
We need a manager who is aware of the size of the challenge, and will recruit strong-willed players who will fight tooth and nail to get us out of this league. If Adkins thinks he’s up to the challenge next season I’d be behind him. His record is as good as any of the others waiting in line.
The natural instinct is to sack the manager. After all, Adkins has had plenty of time to sort this squad out. He’s been allowed to bring his own players in, and has had 40-odd professionals to choose from at the Lane.
But we’ve been ineffective and tactically awful.So who’s fault is that?
It’s really really tempting to say “sack Adkins”. But Danny Wilson didn’t turn from a decent manager to a shit one overnight. Neither did Micky Adams. Nor Nigel Clough. They are all decent. But they “failed” as Blades manager and were sacked. I’d suggest the same is true of Nigel Adkins. It’s the club, the structure, the disharmony, the enormous weight of expectation, that’s holding us back.
All joking aside and at the risk of mockery from the pigs, we are a big club. In fact, potentially one of the biggest. When we were last in the Premier League our attendance was the 11th-highest. Who’s to say what it would have been had our stadium held another 10k.
It’s worth pointing out that the only clubs that got higher crowds that season were Man United, Newcastle Liverpool, Newcastle, Chelsea, Man City, Everton, Villa, Spurs and West Ham. Sunderland also got slightly higher crowds than us when winning the Championship title - but remember - we pulled these crowds in a relegation season.
Most will deny it, but attendance-wise, the Blades have the potential to be among the biggest clubs in the country. We’re not alone of course, Wolves, Leeds and others have similar potential (Leeds even more than us) but let’s not under-estimate how big this club is.
Well-intentioned but disastrous decision-making by McCabe, and a huge chunk of bad luck, got us here. I think that the huge hunger for success, and the resulting massive pressure, is one of the reasons we are still down here.
If Adkins doesn’t walk, and thinks he can handle the pressure, I feel we’ve got to give him next season at least. Who can say someone like Steve Evans or Chris Wilder, who are also decent managers, would succeed at a place where so many other decent managers have failed?
We need a manager who is aware of the size of the challenge, and will recruit strong-willed players who will fight tooth and nail to get us out of this league. If Adkins thinks he’s up to the challenge next season I’d be behind him. His record is as good as any of the others waiting in line.
