My final take ...

[Blade59]

Excellent take and sums it up well. Always enjoy yours and Deadbats report. We all see things slightly differently but most of the time have to say the pair of you are usualy spot on. We all dust ourselves down now and wait to see where we go next season and good luck to Huddersfiled next week.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Can you just imagine……??

Cheers pommpey
Pathos, egos & logos - superb.

First fishing match of the season - River Trent near Cromwell.

Got to the bank side around 5am, realised I’d got peg number 13 which isn’t the best (like a Norwood corner) but hey-ho you have to go with it.

Well, them fish were a fucking pain. Swimming about aimlessly and not biting at all first half an hour. It was like watching John Fleck at his worst. So, I changed my bait from maggots to squid (you can probably tell I’m no fisherman) and hey presto - 3 in ten minutes ! Why they can’t start biting from the off ,I’ve no fucking idea ! It’s as if the fish have had no direction or swimming as a team ( I blame Hecky for this !) Towards the end of the match I was 2 fish down so I brought on my substitute roach pole ( Billy Sharp) and got stuck in ! From then on it was pure class - pulling out fish every 5 minutes, pure quality, like watching Sander glide past opponents to set up MGW and Ndiaye for the winning goals.

At the final weigh-in I realised I’d turned around a half time deficit to pull the match out of the bag (a la QPR away) Pure brilliance on my part !!

Anyway, ratings :

Coach Trip, 7 - turned up on time, plenty of beer on board. No problems (very Wes esq)

Weather Conditions, 5 - Started off dry, but you just know it would rain at some point, and it did

Location, 1 - As it was the River Trent I can’t help thinking of those scummy,scab Forest fans.

Peg, 3 - On a bend covered by overhanging trees. Not good - like a Robbo back pass !

River Flow, 4 - What is it with the flow on the River Trent ??. It’s either too fast or too slow. It’s as if I was watching an Ollie free kick !

Fish, 9 - They are slippery cunning little buggers, remind me of MGW. Anyway I bagged plenty and the keep net was bulging at the end of the day.

Opponents, 0 - I can’t stand fellow fishermen with better, more sophisticated equipment than I have. I mean, a bite fucking detector! They should be banned as it’s not proper fishing.

Winning the Trophy, 10 - Even under severe pressure, having the worst peg and inadequate fishing gear, I ( the great Pommps) came through and scored a remarkable victory !

Got to dash now, got a gig backing a Wishbone Ash tribute band in Plymouth - love you all !!

Pommpey.

 

[Crafty Blade]

Cheers Pommps. Excellent and much appreciated contributions all season

 

[pommpey]

First fishing match of the season - River Trent near Cromwell.

Got to the bank side around 5am, realised I’d got peg number 13 which isn’t the best (like a Norwood corner) but hey-ho you have to go with it.

Well, them fish were a fucking pain. Swimming about aimlessly and not biting at all first half an hour. It was like watching John Fleck at his worst. So, I changed my bait from maggots to squid (you can probably tell I’m no fisherman) and hey presto - 3 in ten minutes ! Why they can’t start biting from the off ,I’ve no fucking idea ! It’s as if the fish have had no direction or swimming as a team ( I blame Hecky for this !) Towards the end of the match I was 2 fish down so I brought on my substitute roach pole ( Billy Sharp) and got stuck in ! From then on it was pure class - pulling out fish every 5 minutes, pure quality, like watching Sander glide past opponents to set up MGW and Ndiaye for the winning goals.

At the final weigh-in I realised I’d turned around a half time deficit to pull the match out of the bag (a la QPR away) Pure brilliance on my part !!

Anyway, ratings :

Coach Trip, 7 - turned up on time, plenty of beer on board. No problems (very Wes esq)

Weather Conditions, 5 - Started off dry, but you just know it would rain at some point, and it did

Location, 1 - As it was the River Trent I can’t help thinking of those scummy,scab Forest fans.

Peg, 3 - On a bend covered by overhanging trees. Not good - like a Robbo back pass !

River Flow, 4 - What is it with the flow on the River Trent ??. It’s either too fast or too slow. It’s as if I was watching an Ollie free kick !

Fish, 9 - They are slippery cunning little buggers, remind me of MGW. Anyway I bagged plenty and the keep net was bulging at the end of the day.

Opponents, 0 - I can’t stand fellow fishermen with better, more sophisticated equipment than I have. I mean, a bite fucking detector! They should be banned as it’s not proper fishing.

Winning the Trophy, 10 - Even under severe pressure, having the worst peg and inadequate fishing gear, I ( the great Pommps) came through and scored a remarkable victory !

Got to dash now, got a gig backing a Wishbone Ash tribute band in Plymouth - love you all !!

Pommpey.

Don't know what fishing match you were at mate but that's bollocks!



pommpey

 

[Davalon]

Really proud of them all last night.

Only disappointment is that we had the best opportunities to win it.

Reality is already starting to kick in with me however.

Going to be difficult to replicate next season with budget constraints and the inevitable departures.

Just got to hope that Bogle and Brewster come back really at it and Hecky manages a couple of special loans in the MGW mould.

 

[Rocketmark66]

Great read as always Pommpey, hope you have a stress free close season.
Looking forward to reading more of you're experienced knowledge and insight on the World War 111 thread.

 

[Snowflake]

Well, the fat lady has sung. I challenge any Blade however to say we went out with a whimper. That was some fucking football match and no one deserves any less than ten out of ten, so I'm not even gonna start marking them. It is however 'all over'. This season which started with trepidation, a new manager with pedigree and all of us crossing our fingers and toes gave us a disappointing, frustrating start, a continuation of poor form and a wonder if we'd even make the playoffs, never mind go straight back up in the autos, which is what was universally predicted and demanded. Instead, our fellow relegatee took the crown and the other one faded and died and we were left with an initially unwanted manager and a set of players who could seemingly play only one way - a losing way at that - to dig out some face saving results.

Saturday showed the worst of us under pressure. We'd seen it so many times in the past as United fail to capitalise on the big moment in front of a big crowd to get the big result. But Forest are a good side when they want to be so tonight's result should have been somewhat a formality. Hecky chose not to change things - really his hands are tied on that given the injuries - save for ditching Enda who was turned over by Spence and installing Baldock for extra grit vice Osborn.

United started well - we usually do - and the attacking was fluid and well thought out especially when MGW found Ndaiye on the break and his shot from ten yards was blocked by an outstretched Samba limb. More of that shit later. But it came as no great shock that for all our endeavour, we'd have a ball pumped forward past Basham to Surridge end Egan is dragged across leaving Johnson way ahead of Robinson to slide past Fodders. Our game began to fall apart then badly and we looked and felt thoroughly beaten. I couldn't see any way ahead as Forest started to sit back and put passes together, not really threatening, but denying us any chance of attack. Norwood and Fleck started to flag and the wingbacks were pegged behind the halfway line. We couldn't string passes together and any set play was overhit or mopped up. If the ref had blown up then and sued for peace, we should have taken it.

No idea what happened to the players in the dressing room after that. We saw it at QPR though - suddenly we are ready to eat our own fucking guts and ask for seconds. For ten minutes, the Forest goal looked like the fucking Alamo. Not only did Forest players look battered, but their shitty fans stopped clapping and they too shut the fuck up. Even more so when a neat combo ending in Berge mazing past players in their box to square for MGW to slot in another crucial goal for us. Hope in the hearts of every Blade sprung up. They brought Davis on to obviously put us on the back foot but no - two minutes later Baldock - who like RND had been a fucking nightmare in the second period for the Forest backline - breaks through and the ball is in again, this time off our centre forward John Fleck.

We still attacked and went at them. Great chances and balls across the box went unanswered of Samba again stuck limbs out to block

With the previously noisy Forest fans looking now more like our fans do with thought bubbles coming off their heads which said 'We're gonna fuck this up, aren't we?' we moved into extra time and the tie became more like two heavyweights thumping punches against the forearms of their opponents on the ropes. Then from a valley of hope came the burning hell of penalites. We all knew which way it was going, didn't we? Samba and his limbs again.

I can't criticise any player tonight. They failed to get us to the final but they got us into the playoffs and fought like fucking Ukrainian infantry when the front line was breached. Forest are lucky they got through and given their fucking despicable fans and the assault on our club captain I truly hope they get fucking whupped by Huddersfield at Wembley on Sunday. The 'fan' in question looks to be one of those typical drunkard, white trash fat cunt you habitually see on all football terraces and you loathe because they typify and qualify every criticism at our game and it's supporters. I hope he is found, tried and fucking jailed and he never sees the inside of a football stadium again. I also hope that any further police investigation finds child porn on his devices and he gets a further sentence and dealt with inside. I also hope Forest are dealt with as a club also.

Anyway:

Foderingham - there when he needed to be. No mistakes. No chance with the goal and penalties is simply a game of chance, as we have seen
Baldock - incredible game for him, especially in the second half where he was a fucking right pain int the arse for the Forest defence
Basham - another noteworthy outing with him opening his chest and baring his heart for the club
Egan - save for one solitary wobble, the performance of a lion
Robinson - our surprise package for this year and streets ahead of Goode and Davies or anyone else. Battled for the badge
RND - dealt with Spence so much better than Enda did. Again, in the second half, causing Forest a load of problems they didn't need
Norwood - great game. Involved, tackled and played some good passes in the second half. Poor penalty, but the keeper guessed right
Fleck - great to see him on the scoresheet. First half Jimmy, second half Johnny
Berge - the beating heart of the team, especially in the second half. Deserved a goal and took his pen well
Ndaiye - maybe guilty of not being clinical, but Samba just did what a goalkeeper should do and stuck out a part of his body. If that were Fodders, we'd be jizzing in our socks over it Put his pen away well
MGW - head and shoulders the reason we are in the playoffs and why we almost touched Wembley. Sad about his penalty, but again Samba guessed correctly. If we fail to get him next season, we will fucking struggle to match his brilliance

Hourihane - got into some decent positions and made the difference as Fleck was tiring and needed to be replaced. Very unlucky with his pen
Osborn - Not a true replacement for the struggling Baldock but grafted hard to make up for that

The incidents at the match - Sharp's assault I have already mentioned but Hecky's shithousing of Spence was a bit distasteful. It got him a booking (and Fleck) and didn't add to our game capability, just raised the noise level somewhat.

Ref was good to be honest, and well done the away fans - at 3-3, those fuckers were silent and you could hear us in full song.

Onwards and upwards now. gather ourselves, cull the straphangers and buy MGW and make the challenge for automatics next season.

Thanks to all for your support, kind words, unkind words and structured argument. Thanks also to those who shithouse My takes as a habit for staying away or getting yourselves banned by Foxy and Linz.

And finally a quiet thought for those who started this season who didn't finish it from these boards and the terraces and online contingent. We tried, and we failed, but we did our best all in your memory.

pommpey

Thank you for your “takes” all season.
I often don’t agree with you, but always enjoy reading them.
Enjoy your summer and get ready for the first “ take” of season 2023/24 when we beat Man City in the opening match !

 

[PaulHalfway]

Great reports all season, number 9 failure, we are consistent if nothing else, at least last night we went close and gave it a right go

 

[Sheffsteel]

Glad you wrote that about Robinson Pommpey, I too have been a huge critic of his during his time at United, but the last few months he has been brilliant, he has won me over much like Lee Sandford and Paul Coutts did. On to August.....UTB

Pleased you mentioned this.....I'm exactly the same.
Just shows how you should never judge a player on their first games.

Robinson has done a bit of a Chris Basham.....he plays like he genuinely cares for this club and his ability has gone up too....scores a few goals too.
All the ingredients for there for him to become a fan favourite.

 

[Alan Birchenall's hair]

First fishing match of the season - River Trent near Cromwell.

Got to the bank side around 5am, realised I’d got peg number 13 which isn’t the best (like a Norwood corner) but hey-ho you have to go with it.

Well, them fish were a fucking pain. Swimming about aimlessly and not biting at all first half an hour. It was like watching John Fleck at his worst. So, I changed my bait from maggots to squid (you can probably tell I’m no fisherman) and hey presto - 3 in ten minutes ! Why they can’t start biting from the off ,I’ve no fucking idea ! It’s as if the fish have had no direction or swimming as a team ( I blame Hecky for this !) Towards the end of the match I was 2 fish down so I brought on my substitute roach pole ( Billy Sharp) and got stuck in ! From then on it was pure class - pulling out fish every 5 minutes, pure quality, like watching Sander glide past opponents to set up MGW and Ndiaye for the winning goals.

At the final weigh-in I realised I’d turned around a half time deficit to pull the match out of the bag (a la QPR away) Pure brilliance on my part !!

Anyway, ratings :

Coach Trip, 7 - turned up on time, plenty of beer on board. No problems (very Wes esq)

Weather Conditions, 5 - Started off dry, but you just know it would rain at some point, and it did

Location, 1 - As it was the River Trent I can’t help thinking of those scummy,scab Forest fans.

Peg, 3 - On a bend covered by overhanging trees. Not good - like a Robbo back pass !

River Flow, 4 - What is it with the flow on the River Trent ??. It’s either too fast or too slow. It’s as if I was watching an Ollie free kick !

Fish, 9 - They are slippery cunning little buggers, remind me of MGW. Anyway I bagged plenty and the keep net was bulging at the end of the day.

Opponents, 0 - I can’t stand fellow fishermen with better, more sophisticated equipment than I have. I mean, a bite fucking detector! They should be banned as it’s not proper fishing.

Winning the Trophy, 10 - Even under severe pressure, having the worst peg and inadequate fishing gear, I ( the great Pommps) came through and scored a remarkable victory !

Got to dash now, got a gig backing a Wishbone Ash tribute band in Plymouth - love you all !!

Pommpey.

Waited years for someone to mention the magnificent Wishbone Ash on one of these threads, and it's done in the context of a satirical pastiche. Bastard. Anyhow, I'm off to listen to my vinyl copy of Argus bought from Violet May's in 1972 with money from my Satdi job. I know when all the scratches are about to come on. How fuckin' sad. Now where's my Afghan coat....?

 

[MagnifiqueShorehamStreet]

Your take on the Blades is much better than your attention seeking, self indulgent,drivel on politics.
Stick to football, and find some real friends this summer.

 

[pommpey]

Your take on the Blades is much better than your attention seeking, self indulgent,drivel on politics.
Stick to football, and find some real friends this summer.

Go fuck yourself

There. I said it.

pommpey

 

[MagnifiqueShorehamStreet]

If you can’t take it, you shouldn’t give it, Pompous old boy.
Have a lovely summer.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Waited years for someone to mention the magnificent Wishbone Ash on one of these threads, and it's done in the context of a satirical pastiche. Bastard. Anyhow, I'm off to listen to my vinyl copy of Argus bought from Violet May's in 1972 with money from my Satdi job. I know when all the scratches are about to come on. How fuckin' sad. Now where's my Afghan coat....?

Argus is indeed a fantastic album ! I do think I got my vinyl copy from Violet May’s.

In all the years I’ve listened to Wishbone Ash I only saw them once on the Just Testing tour at the City Hall. I didn’t get into them while later in their existence as I was too busy thrashing about to Sabbath and Lizzy !

 

[pommpey]

If you can’t take it, you shouldn’t give it, Pompous old boy.
Have a lovely summer.

Yawn.

Papers delivered yet?

pommpey

 

[Espania blade]

Fantastic effort Pommp's, been a brilliant read all season, along with DB.

Anyways, who'd have thought we would get to the play offs when Hecky took over, he's been an inspired appointment, well done to the Prince.

Can't agree with your ratings for last night though, I know none off them deserve criticism but lets be honest, Norwood was better than Saturday but still he was dreadful along with Fleck, despite his goal.
Egan was easily our MoM, you could see how bad he wanted it.

So it's on to next season - I think it might be a very interesting summer to keep us all occupied on all sorts of different levels.

Have a great summer everybody, see you in a few months.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Already looking forward to more bumhole and jism based analogies* next season!

*see what I did there?

 

[RammyBlade]

Well done Pompey -always enjoy your witty repartee - love the bit about finding child porn images on the computer of the twat who decked Billy !!

 

[SUFC Guy]

Well, the fat lady has sung. I challenge any Blade however to say we went out with a whimper. That was some fucking football match and no one deserves any less than ten out of ten, so I'm not even gonna start marking them. It is however 'all over'. This season which started with trepidation, a new manager with pedigree and all of us crossing our fingers and toes gave us a disappointing, frustrating start, a continuation of poor form and a wonder if we'd even make the playoffs, never mind go straight back up in the autos, which is what was universally predicted and demanded. Instead, our fellow relegatee took the crown and the other one faded and died and we were left with an initially unwanted manager and a set of players who could seemingly play only one way - a losing way at that - to dig out some face saving results.

Saturday showed the worst of us under pressure. We'd seen it so many times in the past as United fail to capitalise on the big moment in front of a big crowd to get the big result. But Forest are a good side when they want to be so tonight's result should have been somewhat a formality. Hecky chose not to change things - really his hands are tied on that given the injuries - save for ditching Enda who was turned over by Spence and installing Baldock for extra grit vice Osborn.

United started well - we usually do - and the attacking was fluid and well thought out especially when MGW found Ndaiye on the break and his shot from ten yards was blocked by an outstretched Samba limb. More of that shit later. But it came as no great shock that for all our endeavour, we'd have a ball pumped forward past Basham to Surridge end Egan is dragged across leaving Johnson way ahead of Robinson to slide past Fodders. Our game began to fall apart then badly and we looked and felt thoroughly beaten. I couldn't see any way ahead as Forest started to sit back and put passes together, not really threatening, but denying us any chance of attack. Norwood and Fleck started to flag and the wingbacks were pegged behind the halfway line. We couldn't string passes together and any set play was overhit or mopped up. If the ref had blown up then and sued for peace, we should have taken it.

No idea what happened to the players in the dressing room after that. We saw it at QPR though - suddenly we are ready to eat our own fucking guts and ask for seconds. For ten minutes, the Forest goal looked like the fucking Alamo. Not only did Forest players look battered, but their shitty fans stopped clapping and they too shut the fuck up. Even more so when a neat combo ending in Berge mazing past players in their box to square for MGW to slot in another crucial goal for us. Hope in the hearts of every Blade sprung up. They brought Davis on to obviously put us on the back foot but no - two minutes later Baldock - who like RND had been a fucking nightmare in the second period for the Forest backline - breaks through and the ball is in again, this time off our centre forward John Fleck.

We still attacked and went at them. Great chances and balls across the box went unanswered of Samba again stuck limbs out to block

With the previously noisy Forest fans looking now more like our fans do with thought bubbles coming off their heads which said 'We're gonna fuck this up, aren't we?' we moved into extra time and the tie became more like two heavyweights thumping punches against the forearms of their opponents on the ropes. Then from a valley of hope came the burning hell of penalites. We all knew which way it was going, didn't we? Samba and his limbs again.

I can't criticise any player tonight. They failed to get us to the final but they got us into the playoffs and fought like fucking Ukrainian infantry when the front line was breached. Forest are lucky they got through and given their fucking despicable fans and the assault on our club captain I truly hope they get fucking whupped by Huddersfield at Wembley on Sunday. The 'fan' in question looks to be one of those typical drunkard, white trash fat cunt you habitually see on all football terraces and you loathe because they typify and qualify every criticism at our game and it's supporters. I hope he is found, tried and fucking jailed and he never sees the inside of a football stadium again. I also hope that any further police investigation finds child porn on his devices and he gets a further sentence and dealt with inside. I also hope Forest are dealt with as a club also.

Anyway:

Foderingham - there when he needed to be. No mistakes. No chance with the goal and penalties is simply a game of chance, as we have seen
Baldock - incredible game for him, especially in the second half where he was a fucking right pain int the arse for the Forest defence
Basham - another noteworthy outing with him opening his chest and baring his heart for the club
Egan - save for one solitary wobble, the performance of a lion
Robinson - our surprise package for this year and streets ahead of Goode and Davies or anyone else. Battled for the badge
RND - dealt with Spence so much better than Enda did. Again, in the second half, causing Forest a load of problems they didn't need
Norwood - great game. Involved, tackled and played some good passes in the second half. Poor penalty, but the keeper guessed right
Fleck - great to see him on the scoresheet. First half Jimmy, second half Johnny
Berge - the beating heart of the team, especially in the second half. Deserved a goal and took his pen well
Ndaiye - maybe guilty of not being clinical, but Samba just did what a goalkeeper should do and stuck out a part of his body. If that were Fodders, we'd be jizzing in our socks over it Put his pen away well
MGW - head and shoulders the reason we are in the playoffs and why we almost touched Wembley. Sad about his penalty, but again Samba guessed correctly. If we fail to get him next season, we will fucking struggle to match his brilliance

Hourihane - got into some decent positions and made the difference as Fleck was tiring and needed to be replaced. Very unlucky with his pen
Osborn - Not a true replacement for the struggling Baldock but grafted hard to make up for that

The incidents at the match - Sharp's assault I have already mentioned but Hecky's shithousing of Spence was a bit distasteful. It got him a booking (and Fleck) and didn't add to our game capability, just raised the noise level somewhat.

Ref was good to be honest, and well done the away fans - at 3-3, those fuckers were silent and you could hear us in full song.

Onwards and upwards now. gather ourselves, cull the straphangers and buy MGW and make the challenge for automatics next season.

Thanks to all for your support, kind words, unkind words and structured argument. Thanks also to those who shithouse My takes as a habit for staying away or getting yourselves banned by Foxy and Linz.

And finally a quiet thought for those who started this season who didn't finish it from these boards and the terraces and online contingent. We tried, and we failed, but we did our best all in your memory.

pommpey

Simply an awesome report.

Thanks as always Pomps

 

[Harry's Game]

The first half I thought despite being the best side there looked a lack of belief.. Second half however the performance of 11 lion hearts who really deserved to go through to Wembley.

If this was the last stand for the generation of players that came with us through the Wilder years and now under Hecky they did themselves proud.

The Covid season apart it’s been a great ride.

 

[Steelcitysenior]

Well, the fat lady has sung. I challenge any Blade however to say we went out with a whimper. That was some fucking football match and no one deserves any less than ten out of ten, so I'm not even gonna start marking them. It is however 'all over'. This season which started with trepidation, a new manager with pedigree and all of us crossing our fingers and toes gave us a disappointing, frustrating start, a continuation of poor form and a wonder if we'd even make the playoffs, never mind go straight back up in the autos, which is what was universally predicted and demanded. Instead, our fellow relegatee took the crown and the other one faded and died and we were left with an initially unwanted manager and a set of players who could seemingly play only one way - a losing way at that - to dig out some face saving results.

Saturday showed the worst of us under pressure. We'd seen it so many times in the past as United fail to capitalise on the big moment in front of a big crowd to get the big result. But Forest are a good side when they want to be so tonight's result should have been somewhat a formality. Hecky chose not to change things - really his hands are tied on that given the injuries - save for ditching Enda who was turned over by Spence and installing Baldock for extra grit vice Osborn.

United started well - we usually do - and the attacking was fluid and well thought out especially when MGW found Ndaiye on the break and his shot from ten yards was blocked by an outstretched Samba limb. More of that shit later. But it came as no great shock that for all our endeavour, we'd have a ball pumped forward past Basham to Surridge end Egan is dragged across leaving Johnson way ahead of Robinson to slide past Fodders. Our game began to fall apart then badly and we looked and felt thoroughly beaten. I couldn't see any way ahead as Forest started to sit back and put passes together, not really threatening, but denying us any chance of attack. Norwood and Fleck started to flag and the wingbacks were pegged behind the halfway line. We couldn't string passes together and any set play was overhit or mopped up. If the ref had blown up then and sued for peace, we should have taken it.

No idea what happened to the players in the dressing room after that. We saw it at QPR though - suddenly we are ready to eat our own fucking guts and ask for seconds. For ten minutes, the Forest goal looked like the fucking Alamo. Not only did Forest players look battered, but their shitty fans stopped clapping and they too shut the fuck up. Even more so when a neat combo ending in Berge mazing past players in their box to square for MGW to slot in another crucial goal for us. Hope in the hearts of every Blade sprung up. They brought Davis on to obviously put us on the back foot but no - two minutes later Baldock - who like RND had been a fucking nightmare in the second period for the Forest backline - breaks through and the ball is in again, this time off our centre forward John Fleck.

We still attacked and went at them. Great chances and balls across the box went unanswered of Samba again stuck limbs out to block

With the previously noisy Forest fans looking now more like our fans do with thought bubbles coming off their heads which said 'We're gonna fuck this up, aren't we?' we moved into extra time and the tie became more like two heavyweights thumping punches against the forearms of their opponents on the ropes. Then from a valley of hope came the burning hell of penalites. We all knew which way it was going, didn't we? Samba and his limbs again.

I can't criticise any player tonight. They failed to get us to the final but they got us into the playoffs and fought like fucking Ukrainian infantry when the front line was breached. Forest are lucky they got through and given their fucking despicable fans and the assault on our club captain I truly hope they get fucking whupped by Huddersfield at Wembley on Sunday. The 'fan' in question looks to be one of those typical drunkard, white trash fat cunt you habitually see on all football terraces and you loathe because they typify and qualify every criticism at our game and it's supporters. I hope he is found, tried and fucking jailed and he never sees the inside of a football stadium again. I also hope that any further police investigation finds child porn on his devices and he gets a further sentence and dealt with inside. I also hope Forest are dealt with as a club also.

Anyway:

Foderingham - there when he needed to be. No mistakes. No chance with the goal and penalties is simply a game of chance, as we have seen
Baldock - incredible game for him, especially in the second half where he was a fucking right pain int the arse for the Forest defence
Basham - another noteworthy outing with him opening his chest and baring his heart for the club
Egan - save for one solitary wobble, the performance of a lion
Robinson - our surprise package for this year and streets ahead of Goode and Davies or anyone else. Battled for the badge
RND - dealt with Spence so much better than Enda did. Again, in the second half, causing Forest a load of problems they didn't need
Norwood - great game. Involved, tackled and played some good passes in the second half. Poor penalty, but the keeper guessed right
Fleck - great to see him on the scoresheet. First half Jimmy, second half Johnny
Berge - the beating heart of the team, especially in the second half. Deserved a goal and took his pen well
Ndaiye - maybe guilty of not being clinical, but Samba just did what a goalkeeper should do and stuck out a part of his body. If that were Fodders, we'd be jizzing in our socks over it Put his pen away well
MGW - head and shoulders the reason we are in the playoffs and why we almost touched Wembley. Sad about his penalty, but again Samba guessed correctly. If we fail to get him next season, we will fucking struggle to match his brilliance

Hourihane - got into some decent positions and made the difference as Fleck was tiring and needed to be replaced. Very unlucky with his pen
Osborn - Not a true replacement for the struggling Baldock but grafted hard to make up for that

The incidents at the match - Sharp's assault I have already mentioned but Hecky's shithousing of Spence was a bit distasteful. It got him a booking (and Fleck) and didn't add to our game capability, just raised the noise level somewhat.

Ref was good to be honest, and well done the away fans - at 3-3, those fuckers were silent and you could hear us in full song.

Onwards and upwards now. gather ourselves, cull the straphangers and buy MGW and make the challenge for automatics next season.

Thanks to all for your support, kind words, unkind words and structured argument. Thanks also to those who shithouse My takes as a habit for staying away or getting yourselves banned by Foxy and Linz.

And finally a quiet thought for those who started this season who didn't finish it from these boards and the terraces and online contingent. We tried, and we failed, but we did our best all in your memory.

pommpey

Loved the right ups all season. This one absolutely spot on. Just had a call from a Florest fan asking if I was alright this morning.
Course I feckin am, I'm a Blade. UTB .

 

[Alan Birchenall's hair]

Argus is indeed a fantastic album ! I do think I got my vinyl copy from Violet May’s.

In all the years I’ve listened to Wishbone Ash I only saw them once on the Just Testing tour at the City Hall. I didn’t get into them while later in their existence as I was too busy thrashing about to Sabbath and Lizzy !

On a tour, Wishbone Ash would usually play 2 nights in a row at the City Hall in the 1970s as they were uncommonly popular in Sheffield. They still tour with only Andy Powell left, but can be seen at smaller venues regularly. I've seen them a few times at the Holmfirth Picture Drome which is local to me. And they're playing there again on November 5th. Worth a trip just for old time's sake surely.....?

 

[Varkanoid]

Thanks Pommpey, excellent as ever.
Look forward to what next season brings.
Injured back be like signing new players
The Championship is so rubbish we should be up in automatic spots surely despite those who come down or go up from below.
Onwards and upwards.

We couldnt afford the PL anyway despite the cash injection.

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

Well, the fat lady has sung. I challenge any Blade however to say we went out with a whimper. That was some fucking football match and no one deserves any less than ten out of ten, so I'm not even gonna start marking them. It is however 'all over'. This season which started with trepidation, a new manager with pedigree and all of us crossing our fingers and toes gave us a disappointing, frustrating start, a continuation of poor form and a wonder if we'd even make the playoffs, never mind go straight back up in the autos, which is what was universally predicted and demanded. Instead, our fellow relegatee took the crown and the other one faded and died and we were left with an initially unwanted manager and a set of players who could seemingly play only one way - a losing way at that - to dig out some face saving results.

Saturday showed the worst of us under pressure. We'd seen it so many times in the past as United fail to capitalise on the big moment in front of a big crowd to get the big result. But Forest are a good side when they want to be so tonight's result should have been somewhat a formality. Hecky chose not to change things - really his hands are tied on that given the injuries - save for ditching Enda who was turned over by Spence and installing Baldock for extra grit vice Osborn.

United started well - we usually do - and the attacking was fluid and well thought out especially when MGW found Ndaiye on the break and his shot from ten yards was blocked by an outstretched Samba limb. More of that shit later. But it came as no great shock that for all our endeavour, we'd have a ball pumped forward past Basham to Surridge end Egan is dragged across leaving Johnson way ahead of Robinson to slide past Fodders. Our game began to fall apart then badly and we looked and felt thoroughly beaten. I couldn't see any way ahead as Forest started to sit back and put passes together, not really threatening, but denying us any chance of attack. Norwood and Fleck started to flag and the wingbacks were pegged behind the halfway line. We couldn't string passes together and any set play was overhit or mopped up. If the ref had blown up then and sued for peace, we should have taken it.

No idea what happened to the players in the dressing room after that. We saw it at QPR though - suddenly we are ready to eat our own fucking guts and ask for seconds. For ten minutes, the Forest goal looked like the fucking Alamo. Not only did Forest players look battered, but their shitty fans stopped clapping and they too shut the fuck up. Even more so when a neat combo ending in Berge mazing past players in their box to square for MGW to slot in another crucial goal for us. Hope in the hearts of every Blade sprung up. They brought Davis on to obviously put us on the back foot but no - two minutes later Baldock - who like RND had been a fucking nightmare in the second period for the Forest backline - breaks through and the ball is in again, this time off our centre forward John Fleck.

We still attacked and went at them. Great chances and balls across the box went unanswered of Samba again stuck limbs out to block

With the previously noisy Forest fans looking now more like our fans do with thought bubbles coming off their heads which said 'We're gonna fuck this up, aren't we?' we moved into extra time and the tie became more like two heavyweights thumping punches against the forearms of their opponents on the ropes. Then from a valley of hope came the burning hell of penalites. We all knew which way it was going, didn't we? Samba and his limbs again.

I can't criticise any player tonight. They failed to get us to the final but they got us into the playoffs and fought like fucking Ukrainian infantry when the front line was breached. Forest are lucky they got through and given their fucking despicable fans and the assault on our club captain I truly hope they get fucking whupped by Huddersfield at Wembley on Sunday. The 'fan' in question looks to be one of those typical drunkard, white trash fat cunt you habitually see on all football terraces and you loathe because they typify and qualify every criticism at our game and it's supporters. I hope he is found, tried and fucking jailed and he never sees the inside of a football stadium again. I also hope that any further police investigation finds child porn on his devices and he gets a further sentence and dealt with inside. I also hope Forest are dealt with as a club also.

Anyway:

Foderingham - there when he needed to be. No mistakes. No chance with the goal and penalties is simply a game of chance, as we have seen
Baldock - incredible game for him, especially in the second half where he was a fucking right pain int the arse for the Forest defence
Basham - another noteworthy outing with him opening his chest and baring his heart for the club
Egan - save for one solitary wobble, the performance of a lion
Robinson - our surprise package for this year and streets ahead of Goode and Davies or anyone else. Battled for the badge
RND - dealt with Spence so much better than Enda did. Again, in the second half, causing Forest a load of problems they didn't need
Norwood - great game. Involved, tackled and played some good passes in the second half. Poor penalty, but the keeper guessed right
Fleck - great to see him on the scoresheet. First half Jimmy, second half Johnny
Berge - the beating heart of the team, especially in the second half. Deserved a goal and took his pen well
Ndaiye - maybe guilty of not being clinical, but Samba just did what a goalkeeper should do and stuck out a part of his body. If that were Fodders, we'd be jizzing in our socks over it Put his pen away well
MGW - head and shoulders the reason we are in the playoffs and why we almost touched Wembley. Sad about his penalty, but again Samba guessed correctly. If we fail to get him next season, we will fucking struggle to match his brilliance

Hourihane - got into some decent positions and made the difference as Fleck was tiring and needed to be replaced. Very unlucky with his pen
Osborn - Not a true replacement for the struggling Baldock but grafted hard to make up for that

The incidents at the match - Sharp's assault I have already mentioned but Hecky's shithousing of Spence was a bit distasteful. It got him a booking (and Fleck) and didn't add to our game capability, just raised the noise level somewhat.

Ref was good to be honest, and well done the away fans - at 3-3, those fuckers were silent and you could hear us in full song.

Onwards and upwards now. gather ourselves, cull the straphangers and buy MGW and make the challenge for automatics next season.

Thanks to all for your support, kind words, unkind words and structured argument. Thanks also to those who shithouse My takes as a habit for staying away or getting yourselves banned by Foxy and Linz.

And finally a quiet thought for those who started this season who didn't finish it from these boards and the terraces and online contingent. We tried, and we failed, but we did our best all in your memory.

pommpey

Thanks for your perceptive and entertaining contributions this season.

At the moment I am still struggling to erase the picture in my mind of JLT ball watching in the build up to Forest`s goal.

 

[djbaldken]

As ever thanks Pommpey.

Always look for your My Take after every match. Entertaining, honest, insightful and a superb use of the English language. You really should write a novel one day.
Final take of the season had everything as expected.

My take on Samaba: Napoleon once said words to the effect that he'd rather have lucky generals than good ones. I may be biased but I thought Samaba had more than his fair share of luck last night. To me he knew nothing about his two saves from Ndiaye. It was his trailing arm both times that stopped both shots. And Hourihans pen hit him and hit the bar and bounched out. Another time it would have hit the bar and gone in!!!
Bitter. Not me.

Anyway lets move on to next season. Hopefully we can keep the nucleus of this team and we should be there or there abouts.

thanks again Pommpey. Look forward to your next My Take in July.

 

[Big Hitter]

Good report Pomps. Keep them coming and ignore the twats who have nothing to contribute but a dig at you.

A few points I'd like to mention;-

Hecky - went up 4 notches in my estimation last night. Showed that smug bastard Spence he wasn't just a cardboard manager and showed us all he really cared. I think that and his half-time talk got us motivated again after the break.

Not sure I agreed with taking Baldock off - he showed real ambition down the flank.

Samba- the luckiest keeper ever. I think he's a spider he has so many arms and legs.

A big vote of admiration for those fans who went down the M1 last night. They gave it their all in the face of those Notts retards- some of whom looked as though they fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. Well done lads and lasses, total respect for you.

In the words of Gen. MacArthur ( slightly altered ) "we shall return."

 

[spongebobblade]

Don’t always agree with you Pommps but that’s what it’s all about. Opinions. Great write up. If we have a fit squad, Hecky from the start and MGW again I’d fancy us next year no matter who came down.
UTB

 

[jackdustyblades]

Well, the fat lady has sung. I challenge any Blade however to say we went out with a whimper. That was some fucking football match and no one deserves any less than ten out of ten, so I'm not even gonna start marking them. It is however 'all over'. This season which started with trepidation, a new manager with pedigree and all of us crossing our fingers and toes gave us a disappointing, frustrating start, a continuation of poor form and a wonder if we'd even make the playoffs, never mind go straight back up in the autos, which is what was universally predicted and demanded. Instead, our fellow relegatee took the crown and the other one faded and died and we were left with an initially unwanted manager and a set of players who could seemingly play only one way - a losing way at that - to dig out some face saving results.

Saturday showed the worst of us under pressure. We'd seen it so many times in the past as United fail to capitalise on the big moment in front of a big crowd to get the big result. But Forest are a good side when they want to be so tonight's result should have been somewhat a formality. Hecky chose not to change things - really his hands are tied on that given the injuries - save for ditching Enda who was turned over by Spence and installing Baldock for extra grit vice Osborn.

United started well - we usually do - and the attacking was fluid and well thought out especially when MGW found Ndaiye on the break and his shot from ten yards was blocked by an outstretched Samba limb. More of that shit later. But it came as no great shock that for all our endeavour, we'd have a ball pumped forward past Basham to Surridge end Egan is dragged across leaving Johnson way ahead of Robinson to slide past Fodders. Our game began to fall apart then badly and we looked and felt thoroughly beaten. I couldn't see any way ahead as Forest started to sit back and put passes together, not really threatening, but denying us any chance of attack. Norwood and Fleck started to flag and the wingbacks were pegged behind the halfway line. We couldn't string passes together and any set play was overhit or mopped up. If the ref had blown up then and sued for peace, we should have taken it.

No idea what happened to the players in the dressing room after that. We saw it at QPR though - suddenly we are ready to eat our own fucking guts and ask for seconds. For ten minutes, the Forest goal looked like the fucking Alamo. Not only did Forest players look battered, but their shitty fans stopped clapping and they too shut the fuck up. Even more so when a neat combo ending in Berge mazing past players in their box to square for MGW to slot in another crucial goal for us. Hope in the hearts of every Blade sprung up. They brought Davis on to obviously put us on the back foot but no - two minutes later Baldock - who like RND had been a fucking nightmare in the second period for the Forest backline - breaks through and the ball is in again, this time off our centre forward John Fleck.

We still attacked and went at them. Great chances and balls across the box went unanswered of Samba again stuck limbs out to block

With the previously noisy Forest fans looking now more like our fans do with thought bubbles coming off their heads which said 'We're gonna fuck this up, aren't we?' we moved into extra time and the tie became more like two heavyweights thumping punches against the forearms of their opponents on the ropes. Then from a valley of hope came the burning hell of penalites. We all knew which way it was going, didn't we? Samba and his limbs again.

I can't criticise any player tonight. They failed to get us to the final but they got us into the playoffs and fought like fucking Ukrainian infantry when the front line was breached. Forest are lucky they got through and given their fucking despicable fans and the assault on our club captain I truly hope they get fucking whupped by Huddersfield at Wembley on Sunday. The 'fan' in question looks to be one of those typical drunkard, white trash fat cunt you habitually see on all football terraces and you loathe because they typify and qualify every criticism at our game and it's supporters. I hope he is found, tried and fucking jailed and he never sees the inside of a football stadium again. I also hope that any further police investigation finds child porn on his devices and he gets a further sentence and dealt with inside. I also hope Forest are dealt with as a club also.

Anyway:

Foderingham - there when he needed to be. No mistakes. No chance with the goal and penalties is simply a game of chance, as we have seen
Baldock - incredible game for him, especially in the second half where he was a fucking right pain int the arse for the Forest defence
Basham - another noteworthy outing with him opening his chest and baring his heart for the club
Egan - save for one solitary wobble, the performance of a lion
Robinson - our surprise package for this year and streets ahead of Goode and Davies or anyone else. Battled for the badge
RND - dealt with Spence so much better than Enda did. Again, in the second half, causing Forest a load of problems they didn't need
Norwood - great game. Involved, tackled and played some good passes in the second half. Poor penalty, but the keeper guessed right
Fleck - great to see him on the scoresheet. First half Jimmy, second half Johnny
Berge - the beating heart of the team, especially in the second half. Deserved a goal and took his pen well
Ndaiye - maybe guilty of not being clinical, but Samba just did what a goalkeeper should do and stuck out a part of his body. If that were Fodders, we'd be jizzing in our socks over it Put his pen away well
MGW - head and shoulders the reason we are in the playoffs and why we almost touched Wembley. Sad about his penalty, but again Samba guessed correctly. If we fail to get him next season, we will fucking struggle to match his brilliance

Hourihane - got into some decent positions and made the difference as Fleck was tiring and needed to be replaced. Very unlucky with his pen
Osborn - Not a true replacement for the struggling Baldock but grafted hard to make up for that

The incidents at the match - Sharp's assault I have already mentioned but Hecky's shithousing of Spence was a bit distasteful. It got him a booking (and Fleck) and didn't add to our game capability, just raised the noise level somewhat.

Ref was good to be honest, and well done the away fans - at 3-3, those fuckers were silent and you could hear us in full song.

Onwards and upwards now. gather ourselves, cull the straphangers and buy MGW and make the challenge for automatics next season.

Thanks to all for your support, kind words, unkind words and structured argument. Thanks also to those who shithouse My takes as a habit for staying away or getting yourselves banned by Foxy and Linz.

And finally a quiet thought for those who started this season who didn't finish it from these boards and the terraces and online contingent. We tried, and we failed, but we did our best all in your memory.

pommpey

Thanks Pommpey, as always a good summing up. See you next season

 

[Darlington82]

Thanks Pommpey, enjoyed all your my takes, did not always agree, but agreed more than disagreed.

 

[The Crab]

Well, the fat lady has sung. I challenge any Blade however to say we went out with a whimper. That was some fucking football match and no one deserves any less than ten out of ten, so I'm not even gonna start marking them. It is however 'all over'. This season which started with trepidation, a new manager with pedigree and all of us crossing our fingers and toes gave us a disappointing, frustrating start, a continuation of poor form and a wonder if we'd even make the playoffs, never mind go straight back up in the autos, which is what was universally predicted and demanded. Instead, our fellow relegatee took the crown and the other one faded and died and we were left with an initially unwanted manager and a set of players who could seemingly play only one way - a losing way at that - to dig out some face saving results.

Saturday showed the worst of us under pressure. We'd seen it so many times in the past as United fail to capitalise on the big moment in front of a big crowd to get the big result. But Forest are a good side when they want to be so tonight's result should have been somewhat a formality. Hecky chose not to change things - really his hands are tied on that given the injuries - save for ditching Enda who was turned over by Spence and installing Baldock for extra grit vice Osborn.

United started well - we usually do - and the attacking was fluid and well thought out especially when MGW found Ndaiye on the break and his shot from ten yards was blocked by an outstretched Samba limb. More of that shit later. But it came as no great shock that for all our endeavour, we'd have a ball pumped forward past Basham to Surridge end Egan is dragged across leaving Johnson way ahead of Robinson to slide past Fodders. Our game began to fall apart then badly and we looked and felt thoroughly beaten. I couldn't see any way ahead as Forest started to sit back and put passes together, not really threatening, but denying us any chance of attack. Norwood and Fleck started to flag and the wingbacks were pegged behind the halfway line. We couldn't string passes together and any set play was overhit or mopped up. If the ref had blown up then and sued for peace, we should have taken it.

No idea what happened to the players in the dressing room after that. We saw it at QPR though - suddenly we are ready to eat our own fucking guts and ask for seconds. For ten minutes, the Forest goal looked like the fucking Alamo. Not only did Forest players look battered, but their shitty fans stopped clapping and they too shut the fuck up. Even more so when a neat combo ending in Berge mazing past players in their box to square for MGW to slot in another crucial goal for us. Hope in the hearts of every Blade sprung up. They brought Davis on to obviously put us on the back foot but no - two minutes later Baldock - who like RND had been a fucking nightmare in the second period for the Forest backline - breaks through and the ball is in again, this time off our centre forward John Fleck.

We still attacked and went at them. Great chances and balls across the box went unanswered of Samba again stuck limbs out to block

With the previously noisy Forest fans looking now more like our fans do with thought bubbles coming off their heads which said 'We're gonna fuck this up, aren't we?' we moved into extra time and the tie became more like two heavyweights thumping punches against the forearms of their opponents on the ropes. Then from a valley of hope came the burning hell of penalites. We all knew which way it was going, didn't we? Samba and his limbs again.

I can't criticise any player tonight. They failed to get us to the final but they got us into the playoffs and fought like fucking Ukrainian infantry when the front line was breached. Forest are lucky they got through and given their fucking despicable fans and the assault on our club captain I truly hope they get fucking whupped by Huddersfield at Wembley on Sunday. The 'fan' in question looks to be one of those typical drunkard, white trash fat cunt you habitually see on all football terraces and you loathe because they typify and qualify every criticism at our game and it's supporters. I hope he is found, tried and fucking jailed and he never sees the inside of a football stadium again. I also hope that any further police investigation finds child porn on his devices and he gets a further sentence and dealt with inside. I also hope Forest are dealt with as a club also.

Anyway:

Foderingham - there when he needed to be. No mistakes. No chance with the goal and penalties is simply a game of chance, as we have seen
Baldock - incredible game for him, especially in the second half where he was a fucking right pain int the arse for the Forest defence
Basham - another noteworthy outing with him opening his chest and baring his heart for the club
Egan - save for one solitary wobble, the performance of a lion
Robinson - our surprise package for this year and streets ahead of Goode and Davies or anyone else. Battled for the badge
RND - dealt with Spence so much better than Enda did. Again, in the second half, causing Forest a load of problems they didn't need
Norwood - great game. Involved, tackled and played some good passes in the second half. Poor penalty, but the keeper guessed right
Fleck - great to see him on the scoresheet. First half Jimmy, second half Johnny
Berge - the beating heart of the team, especially in the second half. Deserved a goal and took his pen well
Ndaiye - maybe guilty of not being clinical, but Samba just did what a goalkeeper should do and stuck out a part of his body. If that were Fodders, we'd be jizzing in our socks over it Put his pen away well
MGW - head and shoulders the reason we are in the playoffs and why we almost touched Wembley. Sad about his penalty, but again Samba guessed correctly. If we fail to get him next season, we will fucking struggle to match his brilliance

Hourihane - got into some decent positions and made the difference as Fleck was tiring and needed to be replaced. Very unlucky with his pen
Osborn - Not a true replacement for the struggling Baldock but grafted hard to make up for that

The incidents at the match - Sharp's assault I have already mentioned but Hecky's shithousing of Spence was a bit distasteful. It got him a booking (and Fleck) and didn't add to our game capability, just raised the noise level somewhat.

Ref was good to be honest, and well done the away fans - at 3-3, those fuckers were silent and you could hear us in full song.

Onwards and upwards now. gather ourselves, cull the straphangers and buy MGW and make the challenge for automatics next season.

Thanks to all for your support, kind words, unkind words and structured argument. Thanks also to those who shithouse My takes as a habit for staying away or getting yourselves banned by Foxy and Linz.

And finally a quiet thought for those who started this season who didn't finish it from these boards and the terraces and online contingent. We tried, and we failed, but we did our best all in your memory.

pommpey

Cheers pomps,.enjoyed your takes this season. Especially the evolution of Jack Robinson from C3PO to Han Solo