Trying to avoid the drop this season, hands up (!), ...

[Flying Duck]

... , who'd have thought last summer that the case would actually be even worse. I raise my hand. I felt there was a genuine danger for us to be relegated, so yes, I'm guilty. But did I in any way foresee this what's unravelling before our eyes? Never did. I'm wank at predicting things. That having been said, a "pal of mine" just suggested last summer that we might be in some danger to be relegated this season, and he was called pork and what not on this board. (The Admin didn't mind the personal insults, though - as for why, I can only have my strong suspicions about it.)

Anyways, to be fair and square with you lot, too - the ones who said that we'd end up something like 8th or so: Can you raise your hand and be a man/woman to admit that you were also wrong? I can see some posters in threads, especially the ones touching Wilder's tenure and seeing him as the only possible person on this earth to revive the FC saying that he's the victim of his own success, and it's just some "giddy posters" over here who thought that we might not be miles off the 10th place (for better or for worse). Yet if I haven't been completely deprived of my conginitive facilities, the same posters defending Wilder in everything he does, did, as a rule, actually predict we'll be up there in the upper half of the PL. And called, back then, persons who were more skeptical, still "giddy".

And the thing is, many of you have been spouting out this "CWAK" will be sorting it out soon - next game or so. Then the next one. Then the next one. How about really owning what you've said in the past? How about not labelling supporters not having had - or not doing so at present - the same level of trust you had (never materialized), and many of you still have?

I'm a supporter, and shall remain as one just as sure as I shall keeping on my Blades scarf as I go out of that door of mine. (No biased admin will stop me from doing that.) But I've done with you "holier than thou" -fans who call me pork or what ever, if I dare to spout out my opinion about our possible challenges on the field. Won't call you pork or so, though, as that's daft and childish. I'm off to trying to finish the Christmas Ham. UTB.

 

[Muttley]

Last year my expectations were zero.

This season I hold my hands up. I thought we would be comfortably mid table with brief flirtations to each end of the table.
This, I did not expect, and I am probably as pessimistic about The Blades as anyone.

 

[Stretch]

I'll put my hand up.

I thought we'd be pushing for top 6, simply based on Wilder's track record of learning from past mistakes and continually improving.

I thought the post lockdown form last season was a red herring, due to the unique circumstances and I believed that the players would get used to empty stadiums.

I thought (or at least hoped) that Mousse would get us 15 goals, after a re focus in pre season.

I thought that Berge would become our next Rolls Royce.


Now as badly as I overshot with those predictions, and as much of a twat as they make me look now, I challenge anyone to say that they predicted things would have turned out this badly.

 

[CoatesyBlade]

I never saw this coming. I was almost certain there would be some sort of tactical change from the staff. I believed this cos we’d been innovative and shown improvement every season under CWAK.
This run of form is quite baffling to me and a lot of the supporters. I was thinking we’d finish the season 10-15th. Comfortable! But we’d all accept this as we would’ve seen a transition in play that would help us to push on again the season after.
Unfortunately it’s not worked out like that. Hopefully we can kick on for the remainder of the season!

 

[JJBlade]

Our opening game at Villa after lockdown got me concerned

Our second game at Newcastle made me very worried

The victories over Spurs, Chelsea and Wolves masked it a bit, but the way we finished the season in typical "haven't we done well" fashion has set the tone for this season

 

[LS16Blade]

I predicted that we would be relegated, albeit I expected it to be in 18th spot and close enough to leave us to rue a stitch-up or two by officials, that would ultimately prove decisive.

The post-lockdown performances left me in no doubt that most of the stalwarts of recent seasons, had, after a 3 month break, all ‘hit the wall’ at the same time.

I didn’t foresee that these players would be so far down the other side of the hill, this quickly, though.

 

[Houston_Blade]

I'll put my hand up.

I thought we'd be pushing for top 6, simply based on Wilder's track record of learning from past mistakes and continually improving.

I thought the post lockdown form last season was a red herring, due to the unique circumstances and I believed that the players would get used to empty stadiums.

I thought (or at least hoped) that Mousse would get us 15 goals, after a re focus in pre season.

I thought that Berge would become our next Rolls Royce.


Now as badly as I overshot with those predictions, and as much of a twat as they make me look now, I challenge anyone to say that they predicted things would have turned out this badly.

I predicted 15th. I thought we’d struggle but thought we’d still remember how to actually play football.

 

[HillmortonBlade]

I always believe Wilder learns and adapts.. it’s wearing thin.
But hope springs eternal

 

[Roygbiv]

I went 15th. Thought we would be around the bottom 3 but would be defensively better than the others down there and survive.

I was concerned by Stevens and Norwood due to their performances post lockdown but I never thought Fleck would or even could be as terrible as he has been. I thought we'd bring a midfielder too in place of Lundstram and obviously had no idea JOC would be out. Up front I thought we would struggle.

I started having doubts when only Ramsdale out of our new signings started in our first game but expected a few more signings to come in. Instead we spent £23m on Brewster and that was it.

 

[BushBlade]

Clearly useless now though.

 

[wak1889]

... , who'd have thought last summer that the case would actually be even worse. I raise my hand. I felt there was a genuine danger for us to be relegated, so yes, I'm guilty. But did I in any way foresee this what's unravelling before our eyes? Never did. I'm wank at predicting things. That having been said, a "pal of mine" just suggested last summer that we might be in some danger to be relegated this season, and he was called pork and what not on this board. (The Admin didn't mind the personal insults, though - as for why, I can only have my strong suspicions about it.)

Anyways, to be fair and square with you lot, too - the ones who said that we'd end up something like 8th or so: Can you raise your hand and be a man/woman to admit that you were also wrong? I can see some posters in threads, especially the ones touching Wilder's tenure and seeing him as the only possible person on this earth to revive the FC saying that he's the victim of his own success, and it's just some "giddy posters" over here who thought that we might not be miles off the 10th place (for better or for worse). Yet if I haven't been completely deprived of my conginitive facilities, the same posters defending Wilder in everything he does, did, as a rule, actually predict we'll be up there in the upper half of the PL. And called, back then, persons who were more skeptical, still "giddy".

And the thing is, many of you have been spouting out this "CWAK" will be sorting it out soon - next game or so. Then the next one. Then the next one. How about really owning what you've said in the past? How about not labelling supporters not having had - or not doing so at present - the same level of trust you had (never materialized), and many of you still have?

I'm a supporter, and shall remain as one just as sure as I shall keeping on my Blades scarf as I go out of that door of mine. (No biased admin will stop me from doing that.) But I've done with you "holier than thou" -fans who call me pork or what ever, if I dare to spout out my opinion about our possible challenges on the field. Won't call you pork or so, though, as that's daft and childish. I'm off to trying to finish the Christmas Ham. UTB.

I said it back in July mate, said I was worried about lack of creativity, lack of pace, lack of genuine goalscorer, got smart arse comments like "it's a wonder u leave the house with all that worry" also was called pork, pig told to go back on my own forums, it's amazing what people who watch games without rose/blades tinted glasses can see, makes me wonder why it's taken some fans 13-14 games this season to see what I saw back end of last season

 

[hidesbehindapseudonym]

I said it back in July mate, said I was worried about lack of creativity, lack of pace, lack of genuine goalscorer, got smart arse comments like "it's a wonder u leave the house with all that worry" also was called pork, pig told to go back on my own forums, it's amazing what people who watch games without rose/blades tinted glasses can see, makes me wonder why it's taken some fans 13-14 games this season to see what I saw back end of last season

We aren't all psychedelic