{"id":347731,"date":"2025-08-15T23:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/347731\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T23:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:29:16","slug":"sheffield-utd-hierarchy-will-regret-sacking-wilder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/347731\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sheffield Utd hierarchy will regret sacking Wilder&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chris-Wilder-and-Ruben-Selles-1140x644.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chris Wilder on the left looking unimpressed with Ruben Selles on the right looking serious\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Profile-pic-scaled-e1753084758129-150x150.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Jack Heath\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Fri 15 August 2025 19:33, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Carlton Palmer has his concerns about Sheffield United after their disastrous start to life in the post-Chris Wilder era. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After falling at the last hurdle in the Play-off final against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunderland<\/a> at the end of last season, the Blades decided to part ways with Wilder following his second spell at the club.<\/p>\n<p>The board brought in ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/southampton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southampton<\/a> boss Ruben Selles to bring a new era of success at Bramall Lane to get the Blades back into the Premier League after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/chris-wilder-head-loss-factored-into-sheffield-united-sack-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilder\u2019s \u201chead loss\u201d was one of the factors in his sacking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the season has started off appallingly with two defeats in two competitions, including losing 4-1 to Bristol City with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/ruben-selles-explodes-on-touchline-as-sheffield-united-bow-crumbles-v-bristol-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Selles exploding on the touchline with frustration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1002730384_1200x824-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder in black wet coat\" class=\"wp-image-328320\" \/>Despite finishing third last year, it wasn\u2019t enough for Wilder to keep his job (Credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The shocking start to life under the Spaniard has even seen ex-Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Palmer feeling sorry for his rivals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Your eyes don\u2019t lie\u2019 says Palmer as Sheffield United struggle in a new phase<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A day after the Blades being knocked out of the EFL Cup by Championship newcomers Birmingham, the former Nottingham Forest player took to X (14 August) to give his thoughts on a dire situation at United.<\/p>\n<p>In the post he said: \u201cA month into the season and the Sheffield United hierarchy will regret sacking Chris Wilder. <\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassionate, loves the club, should have given him to Christmas and backed him and he would have delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The retired England international also took a dig at the current manager Selles, stating: \u201cWon\u2019t finish in the top six with this guy [Selles]. Stats are stats but your eyes don\u2019t lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A month into the season and the Sheffield United hierarchy will regret sacking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/chriswilder?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#chriswilder<\/a> .passionate ,Loves the club .Should have given him to Xmas and backed hi. And he would have delivered .Won\u2019t finish in the top six with this guy .Stats are stats but your eyes don\u2019t lie<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carlton Palmer (@CarltonPalmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarltonPalmer\/status\/1956003213661946020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>Palmer then responded to a Wednesday fan who questioned why the ex-West Brom midfielder even cared about the rival club\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n<p>The former Leeds anchorman said: \u201cI care about Sheffield, I want both teams contesting each other in the Premier League and the city is the winner. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupport your team, I am blue and white all the way. But I always want Sheffield United to do well unless there playing us [Sheffield Wednesday].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/x.com\/CarltonPalmer\/status\/1956068130964623774<strong>Little signs of optimism under Selles at Sheffield United<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Football Insider verdict<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the club announced the appointment of the former Hull City manager following the sacking of his predecessor, I was rather confused.<\/p>\n<p>Employing a manager who oversaw a horrendous spell with the Saints before nearly leading the Tigers to relegation from the second-tier does not fill anyone with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, he performed marginally better at Reading, but the Spaniard is not a coach with a glistening managerial record.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Team managed<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Win %<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Southampton<\/td>\n<td>17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Reading<\/td>\n<td>45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hull City<\/td>\n<td>31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sheffield United*<\/td>\n<td>0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>*After two professional matches (Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotmob.com\/en-GB\/players\/1420233\/ruben-selles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fotmob<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>To Palmer\u2019s point, Wilder was a man who deeply cared about his side and wanted to get them back where they belong in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, if wasn\u2019t for the sheer brilliance of Leeds and Burnley last time out, the Blades were quids in to return to the English top-flight.<\/p>\n<p>Football is a cruel game where loyalty can be thrown out the window in pursuit of more success, yet it appears the Sheffield United board have shot themselves in the foot here.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Getty Images) Fri 15 August 2025 19:33, UK Carlton Palmer has his concerns about Sheffield United after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,123152,4235,393,4884,1620,4239,21069,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-347731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-carlton-palmer","10":"tag-chris-wilder","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-sheffield","14":"tag-sheffield-united","15":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115035384872908600","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}