Some unbelievably good news for blades fans....

[bricktop]

He took a team looking like the most expensive relegation fodder in history to the brink of the play offs in three months. In spite of then being stripped of many of his good players througout the next season he got them to the play off final. I didn't care for his style or lack thereof, but lets compare records so far and he is streets ahead of Puddleduck.

But that doesn't tally up with the general viewpoint that Blackwell was the devil incarnate. He did a decent job in difficult circumstances and towards the ends both hands were tied behind his back. The other night someone on football heaven made a pertinent point that if we hadn't sacked Blackwell then maybe we might not be in the trouble we are now, and i was inclined to agree.

I spent years of thinking Warnock was a busted flush, and wanted him out, but 4 years down the track i think he would have taken us up in 2007/08, and sacking him was a mistake. Hindsight is a great thing, but i learned that sacking the manager does not necessarily mean that utopia is around the corner.

I want Micky Adams to given a decent chance to show what he can do, or what he can't do as the case may be, but if we sacked him now, or in the close season then it will mean another new manager coming in to the club, and the lack of continuity would potentially be more damaging than keeping him in the job.

 

[Bladesway]

Sacking Adams would be madness, agreed. But all this "Blackwell was shite" bollocks is just that. Its people who just want to bang on about it to be right in what they have always said about him. He did the job he was brought in to do very well. His style became gradually shitter as he was left with players of a lesser quality. The reason we were so exciting that season was because of the players at KB's disposal.

Sacking him when we did was the single biggest mistake this club has made recently. We wasted money we really didn't have bringing in players that were in Blackwells plans, for them to be disgarded 3 weeks into a season. You either sack the guy at the end of a season or you give him a fair crack at the next campaign. You don't ever do it the way we have done it. It made us look like we didn't know what the hell we were doing or what the chairman wanted. I think that might be because we didn't know what we were doing and McCabe didn't know what he wanted.

P.S, wheres Big McCabe now by the way? Seems to have put plenty of layers of management between himself and the fans these days doesn't he?

 

[sothall blade]

Sacking Adams would be madness, agreed. But all this "Blackwell was shite" bollocks is just that. Its people who just want to bang on about it to be right in what they have always said about him. He did the job he was brought in to do very well. His style became gradually shitter as he was left with players of a lesser quality. The reason we were so exciting that season was because of the players at KB's disposal.

Sacking him when we did was the single biggest mistake this club has made recently. We wasted money we really didn't have bringing in players that were in Blackwells plans, for them to be disgarded 3 weeks into a season. You either sack the guy at the end of a season or you give him a fair crack at the next campaign. You don't ever do it the way we have done it. It made us look like we didn't know what the hell we were doing or what the chairman wanted. I think that might be because we didn't know what we were doing and McCabe didn't know what he wanted.

P.S, wheres Big McCabe now by the way? Seems to have put plenty of layers of management between himself and the fans these days doesn't he?

totally agree bladesway,KB did do well for us,but when he has been told to get the wage bill down what alternative has he got but bring in lesser players,this is all down to Mccabe,KB offered to go after wembley that decision should have been accepted,instead of letting blacky bring in crap players,pre season blah blah blah,a new manager would have had a few months to bring in his players etc etc,instead the club just shuffles around and then sack the manager 3 games in,fookin brilliant management from up above,personally i want adams to stay and see the job through then we can judge him.

 

[Micalijo]

Huge shame - although a very lucky escape for Coventry fans.

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/co...rule-out-kevin-blackwell-move-92746-28386396/

Fancy that, a club not wanting the great Blackie as manager, the man who can only manage in second tier with a massive budget and cries like a baby when things go wrong and has to make do with £2m Hendo and £3m Chedders. Poor old Blackie - never had a chance.

 

[Yossarian]

But all this "Blackwell was shite" bollocks is just that.

I've often wondered, if he wasn't "shite", why he hasn't been snapped up to manage another club. There have been plenty of opportunities, plenty of vacancies. Not even Coventry City, a club that seem perfect for his particular set of "skills" want to touch him.

Sacking him when we did was the single biggest mistake this club has made recently.

Bigger than Robson?

 

[Wards]

He was shite, that last full season was absolutely dreadful to watch.

I'd rather be relegated than have that boring negative mardy arsed twonk still running the show.

 

[Micalijo]

Wow, how can anyone make a comparison between blackwell and adams?

what has blackwell actually achieved as a manager?

simply compare the teams they inherited.

aidy boothroyd got a failing team (watford) into the premier league, and he could do sod all with coventry. he has achieved more than blackwell in his career, so why is blackwell an improvement?

final point. Just look at this thread from coventry fans, and this will allow you to know what the world of football think of Kevin Blackwell....

http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/7906-Kevin-Blackwell-to-be-appointed

Cracking read Blader - great stuff. Cheers for posting. The day he left BDTBL will forever shine as one of the best days ever for supporters of this proud football club.

 

[Bladesway]

He was shite, that last full season was absolutely dreadful to watch.

I'd rather be relegated than have that boring negative mardy arsed twonk still running the show.

Yeah, of course you would.

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I've often wondered, if he wasn't "shite", why he hasn't been snapped up to manage another club. There have been plenty of opportunities, plenty of vacancies. Not even Coventry City, a club that seem perfect for his particular set of "skills" want to touch him.



Bigger than Robson?

Heres one for you. Because he is getting paid by SUFC to sit on his arse so why would he bother even applying for most jobs? Thats the rub really isn't it, as shite as people say he is we are still paying his wages.

I was no fan of the mans tactics but the first season when he came in, he did a good job when we were in a similar league position to when Puddleduck took over this season. Then he did a good job to get us within touching distance of promotion where the sale of BT and Tonge along with others scuppered us. From there it was a downward spiral. I agree (once more for the hard of thinking) he had to go, but it was the timing that was the crime.

Robson : For all his flaws (and bloody hell there were many) he did bring BT in and give us a chance to see one of the best strikers at the Lane in recent years. Just a shame Robson couldn't manage a wank, let alone a football team.

I will always feel that Blackwell should have either been sacked at the end of the previous season or at least given till Christmas this. FFS we had just come off the back of an away point at Cardiff with 10 men. Hardly sacking form is it?

As for Blackwell, Robson, Speed (the decision to get him in) and the current man. One thing is common with all of them. They were appointed on the say so of Kevin McCabe and he hasn't really shown himself to be a great picker of managers now has he?

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Cracking read Blader - great stuff. Cheers for posting. The day he left BDTBL will forever shine as one of the best days ever for supporters of this proud football club.

I think you'll probably stand in a very small part of the car park with Fiery and a couple of others there. The rest of us would prefer days like Leicester 1990, or Hillsborough in 92 (I think thats when we did the double) or other promotions. Sacking a manager is never realistically a glowing moment for a club unless you are a mentalist.

 

[Wards]

I wouldn't have a season ticket if Blackwell was still here, I honestly cannot express how boring last season was. And yes, I really, 100% truthfully would rather watch us in League 1 with a manager who can get his teams playing some semblance of football as I know and love it.

 

[boo radley]

I wouldn't have a season ticket if Blackwell was still here, I honestly cannot express how boring last season was. And yes, I really, 100% truthfully would rather watch us in League 1 with a manager who can get his teams playing some semblance of football as I know and love it.

So you bought a season ticket after Blackwell left then?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I'd rather be relegated than have that boring negative mardy arsed twonk still running the show.

Wow.

:loopy: