Time for McCabe to show leadership and banish myths

[The Bohemian]

I understand why Kevin McCabe took a communication backseat since Jim Phipps assumed the role of fronting the club. For whatever reason Jim has gone quiet just when leadership is most needed and McCabe needs to fill the void.

The fans are hurting and without a clear and coherent message from the club, people will make up their own mind - often based on half-truth, rumour and myth.

When things are bad - and let's all be honest, they are dire right now - it's natural to look for someone to blame. Most supporters, for now, seem reluctant to blame Adkins, so the players and the owners get it instead.

McCabe seems to be getting a lot of stick - much of which seems unjustified and based on the aforementioned myths and rumours. Before any bandwagon aimed at his removal gathers pace, there are a few things we should remember:

- his family have put around £90m to the club in chasing the dream.
- despite rumours to the contrary he continues to invest alongside the Prince (I understand another £8m this season alone)
- he is first and foremost a supporter, who actually cares about the club (pretty rare nowadays)

The last two managers (both popular appointments amongst supporters) have been backed financially and given plenty of scope to make their own decisions. The current team cost around £4m in transfer fees and we must have the biggest wage bill after 'parachuting Wigan.'

I'm not saying mistakes haven't been made, including by McCabe, but he is not the reason we're under-performing at present. We probably need him more than ever right now.

 

[Blade56]

They're all running scared, fans fault my arse

 

[BushBlade]

I'm sorry but I don't believe those figures.

 

[DiggerBlade]

I understand why Kevin McCabe took a communication backseat since Jim Phipps assumed the role of fronting the club. For whatever reason Jim has gone quiet just when leadership is most needed and McCabe needs to fill the void.

The fans are hurting and without a clear and coherent message from the club, people will make up their own mind - often based on half-truth, rumour and myth.

When things are bad - and let's all be honest, they are dire right now - it's natural to look for someone to blame. Most supporters, for now, seem reluctant to blame Adkins, so the players and the owners get it instead.

McCabe seems to be getting a lot of stick - much of which seems unjustified and based on the aforementioned myths and rumours. Before any bandwagon aimed at his removal gathers pace, there are a few things we should remember:

- his family have put around £90m to the club in chasing the dream.
- despite rumours to the contrary he continues to invest alongside the Prince (I understand another £8m this season alone)
- he is first and foremost a supporter, who actually cares about the club (pretty rare nowadays)

The last two managers (both popular appointments amongst supporters) have been backed financially and given plenty of scope to make their own decisions. The current team cost around £4m in transfer fees and we must have the biggest wage bill after 'parachuting Wigan.'

I'm not saying mistakes haven't been made, including by McCabe, but he is not the reason we're under-performing at present. We probably need him more than ever right now.

This wouldn't have been half as bad had the club at least brought someone in. They haven't, and that is what causing the alarm bells to ring.

 

[Small Mendonca]

If he cared about the club, he'd have sold us to someone far better years ago. Pigs are showing us how to invest properly, they're going places. McCabe has got it so completely wrong over the years, it almost feels irrelevant he has put £90 million in.

 

[raul]

This week alone, reports of The Families' losses have climbed from £50 to £90m. Isn't it time we had a Blue Peter Appeal style Loss-o-meter somewhere so we can see who gets to the £100m mark first?

 

[Worksop II]

it's natural to look for someone to blame

15 years in the making, yep McCabe is the problem

 

[NorwayBladeKarl]

I can`t put my finger on everything that may be wrong. But after watching the Bury game, I really can`t understand how he (Adkins) took Scunny and Saints up from this.
It was laughable. The lack of aggression and closing down, no smiles around, no attitude, no desire and willingness to go forward or in front! No tempo in our attacking play, very poor movement and relations between players were shocking. I don`t like to slag players off, but Hammond?? My god, how can`t Adkins see that he is passed it? His role and achievements during the whole game was deep down poor! Trying to be positive in my head, but that`s not easy these days! UTB!

 

[derryblade]

I am sure one of our leaders will make an appearance shortly just before the season ticket renewal drops on our doormats, promising a new dawn, long term plan.

 

[BushBlade]

This week alone, reports of The Families' losses have climbed from £50 to £90m. Isn't it time we had a Blue Peter Appeal style Loss-o-meter somewhere so we can see who gets to the £100m mark first?

And now it's 'The family' like they all had a little vote on it. Because I always got a say in how my dad spent his money.

 

[Woodwardfan]

This week alone, reports of The Families' losses have climbed from £50 to £90m. Isn't it time we had a Blue Peter Appeal style Loss-o-meter somewhere so we can see who gets to the £100m mark first?

If only you could absorb what is written.

Bohemian didn't say "losses". KM has the freeholds to offset the total cash put in.

 

[raul]

If only you could absorb what is written.

Bohemian didn't say "losses". KM has the freeholds to offset the total cash put in.

Aye, valid point. What shall we knock off?

 

[Woodwardfan]

I understand why Kevin McCabe took a communication backseat since Jim Phipps assumed the role of fronting the club. For whatever reason Jim has gone quiet just when leadership is most needed and McCabe needs to fill the void.

The fans are hurting and without a clear and coherent message from the club, people will make up their own mind - often based on half-truth, rumour and myth.

When things are bad - and let's all be honest, they are dire right now - it's natural to look for someone to blame. Most supporters, for now, seem reluctant to blame Adkins, so the players and the owners get it instead.

McCabe seems to be getting a lot of stick - much of which seems unjustified and based on the aforementioned myths and rumours. Before any bandwagon aimed at his removal gathers pace, there are a few things we should remember:

- his family have put around £90m to the club in chasing the dream.
- despite rumours to the contrary he continues to invest alongside the Prince (I understand another £8m this season alone)
- he is first and foremost a supporter, who actually cares about the club (pretty rare nowadays)

The last two managers (both popular appointments amongst supporters) have been backed financially and given plenty of scope to make their own decisions. The current team cost around £4m in transfer fees and we must have the biggest wage bill after 'parachuting Wigan.'

I'm not saying mistakes haven't been made, including by McCabe, but he is not the reason we're under-performing at present. We probably need him more than ever right now.

Good post but I disagree that it's McCabe's role to front up the current situation. I believe he is already yesterday's man. I agree that the last 2 managers and a few before them have a lot to answer for and that the owner himself and the owners recently in the case of the last two appointments would have expected much more from them. Fact remains that the appointment of the manager is the biggest thing to get right. In any business the leader has to be the driving force, not the Board.

Phipps is presumably sick and tired of being abused by so called fans so he's thrown his dummy out of the pram. Let's hope that's all and that his boss doesn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. It could happen. A Saudi prince is far enough away not to bother about the fall out in Sheffield 2.

By now the prince will appreciate that it's going to cost a fortune just to get out of L1, never mind the next level. With all the abuse, why bother. He is nowhere near the point of no return. In all his life pre-S2 he has probably never been insulted once, he's a prince in a country devoid of free speech.

 

[Large Mendonca]

McCabe is just one huge footballing clusterfuck. It's time he either packed it in, or surround himself with people from a decent footballing background, and not local businessmen who know jack shit.

 

[Woodwardfan]

Aye, valid point. What shall we knock off?

£20m tops.

 

[raul]

So a guess then? Like in the OP?

The point I was making was the wide difference in estimates being made to suit agendas.

Still, absorbtion and all that

 

[Ben_1982]

Adkins hasn't been back at all. TWO permanent signings isn't being "backed"

 

[Woodwardfan]

So a guess then? Like in the OP?

The point I was making was the wide difference in estimates being made to suit agendas.

Still, absorbtion and all that

There are educated guesses/ estimates and there are wild and random ones to suit agendas.

 

[Esablade]

A lot to get your teeth into there....I'm struggling with this one firstly..

The current team cost around £4m in transfer fees

Billy perhaps (quoted at around £500k) and..?

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

I understand why Kevin McCabe took a communication backseat since Jim Phipps assumed the role of fronting the club. For whatever reason Jim has gone quiet just when leadership is most needed and McCabe needs to fill the void.

The fans are hurting and without a clear and coherent message from the club, people will make up their own mind - often based on half-truth, rumour and myth.

When things are bad - and let's all be honest, they are dire right now - it's natural to look for someone to blame. Most supporters, for now, seem reluctant to blame Adkins, so the players and the owners get it instead.

McCabe seems to be getting a lot of stick - much of which seems unjustified and based on the aforementioned myths and rumours. Before any bandwagon aimed at his removal gathers pace, there are a few things we should remember:

- his family have put around £90m to the club in chasing the dream.
- despite rumours to the contrary he continues to invest alongside the Prince (I understand another £8m this season alone)
- he is first and foremost a supporter, who actually cares about the club (pretty rare nowadays)

The last two managers (both popular appointments amongst supporters) have been backed financially and given plenty of scope to make their own decisions. The current team cost around £4m in transfer fees and we must have the biggest wage bill after 'parachuting Wigan.'

I'm not saying mistakes haven't been made, including by McCabe, but he is not the reason we're under-performing at present. We probably need him more than ever right now.

Very good post.

I agree that someone at the club needs to give a clear message.

For me that was what Adkins did in his interview, which went well beyond the forthcoming game, and that was one reason I rated it so highly.

(It may be that Jim's matiness - which I understand and appreciate - has precluded him from these sorts of communications ie ones with gravitas? Don't know.)

 

[Tezza1889]

Going to bring Phipps and baki and the prince into this..

They appear to have been non events drifting around Europe attempting to latch onto any dumb club passing by. Phipps pictures with fenerbache hooligans at 45+ looking a total cuntsack, baki a fender hooliee is also a director, how he fuck do these twats become directors at the club, don't get me wrong I care for United, I was born and raised in Sheffield, punched my way through the 90s with the blades and to be honest I'm a decent family man, but, not fit to be chairman of Sheffield United, unlike Phipps I'm not a poser, unlike baki I'm not an ultra..

How the fuck have we been handed over to these charlatans...

I'd bring the prince into this, but he's a non event, who has done the square root of fuck all... Phipps has vanished because he realised he's a silly old man playing at it....And the prince has nothing to invest in the football world, this should all be quite clear... The sooner these broke twat pretenders go the better...

 

[zablade]

"McCabe seems to be getting a lot of stick - much of which seems unjustified"

 

[Blade58]

I understand why Kevin McCabe took a communication backseat since Jim Phipps assumed the role of fronting the club. For whatever reason Jim has gone quiet just when leadership is most needed and McCabe needs to fill the void.

The fans are hurting and without a clear and coherent message from the club, people will make up their own mind - often based on half-truth, rumour and myth.

When things are bad - and let's all be honest, they are dire right now - it's natural to look for someone to blame. Most supporters, for now, seem reluctant to blame Adkins, so the players and the owners get it instead.

McCabe seems to be getting a lot of stick - much of which seems unjustified and based on the aforementioned myths and rumours. Before any bandwagon aimed at his removal gathers pace, there are a few things we should remember:

- his family have put around £90m to the club in chasing the dream.
- despite rumours to the contrary he continues to invest alongside the Prince (I understand another £8m this season alone)
- he is first and foremost a supporter, who actually cares about the club (pretty rare nowadays)

The last two managers (both popular appointments amongst supporters) have been backed financially and given plenty of scope to make their own decisions. The current team cost around £4m in transfer fees and we must have the biggest wage bill after 'parachuting Wigan.'

I'm not saying mistakes haven't been made, including by McCabe, but he is not the reason we're under-performing at present. We probably need him more than ever right now.

if McCabe is getting a lot of stick, much of which is myths, rumours and unjustified, then why doesn't he open his trap and defend himself?

He knows Phipps is unwell and currently we have no spokesman. Let's be reyt here, with a board consisting of the two McCabes, Phipps, the Prince and the two Greens, then surely we are entitled to the odd peep or squeak? But no, not a fkin peep out of the lot of em

 

[Kev Gee]

Kmc is the man at the top. He sets the budget and appoints the managers.

Like or not the buck stops with him.

 

[gavtheblade]

If he or any other investors cared for the club they would have backed Adkins in the transfer window-go for the jugguler -gain promotion -reap the rewards-speculate to accumulate -get amongst Burton and Walsall and Gillingham (embarrassing)
If I were a director /chairman with any pride, seeing teams above mentioned flying well above us,I'd do my damned hardest to better them.
If I couldn't then I would hold my hands up,walk away and admit I'm a failure.
For McCabe it must be hard,but he obviously knows the pressures of the supporters AGAIN AND AGAIN.
Walk away Kev, you will never get your money back if you don't put any more in what we need to get out of this awful place we find ourselves in.

 

[BushBlade]

Going to bring Phipps and baki and the prince into this..

They appear to have been non events drifting around Europe attempting to latch onto any dumb club passing by. Phipps pictures with fenerbache hooligans at 45+ looking a total cuntsack, baki a fender hooliee is also a director, how he fuck do these twats become directors at the club, don't get me wrong I care for United, I was born and raised in Sheffield, punched my way through the 90s with the blades and to be honest I'm a decent family man, but, not fit to be chairman of Sheffield United, unlike Phipps I'm not a poser, unlike baki I'm not an ultra..

How the fuck have we been handed over to these charlatans...

I'd bring the prince into this, but he's a non event, who has done the square root of fuck all... Phipps has vanished because he realised he's a silly old man playing at it....And the prince has nothing to invest in the football world, this should all be quite clear... The sooner these broke twat pretenders go the better...

'I'm a decent family man, but, not fit to be chairman of Sheffield United,'. That is a brilliant admission. I think it's the first time I've laughed today. Quality.

 

[Tezza1889]

'I'm a decent family man, but, not fit to be chairman of Sheffield United,'. That is a brilliant admission. I think it's the first time I've laughed today. Quality.

I'm not mate, my kid loves me throughout my faults as does my long suffering wife, my expectations for the people my club and it's future followers deserve are way beyond a working class bloke who liked a pint and and a punch up.. (Back then).

 

[Woodwaaard]

"McCabe seems to be getting a lot of stick - much of which seems unjustified"

This Eucalyptus is prickly...

 

[Rodley]

£20m tops.

If it's any figure between £0 to £20m, then technically you are right

 

[metalblade]

I understand why Kevin McCabe took a communication backseat since Jim Phipps assumed the role of fronting the club. For whatever reason Jim has gone quiet just when leadership is most needed and McCabe needs to fill the void.

The fans are hurting and without a clear and coherent message from the club, people will make up their own mind - often based on half-truth, rumour and myth.

When things are bad - and let's all be honest, they are dire right now - it's natural to look for someone to blame. Most supporters, for now, seem reluctant to blame Adkins, so the players and the owners get it instead.

McCabe seems to be getting a lot of stick - much of which seems unjustified and based on the aforementioned myths and rumours. Before any bandwagon aimed at his removal gathers pace, there are a few things we should remember:

- his family have put around £90m to the club in chasing the dream.
- despite rumours to the contrary he continues to invest alongside the Prince (I understand another £8m this season alone)
- he is first and foremost a supporter, who actually cares about the club (pretty rare nowadays)

The last two managers (both popular appointments amongst supporters) have been backed financially and given plenty of scope to make their own decisions. The current team cost around £4m in transfer fees and we must have the biggest wage bill after 'parachuting Wigan.'

I'm not saying mistakes haven't been made, including by McCabe, but he is not the reason we're under-performing at present. We probably need him more than ever right now.

You're deluded .................................... and that's being kind.