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Petulant pratt.

What on earth was he thinking smacking a ball into the crowd like that ?
Needs to learn to control his temper - he's a grown man for goodness sake.

Shocking behaviour.

Sky sports reporting it as accidental. What did he expect to happen booting the ball in that direction?

He obviously didn’t mean to hit anyone with it and apologised immediately, but he does seem to have a habit of getting in bizarre situations. It’s only a few months since he was filmed have a weird exchange with Plymouth fans and players.

I’m struggling to recall a manager ever booting a football into a crowd before.

I wonder if he'll end up getting sacked again at some point ????

at least he genuinely gives a toss about his side

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:25 pm

at least he genuinely gives a toss about his side

So much so that he won't be on the touchline for a while.

Fat lot of use that is to his team.

I actually like CW. He’s passionate about his job. Sometimes too much but I like it. The game needs characters.

You don't go kicking a ball into a crowd like that

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:41 pm

So much so that he won't be on the touchline for a while.

Fat lot of use that is to his team.

surely he will get a 1 game ban and nothing more.

AmbleClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:16 pm

I wonder if he'll end up getting sacked again at some point ????

He's a manager. Of course he will be sacked!

karatekid wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:48 pm

I actually like CW. He’s passionate about his job. Sometimes too much but I like it. The game needs characters.

Agreed

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:41 pm

So much so that he won't be on the touchline for a while.

Fat lot of use that is to his team.

Won’t matter. Hardly ever does. He’ll watch from the stands and there will be some form of communication system in place. Banishing managers to the stands is nothing more than virtue signalling.

bobinho wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 7:00 am

Won’t matter. Hardly ever does. He’ll watch from the stands and there will be some form of communication system in place. Banishing managers to the stands is nothing more than virtue signalling.

Go on then ……

Explain that one.

What virtue? And who is signalling? And to what end?

Apparently Sheffield United were fined a total of £445k last season for issues with player and staff behaviour. That’s some effort.

Where most managers go to a club and get sacked before moving on to another, this guy is doing the managerial merry-go-round at the same club!

Fair play.

‘How can we get out of the mess Chris Wilder put us in?’
‘Give Chris Wilder the job back?’
‘Marvellous idea!’
*Slams palms on the desk*
‘Pub?’

Procrastinate B wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:07 am

‘How can we get out of the mess Chris Wilder put us in?’
‘Give Chris Wilder the job back?’
‘Marvellous idea!’
*Slams palms on the desk*
‘Pub?’

Yep, finishing 3rd on 90 points. He left them in a real mess.

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:20 am

Yep, finishing 3rd on 90 points. He left them in a real mess.

To be fair, they had promotion in the bag until they ****** it up, which was down to the manager.

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:20 am

Yep, finishing 3rd on 90 points. He left them in a real mess.

Or as Chris Wilder would say - 92 points.

Losing 3 times in 10 days killed them .

Procrastinate B wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:28 am

To be fair, they had promotion in the bag until they ****** it up, which was down to the manager.

To be fair to be fair, either way it was hardly leaving them in a mess! The mess they are currently in was down to the decision to get rid of him, rather than down to him!

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:49 am

To be fair to be fair, either way it was hardly leaving them in a mess! The mess they are currently in was down to the decision to get rid of him, rather than down to him!

Depends which way you look at it. It isn't wilder the saviour or nothing the decision to appoint his replacement led to the mess it's plausible that a better suited replacement things would have turned out different. It's quite a peculiar perspective held in some quarters that wilder is the only person for Sheffield United the new Warnock.

bobinho wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 7:00 am

Won’t matter. Hardly ever does. He’ll watch from the stands and there will be some form of communication system in place. Banishing managers to the stands is nothing more than virtue signalling.

They have the opportunity to 'manage' from around the dugout or from a seat in the stands. I haven't seen the latter chosen as the better option anywhere yet.

Why is “acting like a knobhead”, passionate when it comes to football. If I act like a knobhead on the bread aisle in Tesco, I’m a knobhead. Not passionate about brioche.

Is ANYBODY passionate about brioche!!? It's crap!

I don't mind Wilder, he's much more of a knob when he wins than loses. But his behaviour is getting more erratic maybe. Getting smashed with the fans when they beat Wednesday, his meltdown at Plymouth and now this. He didn't used to be like this when he first did well, seems angry all the time now.

I miss stan the last passionate manager we had

I think he’s become a bit of a liability. For all the good he does recently there’s been more incidents of his ‘passion’ causing issues. He didn’t handle Sheffield United’s late down turn well last season and I’m sure his behaviour didn’t help the team. Passion is great, but it needs to be well directed.

Jakubclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 9:59 am

Depends which way you look at it. It isn't wilder the saviour or nothing the decision to appoint his replacement led to the mess it's plausible that a better suited replacement things would have turned out different. It's quite a peculiar perspective held in some quarters that wilder is the only person for Sheffield United the new Warnock.

My point wasn't about whether he should have returned or whether someone else could have done a good job. All I was saying is that he didn't leave them in a mess. By any standards getting 90 points isn't a mess, whichever way you look at it.

Socrates wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 7:15 am

Go on then ……

Explain that one.

What virtue? And who is signalling? And to what end?

Wow! That’s a lot of questions… I’ll try to answer, whilst being aware I may have chosen the wrong phrase to make a point.

On the face of it, banishing him to the stands “looks” like he’s been punished for being a naughty boy, but in reality he hasn’t. He can and will do all the things he would do if he was sat on the dugout.
Those that want him punished for being passionate/a knobhead are satisfied, and the powers that be can spout about how tough and decisive they are about this kind of behaviour, when in fact nowts really happened and they’ve done nowt.

Anyway, that’s what I meant, and if I’ve used the wrong phrase, my apologies.

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 11:57 am

My point wasn't about whether he should have returned or whether someone else could have done a good job. All I was saying is that he didn't leave them in a mess. By any standards getting 90 points isn't a mess, whichever way you look at it.

You stated the reason they are in the mess they are in now is due to the decision to let CW go. I'm stating the reason they are in the mess they are in now is because they appointed the wrong manager to replace him. I know CW didn't leave them in a mess but I don't subscribe to the notion that alternative managers couldn't have continued after CW left without making a pigs ear of the job to not put a finer point to it.

I can see him falling apart if they don't put a good run together soon. They are under more pressure to secure promotion than they were last season, and at the helm is a guy who doesn't seem to cope too well under pressure.

karatekid wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:48 pm

I actually like CW. He’s passionate about his job. Sometimes too much but I like it. The game needs characters.

Obviously someone giving him some stick in the stand behind the dugout

I very much doubt Scott Parker, VK or even Stan would ever blast the ball into the Bob Lord at our own fans.

If they did, I'm not sure the word to descibe them, would be "character"

Dark Cloud wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 10:16 am

Is ANYBODY passionate about brioche!!? It's crap!

You can't beat a burger on a lightly toasted Brioche Bun

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 5:13 pm

You can't beat a burger on a lightly toasted Brioche Bun

I’m vegetarian, but insist on brioche buns for any burger.

Claretincraven wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 8:17 am

Apparently Sheffield United were fined a total of £445k last season for issues with player and staff behaviour. That’s some effort.

Wow.

And here's me thinking it was just us they got arsey with.

billyhamilton82 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 01, 2025 5:03 pm

Obviously someone giving him some stick in the stand behind the dugout

I very much doubt Scott Parker, VK or even Stan would ever blast the ball into the Bob Lord at our own fans.

If they did, I'm not sure the word to descibe them, would be "character"

I didn't specify that particular incident. Most managers seem very robotic these days and just give the same old answers in interviews week after week. Maybe they're too afraid to speak out for fear of fines etc. Managers like Jose, Wenger and Fergie made the game so much more interesting imo.

I saw a tweet from a Sheffield Wednesday fan on this subject. “It’s no secret that I hated danny röhl but at least he never twatted me in the face with a **** volley.”

Elizabeth wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:53 pm

You don't go kicking a ball into a crowd like that

Dean Marney did most weeks

HunterST_BFC wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:19 am

Dean Marney did most weeks

Yep, and what about Brownhill's free kicks?? Red card every time I'd say!!

karatekid wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:48 pm

I actually like CW. He’s passionate about his job. Sometimes too much but I like it. The game needs characters.

Not a character. Just an eternally angry man.

He’s literally picking up where he left off at the end of last season, constantly loosing it publicly isn’t he

Their start to the season is so bizarre, loads of top players still.

As funny as it is, we need him to turn it round and get above Rovers

He's appealing it

JR1882 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 02, 2025 8:19 pm

As funny as it is, we need him to turn it round and get above Rovers

I'd be quite happy with Rovers staying exactly where they are. No need to be greedy.