Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

[City123]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

I think there is rather more than the ‘threat’ of relegation. They have been down since Christmas. Wilder came out with a rather strange statement a couple of weeks ago, when he said in an interview that he would not be worried by relegation as he felt the team would do well in the Championship because they had deliberately been pursuing a transfer policy of signing Championship quality players this season. I felt that was a very odd thing to say and certainly wouldn't have pleased the fans. It gives an insight into something going on behind the scenes. They certainly haven't pushed the boat out with transfer fees for the last two seasons, apart from paying £20m for Brewster, an untried youngster at Premier League level who has had a poor season.

Ramsdale - £18.5m
Lowe & Bogle - £11m
Brewster - £23.5m
Freeman - £5m
Mousset - £10m
McBurnie - £20m
Berge - £22m
C.Robinson - £8m
Osborn - £3.5m

That's about £120m over two seasons, hardly pennies. I'd also be pretty miffed as Sheffield United's owner if I spent £40m+ on Brewster & McBurnie and David McGoldrick was my top scorer

[Der Kaiser]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

Ramsdale - £18.5m
Lowe & Bogle - £11m
Brewster - £23.5m
Freeman - £5m
Mousset - £10m
McBurnie - £20m
Berge - £22m
C.Robinson - £8m
Osborn - £3.5m

That's about £120m over two seasons, hardly pennies. I'd also be pretty miffed as Sheffield United's owner if I spent £40m+ on Brewster & McBurnie and David McGoldrick was my top scorer

A club like sheffield spending 18.5 million on a goalkeeper is a scandalous misuse of their finances.

[delmbox]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

A club like sheffield spending 18.5 million on a goalkeeper is a scandalous misuse of their finances.

Only because he hasn't been very good, if he'd had an amazing season and saved them a load of points he'd be worth it

[Heisenberg]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

Only because he hasn't been very good, if he'd had an amazing season and saved them a load of points he'd be worth it

Probably also doesn't help that they sold him to Bournemouth a few years previous for under a mill :hehe:

[BLUETIT]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

A club like sheffield spending 18.5 million on a goalkeeper is a scandalous misuse of their finances.

Only because he hasn't been very good, if he'd had an amazing season and saved them a load of points he'd be worth it

He's a product of their youth policy as well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Ramsdale

[BLUETIT]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

Probably also doesn't help that they sold him to Bournemouth a few years previous for under a mill :hehe:

SNAP :hehe:

[MacAdder]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

A club like sheffield spending 18.5 million on a goalkeeper is a scandalous misuse of their finances.

Probably also doesn't help that they sold him to Bournemouth a few years previous for under a mill :hehe:

That's ludicrous.
Who the hell does something like that?

It's like saying someone like say Man U selling one of their young players for a million then a few years later buying him back for £80m.
It just doesn't happ....

oh errrrm...

[Rjk]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

Yeah I don't think he'll get a Premier League job, but his record in the Football League is exceptional.

Sheffield United were being talked about as European candidates prior to COVID which really seems to have taken the wind out of their sails

I think he'll get a premier league job soon enough

[Bluebird23]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

I think there is rather more than the ‘threat’ of relegation. They have been down since Christmas. Wilder came out with a rather strange statement a couple of weeks ago, when he said in an interview that he would not be worried by relegation as he felt the team would do well in the Championship because they had deliberately been pursuing a transfer policy of signing Championship quality players this season. I felt that was a very odd thing to say and certainly wouldn't have pleased the fans. It gives an insight into something going on behind the scenes. They certainly haven't pushed the boat out with transfer fees for the last two seasons, apart from paying £20m for Brewster, an untried youngster at Premier League level who has had a poor season.

How you can continually criticise anyone on here who has a differing opinion, is mind boggling, given how clueless many of your post’s are!

[FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

he felt the team would do well in the Championship because they had deliberately been pursuing a transfer policy of signing Championship quality players this season. I felt that was a very odd thing to say and certainly wouldn't have pleased the fans.

Could you imagine if this club had done something like that?

Oh wait...

[jon1959]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

Has he left yet?

[dml1954]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

Could you imagine if this club had done something like that?

Oh wait...

Sheffield United may have done this whilst already in the Premier League, after surviving their first season comfortably. Instead of looking to consolidate their Premier League status using the approximate £220m TV revenue they will have received over the two years, they appear to have deliberately pursued a policy of signing Championship quality players. How is that in any way comparable to what City have done.

[dml1954]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

How you can continually criticise anyone on here who has a differing opinion, is mind boggling, given how clueless many of your post’s are!

The fact that you think my posts are clueless, bearing in mind the vast volume of anti Cardiff City rubbish you post on here, is rather ironic. I was actually engaging in a thread about another clubs manager with my opinion on what was happening there. They have signed 5 players this season, from Championship clubs who are struggling this season, which tends to prove what Chris Wilder said was correct. That is not the way to guarantee survival in the Premier League for a club that has aspirations to stay there for a third season in a row.

[NYCBlue]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

What's the point of getting promoted if a club sacks a manager when there is a threat of relegation. Wilder has done a great job and should be thanked not sacked.

The point is you stay in the Premier League. At all costs. And if you can't do that, you bet on coming back up ASAP. Chris Wilder has had a ****ing mare this season, there's no way he brings them back up next year. They should have sacked him in December.

[NYCBlue]

Re: Chris Wilder gone from Sheff Utd

That's ludicrous.
Who the hell does something like that?

It's like saying someone like say Man U selling one of their young players for a million then a few years later buying him back for £80m.
It just doesn't happ....

oh errrrm...

No, It isn't. You can't compare Sheffield Utd to Manchester Utd on those terms.