Hill on Blackpool link:

Barnsley manager Keith Hill:

"It pleases me no end (to be linked with the vacant Blackpool job).

"People might start respecting the job I'm doing on limited resources - and I mean really limited.

"It doesn't mean I'm interested, but I'm really pleased. It's very difficult on limited resources in the Championship where there's so much money swishing around."

 

How are we supposed to understand the tightness of the purse strings if he never tells us that he has no money ?

 

If you do work in an institution which, for whatever reasons has to operate on limited or reduced resources - yet your performance levels are expected to be maintained or even exceeded - that fact tends to be rammed home to you in various ways, several times a day.

 

Yes but why hasn`t Hill told us before of that fact !!!

 

No, REALLY limited

 

He'd walk to Blackpool if offered and I don't blame him. I think, depsite his completely nonsensical team selction today and his not so perfect results this calendar year, I think only realise in time how good he is. I'm not a blind follower or naiive enough to think he's the messiah, but I do think that we would struggle like you wouldn't believe to replace him with a manager who could cobble together a side with no money and compete. Remember our approach for Russell Slade? Scary.

Regarding the finances, he does go on and on and on about it, but you know what, I think I would too. It cannot be overstated how much of a difficult job he has. However, that doesn't excuse going to Hull without a striker and not having an attempt on target.

 

"with no money and compete"

errrrm we have not competed that much this season so far matey.

 

If we hadn't 'competed' we'd be bottom of the league on no points. He has a point, Keith, but the thing is he's made that point many times already and it sounds more whiney every time.

But put any other manager in charge of this squad with no money to change it as such, loads of injuries too, and they'd struggle to get a result all season. Hill makes bizarre statements and some strange team selections based on today's front line but I still wouldn't want him replaced, on the grounds that I can't imagine anyone else being any better in the same circumstances.

 

If I was him I'd keep reminding people what a fantastic job I am doing on resources that would be better suited to the fourth division. I think he gets the feeling people don't appreciate the work he is doing - I can't understand why he'd think this.

 

Re: "with no money and compete"

Yes we have. In most games.

 

No one knows how slade would have done!!

 

He's got the resources that he knew he would have when he took the job and he's not performing as well as HE claimed he would do. Perhaps that is why people don't appreciate what he's doing? Because he is under performing.

 

Fourth division? Get real MK

£6million budget. At least SIX times his budget at Dale

 

Great post.

 

We compete when we are Barnsley at Charlton. Not Barnsley against Forest or at Hull without a forrad

I think better of Keef than going for a point.

 

Do you think he ever looks at the tables and thinks, "them managers above us must be fuc king inteliegnt because I know I am "?

 

Agreed.

We competed up until the Leeds game with a couple of exceptions. Then a loss of form to key players and injuries has really hit us. We'll be reight. Peaks and troffs.

 

Yeah i'd love someone to post our 2012 league record over the past 11 months to see what it's like.