Go on then Olly, how do you quantify a typical Unitedite? Somebody who makes excuses why we are heading for another mediocre season as it stands, someone who can take an objective look at the club, and not only be honest and accept the fact we are in a rut of mediocrity if people like it or not, but also understand the reasons why. The bottom line is that as a club the Blades don't have much money knocking about, we have a chairman who quite clearly would sell up as soon as he could and will not be investing any more money in the club any time soon, and is trying to recoup his losses.
I was dead set against the appointment of Danny Wilson, but i can recognise that it still relatively early in the close season for a lot of transfers to take place, and even though we have not been exactly active in the transfer market so far, there is still another 6 weeks until the season starts, and its only going to be the next couple of weeks when it hots up in the transfer market regarding side below top flight level.
If i was you rather than banging on incessantly day in, day out about what the club is doing or more pertinently not doing, why don't you give yourself a couple of weeks holiday from the forum, enjoy doing some stuff and chill the fuck out, you might even like it.
Save you patronism. I am chilled, but I care about my club. This is a forum where people express opinions. Some positive and some negative. Idf you don't like it then go to the North Korean Blades forum or take a forum holiday yourself.
A typical United-ite is someone who accepts mediocrity. Someone who does not question things and gicves the old South Yorkshire 'it'll be reit'. Someone who has issues, but does not really raise them. Who sits back and does not question things. A person that looks through their red and white specs at everything.
Could you explain to this thicko how wilson would go about getting rid of these players if no club wants them?
See my response to Brownie below
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But how do you
a, get rid of the higher earners, who are on wages and contracts that other teams will not match for a player of their calibre
b, given we have not good much money to spend on wage, how do we attractive the players of quality to get us out of that division, given there is plenty who have got a lot more to spend than us
a) Make them available, tell them and their agents they are not wanted, transfer list them, contact clubs and say they are avilable or if it comes to it come to an agreement to pay them off.
b)a good scouting system, knowledge of the lower leagues, talent spotting and good wheeling and dealing. There are good young (and experienced) players in the lower leagues that will be available and happy to come to us. It is jts finding them. There is also Scotland. Mackay built a team this way at Watford on a salary cap of 5k a week.
Now here was a man who was having a dig at me for insults and sarcasm. What do you do, lace in with exactly what you criticised me for. Poor show I'm afraid. Hypocricy and deliberate smudging of the facts to make your own points stick. I was going to leave it but then I decided not to. Should have left it in your opinion?
The points you miss frequently are down to your utter inability to listen to anyone elses point or take on board anything other than your own over inflated viewpoint. I for one never wanted Wilson as Manager. I agree a massive opportunity was missed (again). If you read anything anyone else ever posted you would see I am a massive critic of McCabe and what hasn't happened at the club. His mis-appointments of Robson, Blackwell, Speed, Adams are all reasons for us being where we are combined with his stripping of first team assets to prop up his failure to appoint the right man. I don't however want to blame a bloke (Wilson) who has taken a job a month ago and is already working with a squad no one wants to buy and will have to work with freebies and both hands tied behind his back. Sir Alex Ferguson couldn't do anything with the mess at our club let alone Danny Wilson.
As for my previous comments on doing anything rather than nothing, your so self obsessed and want people to look at you up high you have missed that I was actually talking about someone elses point not your own. Your not the only one posting on this thread (although in your world you may as well be).
Just for once and if possible put yourself in someone elses shoes, Danny Wilson:-
No one has bid for any of our dead wood. You know how it works, if anyone had McCabe would have offloaded quick as you like.
He may well be left with a squad of crap from last season if this is the case. What does he do? He could put them all on the transfer market (not really good for Moral) or he could big them up and say they are going to get another chance to get them onside. I think what he says here is for the latter.
If he doesn't get rid he has no choice because McCabe is the one pulling the strings here not Wilson. McCabe will say when players go, McCabe will say how much (probably nothing) Wilson has to spend.
So he can't get anything other than bits and bobs in because thats what McCabe has given him as options.
Don't blame Wilson, blame the man who has been running this club into a wall since he realised giving Robson millions to spend wasn't his best ever idea.
Same owd as has been said, but most certainly not the managers fault.
Are you trying to bore me into submission?
I like how you attempt to fight 'hypocrisy' with hypocrisy. It is you who is not listening (or reading actually). I have stated that I am behind Wilson. He has my full support. He has a very difficult job and I wish him all the best. Believe me when I say I hope he proves me wrong and takes us up this year. That said it does not mean that I can form an opinion about his actiions and make a judgement on the way he is doing his job.
Wilson is, however, in charge of building the squad for next year and I am underwhlemed by how it is going. His hands are tied somewhat though I agree. And it is a combination of McCabe, the board, Blackwell and Adams that we have a poor, overpaid squad in the third tier. Wilson is really up against it. However
imo he has not done enough (to date) with the squad. I think we need a complete overhaul and change of philosophy. It seems that Mr Wilson does not. He did not watch thiose overpaid failures last year, but he thinks he can work with them. Maybe he will change his mind and there will be activity after they come back to train.
You could of course be right. If we kept the same squad and signed two very good, pacey wingers and a good, experienced centre back plus maybe a couple of squad players then we could do well. It would mean keeping Slew, Hendo, Quinn and possibly Yeates, Evans and Bogdnovic. Also using the youth well. But my fear is that the wage bill is unsustainable and that these big earning players (who apatehetically failed and got us relegated) will not actually perform.
I agree that appointing Wilson was an opportunity missed, but it does not mean that we missed the opportunity to change the style and ethos of the club. I thought Wilson was capable of that. However
to date, he has shown little that indicates he will do son.
