Warnocks swipe at McCabe

[Palace Blade]

There's a big interview in tonights london Evening Standard with Warnock. It starts about his love for london, and how he's really settled living in Richmond. Then towards the end he talks about Simon Jordan being the best chairman he's ever worked with. But then it says there are no such sentiments for kevin McCabe...The Sheff United chairman who claimed he regretted letting Warnock manage the club in the top flight after they were relegated from the Premier league.
Warnock says ' McCabe was not only disrespectful but he ignored what i'd done, building the club following up from 8,000 to 25,000 fans and leaving them with a good training ground and academy instead of the botched-up one they had. That cost 5.5 mill and other managers would have used that money to buy players. I got 38pts that year in the Premier League.
'That, and my evidence to the commission helped the club get 25mill from West Ham. I had a staying-up bonus in my contract. He hasn't even considered paying it or given me a word of thanks. So my allegiance is gone from there.'
The animosity between the two is now sharp that warnock believes that QPR's victory at United two weeks ago led to the manager Kevin Blackwell losing his job.
'If it hadn't been my team he wouldn't have gone. The chairman didn't like me winning three-nil.'
The article then goes on about his hatred for Graham poll for the Fa Cup Semi final goal. and the world cup game, in which poll dished out 3 yellow cards to the same player as one of his happiest days!
The article finishes with him saying, his aim is to get QPR up this season. As he hasn't got time on his hands to wait two or three years.. He expects Cardiff, M'boro and ipswich to be up there..

Nothing too surprising in there, but obviously he has deep resentments towards McCabe!

 

[bricktop]

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How to write the Neil Warnock Column

Take the following sentences, cut and rearrange as appropriate.

Tractor in Cornwall

Sharon is my rock

Amy enjoy it

Want to be able to take William back to (Insert name of football ground)

Cornwall

I've been hard done to

I'm going to prove people wrong

It felt worse than the day when my mother died

I've always had respect for (insert name of club or chairman that has been casting glances his way)

Back in the days when i was Scarborough manager

Sharon

Amy

William

Sharon

Tractor

 

[Woodwaaard]

Me, me, me , me, me, me...........

Took our great club on a one man ego trip

Selective with his "facts"

Complete, total wakner

Blade, my arse

 

[Jon Bon]

Me, me, me , me, me, me...........

Took our great club on a one man ego trip

Selective with his "facts"

Complete, total wakner

Blade, my arse

I take it you're referring to our great chairman there...? Warnock's done more for this club than anyone else in living memory - including McCabe.

Cod (sic) bless you Sir Neil.

 

[bricktop]

Is that including walking round like a bear with a sore arse in the run up to the Wigan game due to his contract not being renewed up to that point.

Whilst 33,000 Blades spent all week fretting about that Wigan game, Warnock was fretting about his contract. What a Blades eh?

 

[bladeinspaceandtime]

Absolutely spot on! (what Brownie said...)

 

[Studge]

He respected Simon Jordan so much he was allegedly staying on his boat in Puerto Banus whilst still our manager god knows what Mandaric was sweetening him with.

 

[Woodwaaard]

I take it you're referring to our great chairman there...? Warnock's done more for this club than anyone else in living memory - including McCabe.

Cod (sic) bless you Sir Neil.

Sorry Jon Bon, you'll have guessed that I'm not quite of that opinion

NW was/is a prime example of an egotistical paranoid man. I think that, on balance, he's done our club more harm than good: You, he and many others disagree. So be it.

 

[Sensiblade]

Warnock's done more for this club than anyone else in living memory

I think Dave Bassett may have some objections to that.

 

[bricktop]

I think Dave Bassett may have some objections to that.

Bassett had something Warnock will never have, class

 

[puppet]

Warnock says ' McCabe was not only disrespectful but he ignored what i'd done, building the club following up from 8,000 to 25,000 fans and leaving them with a good training ground and academy instead of the botched-up one they had. That cost 5.5 mill and other managers would have used that money to buy players. I got 38pts that year in the Premier League.
'That, and my evidence to the commission helped the club get 25mill from West Ham. I had a staying-up bonus in my contract. He hasn't even considered paying it or given me a word of thanks. So my allegiance is gone from there.'
The animosity between the two is now sharp that warnock believes that QPR's victory at United two weeks ago led to the manager Kevin Blackwell losing his job.
'If it hadn't been my team he wouldn't have gone. The chairman didn't like me winning three-nil.'
The article then goes on about his hatred for Graham poll for the Fa Cup Semi final goal. and the world cup game, in which poll dished out 3 yellow cards to the same player as one of his happiest days!
The article finishes with him saying, his aim is to get QPR up this season. As he hasn't got time on his hands to wait two or three years.. He expects Cardiff, M'boro and ipswich to be up there..

Nothing too surprising in there, but obviously he has deep resentments towards McCabe!

What a bitter and twisted self-important bumhole he's showed himself to be (AGAIN)

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

I take it you're referring to our great chairman there...? Warnock's done more for this club than anyone else in living memory - including McCabe.

Cod (sic) bless you Sir Neil.

John Harris?????????????????????

 

[Jon Bon]

John Harris?????????????????????

For god sake man, I said living memory. I'm only 19...!

 

[Jon Bon]

I think Dave Bassett may have some objections to that.

Yeah, true. Purely on a personal level, there was something about DB that I never really warmed to but that's just me and I do take your point.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

For god sake man, I said living memory. I'm only 19...!

I remember him!

 

[bricktop]

For god sake man, I said living memory. I'm only 19...!

Yeah, true. Purely on a personal level, there was something about DB that I never really warmed to but that's just me and I do take your point.

If you was 4 when DB left, then i don't really think you can fully grasp what Bassett was like when he was Sheffield United manager. It's a bit like me slagging of Harry Haslam

 

[JohnDenver]

Warnock's fave chairman is the one who took his club into administration? What a strange opinion to hold.

 

[Jon Bon]

If you was 4 when DB left, then i don't really think you can fully grasp what Bassett was like when he was Sheffield United manager. It's a bit like me slagging of Harry Haslam

Whhooooooosssssssssshhhhhh..................

 

[lenners]

Warnock doesn't come remotely close to Bassett either as a man or a manager.

 

[Jon Bon]

Warnock doesn't come remotely close to Bassett either as a man or a manager.

Well, you say that....

 

[shreds1975]

I had a staying-up bonus in my contract. He hasn't even considered paying it or given me a word of thanks. So my allegiance is gone from there.'

That's because you and your inadequate tactics didn't keep us up Neil! What a tool. Fails at his job, sulks because a bonus that he is not due isn't paid and then decides that the club (as he loved to tell us) that he had supported all his life, he no longer has an allegiance for.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

It's a testament to his impact on the club that nearly 4 years after he left we're still debating this every few months.

In the same way that certain players seem to gain in ability every year after they've left, the Warnock-contract issue has evolved from one article in the last week of the season to the impression that all he was doing that week was running around telling every journo in earshot about it. I believe he said that he and 'Keef' were in the same boat, because if they lost the match they might lose their jobs because of their contracts expiring. He's wrong there - Gillespie was in a far safer position.

As much as I like McCabe, I think NW has a point in the lack of support shown to him, both personally and financially. We have seen since his departure Robson, Blackwell, and now Speed be handed comfortable 3-year contracts based on nothing. Warnock's reward for getting us promoted was the continuation of his contract for a final year, with the option of another if McCabe wanted to activate it. The only other team I recall that has been promoted lately that had a boss on a 1 year deal was Reading with Coppell, and that rolling nature of a contract was his choice.

The 2nd McCabe error was not widening the wage budget in that season. He surely deep down would agree that was a mistake, which is no doubt why we tried to immediately rectify it by paying silly money in the Championship - something we are paying for now. Yes, Warnock bought some questionable signings - the Horsfield fiasco was probably the worst - but he also had a good eye for a player. He still does, as his transfers this summer have shown. Had we backed him properly that January, rather than gambling on players for the following year, we could have bought a player or two that would have made a real difference. Stead and Killa were good additions, but we needed more.

He'll be labelled as selfish forever by some. And perhaps he is. But you can understand where he is coming from on a basic level. I like him, I liked his time here, and he nearly pulled off a miracle by keeping that squad up. His teams were always spirited, and there was rarely a dull moment with him as manager - which I can't say about his successors so far.

I liked Bassett too - the boss when I became a fan. Likeable guy too in a completely different way. Though I did lose some respect when he suggested the two Sheffield clubs merge...

 

[SoccerCynic]

It will be interesting to see where the respective clubs end up by the end of this season. Warnock did well at Palace in difficult circumstances and with just a little luck where some questionable decisions(on and off the field) might have gone our way he would have kept us in the Premiership. Warnock looks like he has built a team to be reckoned with at QPR in just a short time. Time will tell...keep an eye on the facts

 

[lenners]

Warnock took seven years to get United promoted.
That's the kind of support any manager would die for.

 

[Highbury_Blade]

But significantly he only got promoted after McCabe backed him with transfer funds. Before 2005-06, Warnock had had absolutely bugger all to spend.

 

[lenners]

But significantly he only got promoted after McCabe backed him with transfer funds. Before 2005-06, Warnock had had absolutely bugger all to spend.

Significantly, Bassett ended up using his own money to bring players into United, won two successive promotions and kept United in the top flight for four years.
Warnock not in the same class as a man or manager.

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Significantly, i have made no attempt to compare the two.

 

[Houso]

Agree with Len on this one.

With each interview and article that goes by of this sort, I lose a hell of a lot of respect for Neil.

 

[Elsecar_Blade]

Some people were so set against appointing Neil Warnock in the first place, they can't get over the fact he didn't fail miserably at this club. It's quite frankly sad and pathetic that people are questioning his achievements at the Lane - he was at the club for 8 seasons and I'd suggest we made progress in 5/6 of those seasons for a start. If you go forward more than you go back, then you are making progress.

99/00: Took over from Heath, instilled some fight and Blades survived comfortably. Progress made.
00/01: Not exciting, not pretty but comfortably mid-table, improved squad whilst making money. Progress made.
01/02: Similar to 00/01 with the club improving off the pitch. This could only happen due to the wheeling and dealing of Warnock. Progress made.
02/03: 3rd place, Play Off Final, League Cup Semi Final, FA Cup Semi Final. A season of memories that no Blade will ever forget. Achieved with signings of old-timers like Allison and McCall. Progress made.
03/04: Started promising and nosedived after Christmas. Maybe this was a sign that we needed more depth, to take the next step. Lack of progress made.
04/05: A poor season, the worst of the Warnock reign in my opinion. However, he had achieved enough to deserve another season to the end of his contract. Lack of progress made (although the bricks were being put in place for next season).
05/06: After thirteen seasons of waiting, United are finally promoted to the Premier League. In any other season, we'd have gone up as champions too. Progress made. New contract deserved here.
06/07: A few facts: one team were cheating and ultimately, this cost us our place in the Premier League. Also, any other PL season, we'd most likely have stayed up with 38 points. Progress?

You can argue about his personality until the cows come home, I look at what he did for the club. Most years, we made progress and he delivered a promotion that we had been yearning for. He took us from the gutter to Sheffield's number one team. He gave us cup runs that I'll never forget in 02/03.

You can argue that he made some poor signings but what manager doesn't? He also made some damn fine ones: Kenny (at first), Page, Peschisolido, McCall, Allison, Brown, Morgan, Ifill, Shipperley, Quinn/Bromby/Geary, Kazim-Richards, Hulse, Stead, Kilgallon as well as nurturing the talents of Jagielka and Tonge (and even the limited talents of Montgomery).

He deserved a new deal when we were promoted and deserved some loyalty at the end of the Premier League season - regardless of his personality. I'd stake my life on the fact that Warnock would have took us straight back up the following season on half the money Robson wasted.

Warnock said that we'd miss him when he was gone. And we have. When we're losing 1-0 at home nowadays, do you ever feel like the equaliser is coming? You always expected it when Warnock was in charge. He'd throw subs on and we'd lose 2-0 or we'd get back into it. At home, we ALWAYS went for it. Bramall Lane was a fortress - as numerous big name Premier League clubs found out over the years (Leeds, Liverpool, Villa, Arsenal, Tottenham) - and teams feared us. The atmosphere was electric in Warnock's final season and a half.

Sure, his contract negotiations were ill-timed BUT it should never have got to that stage.

If I were him, I'd be bitter at McCabe as well. McCabe has done a lot of good for the club but he made a catastrophic error with Neil Warnock's exit. He set the club back two years when he let him go AND we are paying for it now. With his more frequent 'lies' as well, my support for McCabe is wavering and I'm afraid I'm with Neil on this one.

 

[bartman]

It's a testament to his impact on the club that nearly 4 years after he left we're still debating this every few months.

In the same way that certain players seem to gain in ability every year after they've left, the Warnock-contract issue has evolved from one article in the last week of the season to the impression that all he was doing that week was running around telling every journo in earshot about it. I believe he said that he and 'Keef' were in the same boat, because if they lost the match they might lose their jobs because of their contracts expiring. He's wrong there - Gillespie was in a far safer position.

As much as I like McCabe, I think NW has a point in the lack of support shown to him, both personally and financially. We have seen since his departure Robson, Blackwell, and now Speed be handed comfortable 3-year contracts based on nothing. Warnock's reward for getting us promoted was the continuation of his contract for a final year, with the option of another if McCabe wanted to activate it. The only other team I recall that has been promoted lately that had a boss on a 1 year deal was Reading with Coppell, and that rolling nature of a contract was his choice.

The 2nd McCabe error was not widening the wage budget in that season. He surely deep down would agree that was a mistake, which is no doubt why we tried to immediately rectify it by paying silly money in the Championship - something we are paying for now. Yes, Warnock bought some questionable signings - the Horsfield fiasco was probably the worst - but he also had a good eye for a player. He still does, as his transfers this summer have shown. Had we backed him properly that January, rather than gambling on players for the following year, we could have bought a player or two that would have made a real difference. Stead and Killa were good additions, but we needed more.

He'll be labelled as selfish forever by some. And perhaps he is. But you can understand where he is coming from on a basic level. I like him, I liked his time here, and he nearly pulled off a miracle by keeping that squad up. His teams were always spirited, and there was rarely a dull moment with him as manager - which I can't say about his successors so far.

I liked Bassett too - the boss when I became a fan. Likeable guy too in a completely different way. Though I did lose some respect when he suggested the two Sheffield clubs merge...

If NW had spent £4.75million for a back up for Hulse and a holding midfield player in that January transfer window instead of wasting it on Killgallon(good player but did we need him at that stage...especially to play him left back !!! ?),SHelton and Fathi,we may have stayed up. He also wasted £1.75million on Akinbeyi.

He spent over £15million in transfer fees in 12 months up to that January transfer window. If you include the wages,it would appear he was backed fully by the club.

Everyone else is to blame,according to NW,except himself