Wilder interview on Sky Sports News

[JayGreen17]

It was a great ride but they way he left I’ve lost all respect, No blade would do that to “their” club

 

[Bartleby]

waiting for a club to start season badly to create an opening for him

He left in March with 6 month's salary didn't he, so I was assuming he'd be waiting until at least September before taking a job.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

Get him back

 

[coolasanidiot]

What planet are you on he took a team from mid-table league one finish to 9th in the premier league on the lowest budget in every league bar league one

Only a bad 6 months ended that which unfortunately for CW is only what people remember

No way is that only what people remember- everybody with half a brain knows he gave us the best 4 years ever- he is top of the pile- Better than John harris/ Better than Neil Warnock/ better than Dave Basset.

Without fail - he was the best ever, not even debatable.

 

[stringer]

No he left the responsibility to the staff who remained at the club.

righto

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

It's unbelievable the lack of respect some people give Chris on here, he is the club's greatest ever manager and probably always will be. People seem to forget he dragged the club out of near irrelevance to the point where 352 with overlapping CBS is now pretty much trademarked to him.

Deserves a statue at the lane!

You can respect Chris and think he is the best manager we have ever had I do

You can also think he handled his self very poorly and threw the toys out the pram when the going got tough

It’s a shame really because he should still be in charge of us now this team is still his team it’s his signings and it’s his club

We’d piss the league with a fully onit wilder which I find the biggest shame

He left for what ? Because his ego wouldn’t allow the prince to have a hand in transfers

I think Chris will deeply regret how he acted and I think his interview is him trying to repair his image of him throwing the toys out

 

[Woodward's Currie]

He definitely is one of our greatest managers, but he's not better than Dave Bassett who kept us in the top division for 4 years!

 

[CPB]

No. He left. Through the back door.. after claiming he'd never do such a thing.

Mutual. Very very much mutual departure.
Not sacked, not just a resignation. If anything he left via the side door.

Not sure why people think if you resign that's the back door either? If you don't see eye to eye with your employer and there seems to be no way forward what do you do. Sit it out and wait to be sacked?

I don't think he took it lightly leaving, he looked like he was carrying the weight of the world last season as it went on too.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

No way is that only what people remember- everybody with half a brain knows he gave us the best 4 years ever- he is top of the pile- Better than John harris/ Better than Neil Warnock/ better than Dave Basset.

Without fail - he was the best ever, not even debatable.

I mean that’s what other people / club owners looking to employ him which is why he hasn’t got a job

 

[ComedyClub]

Mutual. Very very much mutual departure.
Not sacked, not just a resignation. If anything he left via the side door.

Not sure why people think if you resign that's the back door either? If you don't see eye to eye with your employer and there seems to be no way forward what do you do. Sit it out and wait to be sacked?

I don't think he took it lightly leaving, he looked like he was carrying the weight of the world last season as it went on too.

Mutal to me means a mutual agreement regards employment. Making a scene like a 5 year old child because things aren't working out, pointing the finger at those who've backed and supported you and acting like a manbaby because you've wasted millions on shite doesn't sound very mutual. I'll settle and agree that wilder loaded the gun and added the pressure for the trigger to be pulled.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

It's unbelievable the lack of respect some people give Chris on here, he is the club's greatest ever manager and probably always will be. People seem to forget he dragged the club out of near irrelevance to the point where 352 with overlapping CBS is now pretty much trademarked to him.

Deserves a statue at the lane!

It is good to see some respect towards Wilder. Some of the comments about him in the last 12 months have needed putting in context: he gave us the most enjoyable 4 years of football at the Lane in my lifetime. I started going in 1953, and saw Hagen, Joe Shaw, Currie, Deano (Brian), etc. with excellent managers such as John Harris, Basset, etc. In my view (and it is an opinion others will view differently), 2016-20 were my best 4 years of following the Blades. And we old-timers generally look at the past with rose-coloured specs. Wilder created, from the depths of the 3rd tier, something unique, gave us a unity and passion for the club, which was truly special. It all went wrong, and different reasons can be found to explain it all, but I have found it astonishing that a significant number of Blades appear to have forgotten what he achieved: took us from stagnation to the top half of the PL in an astonishingly short space of time, provided the most memorable of experiences (Bouncing Day, promotion celebration, etc.), gave us the belief that we could compete at the top level, and that we could begin to look at a stable future. Whatever went wrong (pandemic, poor signings, divided ownership, tactical inflexibility, etc.) can be debated at length, but none of us should forget the magnificent 4 years he gave us all. Remarkable.

 

[WigglyBlade]

He definitely is one of our greatest managers, but he's not better than Dave Bassett who kept us in the top division for 4 years!

You can definitely compare Bassett and Wilder in terms of the team spirit both managers created and Bassett did keep us in the top division for twice as long... but the football we played under Wilder for the first 4 seasons, on a shoe-string budget, was the best I've ever seen as a United fan! We had just as much success under Bassett but the football was pretty terrible at times (although very effective) and was definitely verging on hoofball. That's why Wilder wins for me.

 

[Danny Blade]

No way is that only what people remember- everybody with half a brain knows he gave us the best 4 years ever- he is top of the pile- Better than John harris/ Better than Neil Warnock/ better than Dave Basset.

Without fail - he was the best ever, not even debatable.

Disagree there.

Basset got us back-to-back promotions and then kept us up for 4 years until the board sold some of our better players and the inevitable happened in May '94.

Whereas Wilder was able to spunk £100m+ and what did we get in return? One of the most embarrassing seasons in ours and the PL's history books.

 

[Farnboroughblade]

It's blindingly obvious that a clause he put in with Sky was that he'd be happy to be a pundit for them last week providing they give him an exclusive interview, as some have already said, an opportunity to get himself back in the shop windows. Yes, he did give me and 1000's others some wonderful moments whilst he was with us, but just like any relationship, you love them to bits when things are going great and happy, but the moment you're ditched (as we were) you begin to look differently towards them.
In Slav we trust.

 

[Balham]

Who do you think are the crap managers in the PL?

I know this was aimed at Fallowfield but it's an interesting question. I don't think there's many poor managers; Wilder would be in the bottom 25% for me (excluding those who haven't managed at PL level before).

World class (a lot better than Wilder):
Guardiola, Klopp, Tuchel,

Better than Wilder:
Benitez*, Dyche^, Rodgers, Bielsa, Potter, Espirito Santo

Average (on a par with Wilder)
Hasenhüttl, Solskjær, Moyes

Overrated (Wilder probably better)
Arteta, Smith, Farke

Not very good (Wilder definitely better)
Bruce

Not enough evidence:
Frank, Vieira, Lage, Xisco

*based on previous spells. Might be yesterday's man now
^based on work at Burnley. May struggle to replicate elsewhere

I can see him at Newcastle if they get off to a bad start and Bruce gets sacked.

 

[bypassblade]

It's unbelievable the lack of respect some people give Chris on here, he is the club's greatest ever manager and probably always will be. People seem to forget he dragged the club out of near irrelevance to the point where 352 with overlapping CBS is now pretty much trademarked to him.

Deserves a statue at the lane!

I liked CW and had time for him but come on he had a head like a 50 bob cabbage, as for greatest manager ever I take it you're not old enough to remember a certain Mr John Harris?

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

On any fair scoring matrix you can devise, taking into account league & cups, both Bassett and Warnock score higher than Wilder.

 

[bypassblade]

You can definitely compare Bassett and Wilder in terms of the team spirit both managers created and Bassett did keep us in the top division for twice as long... but the football we played under Wilder for the first 4 seasons, on a shoe-string budget, was the best I've ever seen as a United fan! We had just as much success under Bassett but the football was pretty terrible at times (although very effective) and was definitely verging on hoofball. That's why Wilder wins for me.

Sorry mate but Bassett wins for me the man was genius, okay he had us playing "kick & run" but his teams never tired, never stopped they'd run through walls for him. You could argue at start CW's team would do it but he lost dressing room and respect of players & fans, CW's ride was expensive & at times ill judged, whereas DB's was just a roller-coaster of fun.

 

[Revolution]

On any fair scoring matrix you can devise, taking into account league & cups, both Bassett and Warnock score higher than Wilder.

Bassett yes.

Warnock not necessarily. He took 6 and a half seasons to do what Wilder did twice in 3 years. Plus Wilder kept us up one year.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

Didn't quit, he was sacked

How do you work that out when he offered to quit 3 times?

 

[Bladezz]

Very good interview.

So thankful he’s not fired back at the Prince like a school boy. Yes it seems there’s differing opinions but we don’t want this putting out now.

He does seem a hurt by what happened but I can imagine in a year or so he’s way above us.

 

[Bladezz]

Because no one actually believes the Prince.

How do you work that out when he offered to quit 3 times?

 

[Bladezz]

Sorry mate but Bassett wins for me the man was genius, okay he had us playing "kick & run" but his teams never tired, never stopped they'd run through walls for him. You could argue at start CW's team would do it but he lost dressing room and respect of players & fans, CW's ride was expensive & at times ill judged, whereas DB's was just a roller-coaster of fun.

Expensive ?

Look at the money the man brought into this club and what was spent. The Prince used the money CW earnt to acquire the ground etc for £50m if I was the Prince I would be wearing CW pyjamas for the money he has earnt him.

 

[ComedyClub]

Because no one actually believes the Prince.

I believe him. And I'd go as far to say there's others that do too. Put two and two together, wilder insulted all the team "championship players" he insulted the board, insulted all of us fans "playstation managers"

Love him for what he did, think he's a cockend for how he acted.

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Bassett yes.

Warnock not necessarily. He took 6 and a half seasons to do what Wilder did twice in 3 years. Plus Wilder kept us up one year.

Thinking about it, that's probably the fairer area of debate.

Bassett had 2x promotions (back to back), 4 seasons in the top flight & 9th place finish. 1x FA Cup semi & 1x FA Cup Quarter. I think we also beat everyone except Arsenal at BDTBL.

Warnock had 1x promotion, 1 season in the top flight, 1x FA Cup semi, 1x FA Cup Quarter & 1x League Cup Semi & Play-Off Final.

Wilder had 2x promotions, 1 1/2 seasons in top flight, 1x FA Cup Quarters and a 9th place finish.

Both Bassett and Warnock did it on a lot less money, and both probably made transfer profits during their time overall. Although people will have their own views on the playing styles in which they did it.

It's probably a generational thing, but I 'felt it' more under Bassett.

 

[William Large]

It’s a sad indictment of the times that someone can give us the best football for a long time, drag us into the Premier League against the odds in a short period of time. To keep us in the league and beat / outplay some very powerful teams in the meantime, but then after a poor season get spoken about in such derogatory terms.
I’m sure he does regret things he did and said as well as signings he made. I doubt he did them believing that they would be shit. The premier league is an entirely different Beast to the rest of the divisions and hopefully his experience will see him in good stead for his next job.
The very best of luck Chris, I’m sure many of your detractors will be lauding you as ‘one of our own’ should you see success in your new ventures.

 

[Bladezz]

I believe him. And I'd go as far to say there's others that do too. Put two and two together, wilder insulted all the team "championship players" he insulted the board, insulted all of us fans "playstation managers"

Love him for what he did, think he's a cockend for how he acted.

Amazing if you beleive someone who acquired the club under the most dubious of court cases and has spent zero of his own money and still isn’t spending anything even after showing a profit!

I just wish we had a good chairman who could reach his wallet we would be like Aston Villa now.

Prince has 2 years to get us promoted or it’s one of the biggest failings in football history.

 

[Bladezz]

Just wait until we sell Berge and Ramsdale for £80m and Wilder has made this club even more £

Thinking about it, that's probably the area of debate.

Bassett had 2x promotions (back to back), 4 seasons in the top flight & 9th place finish. 1x FA Cup semi & 1x FA Cup Quarter. I think we also beat everyone except Arsenal at BDTBL.

Warnock had 1x promotion, 1 season in the top flight, 1x FA Cup semi, 1x FA Cup Quarter & 1x League Cup Semi & Play-Off Final.

Wilder had 2x promotions, 1 1/2 seasons in top flight, 2x FA Cup Quarters and a 9th place finish.

Both Bassett and Warnock did it on a lot less money, and both probably made transfer profits during their time. Although people will have their own views on the playing styles in which they did it.

 

[bypassblade]

, Expensive ?

Look at the money the man brought into this club and what was spent. The Prince used the money CW earnt to acquire the ground etc for £50m if I was the Prince I would be wearing CW pyjamas for the money he has earnt him.

Yes expensive, Mousset 10m, Brewster 23m, McBurnie 17m out of those 3, I can still see Brewster & McBurnie delivering, as for Mousset I'm 40 years older on way out and still fitter than him.

 

[originaltrueblade]

It’s been said he was our greatest manager let’s take a look it that statement

brilliant rise from League one to the championship then onto the premiership no one will dispute that took the premier by storm all great points in his favour. The other point in his favour was no fans in the ground

BUT

He bought championship players for the premier league he spent more money than any other United manager in the history of Sheffield United Most not all of these players were not premier league standard that’s why we had an appalling season. When it all started going wrong You could see he didn’t know how to change things then he left the club after an earlier attempt to do so leaving a complete mess which we are still trying to recover from.

so was he our greatest manager NO ask who was

probably John Harris he did it without any money

so where does he rank difficult to say maybe behind Warniock Bassett and two or three others so that’s my thoughts and of course everyone has their own opinion but last season was soul destroying for all of us and it became embarrassing with most wanting it to end

so thanks for the roller coaster ride Chris but when the coaster came of the rails you jumped clear