Kevin Blackwell

... because we had a lot of, you know, needed...

It was a big, massive rebuild, which Kevin Blackwell had to do.

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Yeah

Why don't you guess the two then?

Well, I'd be amazed if Kevin Blackwell is not one of them.

Ticked.

Because he's the most, most hated loot manager of all time.

I spoke to Sheffield United.

Kevin Blackwell was the manager at the time.

And of all the clubs, I decided that I thought maybe that was the best club for me.

But like you say, so if I went there and within, well, I played two league games.

Kevin Blackwell got the sack in my first home game.

Gary Speed come in, tried to change the style of football a little bit.

But I think with the players that Sheffield United had at the club at the time, it just wasn't suited.

But no, no, is the answer.

Yeah, dear Kevin Blackwell, turds can't be polished, unfortunately.

Yeah, no, I've not been asked not to ask certain questions or broach subjects.

I think the only thing I've come up against, we were down at the training ground for an interview with a podcast.

So, you know, sort of going into sort of rehab and not having done it before, it was like a slap in the face and going, well, you know what, you've got to do this because otherwise you're going to keep reoccurring.

And that's where I found it really difficult, because as you touched on, new manager coming in, you want to make an impression, you want to get out on the pitch, and that's what I wanted to do when Kevin Blackwell came in.

And it wasn't all plain sailing with Kevin Blackwell, was it? Definitely wasn't.

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