Wilder presser 2:30pm Tuesday

[JS Blade]

Did anybody notice the hits radio journalist who was ridiculous enough to ask him if he earns more or less now compared to his old contract.

Who the f*** lets these people in.

 

[luffenhamblade]

Ahhh the old “you’ve never played so you can’t possibly have an opinion” trope.

I’ve stated many times that he shouldn’t have come back and the reasons why.

But he is back, and I will back him as I have backed every manager we have had in my 40 years of watching football (which apparently is irrelevant).

I don’t and never will understand people saying it could only be him.

Having said that, I’m certain we will improve from where we find ourselves currently.

My ire isn’t directed at Wilder, but is most certainly directed at the gross incompetence of COH who shat the bed, binned off one of their core principles and raided the local care home for signings

Wilder will have a tough job cleaning this mess up, despite what you might think, I wish him well, sincerely

Who says it could only be him? Goodness knows how many times it has been stated that it is because he is the best manager we could get right now (yes that may be arguable but really?) Yes we need to build a succession plan but people wanting a manager other that Wilder are trying to convince themselves that it isn't because they just don't like him. COH had an idea not a principle and in reality it would have helped if they had done any significant research first so they didn't help themselves, I do get that.

 

[The Crab]

Who says it could only be him? Goodness knows how many times it has been stated that it is because he is the best manager we could get right now (yes that may be arguable but really?) Yes we need to build a succession plan but people wanting a manager other that Wilder are trying to convince themselves that it isn't because they just don't like him. COH had an idea not a principle and in reality it would have helped if they had done any significant research first so they didn't help themselves, I do get that.

There are loads saying it could only have been him.

And it isn’t because I don’t like him because I do like him, I just didn’t think he was the answer that’s all.

Anyway we have bigger problems than who manages us looking at our owners shenanigans so far

 

[ZoneManWilf]

It's a great press conference, we can all probably agree we really like Chris, he clearly cares about Sheffield United and has a huge drive to succeed. I feel a lot more positive after watching it.

In the current predicament and the fact that the owners have not yet put a more modern structure within the club (no DoF/Technical director, no updated scouting network beyond the seemingly paper-thin 'AI' approach, not even started building the new training ground) he's almost certainly one of the best 1 or 2 choices for the job and was easily available. Will hopefully turn things around in the short term.

But let's not airbrush last season's failure, because failure it was. I am still fucked off and livid about Wembley, going to take years to get over that. I am angry that Chris couldn't get us over the line. We had a better squad and team than Sunderland, had them on the ropes, but let fucking VAR get to our heads, didn't try to finish them off second half and paid the worst consequence, I fucking hate even thinking about that match.

I'm sure Chris feels the same but he was in a position to finally get that hoodoo done and he failed. People talk about 92 points till the cows come home, but you play what's in front of you and we didn't get over the line in the league (results vs Leeds and Burnley showed we were 3rd best) and we didn't get over the line in the playoffs AGAIN. We were fairly lucky to get the points we did, multiple games we didn't really deserve wins (Pompey hammered us at home, we were lucky to beat Plymouth too amongst others) Chris hasn't really acknowledged that drop off in form in the last third of the season, it's all been about the points, and that goes for a lot of fans too.

Can we as fans not see there are nuances to last season? Yes we started well, yes we accumulated a lot of points, but we all saw what was in the pitch in the last couple of months, it wasn't great, let's not ignore that

This is papering over a lot of cracks. The owners need to sort their shit out with how they want to take United forward. At least they realised they fucked up with Selles and moved on quick, but we've fucked up the last year of parachutes from the start with that decision, and it smacks of a dearth of football knowledge at that level. I hope they are learning quickly.

I'm actually happy and relieved to be going on Saturday with no Selles and some optimism about matches in the short term, but I'm not dancing in the streets just because Widzy's back either. I really want to be wrong and that the 3rd installment is like the 1st, because they were the best times watching us, it's not inconceivable we get that back, but football has moved on a lot on the last few years, and we as a club don't seem to have even with new owners.

 

[luffenhamblade]

There are loads saying it could only have been him.

And it isn’t because I don’t like him because I do like him, I just didn’t think he was the answer that’s all.

Anyway we have bigger problems than who manages us looking at our owners shenanigans so far

Fair enough and you're absolutely right about bigger issues. I do genuinely think this isn't about any sort of Wilder complex for the majority of fans but we all rightly have our own opinions.

 

[The Crab]

Fair enough and you're absolutely right about bigger issues. I do genuinely think this isn't about any sort of Wilder complex for the majority of fans but we all rightly have our own opinions.

There are sections of the in and out sides who will no doubt be driven by a like / dislike of Wilder. Despite my views, I’ve never understood that dislike.

I dislike some aspects of what comes with the package, but ultimately it’s about winning games

 

[I should coco]

Ahhh the old “you’ve never played so you can’t possibly have an opinion” trope.

I've never said that. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but some opinions carry more weight than others.

Deano might not be the best tactician in the world, but he's done it at the top level and played under a variety of managers.

In my book, that carries more weight than somebody (not you), who just hates Wilder and wants to pile in.

 

[theoneandonly36]

Great press conference showing passion and belief. He has my backing completely. To go down the route of “champagne football” as he calls it, we need significant investment the likes of which we have never seen.
In the meantime we need a bloke who looks like a butchers dog to bark, cadjole, lick and bite a bunch of above average (but no more) Championship players to above average performances.
He never gets the credit for tactical astuteness and “wilderball” is unfair - it has never been route 1 or a crossing game. We overlap get to the byline and find gaps. Whether he has the talent this time to overload is debatable but good luck Chris.

 

[Maidenhead]

It's a great press conference, we can all probably agree we really like Chris, he clearly cares about Sheffield United and has a huge drive to succeed. I feel a lot more positive after watching it.

In the current predicament and the fact that the owners have not yet put a more modern structure within the club (no DoF/Technical director, no updated scouting network beyond the seemingly paper-thin 'AI' approach, not even started building the new training ground) he's almost certainly one of the best 1 or 2 choices for the job and was easily available. Will hopefully turn things around in the short term.

But let's not airbrush last season's failure, because failure it was. I am still fucked off and livid about Wembley, going to take years to get over that. I am angry that Chris couldn't get us over the line. We had a better squad and team than Sunderland, had them on the ropes, but let fucking VAR get to our heads, didn't try to finish them off second half and paid the worst consequence, I fucking hate even thinking about that match.

I'm sure Chris feels the same but he was in a position to finally get that hoodoo done and he failed. People talk about 92 points till the cows come home, but you play what's in front of you and we didn't get over the line in the league (results vs Leeds and Burnley showed we were 3rd best) and we didn't get over the line in the playoffs AGAIN. We were fairly lucky to get the points we did, multiple games we didn't really deserve wins (Pompey hammered us at home, we were lucky to beat Plymouth too amongst others) Chris hasn't really acknowledged that drop off in form in the last third of the season, it's all been about the points, and that goes for a lot of fans too.

Can we as fans not see there are nuances to last season? Yes we started well, yes we accumulated a lot of points, but we all saw what was in the pitch in the last couple of months, it wasn't great, let's not ignore that

This is papering over a lot of cracks. The owners need to sort their shit out with how they want to take United forward. At least they realised they fucked up with Selles and moved on quick, but we've fucked up the last year of parachutes from the start with that decision, and it smacks of a dearth of football knowledge at that level. I hope they are learning quickly.

I'm actually happy and relieved to be going on Saturday with no Selles and some optimism about matches in the short term, but I'm not dancing in the streets just because Widzy's back either. I really want to be wrong and that the 3rd installment is like the 1st, because they were the best times watching us, it's not inconceivable we get that back, but football has moved on a lot on the last few years, and we as a club don't seem to have even with new owners.

And relax

 

[Ned the Donkey]

CW got a dig in about those criticising his tactics last season. He emphasised how hard it was to win games in the Championship. Said they had been innovative in the past with overlapping full backs.

Why is this a "dig" like he (or any manager) is having sleepless nights about what The Great Uninformed but Loudly Opinionated spout off about.

Maybe it's just a plain statement of the facts as he sees them, and that given limited resources trying (and sometimes failing) to hold on to slender leads was the best approach to "winning games of football".

There was a time particularly around Christmas and New Year last season with injuries left, right, and centre, players running on empty, a bench full of kids and we still won or drew Championship games - maybe after the start to this season there might be some increased appreciation of just how hard that is in this League.

Or maybe not - and once we've got 1 we should go on and get 2, 3, and 4 because it's a piece of piss.

 

[metalblade]

Can someone start a new Wilder thread the nine different Wilder threads on page one alone are getting a bit boring now?

 

[Snowflake]

One of the journalists seemed to know he was asked back Friday night. Wilder didn't mention confirm that but mentioned Bettis called him then helmy and Rosen then the other board members

He also mentioned the AI at one point and seemed to let it slip that James Bord is not only our scouting system AI guy but a investor in the club

I may be reading too much into what he said, but when asked(obliquely) about having a Director of Football he seemed to be reasonably positive about that sort of change. Did anyone else read it like that ?

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

He’s on talksport at 11.45am today

 

[Cappy]

He’s on talksport at 11.45am today

"Met with the owners over the weekend"

 

[luffenhamblade]

Talksport interview

Sheffield United, rock bottom. Played five one, none, no points whatsoever. Hence cue Chris Wilder to the rescue. He is back in situ. Not for a second, it's for a third time and he comes for a third time in charge of the football club, in fact, 90 days or so after he was sacked.

So what can he do? Can he turn it around? I spoke to Chris a short time ago and I said, what do you think?

You pleased to be back?

Yeah, great. It feels as if I've never left, really. So meeting familiar faces, whether they're staff or players.

Great to get back at the coalface gym.

You're working again with the same people who sat you 90 days ago.

Have you managed to rationalize that in your own mind?

Obviously. Massively disappointing. It's been a disappointing summer, you know, with the sort of loss at Wembley and the manner of what that, how that happened as well, and then the news afterwards.

So listen, did I agree with it? No, but, you know, I said a really good relationship with the owners when they came in in December, January and got to meet and got to know them and as I said, when I'm record and saying, you know, it's their decision, they wanted to go down a different path.

I've got to say, meeting them and speaking to them sort of over that little period over the weekend and knowing what they were about, really, you know, I thought, you know, fair play to them to sort of want to, to engage with me regarding the return.

So no issues at all, at all, Jim. You know, they're good guys, they want the club to do well.

They've just gone down a path which they've said in their statement that maybe they weren't ready for or they didn't want.

They shouldn't have gone down, you know, for them to humility in terms of wanting to talk to me, could quite easily have not wanted to talk to me and gone down another different path.

But they wanted to talk to me and thought I was the best man for the job and that's good enough for me.

Jim, that said, Chris, was there a part of you that made you think, no, you can do one here, maybe.

At another club, but not at this club, Jim, you know, I think, you know, I've got a unique relationship and history with it.

I don't think anybody else has got that really from ball boy supporter, ball boy player coming back, manager a couple of times and sort of the successes we've had and you know, and Sort of a couple of low periods that we've had as well.

So unique relationship with supporters and everybody connected to the club.

So, you know, really not really an option not to come back.

 

[luffenhamblade]

Simon, yesterday, Chris called the ownership somewhat foolish for pivoting so soon.

Regards yourself. But now do you have a clear idea about what their ambitions actually are?

Well, yeah, but you know, it's an incredibly tough division, Jim, as you know, it's ruthless, it's relentless.

I don't think people realise how difficult it is to win games of football.

I don't think people realise maybe how difficult it is to build what you're trying to do.

You know, some teams come out of the Premier League and not seen there for years.

So of course the aim is first and foremost now is to win a game of football after the start, the disappointing start that has happened, and to win a host of games to try and put yourself in contention in January and see where it goes.

But yeah, listen, we're on the back foot a little bit, but it's a tough division.

We're trying to develop players as well. We did that last season in terms of being the third youngest group in the division, which I think goes unnoticed a little bit, Jim.

And I think internally in the football world, I think people recognize that we did a decent job last season, found us selves in third place behind two teams that reached 100 points, which is, I've got to say, I don't think it ever happens again, us to get 92 points and miss out in the way we did.

People, possibly some people and even maybe locally, will look at that as maybe not.

Not doing what we expected to do. But we go again and let's win a game of football on Saturday and try and turn this around.

As you mentioned, Chris, you're up against it and that's none of your doing.

But no team in the EFL, in the EFL's history has ever lost their first five games and got themselves promoted.

Can you buck that trend? I know we're still in September, there's a long way to go, but could you turn it around?

Well, I can definitely turn the mentality round.

You know, as I've seen over the last couple of days, you know, the boys are broken.

I think everybody in football has seen sort of the scenes after the Middlesbrough game and after the Ipswich game from a team that went so close and the majority of the group still there.

We lost a couple in Vinnie, Susan and Nell in the summer.

But I've got to say, you know that the Owners have really back recruitment drive.

The players that we brought in, you know, really good championship players that I believe can play.

I am. We've got some good experience in there. Ben me, Tanganga from, from millwall, Danny Ings, Ch Bonnet from Ipswich, Mark McGuinness, Chongi from Luton.

There's some proper players in there and there's some proper players there last season.

So, you know, I think, you know, trying to galvanize the supporters is, is pretty easy, you know, lifting the, the morale of the staff, you know, majority of that stuff.

Jim, a stuff that was inherited by the. And most importantly, he's getting the tune out of the players.

So I know the players, I know I'm inside out. I've promoted the majority of them and, and signed the majority of them as well.

And the other guys are really good, really good boys.

You know, just speaking to Ben, me and Danny Ings and the careers that they've had and they've not come to sit here in a, in a, in a lower table championship team.

They've come to achieve. And we've got to get that ball rolling on Saturday afternoon.

I tell you what. Ball boy to player to manager three times. You must love this place, Mr. Wilder.

It's close to me house, Jim, for me to drive it. I think that the people around me might get after me if I don't do well.

So I've always got that pressure on me toes, Jim.

And up for them this weekend, Sheffield United at home to Charlton.

 

[KMC-1889]

Having just watched it back again with more time to concentrate on it I got the impression there were a few thinly veiled criticisms of Selles in the interview.
Things like " games of football are not won on a computer screen or clipboard "
The stats about duels won and running.
The bit about having to get them organised and play players in the right positions
The talk about needing to know your players and that you have to try to build relationships with them

Might be wrong but I get the impression as a fan he wasn't too happy with what's been going on.
He also ducked one of the final questions about whether he felt sorry for Selles.

He also seemed a bit snarky about missing out on the Leicester & Rangers jobs to ‘modern’ managers he sees as inferior. To be fair with Martin he has a valid point.

 

[Carlton Blade]

Simon, yesterday, Chris called the ownership somewhat foolish for pivoting so soon.

Regards yourself. But now do you have a clear idea about what their ambitions actually are?

Well, yeah, but you know, it's an incredibly tough division, Jim, as you know, it's ruthless, it's relentless.

I don't think people realise how difficult it is to win games of football.

I don't think people realise maybe how difficult it is to build what you're trying to do.

You know, some teams come out of the Premier League and not seen there for years.

So of course the aim is first and foremost now is to win a game of football after the start, the disappointing start that has happened, and to win a host of games to try and put yourself in contention in January and see where it goes.

But yeah, listen, we're on the back foot a little bit, but it's a tough division.

We're trying to develop players as well. We did that last season in terms of being the third youngest group in the division, which I think goes unnoticed a little bit, Jim.

And I think internally in the football world, I think people recognize that we did a decent job last season, found us selves in third place behind two teams that reached 100 points, which is, I've got to say, I don't think it ever happens again, us to get 92 points and miss out in the way we did.

People, possibly some people and even maybe locally, will look at that as maybe not.

Not doing what we expected to do. But we go again and let's win a game of football on Saturday and try and turn this around.

As you mentioned, Chris, you're up against it and that's none of your doing.

But no team in the EFL, in the EFL's history has ever lost their first five games and got themselves promoted.

Can you buck that trend? I know we're still in September, there's a long way to go, but could you turn it around?

Well, I can definitely turn the mentality round.

You know, as I've seen over the last couple of days, you know, the boys are broken.

I think everybody in football has seen sort of the scenes after the Middlesbrough game and after the Ipswich game from a team that went so close and the majority of the group still there.

We lost a couple in Vinnie, Susan and Nell in the summer.

But I've got to say, you know that the Owners have really back recruitment drive.

The players that we brought in, you know, really good championship players that I believe can play.

I am. We've got some good experience in there. Ben me, Tanganga from, from millwall, Danny Ings, Ch Bonnet from Ipswich, Mark McGuinness, Chongi from Luton.

There's some proper players in there and there's some proper players there last season.

So, you know, I think, you know, trying to galvanize the supporters is, is pretty easy, you know, lifting the, the morale of the staff, you know, majority of that stuff.

Jim, a stuff that was inherited by the. And most importantly, he's getting the tune out of the players.

So I know the players, I know I'm inside out. I've promoted the majority of them and, and signed the majority of them as well.

And the other guys are really good, really good boys.

You know, just speaking to Ben, me and Danny Ings and the careers that they've had and they've not come to sit here in a, in a, in a lower table championship team.

They've come to achieve. And we've got to get that ball rolling on Saturday afternoon.

I tell you what. Ball boy to player to manager three times. You must love this place, Mr. Wilder.

It's close to me house, Jim, for me to drive it. I think that the people around me might get after me if I don't do well.

So I've always got that pressure on me toes, Jim.

And up for them this weekend, Sheffield United at home to Charlton.

Going to be touch to overcome losing Susan and Nell

 

[Broomhall Blade]

He’s on talksport at 11.45am today

Thats me listening to Jazz FM then.
GREAT.

 

[Working Class Hero]

I've just listened to the full interview, and my god was that refreshing. I found it difficult to listen to Selles even in short clips, and so to be honest I pretty much avoided all his press conferences and interviews.

I've followed United home and away all my life, and probably will for the rest of it, regardless of who the manager is. But the whole supporter experience is just better when Chris Wilder is at the helm, isn't it?

 

[reedy63]

Now that Sir Chris Wilder is back, you can see that the players are delighted. With the daft tactics that selles used and players out of position. We will now see the proper Sheffield United. Every United player will know what they are doing. When Sir Chris arrived as manager in 2016, I remember what he said. He wants his players to run faster, jump higher, win battles all over the pitch, and leave nothing out there. It will be great to see Hamer not going near the penalty area to pick up the ball, look up and find no one to pass to. The older supporters will know when The Legendary Tony Currie played, and the legend John Harris told Trevor Hockey to win the ball off the opposition and give it to Tony Currie. That's what Siddie Peck should be doing: win the ball and give it to Hamer, who can set up the attack in the opposition's half. That's just my opinion. I know the game has changed a lot. But one thing is for sure, we will win a lot more games now.41 games to go we can finish in the automatic promotion places.
Come on, You Red and White Wizards.Above All UP THE BLADES.

 

[Blade56]

Mentioned once or twice about his intentions to put Hamer where he belongs rather than where he's been playing recently.

that’s Barry back to Hull. At least it need up as a loan and not a perm

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Hopefully he can buck the trend of his first games hes managed us previously

Bolton a - lose
Liverpool h - lose

 

[54yrblade]

It's a great press conference, we can all probably agree we really like Chris, he clearly cares about Sheffield United and has a huge drive to succeed. I feel a lot more positive after watching it.

In the current predicament and the fact that the owners have not yet put a more modern structure within the club (no DoF/Technical director, no updated scouting network beyond the seemingly paper-thin 'AI' approach, not even started building the new training ground) he's almost certainly one of the best 1 or 2 choices for the job and was easily available. Will hopefully turn things around in the short term.

But let's not airbrush last season's failure, because failure it was. I am still fucked off and livid about Wembley, going to take years to get over that. I am angry that Chris couldn't get us over the line. We had a better squad and team than Sunderland, had them on the ropes, but let fucking VAR get to our heads, didn't try to finish them off second half and paid the worst consequence, I fucking hate even thinking about that match.

I'm sure Chris feels the same but he was in a position to finally get that hoodoo done and he failed. People talk about 92 points till the cows come home, but you play what's in front of you and we didn't get over the line in the league (results vs Leeds and Burnley showed we were 3rd best) and we didn't get over the line in the playoffs AGAIN. We were fairly lucky to get the points we did, multiple games we didn't really deserve wins (Pompey hammered us at home, we were lucky to beat Plymouth too amongst others) Chris hasn't really acknowledged that drop off in form in the last third of the season, it's all been about the points, and that goes for a lot of fans too.

Can we as fans not see there are nuances to last season? Yes we started well, yes we accumulated a lot of points, but we all saw what was in the pitch in the last couple of months, it wasn't great, let's not ignore that

This is papering over a lot of cracks. The owners need to sort their shit out with how they want to take United forward. At least they realised they fucked up with Selles and moved on quick, but we've fucked up the last year of parachutes from the start with that decision, and it smacks of a dearth of football knowledge at that level. I hope they are learning quickly.

I'm actually happy and relieved to be going on Saturday with no Selles and some optimism about matches in the short term, but I'm not dancing in the streets just because Widzy's back either. I really want to be wrong and that the 3rd installment is like the 1st, because they were the best times watching us, it's not inconceivable we get that back, but football has moved on a lot on the last few years, and we as a club don't seem to have even with new owners.

Great post!

Your last sentence nails it.

Another post suggested we're living in the 80s. Can only Wilder manage our club or are we satisfied to cling on to now distant successes plus very recent failure as end justification of what appears to be tunnel vision and panicked decision making?

I hope he settles the ship. He's in a perfect situation
Succeed, it's all his
Fail and 'not my fault'

One day, maybe we'll grow up as a club and fan base and move forward.

Other clubs can do it. Why not us?

 

[S64 Blade]

Great to get back at the coalface gym.

No wonder we’d been getting all these injury issues if the gym is at a coalface! Must be horrific for the players in that heat and grime.

 

[Cappy]

Wilder presser at 2

Press Conference - Live

Chris Wilder is due to face the media this afternoon, and you can watch his full press conference live for free

www.sufc.co.uk

 

[Cappy]

Wow, they’ve out the press conference replay behind the SUTV membership paywall

 

[Nedski]

Wow, they’ve out the press conference replay behind the SUTV membership paywall

Nah you just need to be logged in

 

[jim2007]

Wow, they’ve out the press conference replay behind the SUTV membership paywall

Working for me now.

Rough transcription:

Adam Oxley I think first:
Knows everyone, just about, knows what the new ones are about.

Will be speaking to the new players to galvanise them and the staff. Support overwhelming and humbling from the fans. Staff have been feeling it, raising their spirits too. Players have given everything over three days. Good vibe. Had described them as down, but that's lifted. Positive result Saturday will make all the difference.

Team has been picked. Players selected have a great opportunity but this selected cannot go three or four without delivering. The unpicked players will get their opportunities. Per Arteta, importance of substitutions.

Lot on his plate this last three days, every sign that this group will perform like they did last season.

Natural formation emerge? Possibly going to pick the same formation the fans would pick (shrug?) some slight positional and personnel changes. Confident we have it right. Got a full squad, very strong bench, not like last year playing u21s. Strong players not getting in 20. Bit bloated, too many players.

Arblaster, Davies, Shackleton, Ings coming back. Ings not involved this weekend.

Ogbene; really impressed him, great attitude. Available.

Stats on duels, running distances need to alter. Not Sheffield United way. Previous regime was frazzled and complicated: now simplifying things, make sure we fight and play for the shirt.

Staff: imminent extra new staff coming in, no names yet, contracts. Freshening the staff up. Lost Lester and analyst in summer.

Open to ideas to refresh the staff.

What's it going to be like to walk out for third time as manager? Doesn't feel like its the third time, feels like been on extended holiday. Working 24/7 to get it right for Saturday. Wants to send everyone home at 5pm on Saturday with a winning feeling. Three points biggest thing, but wants to add 'meat to the bone' on the way: alludes to winning dirty at first but getting more fluid later.

Current group haven't experienced the connection with each other and fans that he has in the past. We can keep a clean sheet, and trouble teams at the other end of the pitch. No doubt what the atmosphere will be like. Must rise to it. Knows what Charlton are about and how promoted teams can trouble you. Charlton's performances better than their results. Respect them as always.

Sell out: what does that mean: emotional day for everybody. Reconnecting with the fans. Not about him coming back more about the staff supporting the players and the supporters to give the players the support they need to perform. Teams with belief and risk will perform best. Also seen it when it's all coming on top and players can't cope. Supporters are not after the players, is his feeling. Players now need to reward the supporters with a proper performance.

Steve Thompson, died recently, family in attendance, played for Charlton. Sheffield lad, played with him. Spoke with John Gannon, popular lad. Biggest memory playing at Northampton, scored, on way to promotion (Me: Hillsborough day, was at Northampton, won't forget it). Steve signed him twice, Notts County and second time at BDTBL.

Danny Hall
What has this six days been like: enjoyed it, need to ask the players, got a great feeling from them. Team wants to recover from last season and go again. Tangangas not come to be bottom of the table (names all rest as well).

He has the tools to do the job, needs to get them in the right frame of mind. Tactically changing things 'to play more like Sheffield United.'

Loving it, working with a group he knows well. Working to saturday, never tired of the 5 o'clock feeling on Saturday when you've won. Very hard to win in Championship. Culture, environment, spirit, work from there. Players listening and getting the messages. Believe they believe in him.

Lot talk about lifting mood, how do you go about it? Experience, getting round players, being stern at times, lifting off at times. Lots to deal with, they are human beings.

All the players, previous and loanees didn't expect to be at the bottom. Has given them honest feedback, they have accepted it.

Risk: not a time to play safe? They have to be brave and courageous. Biggest thing he identified. People going missing, no hiding place, will know, supporters will know. Need them to be brave. Need the nuts to do it. Mentality is key. One with head down is like playing with ten men. If he sees it they'll be off after 5 mins, but not thought about it as he's not seen it at all.

Blaster's setback: not a big setback, more was made of it than should have been, bit of fluid on the knee caused by his desire to get back. Would play tomorrow if he let him. Needs holding back a bit for his own good. Gong to be a better player for this setback. Need to be careful as he's a proper player. Won't lose him by forcing him back in. No issue with him.

Tom Davies: training on the grass, excited Wilder straightaway. Won't chuck him in not ready. Having him back a boost. "A week or two off" involved against Southampton perhaps. Will fill the Souza hole - (don't read in to that as positional: perhaps big personality/leader type of thing)

Loads of the old lags there from his past this week, give them a good day.

Squad bloat: not enough got out on loan, understands why, late arrival of so many preventing them going out. Still opportunities to impress though. Reflect, review, options for them to go out in January.

Loan or sell: don't think sales involved. See where we are. 29/30 with 3 injured, too many. Discussions with recruitment and board about what is best for second part of season.

Sorry it's a bit rough, no time to tidy it up. Overall showed confidence, some caveats, recognises the importance of a good performance Saturday, no easing in. Blaster not as bad as rumoured, Tom D, nearly back.

 

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I was. It told me I needed an SUTV membership, but they've fixed it. Cheers