Rufus Smalls
Active Member
Does this statement define us as a club, or hinder us ?
We’ve heard it from various managers over time, from Basset to Wilder. It’s something we expect as supporters that the 11 on the pitch will spill blood for the club and the fans.
But is it enough to take the club forward from being a lower Prem to Championship club (and lower at times) in thought and development. The thing we ultimately lack is skill on the pitch in order to win matches consistently and that takes vast sums of money.
I guess we are missing the billionaire owner (can Sheffield as a city actually attract such investment) that even clubs like Brighton have attracted and there is now a massive gap between the top half and bottom half of the Premier League. Even VAR has been developed over time to assist the ‘bigger clubs’ or so it appears.
I will always love the Blades as they are in my DNA, it’s just that after 50+ years of following the Blades, I’m getting on a bit of a downer that the club I love will never be able to compete at the highest level and that having an “honest bunch” is the best that I can expect.
UTB !
We’ve heard it from various managers over time, from Basset to Wilder. It’s something we expect as supporters that the 11 on the pitch will spill blood for the club and the fans.
But is it enough to take the club forward from being a lower Prem to Championship club (and lower at times) in thought and development. The thing we ultimately lack is skill on the pitch in order to win matches consistently and that takes vast sums of money.
I guess we are missing the billionaire owner (can Sheffield as a city actually attract such investment) that even clubs like Brighton have attracted and there is now a massive gap between the top half and bottom half of the Premier League. Even VAR has been developed over time to assist the ‘bigger clubs’ or so it appears.
I will always love the Blades as they are in my DNA, it’s just that after 50+ years of following the Blades, I’m getting on a bit of a downer that the club I love will never be able to compete at the highest level and that having an “honest bunch” is the best that I can expect.
UTB !