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Has Bowyer lost it?
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Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes0 -
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...0 -
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...7 -
We did once ...... !Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...1 -
I know, different times....Oggy Red said:
We did once ...... !Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...1 -
Ah come on, Wilder not as much of a stretch as Howe.cafcfan1990 said:
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...
Hmm.
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Gary Neville?cafcfan1990 said:
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...0 -
No he's not, but he's definitely not to going to be our next manager. Would be massively shocked if Sheff Utd sack him without giving him a bit of time to go straight back up first.Wheresmeticket? said:
Ah come on, Wilder not as much of a stretch as Howe.cafcfan1990 said:
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...
Hmm.1 -
Alex Ferguson for me, still think he has got another job in him. Brian Clough could be a bit unrealistic though.cafcfan1990 said:
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...5 -
Before every game i compare line ups and think i would not swap any of ours for any of theirs, yet we end up being outfought and outthought ...
Think LB would be more use on the training ground taking the midfielders and someone like Paul Cook who knows the lower leagues and how to get out of them, taking charge but fear if we replace Lee then suspect his replacement will be Danish. Anyway think Cookie is mulling over offers from other clubs at the moment.0 - Sponsored links:
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He had a plan that worked (the Diamond). He had a plan B (dropping the base player into the back 4) that worked as well, in fact he even had a plan C (Fulham away).bigstemarra said:There is simply no evidence that LB has the skills to 'turn it around' if given time; it is wishful thinking in the extreme.
It is telling that I asked the question a couple of weeks ago for people to tell me what he is actually good at, given that he appears to be deficient in tactics, training and man-management. I am still waiting.
Great managers make a team more than the sum of its parts and make average players better players; do you think that when you look at our current team?
We can't pin the future of our football club and the foundations of a (hopefully) exciting project to restore it to greatness on a manager with no actual evidence that he is capable of delivering.
So where is the evidence that LB has the necessary skills to not only turn this around, but propel our club up the leagues where he will face much stiffer challenges?
It simply doesn't exist; it is only due to loyalty that we are stuck with a leader incapable of leading.
At the start of last season he had 2 players (some of them no where near championship quality) for each position, he used the same system for 2 years. Everyone was comfortable playing it. Even when we fielded u23 teams at Swansea and Derby we played much better than we had any right to. We should have got hammered.
I have no idea what happened in January 2020 that's still having an effect on him.
Even the basics of playing players in their correct positions, or even actually knowing what their correct positions are seems to have gone out the window. I think it's only Amos, Pearce, Famewo and Stockley that have played in 1 position this season.
What's our identity, what's our formation, what's our style of play? What's our best team? For 2 years it was obvious, since then I don't know and I don't think Bowyer does either.4 -
I think some fans are worried Curbs will come in and fail which would tarnish his reputationWheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...
I believe that he wouldn't fail and even if he did I wouldn't forget what he did for us. The only person that is the obvious choice for replacing Lee if it happens I think, all the other suggestions concern me or leave question marks0 -
Are you bowyer out? If so do you think Wilder should be given another season?cafcfan1990 said:
No he's not, but he's definitely not to going to be our next manager. Would be massively shocked if Sheff Utd sack him without giving him a bit of time to go straight back up first.Wheresmeticket? said:
Ah come on, Wilder not as much of a stretch as Howe.cafcfan1990 said:
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...
Hmm.0 -
To build on this... Our starting XI for the first game of that season at Sunderland had a midfield of Pratley, Lapslie, Mark Marshall and Aribo. We couldn’t fill the bench and had five subs: Maynard-Brewer, Ajose, Sarr, Taylor Maloney and Reeco Hackett-Fairchild.se9addick said:
Bowyer should be sacked because of Joe Aribo’s Football Manager stats is a bit of a stretch.LittleAddick said:
https://youtu.be/ixnQayNbdEk
Highest first touch on football manager 2021, the fact a manager got a team where he didn't even get the top 3 for POTY promoted from league 1 via the playoffs is not enough credit for bowyer to stay.
No doubt some of these players (Taylor, Grant, Aribo) later have proved themselves at higher levels but they were by no means the finished articles that season. Aribo had spent most of the previous season on the bench, Grant could only score goals in League Two and Taylor was signed from Wimbledon.
We started that season slowly and ended it very very strongly as the better players arrived and the best XI gelled. We ran out of games to catch up. The form we were in by the end of the season, we would’ve gone up automatically with a few more games.5 -
To Bowyer's credit Cullen had just had an indifferent season at Bolton, after impressing at Bradford and Bielik hardly set the world on fire at Walsall. They weren't superstars, even by league 1 standards, when we signed them.Callumcafc said:
To build on this... Our starting XI for the first game of that season at Sunderland had a midfield of Pratley, Lapslie, Mark Marshall and Aribo. We couldn’t fill the bench and had five subs: Maynard-Brewer, Ajose, Sarr, Taylor Maloney and Reeco Hackett-Fairchild.se9addick said:
Bowyer should be sacked because of Joe Aribo’s Football Manager stats is a bit of a stretch.LittleAddick said:https://youtu.be/ixnQayNbdEk
Highest first touch on football manager 2021, the fact a manager got a team where he didn't even get the top 3 for POTY promoted from league 1 via the playoffs is not enough credit for bowyer to stay.
No doubt some of these players (Taylor, Grant, Aribo) later have proved themselves at higher levels but they were by no means the finished articles that season. Aribo had spent most of the previous season on the bench, Grant could only score goals in League Two and Taylor was signed from Wimbledon.
We started that season slowly and ended it very very strongly as the better players and the best XI gelled. We ran out of games to catch up. The form we were in by the end of the season, we would’ve gone up automatically with a few more games.1 -
Yes our recruitment was excellent that year and was timed perfectly to fit with the emergence of some of the talent coming out of the academy.0
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Me too.cafcfan1990 said:
No he's not, but he's definitely not to going to be our next manager.Wheresmeticket? said:
Ah come on, Wilder not as much of a stretch as Howe.cafcfan1990 said:
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...
Hmm.
Would be massively shocked if Sheff Utd sack him without giving him a bit of time to go straight back up first.
If Sheff Utd were going to sack him, they would have done it last autumn while they still had most of the season left.
Now relegation is inevitable barring a miracle, I should imagine the Sheff Utd board will trust Wilder next season as the best manager to get them promoted.
After all, he's got them promoted twice before.
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Wilder ain’t happening, Howe ain’t happening.
The kind of manager pond you’ll be fishing in will have the likes of Paul Cook and Garry Monk in it.0 -
Looks like Paul Cook might end up at Bristol City anyway so you can cross that one off your lists.
Edit: just seen they got Nigel Pearson yesterday. The article I was reading was a couple of days old!2 -
And people forgetting the long injury list in November, December, January and February that threatened to derail the season.Callumcafc said:
To build on this... Our starting XI for the first game of that season at Sunderland had a midfield of Pratley, Lapslie, Mark Marshall and Aribo. We couldn’t fill the bench and had five subs: Maynard-Brewer, Ajose, Sarr, Taylor Maloney and Reeco Hackett-Fairchild.se9addick said:
Bowyer should be sacked because of Joe Aribo’s Football Manager stats is a bit of a stretch.LittleAddick said:https://youtu.be/ixnQayNbdEk
Highest first touch on football manager 2021, the fact a manager got a team where he didn't even get the top 3 for POTY promoted from league 1 via the playoffs is not enough credit for bowyer to stay.
No doubt some of these players (Taylor, Grant, Aribo) later have proved themselves at higher levels but they were by no means the finished articles that season. Aribo had spent most of the previous season on the bench, Grant could only score goals in League Two and Taylor was signed from Wimbledon.
We started that season slowly and ended it very very strongly as the better players arrived and the best XI gelled. We ran out of games to catch up. The form we were in by the end of the season, we would’ve gone up automatically with a few more games.
If that had been less severe, surely we'd have gained the 3 or 4 extra points that would have given us 2nd place and automatic promotion?
Remember, for example, when we lost Cullen and Igor in the same match, both with dislocated shoulders? Page, Pratley, Pearce, Solly, Reeves and Grant were also missing for long spells - and during February with Grant sold and Taylor's 3 match suspension, we could barely field a fit forward of any description.
We lost ground for much of that winter. It was the return to more or less a full strength squad that propelled our late run to promotion.
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We also would have gone up automatically if Grant didn't leave. I am 100% sure of that. We won't see a strike partnership as good as that for some time sadly I don't thinkCallumcafc said:
To build on this... Our starting XI for the first game of that season at Sunderland had a midfield of Pratley, Lapslie, Mark Marshall and Aribo. We couldn’t fill the bench and had five subs: Maynard-Brewer, Ajose, Sarr, Taylor Maloney and Reeco Hackett-Fairchild.se9addick said:
Bowyer should be sacked because of Joe Aribo’s Football Manager stats is a bit of a stretch.LittleAddick said:https://youtu.be/ixnQayNbdEk
Highest first touch on football manager 2021, the fact a manager got a team where he didn't even get the top 3 for POTY promoted from league 1 via the playoffs is not enough credit for bowyer to stay.
No doubt some of these players (Taylor, Grant, Aribo) later have proved themselves at higher levels but they were by no means the finished articles that season. Aribo had spent most of the previous season on the bench, Grant could only score goals in League Two and Taylor was signed from Wimbledon.
We started that season slowly and ended it very very strongly as the better players arrived and the best XI gelled. We ran out of games to catch up. The form we were in by the end of the season, we would’ve gone up automatically with a few more games.3 -
A number of Championship vacancies have come along since Cook left Wigan, with Cook not getting them. Are clubs rejecting him or is he waiting for the perfect opportunity?Callumcafc said:Looks like Paul Cook might end up at Bristol City anyway so you can cross that one off your lists.
Edit: just seen they got Nigel Pearson yesterday. The article I was reading was a couple of days old!
Reading, Forest, Barnsley, Watford, Derby, Cardiff, Bristol City have all looked elsewhere, Bournemouth appointed Woodgate to the end of the season, Thompson has been caretaker at Wednesday for nearly 2 months0 -
I posed the same question regarding our identity some weeks ago on here.Cafc43v3r said:
He had a plan that worked (the Diamond). He had a plan B (dropping the base player into the back 4) that worked as well, in fact he even had a plan C (Fulham away).bigstemarra said:There is simply no evidence that LB has the skills to 'turn it around' if given time; it is wishful thinking in the extreme.
It is telling that I asked the question a couple of weeks ago for people to tell me what he is actually good at, given that he appears to be deficient in tactics, training and man-management. I am still waiting.
Great managers make a team more than the sum of its parts and make average players better players; do you think that when you look at our current team?
We can't pin the future of our football club and the foundations of a (hopefully) exciting project to restore it to greatness on a manager with no actual evidence that he is capable of delivering.
So where is the evidence that LB has the necessary skills to not only turn this around, but propel our club up the leagues where he will face much stiffer challenges?
It simply doesn't exist; it is only due to loyalty that we are stuck with a leader incapable of leading.
At the start of last season he had 2 players (some of them no where near championship quality) for each position, he used the same system for 2 years. Everyone was comfortable playing it. Even when we fielded u23 teams at Swansea and Derby we played much better than we had any right to. We should have got hammered.
I have no idea what happened in January 2020 that's still having an effect on him.
Even the basics of playing players in their correct positions, or even actually knowing what their correct positions are seems to have gone out the window. I think it's only Amos, Pearce, Famewo and Stockley that have played in 1 position this season.
What's our identity, what's our formation, what's our style of play? What's our best team? For 2 years it was obvious, since then I don't know and I don't think Bowyer does either.
Matches have come & gone with less than positive progress, hence the question remains the same....3 -
I feel I have just reached Bowyer out now. I don't see him turning it round unfortunately.agim said:
Are you bowyer out? If so do you think Wilder should be given another season?cafcfan1990 said:
No he's not, but he's definitely not to going to be our next manager. Would be massively shocked if Sheff Utd sack him without giving him a bit of time to go straight back up first.Wheresmeticket? said:
Ah come on, Wilder not as much of a stretch as Howe.cafcfan1990 said:
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...
Hmm.
Wilder should be given a chance to turn it around, I wouldn't necessarily saying the season though.0 -
This is the crux isn’t it. There is no hint of progress or the feeling that something is building. None whatsoever. We get odd spells of half decent football for half a game at best and then we’re back to looking awful. No tried and trusted system and players dropped or rotated for quite often baffling reasons or no reason at all. The manager and the football has become dour and repressed. I still genuinely think that Bowyer is safe until the end of the season but TS will need to see something between now and then to give him some encouragement that Bowyer is up to the job. If things stay as they are, drifting between poor and mediocre and TS doesn’t call a halt then we need to start asking questions of him and his ambition too. I can’t see that being called into question.Fanny Fanackapan said:
I posed the same question regarding our identity some weeks ago on here.Cafc43v3r said:
He had a plan that worked (the Diamond). He had a plan B (dropping the base player into the back 4) that worked as well, in fact he even had a plan C (Fulham away).bigstemarra said:There is simply no evidence that LB has the skills to 'turn it around' if given time; it is wishful thinking in the extreme.
It is telling that I asked the question a couple of weeks ago for people to tell me what he is actually good at, given that he appears to be deficient in tactics, training and man-management. I am still waiting.
Great managers make a team more than the sum of its parts and make average players better players; do you think that when you look at our current team?
We can't pin the future of our football club and the foundations of a (hopefully) exciting project to restore it to greatness on a manager with no actual evidence that he is capable of delivering.
So where is the evidence that LB has the necessary skills to not only turn this around, but propel our club up the leagues where he will face much stiffer challenges?
It simply doesn't exist; it is only due to loyalty that we are stuck with a leader incapable of leading.
At the start of last season he had 2 players (some of them no where near championship quality) for each position, he used the same system for 2 years. Everyone was comfortable playing it. Even when we fielded u23 teams at Swansea and Derby we played much better than we had any right to. We should have got hammered.
I have no idea what happened in January 2020 that's still having an effect on him.
Even the basics of playing players in their correct positions, or even actually knowing what their correct positions are seems to have gone out the window. I think it's only Amos, Pearce, Famewo and Stockley that have played in 1 position this season.
What's our identity, what's our formation, what's our style of play? What's our best team? For 2 years it was obvious, since then I don't know and I don't think Bowyer does either.
Matches have come & gone with less than positive progress, hence the question remains the same....4 -
Like Stoke Hiddersfield were in terrible trouble when the Cowleys arrived - they kept them up! They were sacked as the owner wanted a new playing style not because they did terribly.killerandflash said:The Cowleys achieved 18th place with Huddersfield last season
Currently Huddersfield are in 18th place in the Championship!
id like the Salford manager Richie Wellen’s in. He has Swindon playing great last season and has come Salford back on track this season
sad thing is he might see himself better off there.1 -
I don't feel like there's too many differences in the situations though. If anything Wilder has spent a few quid up there and they've been embarrassing themselves weeklycafcfan1990 said:
I feel I have just reached Bowyer out now. I don't see him turning it round unfortunately.agim said:
Are you bowyer out? If so do you think Wilder should be given another season?cafcfan1990 said:
No he's not, but he's definitely not to going to be our next manager. Would be massively shocked if Sheff Utd sack him without giving him a bit of time to go straight back up first.Wheresmeticket? said:
Ah come on, Wilder not as much of a stretch as Howe.cafcfan1990 said:
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...
Hmm.
Wilder should be given a chance to turn it around, I wouldn't necessarily saying the season though.0 -
Both Wilder and Howe have proved brilliant at taking unfancied players from L1 and the Championship and turning them into PL playersagim said:
I don't feel like there's too many differences in the situations though. If anything Wilder has spent a few quid up there and they've been embarrassing themselves weeklycafcfan1990 said:
I feel I have just reached Bowyer out now. I don't see him turning it round unfortunately.agim said:
Are you bowyer out? If so do you think Wilder should be given another season?cafcfan1990 said:
No he's not, but he's definitely not to going to be our next manager. Would be massively shocked if Sheff Utd sack him without giving him a bit of time to go straight back up first.Wheresmeticket? said:
Ah come on, Wilder not as much of a stretch as Howe.cafcfan1990 said:
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...
Hmm.
Wilder should be given a chance to turn it around, I wouldn't necessarily saying the season though.
Both struggled more though in the transfer market once in the PL, a lot of their bigger buys have flopped3 -
Guadiola is bored in Manchester.cafcfan1990 said:
Wilder, Howe. Any more suggestions for anyone it definitely won't be?Wheresmeticket? said:
I love the dream but worry about the reality.Braziliance said:
Doesn't matter how long he's been out. He has still followed the game and is clearly passionate about it, he wouldn't have forgotten how everything goes and I think from the way he speaks he wants to be back in the game.MrOneLung said:
You think curbs still has it based on what ?Braziliance said:If we sacked Bowyer and replaced him with Steve Evans I am not joking, I will take a hiatus from football. That would be a shocking appointment
Howe no chance, needs to stop being mentioned.
Powell again, no from me. He played crap football towards the end and was negative like Lee has been, I don't think he's the right man even though I would want him to be.
Cowleys, why? Got promoted from league 2 and then jumped ship to Huddersfield, did dreadful and got sacked. Their fans said the football was as bad as when they had Powell from what I saw.
Only one I've seen that wouldn't be bad is Cook but even then I'm not sure.
If Lee goes I would like Curbs again, I think he still has it.His work record the last 10 years?
When we sacked Peeters he said on sky sports if Charlton want him they can go and talk to him but said he reckons we had someone lined up which Roland did
New ownership, no longer a basket case. I think if he was approached he would say yes
Some Blades fans feel Wilder is underachieving. Would gladly have him here...3 -
I know something about this. They bought the Cowleys in just to keep them up, although they didn't tell them that. It's ruthless but not ethically great.Maccn05 said:
Like Stoke Hiddersfield were in terrible trouble when the Cowleys arrived - they kept them up! They were sacked as the owner wanted a new playing style not because they did terribly.killerandflash said:The Cowleys achieved 18th place with Huddersfield last season
Currently Huddersfield are in 18th place in the Championship!
The medium term was always a foreign "coach".
Bowyer was never going to Huddersfield even if he had an interview.2
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