@owlstalk Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, beswetherick said: I’m getting targeted ads for funerals on this page now thanks to Piggsy It's never too early to start planning and saving 1 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, SallyCinnamon said: Eh? Do you not know how banter works? My blades mates are officially in mourning over Wilder leaving. And I’m here winding them up while there insults about us going to the Pub League barely even register. It’s great. Great bants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 1 minute ago, hirstyboywonder said: Great bants! Why you being grumpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, SallyCinnamon said: Why you being grumpy. Sorry! I'll try to get back to laughing at them, the main thread on them has certainly offered plenty of that this season, thankfully. I actually think its a good thing they have sacked him from our perspective because the majority of the fan base didn't want it to happen and are turning on the board, which will be even more the case of they are not happy with his successor. Whoever they choose will have to hit the ground running otherwise it will get even more sour. I don't think he is a great manager, completely agree with your post about him seemingly being fairly responsible for the transfers and that has been his & their demise. He was very good for them overall though and the speed of their rise has probably cost him now. Looks like we will be in the 3rd division next season. I hope our manager will be able to get us to the top half of the Premier League in 4 seasons time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T Hardy Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, SallyCinnamon said: Just on Wilder and all bias aside... I think he did an absolutely fantastic job with them. Two promotions in 3 years with that squad of players is nothing short of remarkable. And then last season to hold their own in the Premier League has to be applauded. I genuinely think he saw our relative success in the first couple of seasons of Chansiri’s ownership and pushed United to make sure we were no longer top dogs in the city. He tapped into his bunch of misfits and lower league plodders and galvanised them with a real us vs them mentality. That wave of positivity carried them in the Premier League last season. Momentum can go a long way in football even with average players and United are a fantastic case study of that. The fans also bought into Wilder and his squad and that made them a real force. HOWEVER. I always said the transfer window going into season number two in the Prem would be hugely important. The group of players were clearly punching above their weight and that wasn’t going to last. Throw into the mix the fact crowds went, the train of momentum pretty much ground to a halt. He needed to get recruitment right in the summer to maintain the level of success he was having. But his recruitment was shambolic. I believe he was responsible for signings? But as soon as he had to spend money he got it all wrong. Burke, Brewster, McBurnie, Berge, Osborn, Bogle - all poor signings and some of them cost serious money. They simply didn’t improve the team he had quite smartly recruited in seasons before. His weaknesses have really been exposed this season. And I think it’s fair to say a lot of his success was based on terrific man management and incredible momentum rather than tactical nous. And to finish. I take great comfort in the fact United fans only got to see their side in the Premier League for about 5 months. Didn’t want them to enjoy it for too long. I wish we had our own Wilder. A manager who is an Owl through and through and could get players to play for him like Wilder did (I’m a fan of Moore though for what it’s worth) Not to pitch an ITK post or anything like that, but a friend knows a United fan who knows Wilder, and when they got promoted to the Championship, he was absolutely insistent on the fact that they’d come to Hillsborough and beat us, and apparently was saying it to everyone all summer that he was so sure. I think at the time I put it down to chest beating nonsense, but I actually reckon he probably looked at us that season and thought pound for pound, they’d outfight us and beat us. Doesn’t look particularly clever or that it would need a genius with hindsight either actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, T Hardy said: I wish we had our own Wilder. A manager who is an Owl through and through and could get players to play for him like Wilder did (I’m a fan of Moore though for what it’s worth) Not to pitch an ITK post or anything like that, but a friend knows a United fan who knows Wilder, and when they got promoted to the Championship, he was absolutely insistent on the fact that they’d come to Hillsborough and beat us, and apparently was saying it to everyone all summer that he was so sure. I think at the time I put it down to chest beating nonsense, but I actually reckon he probably looked at us that season and thought pound for pound, they’d outfight us and beat us. Doesn’t look particularly clever or that it would need a genius with hindsight either actually Yep he wanted to get one over on us massively. He drummed it into their players. Someone told me he put quotes around the dressing room of what Wednesday fans were saying about United and their squad. Wouldn’t be completely surprised if that was the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T Hardy Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, SallyCinnamon said: Yep he wanted to get one over on us massively. He drummed it into their players. Someone told me he put quotes around the dressing room of what Wednesday fans were saying about United and their squad. Wouldn’t be completely surprised if that was the case. Yeah can totally believe that. Perhaps another example too of something that maybe lower league players will respond to that your millionaire footballers will just not care about, and why he’s probably destined to be the new Warnock, and will probably take a lot of teams up. Urgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 3 hours ago, SallyCinnamon said: Biggsy isn’t taking it well. My word cry me a river. Jesus f**king wept. That’s b@st@rd pathetic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T Hardy Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, BIG D said: Jesus f**king wept. That’s b@st@rd pathetic “Footballs not life and death” then compares a manager leaving to death, ok Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T Hardy Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I owe @SiJ an apology, I’ve read through this thread and the other one in detail and feel better for laughing at them now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, BIG D said: Jesus f**king wept. That’s b@st@rd pathetic For a supposed Chesterfield fan he is completely blinkered when it comes to Utd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 57 minutes ago, SallyCinnamon said: Yep he wanted to get one over on us massively. He drummed it into their players. Someone told me he put quotes around the dressing room of what Wednesday fans were saying about United and their squad. Wouldn’t be completely surprised if that was the case. Imagine if he scoured the old “wheels” thread for quotes. Could be some of us directly responsible for them being so hyped up for that 4-2. Sorry, lads. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 27 minutes ago, T Hardy said: I owe @SiJ an apology, I’ve read through this thread and the other one in detail and feel better for laughing at them now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 That Biggs tweet though... He's double downed on it by comparing it to when he worked after his own parents had passed away. Christ on a bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, sheffield_dave said: Imagine if he scoured the old “wheels” thread for quotes. Could be some of us directly responsible for them being so hyped up for that 4-2. Sorry, lads. Can you imagine... That Sally Cinnamon said we are sh*te. Sidge? Er...Si er J...who knows, this knobhead says I look like a bus driver and he called Billy fat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 4 hours ago, SiJ said: Brilliantly, and without even the slightest sense of irony, he then tweets this: Bet Wilders a big cuddly old bear when you talk to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I have pig mates & their new, favourite phrase is; could be worse. A feeble dig at us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i used to be sc_owl Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 5 hours ago, SallyCinnamon said: Biggsy isn’t taking it well. My word cry me a river. SUFC fans and players right now..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Miss Piggy Wilder's Parting Shot at the Bogroll Prince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modboy Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 top left front page headline wtf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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