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Chris Wilder

Tasman said:
I thought Sheff utd brought him, after leicester hardly played him, ok even better lets cut out the middle man and make a bid to Leicester. see always trying to save the club a pound or two.
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Split the difference and make a £1.75M bid to each of them!
 

Wilder to be sacked by Sheff Utd, O'Neil not in frame
Latest by Sky Sports News' Tim Thornton and Rob Dorsett:

Chris Wilder will be sacked by Sheffield United in the next few days following a review of last season when the team missed out on promotion to the Premier League in the play-off final.

Contrary to reports elsewhere, Sky Sports News understands the former Wolves boss Gary O'Neil will not be the man to replace Wilder.

The Blades won 90 points last season - a total which would have equalled their club record, but for a 2-point deduction imposed by the EFL - and that tally would have been enough to go up automatically in eight of the last 10 seasons.
After four successive defeats in the run in, United were 15 minutes from victory at Wembley, before two late goals saw Sunderland promoted instead.

Despite that near-miss, the US-based consortium COH Sports, led by Steven Rosen and Helmy Eltoukhy, have decided they want to bring in a new head coach.

They completed a takeover last December, when Wilder was already in charge of the team.
That will not be O'Neil, however, who was under consideration for the role, but the Blades bosses have decided they want to go in a different direction.

Sky Sports News has been told there is no rift with the board, and in fact Wilder has an excellent relationship with Rosen. This change in manager is motivated by the new regime wanting to bring in their own person to lead the football operation. COH are determined to utilise a data-led approach to recruitment and play, which is something Wilder was open to, following the takeover.

At the start of last season, Wilder was in charge during a huge rebuild, with 22 players leaving Bramall Lane, and the average age of the squad coming down to 24.

Whilst it’s thought the owners do recognise and appreciate how Wilder has added value to the squad, that has not been enough for him to keep his job.

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Disco_Pants93 said:
Can see both sides of it to be honest. Harsh on him because of the points total achieved but that being said they well and truly bottled the end of the season.
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He deserved the sack for his abject signings in January.

At the time I said I couldn't see the point of him signing Canon and BBD because they simply weren't any better than the likes of Moore, Campbell and the likes. He just padded out the squad instead of improving the first team.
 
Keith S30S said:
He deserved the sack for his abject signings in January.

I said I couldn't see the point of him signing Canon and BBD because they simply weren't any better than the likes of Moore, Campbell and the likes. He just padded out the squad instead of improving the first team.
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I think he just wanted options, for example if Campbell of Moore came out having BBD and Cannon of a similar quality wasn't a bad idea theoretically but neither of them had the impact that they were meant to really.
 
Disco_Pants93 said:
I think he just wanted options, for example if Campbell of Moore came out having BBD and Cannon of a similar quality wasn't a bad idea theoretically but neither of them had the impact that they were meant to really.
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Not for me.

You sign players to start games. Your old players become the back ups. Pointless ending up with loads of players who are much of a muchness. It's treading water not improving.
 
Disco_Pants93 said:
I think he just wanted options, for example if Campbell of Moore came out having BBD and Cannon of a similar quality wasn't a bad idea theoretically but neither of them had the impact that they were meant to really.
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Cannon was 10 mill plus wasn’t he?

That’s a bit much for a bench option for even a PL club with parachute money.

I was also amazed Rak Sayki didn’t make the bench for Wembley.

I was over the moon when I saw wilder hadn’t even picked him in the squad, and no he wasn’t injured.
 
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Smiter said:
Cannon was 10 mill plus wasn’t he?

That’s a bit much for a bench option for even a PL club with parachute money.
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He bought him to start, he did start but wasn't good enough and was quickly dropped. He's an average Championship striker, if they went up nowhere near good enough for the top flight.

Dreadful signing.
 
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