Best defence in the division

[ShockingBadBuy]

Amidst the bedlam of the last two days, and the carnage at Elland Road, it may have quietly slipped under a few radars that we have now conceded fewer goals than anyone else in the whole division.

Middlesbrough shipping one yesterday takes them to 40 conceded as against our 39. The next best, and some distance away, are Dirty Leeds 47, Bristol City 51, and FLDC 52.

Absolutely fecking colossal effort by all responsible, and the unshakable foundation on which this brilliant season was eventually built. UTFMB’s defenders (inc Deano). Magnificent achievement.

 

[DronnieBlade]

Best team. Full stop .

Fingers crossed we prove it next week.

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[Blade56]

Fingers crossed we prove it next week.

After our customary guard of honour

 

[KoppedOff]

Us and boro far out in front, yet not one defender from either of us in the team of the year.


And Poncey Janson is.

 

[Carlton Blade]

Amount of Ale being sunk tonight, we might end up conceding 10 at Stoke

And none if that matters because we are up before the last game

 

[DifferentClass]

The Great Wall of Sheffield.

 

[PokerBlade]

And this is in spite of playing a system in which four of the back five are expected to attack.

I don't say this to be hyperbolic; this is the closest thing to total football you'll ever see from a Sheffield United side.

 

[Punk Blade]

I had noticed that, to add to the other league stats I’ve been trotting out lately (and presumably still hold with the games played since I read them).

Led for most minutes
Trailed for fewest minutes
Most clean sheets
Fewest conceded
McGoldrick most winning goals

And such team efforts, the confidence to attack teams from the start and make it count, defending from the front and winning the ball back high up the pitch, the work rate and tenacity of everyone to press, close down, chase back, cover for your mate, the last ditch blocks from all of the back three and then a fine young goalkeeper providing a reliable last line of defence (remember that ludicrous non-offside decision against Norwich?).

Well done lads.

 

[Echo Blade]

Is there a record number of clean sheets Henderson is going for?
Heard mention of it yesterday but wasn’t sure if it was a club/league record?

 

[blade.i.am]

Last year 62 for 55 against
This year 76 for 39 against
and not lost to anyone below 12th

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

And this is in spite of playing a system in which four of the back five are expected to attack.

I don't say this to be hyperbolic; this is the closest thing to total football you'll ever see from a Sheffield United side.

Or, as they call it on PorkTalk, “play anywhere you want Sunday league football”.

 

[Carlton Blade]

We've conceded 15 goals in the last 25 games. 8 of those in 3 (Norwich, Villa, BC). 15 clean sheets.

 

[Seth Rollins]

Colin Murray said last night 15 clean sheets in the last 21 games. Thats amazing if the stat is correct.

 

[sitwell]

Be interesting how many assists and goals they have also contributed compared to 'Hector hagazzi van Keogh- SteeperMingsjanson' Couldn't make a John Egan out the lot of them. In fact he is better than them even when Stearmanned.

 

[DI36O]

Colin Murray said last night 15 clean sheets in the last 21 games. Thats amazing if the stat is correct.

Just shows we keep on learning and improving and I have no idea where we're going to stop.

 

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

I would love it if we had the best defence in the division, but we'll never attain to that whilst we keep buying & consistently playing second-rate hoofers off Brentford FC

 

[MoSF94]

Colin Murray said last night 15 clean sheets in the last 21 games. Thats amazing if the stat is correct.

Just counted, 15 clean sheets in our last 21 league games it is. That's an unbelievable record

 

[bornablade]

After our customary guard of honour

In the 1970's walking through a guard of honour at Stoke's old Victoria ground was something you wouldn't have looked forward to.

 

[LJBlade]

I had noticed that, to add to the other league stats I’ve been trotting out lately (and presumably still hold with the games played since I read them).

Led for most minutes
Trailed for fewest minutes
Most clean sheets
Fewest conceded
McGoldrick most winning goals

And such team efforts, the confidence to attack teams from the start and make it count, defending from the front and winning the ball back high up the pitch, the work rate and tenacity of everyone to press, close down, chase back, cover for your mate, the last ditch blocks from all of the back three and then a fine young goalkeeper providing a reliable last line of defence (remember that ludicrous non-offside decision against Norwich?).

Well done lads.

Is there a website that has these stats? I’d be interested in looking at it

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Us and boro far out in front, yet not one defender from either of us in the team of the year.


And Poncey Janson is.

Let him have his place in an imaginary team. He's gash, we're going up.

 

[blade67]

Let him have his place in an imaginary team. He's gash, we're going up.

How Jannson is ahead of Egan and JOC is due to some fucking totally fucked up thinking. They are literally miles better than him. He's a Keough at Derby type player.

What on earth were Brentford thinking when they sold us Egan ?

 

[metalblade]

Amazing really watching the highlights from yesterday Baldock and Stevens were the men furthest forward in one attack.

 

[8lade]

So...this Brentford anybody else we need to nick off them?

 

[Buxtonblade]

Is there a record number of clean sheets Henderson is going for?
Heard mention of it yesterday but wasn’t sure if it was a club/league record?

Radio Sheffield said that he had equalled the club record yesterday for the number of league clean sheets in a season. He can break it against Stoke!

 

[JayGreen17]

So...this Brentford anybody else we need to nick off them?

Maupay!

 

[KoppedOff]

So...this Brentford anybody else we need to nick off them?

Romaine Sawyers

 

[Punk Blade]

Is there a website that has these stats? I’d be interested in looking at it

Not one that I know of, I’ll have picked these up from here, BBC, club’s social media mostly.

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

Radio Sheffield said that he had equalled the club record yesterday for the number of league clean sheets in a season. He can break it against Stoke!

He’s made mistakes, like young keepers (all keepers) do. But, by picking out particular saves in individual games, it would be pretty easy to make a case that he’s won us at least the points that have kept us out of the play-offs.

Really good goalies are expensive and hard to find. Wilder’s played a blinder getting two on loan in the last two seasons.

 

[Houston_Blade]

My dad still insists that we can't keep a clean sheet and that's what will cost us . He's held this view for a minimum of the 29 years I've been attending so I don't think 1 season will change his mind!

 

[Fulwood Blade]

There's a reason why the defence is the best in the league THIS season, and the ones that know, know what it is.

CW & AK know as well

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