Oh dear !

[beightonblade]

Well what an absolute crap performance from the Blades against Bury !

Yes only a pre season friendley but absoluteley woefull !

Is F10pp0 back ?

Get ready for some heart ache ! mess it up this season and the Blades are stuffed, whats happening at BDTBL ? :cry2:

 

[TonyAgana]

Repeat prescription time BB.

 

[beightonblade]

Odds on !

VERY VERY concerned we were rubbish and just hear report Cotterill deal dead!

 

[Linz]

Get ready for some heart ache ! mess it up this season and the Blades are stuffed, whats happening at BDTBL ? :cry2:

If they'd spent the tens of millions some people were asking for us to spend, we would be stuffed if we didn't make it this season.

But seeing as we haven't spent big, there's no reason why it won't just start all over again next summer. And go on, and on, and on... until we've spent another 12 years in this division.

Stuffed for some people means spending another season in the first division. That's fine by me, I'd rather us do that than go out of business.

 

[SotonBlade]

Fair point Linz, Although i do think we have a realistic chance this season.

 

[Foxy]

It wasn't particularly great, but i'd hardly say it was woeful.

Like you say, its a pre-season friendly, mainly for fitness and working on ideas/problem areas.

The positive being that despite a "crap performance" and being "woeful" we still won.

 

[SotonBlade]

But then it was Bury!

 

[beightonblade]

Foxy

I hope i am wrong but i think its going to be one long hard season, but yer reight we won.

 

[Foxy]

Foxy

I hope i am wrong but i think its going to be one long hard season, but yer reight we won.

Out of interest, what is that opinion based on?

Is it just last night or have you seen other friendlies too? (not being arsey, just wondering that's all)

 

[beightonblade]

Last night the Blades were bad. First half at Scunny i thought F10pp0 had returned.

The Cotterill saga beggars belief.............mysen i don't rate him but its turned into a joke .............is 'our terry' involved ?

 

[butchaboy]

Cotterill is levels above any other right winger or player who can play right wing at the club

at the end of the day the wanted 2 million, and we offered 1, what the fuck? really, its stupid, a player who came in and helped change the team around, and then you offer half of his evaluation, some may say were not going to be ripped off but then again, i thought ripped of was when you get something not useful or not worth what you paid, cotterill is neither of them, and to say the least i am very ticked off about Blacky ending interest, in one of the best players towards our good run last season

 

[Foxy]

at the end of the day the wanted 2 million, and we offered 1, what the fuck? really, its stupid, a player who came in and helped change the team around, and then you offer half of his evaluation, some may say were not going to be ripped off but then again, i thought ripped of was when you get something not useful or not worth what you paid, cotterill is neither of them, and to say the least i am very ticked off about Blacky ending interest, in one of the best players towards our good run last season

Problem being, we have absolutely no idea what they did actually want... other than it was far in excess of our valuation.

It's also worth pointing out at this stage... there are no direct quotes from Blacky saying he's ended his interest (or not that i've seen anyway), just that its proven difficult.

 

[Sheffield-Bl4de]

LOL, ahhh good to have the old BB back aint it. can't comment unfortunatly, not had the chance to go to pre-seasons, but come on, they're only pre-seasons, I beleive to judge a team properly, you need to see how they perform against teams at the same calibre.

 

[TonyAgana]

Come on statisticians! Where's the breakdown of past pre-season results impacting on campaigns?

 

[MAQ]

Cotterill is levels above any other right winger or player who can play right wing at the club

Couldnt agree more with that comment. Although keef has been a good assett to the club, lets be honest he isnt getting any younger and he isnt showing the same performance as in his intial time.

[quote-butchaboy;126306] really, its stupid, a player who came in and helped change the team around, and then you offer half of his evaluation, some may say were not going to be ripped off but then again, i thought ripped of was when you get something not useful or not worth what you paid, cotterill is neither of them, and to say the least i am very ticked off about Blacky ending interest, in one of the best players towards our good run last season[/quote]

Not so much in agreement with this part of the post. Yes he helped and yes i agree he would be a great addition to the squad. But as mentioned above we dont actually know the ins an out of the offer/discussion and as a result can only speculate that we offered half etc.

As far as blackies ending interest, i dont think he has absolutely ended all interest however the statement that was posted elsewhere on the forum states that they have a vast number of possibles, so hopefully if cotterill isnt on his way, then we have to trust that he and the staff are confident that said players are to the same level or better then what we have and any other players that we are looking at.

So i wouldnt be too hard Butcha

 

[DazBlade88]

I wouldn't have described last night as "woeful". We were poor, and slightly disorganised at times which did frustrate me but this is what pre-season is about.

Find the weaknesses in the team and work on them in training.

Personally, I found one thing woeful last night. Set pieces. They really are awful, we need to get some work on them in training at least 2 hours a day because they're pathetic.

 

[jodman]

Problem being, we have absolutely no idea what they did actually want... other than it was far in excess of our valuation.

It's also worth pointing out at this stage... there are no direct quotes from Blacky saying he's ended his interest (or not that i've seen anyway), just that its proven difficult.

I would imagine that Wigan are asking for much more then the figures being banded about; if we are willing to splash 2 million on Hendo then one would assume we wouldn't hesitate to spend the same amount on a player for a position where our opitions are severly limited.

Perhaps Wigan are asking for add on's if the move is a success.

There is a quote on the star website, in an article about a possible 2 million pound move for Brown, where Blackie says that we are "struggling to get something done" in regards to a deal for Cotterill.

This is by no means a decisive end to out interest but if we were to spend 2 million on brown and not add a winger i would personally be very disappointed.

 

[beightonblade]

LOL, ahhh good to have the old BB back aint it. can't comment unfortunatly, not had the chance to go to pre-seasons, but come on, they're only pre-seasons, I beleive to judge a team properly, you need to see how they perform against teams at the same calibre.

You can LOL all yer want...................
me i'm hoping for the best and fearing the worst.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

One swallow don't make a summer (as the actress said to the bishop, Ooo errr, stop messin' about) and one pre-season poor performance don't make a terrible season!

Tad of an over-reaction I'd say!

 

[beightonblade]

One swallow don't make a summer (as the actress said to the bishop, Ooo errr, stop messin' about) and one pre-season poor performance don't make a terrible season!

Tad of an over-reaction I'd say!

Thats reight............................
but i'd sooner have the Blades tearing teams apart pre-season than what i've seen.
Withot some QUALITY added to the squad pronto mid table at best for the Blades.

 

[Linz]

Come on statisticians! Where's the breakdown of past pre-season results impacting on campaigns?

Wasn't it 100% last pre-season.....?

 

[TonyAgana]

Wasn't it 100% last pre-season.....?

It wouldn't surprise me! That's the point; it matters not.

 

[matth]

I think it was, yeah. We even managed to beat the mighty Nottingham Forest, playing with Horsefield up front.