Matt Done

[JohnDenver]

Ive looked at the table this morning and the goals scored in Sheffield Uniteds column and to say he achieves nothing makes that post look what it is. A load of shit. Wish we could have some wanker who thinks hes good doesn't run around a lot and weighs in with a penalty once a month to drive us on ,someone like Jose Baxter say ? No fucking thank you ,Matt Done will do for me thank you very much.

Leon Clark scored when they were finished ,Done had done his dirty work for him. Not saying Clark wont weigh in too ,but look at the TEAMS scoring record when Done and Clark have played.

Here's the team we put out against Shrewsbury when they tore us apart last year.

25 Long
2 Freeman
6 Basham
15 Collins
3 Harris
22 Reed
11 Baxter
35 Hammond
29 Adams
18 Sammon
10 Sharp

Just as a crude measure of what Wilder has achieved, these are the obvious improvements based on yesterday's XI:

Moore > Long
EEL > Collins
Lafferty > Harris
Fleck > Reed
Coutts > Hammond
Duffy > Adams
Done > Sammon

Wright and Baxter aren't really in comparable positions, but I know who I'd rather have lining up alongside me. No pun intended....

 

[JohnDenver]

There are players I haven't particularly rated over the years I've watched this club, and some I've been quite vocal about.

Not usually on the back of long unbeaten runs whilst the goals are flowing and the football is very watchable.
Sometimes leaving things alone is quite the best option . . .

Nick Mont-gomery, tra-la-la-la-la-la!

 

[sitwell]

Here's the team we put out against Shrewsbury when they tore us apart last year.

25 Long
2 Freeman
6 Basham
15 Collins
3 Harris
22 Reed
11 Baxter
35 Hammond
29 Adams
18 Sammon
10 Sharp

Just as a crude measure of what Wilder has achieved, these are the obvious improvements based on yesterday's XI:

Moore > Long
EEL > Collins
Lafferty > Harris
Fleck > Reed
Coutts > Hammond
Duffy > Adams
Done > Sammon

Wright and Baxter aren't really in comparable positions, but I know who I'd rather have lining up alongside me. No pun intended....

Have a look at the team he put out against Bury away. Useless twat he was Adkins.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Nothing wrong with discussing where we can improve even when we're doing well. I think Done's contribution is underrated by some and the chances he misses can be frustrating. I'd only drop him though IF the replacement offers some of what he does, chasing, pressing, stretching teams to open up the hole for Duffy etc. and also has the technical side that Done is lacking. Long term, I think the positions where we can probably improve are sweeper (Jake Wright has been very good but is not getting any younger and the championship may be a step too far), LWB (Lafferty steady but would be nice to have some pace tearing past players in that position), and Billy's partner. Done is playing his part but if we can find a player who shares his strengths without sharing his weaknesses, it's something to look at.

 

[coaxingstar71]

I make no excuses for the fact that I'm a big Matt Done fan. Ok, he didn't stand out on Sunday and missed a couple, however the first he made the keeper work and the second he made a great run to even be there. I think it's unfair to dismiss him as just 'tries hard' when actually what that means is he 'works damn hard' and I don't see anything wrong with that - and more importantly, obviously the manager doesn't either.

I think he's just been a bit unlucky in front of goal for the last few games, he could have had 2 or 3 against Port Vale and surely he's part of the reason Billy now has 11 (Done with 3 assists to him).

Regardless of what we think, he will play a major part this season and I still think he'll end up with 10-15 goals to his name.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Have a look at the team he put out against Bury away. Useless twat he was Adkins.

I had to look at them for the whole god awful 90 minutes!

 

[DeanLearner'sCat]

Excellent work rate, helps us play the way we want to play, but he can't buy a goal at the moment. Fully fit, Leon probably takes his place.

 

[Grecian2000]

I feel sorry for anyone who can't see room for improvement after any game/race/event.
It is one win against a side bottom of the league.
We have won nothing, it is just one game out of 46. We need to plan for playing better sides, to achieve success.
The same form wont be good enough, against better sides than Chesterfield.
'Continuous improvement' should be surely the aim in any competition.

and I'm certainly not a "don't change a winning team" sort of person if (like in recent seasons) the performances have been continually poor but we've managed to scrape results.
However, this is NOT a run like that.

It ISN'T "one win against the bottom of the league" at all. It's a THREE MONTH unbeaten run, with more or less the same team. A team which has played pretty well in most games.
We haven't won a thing, but we're a fucking sight closer than we were on 20th August when we last lost.
Was the form that took points at both Bradford and Scunthorpe (you know, the two teams above us) good enough?

I certainly believe in continuous improvement, but I believe in "if it ain't broke . . . . ", and it isn't broken now.

 

[PokerBlade]

How come some players get better and better over time in spite of doing nothing and some seem to get worse? Every time I hear Montgomery's name the attitudes are a little more derogatory. In his best years he was a cut above League One.

As for Done, I think his impact is limited when teams build from the back less like Chesterfield did yesterday. When we played MK Dons we were lucky that Scougall came in and did a good job but I did feel we missed him. It's not all as headless chicken as it looks and forcing League One players to rush leads to loose balls that we pick up.

One thing that shouldn't be overlooked is his incredible fitness. It's one thing to chase down defenders in the first half, it's another entirely to be chasing them down at the end of the second like Done can. We're asking him to do a lot of hard work in his current role and there aren't many players that can sustain it.

I also think the goals will come for Done. He's getting on the end of our better crosses and where others have had their shots scuffed in (Scougall's recent goals, Sharp's 2nd vs. Shrews, Freeman's bounce of the shoulder yesterday), his have bobbled the other way. That said, Clarke is the proven goalscorer and would be more reliable than him. But Clarke said in his BladesPlayer interview that he doesn't feel ready for a full 90 minutes just yet and will likely feature as an impact sub, so Done gets a couple more chances to show what he can do.

 

[I should coco]

Something's just occurred to me:

1.Tries hard.
2. Runs around a lot.
3. Bladey favourite thanks to numbers 1 and 2 above.
4. Very little ability (no problem; this is S2).
5. Gets a special job description - don't bother about scoring goals, Mr. Striker.
6. Chases shadows relentlessly but achieves next to nothing.

It's all becoming so clear. Why didn't I think of it before? My Lords, Ladies and Bladey Blades, I give you:

Natt Montdonery

You must be really hating it this season.

A Bladey Blade favourite in charge, a 'bring em back' Bladey Blade as captain and players who want to run around and press for their manager.

It must be great for you to be able to knock Done and brilliant to tie it in with an old nemisis of yours too. Get a double boot in by giving Monty a kicking too, even though he's been minding his business in Oz for 5 years.

If only we'd sack Wilder, appoint Pep and then play tippy tappy. We'd win the league then go to win the Premier, the Champions League and probably the World Cup too.

What did idiots like Clough Snr know when they said 'football is a simple game'. It is not and never has been. Only true metal giants like yourself and a few others can see the REAL picture.

Bladey-Blades the world over, down on your knees and give thanks. We have a true great among us.

 

[Muttley]

We certainly missed Done v MK. There was a huge gap where he normally would have been and we had to change our ways to accomodate it

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

To me, Done's best remit would be as an impact sub.

Run tirelessly at a Defence which has already been running around for an hour or so and more likely to make a mistake.

I think we can have a better Plan A than this.

Given his form and his output I'd be looking to find a place for Chapman right now. Note output vs input. No issue with Done's graft but Chapman is getting goals and assists, Done isn't.

Question is whether Chapman comes in just off Sharp giving us some proper pace and trickery up front or whether he comes in for Duffy.

I'd go with Duffy in the hole given his readiness to take the ball and that even on a bad or indifferent day he does have output e.g. Assist for Sharp yesterday.

You then create a bit of horses for courses with Scougall, Clarke, Done and Duffy all pushing for these slots although Wilder may go to 4-4-2 at times and create another opening.

If Evans becomes available then he and Sharp would be formidable as he's another hard worker.

It's just a question then if you stick with 3-5-2 or you feel you are so strong up top that you want an extra forward thinking player.

Certainly Duffy-Coutts-Fleck-Chapman looks a bright midfield.

I disagree about the super sub, I think he is better softening up the defence before bringing on, say, Clarke against tired legs

 

[Bladesway]

Been today, great performance on the whole, really dominant. One grumble though, as it always seems to be, is Matt Done. He's simply not good enough when playing up front. He misses 3/4 clear chances for every goal he scores and always seems to be offside. Throughout this run other players have chipped in with goals in games he's missed sitters. Hopefully now Clarke's back on the scene Done will be dropped.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Repeat this until you understand that many things go into winning a game of football.

 

[sitwell]

I feel sorry for anyone who can't see room for improvement after any game/race/event.
It is one win against a side bottom of the league.
We have won nothing, it is just one game out of 46. We need to plan for playing better sides, to achieve success.
The same form wont be good enough, against better sides than Chesterfield.
'Continuous improvement' should be surely the aim in any competition.

Hardll a surprise this post ,if you haven't noticed we are unbeaten in 12 ,not one and almost all the others were against the top half of the table. This does suggest that are form is good enough so why change it at the risk of things going wrong ? I would suggest sticking to cricket.

 

[Pinchy]

You must be really hating it this season.

A Bladey Blade favourite in charge, a 'bring em back' Bladey Blade as captain and players who want to run around and press for their manager.

It must be great for you to be able to knock Done and brilliant to tie it in with an old nemisis of yours too. Get a double boot in by giving Monty a kicking too, even though he's been minding his business in Oz for 5 years.

If only we'd sack Wilder, appoint Pep and then play tippy tappy. We'd win the league then go to win the Premier, the Champions League and probably the World Cup too.

What did idiots like Clough Snr know when they said 'football is a simple game'. It is not and never has been. Only true metal giants like yourself and a few others can see the REAL picture.

Bladey-Blades the world over, down on your knees and give thanks. We have a true great among us.

I'm loving it. The good things that are happening have, happily, absolutely nothing to do with Bladey origins and everything to do with ability (always the prime objective), athleticism, purpose and organisation.

Former Bladeyness gives you none of those things of itself. Ask the Chesterfield coach Muckanettles Upanatem Nowt-Fancy... who many of us would undoubtedly bring back despite the complete absence of any sensible reason to do so....

Carry on playing the right way Tufty.

 

[Pinchy]

Hardll a surprise this post ,if you haven't noticed we are unbeaten in 12 ,not one and almost all the others were against the top half of the table. This does suggest that are form is good enough so why change it at the risk of things going wrong ? I would suggest sticking to cricket.

Oi, we don't want him....

Kind regards,

Cricket.
x

 

[Living In a Fantasy World]

Done is a key player, been lacking goals recently yeah but while Sharp scores I don't think he impacts the game as much as Done.

 

[Pinchy]

Done is a key player, been lacking goals recently yeah but while Sharp scores I don't think he impacts the game as much as Done.

Thanks very much for that, Living in a Fantasy World...

 

[Blend-it-like-Harris]

Our time in the wilderness was typified by opposition defenders able to play at least 10 yards further up the pitch than our back four; as a consequence we suffered the embarrassment of watching very ordinary League 1 teams make us look as though we had 9 men to their 11. Truth to tell though with the likes of Hammond and Sammond we did have 9-ish to be honest. The lack of work-ethic and lack of grass covered in 90 minutes football spoke volumes about our plight. All the opposition needed was to be generally younger, fitter, more motivated and better organised - they usually were, and we were screwed.
Matty Done is a very important part of our renewal - defenders are under pressure from him even if he doesn't touch the ball. They have to drop deeper. They have to hoof it out (often for a throw-in to us) rather than pass it comfortably or even move forward and start believing they're talented midfielders (most of 'em started to look like they were last season)!
Do not under-estimate the importance of players like Matty Done.
I've not forgotten our last season in the Prem when our defenders were under constant pressure and didn't have an "out-ball". Say what you like about Danny Webber, but had Warnock played him more (especially away games) I don't think we'd have been relegated.

 

[Captain]

Looked the part when we first signed him, will come good with a bit of luck, part of a good squad Wilders assembled.Plenty of pace and enthusiasm just like Jose Baxter

 

[BushBlade]

No detriment to him as a player, I think he offers a lot to the team and his work rate is brilliant. Just my opinion that if we can get someone in with a similar workrate who can actually finish then we'd be even more comfortable. As for picking faults? more of how we can improve moving forward. Something else I was conversed with was the wingback delivery when they get into open positions unchallenged. When Clarke get back in he won't be scoring many headers if the deliveries don't improve.

The problem is that players with Done's work rate who score lots of goals tend to play at a higher level than L1. We'll do well to find one, although maybe Chapman could be the answer.
Personally I think he'll start scoring again. He's getting into good positions. I think there's probably more to come from all of the players. Wilder's not been here that long yet, they're still learning how to play the way he wants, and how to play together.

 

[blade too long]

dones scored twice as many as marc mcnulty has this season
just saying

 

[Living In a Fantasy World]

Thanks very much for that, Living in a Fantasy World...

hmmm ...... Though out the 90 minutes Done does the harder, grittier work that is undervalued in football, Sharp is a finisher sure but he has plenty of games where he doesn't impact the game at all.

 

[Pinchy]

hmmm ...... Though out the 90 minutes Done does the harder, grittier work that is undervalued in football, Sharp is a finisher sure but he has plenty of games where he doesn't impact the game at all.

Scoring a goal self-evidently impacts on a game. Nothing can equal it, given that it is the very object of the exercise. I cant think of many games, save his early poor form, when Sharp hasn't had such an impact. I entirely disagree about Done. Much of his tireless, committed chasing is futile and his goal-scoring conspicuous by its absence. Scoogs has had twice the 'impact' in half the games.

 

[SwissBlade]

Done isn't a natural striker, he makes a fist of it through sheer work rate. Hassling defenders, drifting into space and confusing his marker(s). The openings that he creates with and without the ball compliments Sharp and Sharp is banging them in at the minute.

He's a difficult player to handle, like Scougal, like Chapman and possibly like Lavery... This is where i see the three of them interchanging, they all seem unorthodox and don't really fit a position in the traditional english league sense, at least. The success of the likes of Done and Scoogs is that because they get in the faces of defenders, chase everything down and positionally make it difficult for them to be marked, they find space more easily... Although they have to work their balls off to get those chances...

 

[Pinchy]

dones scored twice as many as marc mcnulty has this season
just saying

Yes, McNulty is worse than Done. Neither are good enough. Wait 'til one or other of them scores sometime in the next few months, though. They'll be world-beaters....

 

[Davie Blade]

and I'm certainly not a "don't change a winning team" sort of person if (like in recent seasons) the performances have been continually poor but we've managed to scrape results.
However, this is NOT a run like that.

It ISN'T "one win against the bottom of the league" at all. It's a THREE MONTH unbeaten run, with more or less the same team. A team which has played pretty well in most games.
We haven't won a thing, but we're a fucking sight closer than we were on 20th August when we last lost.
Was the form that took points at both Bradford and Scunthorpe (you know, the two teams above us) good enough?

I certainly believe in continuous improvement, but I believe in "if it ain't broke . . . . ", and it isn't broken now.

 

[sheffielder]

Can we forget who is scoring and who is not as it doesn't seem to matter when people are chucking Sharp under the bus.

Done improves the team with the work he does. If you swapped that for Clarke then I doubt you would get the same results week in week out

If it's not broken...

 

[LenTednTony]

All good qualities which I'm not knocking. But I personally prefer my midfielders/attackers who can do that with an element of being able to control, pass and keep possession of the football added in.

I never considered Monty an attacker but more of a spoiler/defensive midfielder. His skills were somewhat limited but the job he was tasked to do, he did well. He was never going to set the world alight and he played in a different formation. He was a good servant for the club but, in all fairness, would probably not get into our current starting eleven for various reasons.

 

[Pinchy]

I never considered Monty an attacker but more of a spoiler/defensive midfielder. His skills were somewhat limited but the job he was tasked to do, he did well. He was never going to set the world alight and he played in a different formation. He was a good servant for the club but, in all fairness, would probably not get into our current starting eleven for various reasons.

Oh, he was a spoiler alright...