boo radley
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less water so it is thicker and a bit tastier.
what a numpty I am!?
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In whose opinion? Not mine. Would you rather have dull, defensive football which results in home defeats by the odd goal on a frequent basis or see United try and play the game in a progressive manner, passing and moving to create chances? Yes, the result says we got panned. But the reasons Speed gave after the game were mitigating factors - the handball was blatant and the referee was looking right at it, so missing it was unacceptable. The goal appeared to be disallowed because a Scunthorpe defender asked nicely. On another day, Ward and Evan's shots would have been a couple of inches inside the post and gone in.
I'm not saying I'm happy with it. I was as pissed off as anyone at 10pm on Tuesday. What I'm not going to do is stop supporting my team and encouraging them every time I go to the Lane.
*one thing though: Simonsen should know when to play a 20 yard pass on the floor (ie when in his area under little or no pressure, with the option available to him) and when to just get rid (ie when he's closer to the halfway line than the goalline and there's no easy pass there).
I'll go with that.
From what I've witnessed so far, Speed appears to be the Ying to Blackwells Yang...
Far from 'a chip off the old block'.
Apologising for what was a freak result and attempting to play a brand of football that has unfortunately been foreign to fans and players for years may have appeased some sections of the crowd but would have made little difference to me.
However I do agree that Yeates has got a bigger role to play.
Whenever he makes an appearance he tends to make things happen around him and his determination can't be faulted.
1st bit i'll agree,
2nd bit Yeates appears a bit hot and cold to me. Ihope he gets consistantly hot.
Five words would have been plenty.
It was a bad result, (0-4 v Sunderland in 1998 wasn't great either). However, it would be more usual for a manager to apologise after a bad performance, which Tuesday wasn't.
Are you hoping that the pie gag will become funny, or is it a device to show you have a sense of humour?
I'll agree with that.
Only zero in your eyes olly
I think your right there Highbury.
Just out of interest Olle, were you there?
Dont think he answered this one?
First thing great post Olle your best for a long time (and don't take that the wrong way). Today was the first chance i,ve had to look at the OS for the "gaffers view" and look at the highlights and thats why i 100% agree, an apology to the fans was a must and i really hope we haven't got another excuses man. I posted in the early hours of wednesday morning half asleep and still shock over a 4-0 defeat at home to scunny (my tip for relegation) stating i didn't 100% blame speed which i don't but his inexperience showed during that game and changes should have been made at HT even though we dominated the bottom line was we were still losing. He didn't change the striking options until the 80th minute (thats blackwell all over). Mark Yeates should have started because i believe we should be more attacking at home, if morgan is the club captain he should start even if it means changing a winning side (rio ferdinand will not sit on the bench for man u when he is fully fit even if they win 5-0 the previous week). Monty the stand in captain gets dragged off which showed faith in his ability, Who took the arm band then i can't remember?. I put in a post when speed was appointed that i hoped that he hadn't learnt everything off blackwell and now i am fearing he has. Saturday will be very interesting and a big test for GS i expect changes but am not sure how many he will make.
Cresswell took arm band
No 4-0 against Sunderland wasn't great but i have a feeling they won the league that year i doubt scunny will win it this.
Not wanting to get into another argument with Olle but i dont agree at all with this. Freak game. Freak result. End of in my eyes.
Difference being, Sunderland played us off the park. Scunthorpe had 3 chances other night. (i don't class the 4th as a chance, more of a gift.) Full marks to them for taking them.
You could be right there matt?
why does he have to apologise?!
I know you're trying hard to be some internet 'character' olle but you need to take off these darkened specs and realise it's going to be a bumpy road.
Anyway, that's me logged out for a couple of weeks - I'm taking my own advice about ignoring negativity for a while, I think some posters are becoming very poor parodies of themselves and it's winding me up.
Think your right there Wards. PLEASE DONT GO.
Do you ever feel like you're unwanted, have no friends, or are you depressed about life?
Then hang yourself, you sad fucker
LOLZ
On a different forum, I may agree with that but not on this one.

I am with you pal, they have let this place go to the dogs. I want to be excited for the future, without being put down for it.
Ollie, I seriously doubt anyone respects you enough to care whether you respect them or not
Now now you may be right but give lad a chance.
Interesting post.
Must admit I was a bit surprised at the extent to which Speedo blamed the ref, especially the bit about expecting refs to help out the home team. I've looked at the handball for the first plenty of times and I honestly don't understand why people are saying it was blatant. If Blackwell had been in charge I'd have been delighted with a 4-0 home loss to Scunthorpe but not now and I totally understand why ref didn't give handball.
I agree about the midfield 3 and I am praying that Monty is dropped on Saturday.
We were very, very unlucky to be behind at half time. No excuse for the second half obviously and I think Speed has acknowledged that Scunny did well and we lost shape etc. I don't think he needs to apologise even if it was one of the worst scorelines in club history in terms of embarresment factor etc. It's up to Speed what happens with the selection on saturday but let's remember that Blackwell has left him with an almost impossible task and in that respect he deserves a very long period of bedding in. I think we'll be in bottom 8 all season from now on but then again I thought we'd lose at Derby so let's hope I'm wrong.
Thank God Blackwell has gone. Good luck Speedo, you'll need it. Up The Blades.
Some good thoughts in here that i didnt consider, thanks for making me think again Mic its what this forum was about.
*reads start*
*reads end*
*imagines what's in the middle*
*ignores as usual*
I did that.
He's had 4 games! 4 games and you're pulling him apart. Good god, give him a chance.
Maybe he wants to be controversial ??????????????
He's got until after the Donny game in Jan, then he'll need a tin hat if there's been ne progress.
Might not need the hat at The Lane as crowd might be the 14K faithfull with red specs on by then.
Seems like he'll never satify at least one of our fans.
What does 'progress' mean now-a-days. I thought it was 'playing attractive football'. Aren't we starting to do that already?
Or does it mean 'playing attractive football on our way to promotion this season'. When did that bit get added on, or are we seeing a shifting of the goal-posts now that there is a danger of getting the thing that 'we'd just be happy if...'?
Good points Dunc. I wish those goalposts had shifted outwards on tuesday.
i'd prefer that to 22000 with nearly half wanting United to fail so they can moan about it say 'told you so' or similar.
UTB Win, Lose or Draw
Its in our heart sensi
Possibly, but with us being on top, it would have seemed likely we would have got back into the game.
Definition of 'change'? He did put Cresswell up top when Yeates came on. But I agree with you that Boggy should have come on earlier/
I'd have also been tempted to bring Quinny on for Ertl.
How attacking do you want to be? Did you not see the blistering start to the game we made?
That's a great way to give players confidence.... 'here lads, have a good game and you'll be dropped'.... btw he was on the bench at Derby, and nothing has been mentioned of that because we won.
You're complaining that changes were left too late, but when GS makes a forward thinking change, he is slagged off for it. Bizarre really
Nice to see you back Robbie.
has anybody seen linz posting round here recently? Can't say i remember a post for a while?
I know foxy doesn't have as much input as he used to. Genuine questions??
(although i do have a theory behind it)
this is the main point about this forum at the moment
thanks matt
I'm really looking forward to goingto the lane on Saturday, how many times could you have said that during Robson's and Blackwell's era?UTB
thats a good point
The OP of that thread is an owl.
One of the people slamming the regime has 'Toronto' in his username, so I think we can safely say he doesn't attend many games.
The other is Torrix, who recently seems to be going through the menopause.
Well, on this occasion, your opinion is erroneous - heres a link to the league table as it stands today....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/table/default.stm
You may be right, however I'm more interested how it is now the worst home result in 25 years now? When less than 24 hours ago, it was the worst home result in 20 years....
Yes and again Robbie Robbie Robbie.
Thing I find funny is some of people that moaned when Blackwell had the reins, that the football was dire 'results don't matter, I want to be entertained' are now complaining that its a result business and that’s all that matters. Asks yourselves truly what would you rather have the long ball, little or no chances, maybe nicking games and dire performances and feeling of nothing when leaving the ground? Or the team we have had over the last two games, creating chances, movement and space and at least (if not always in the best result) keeping us entertained? Because if its the former you have just spent the last couple of years lying to everyone on here and yourself!
Come on get a grip! Get behind Speed and the team! Lets have the support we truly need now for the club trying to change its culture.
Brilliant post