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The trials and tribulations of being a Sheffield United supporter, eh? Everything you wanted bottled up in another somewhat frustrating, baffling, breathtaking afternoon at Bramall Lane today.

Only just managed to catch the kickoff so the final lineup was somewhat of a mystery to me until I could see who was on and where they were playing. But straight away I could see we were fragile in places. Timu Pukki, unlikely rascal that he always was was always anyone's target in yellow and always therefor had that ability to use his international acumen to close down on the hapless Davies taking far too much time to get a deserved opener. Also, think that the ball backwards was played by Egan onto his left. Wes isn't in goal any more feller. the backline and Davies should already know which foot the keeper needs a backpass on. It doesn't forgive the fuckup mind. All keepers should be able to swing both feet at a backpass. Into touch is better than in the fucking net.

We still failed to shut Norwich down entirely despite moving forward though. They still had the break to count on and an uncertain back three into which to activate Pukki who frankly terrorised them into conceding the second with again, a shot Davies should have had covered with his dive. With the crowd now muttering and complaining we pressed further forward but we still display that lack of basic connectivity. Poor passing, hopeful punts up the pitch, crosses (mainly from Osborn) which just found unpressured Norwich defenders and the obligatory Norwood boot into the BLLT left me feeling that in the next 45 minutes we could concede more without even warming their keepers hand, albeit he'd kept a goal out from an Osborn deflected shot right on the whistle. It was a scrappy. unproductive and somewhat negative first half redolent of a team on the slide and definitely underperforming

Second half we brought on N'Daiye and fucked McAtee off back to Citeh, hopefully. Immediately there we a robustness and a willingness to play further up the pitch that was absent in the first half. That wasn't to say we couldn't be caught out by the marauding, cheating fucking shithead Cantwell who was doing what our midfield should be doing namely carry the ball up the pitch and laying it off and running on into space. I feared another early goal and with us 0-3 behind the sound of plastic seats whacking up into the stowed position from three sides of the ground would have been deafening. But N'Daiye started to own the ball more and 'run at them'™, a new concept whereby a player uses movement and skill to bypass opposition players en route to goal. Norwich sensed a rebellion against their pretty mediocre mastery and started shutting the game down with shithousery and diving, helped in process by a pretty bollocks referee. Suddenly Bramall Lane was on fire and we surged forward egged on with a mixture of encouragement and anger. Eventually some impressive and relentless pressure gets a cross to Billy who squares to Osborn who clips in a deserved goal. Game on. Now we are in third gear at last and picking up momentum, if without product. Most crosses find the first man (Doyle this time from a promising free kick) or again centred into the Norwich defence (Osborn again) or balls up the pitch end up nowhere. Then suddenly everything clicks pleasingly into place and McBurnie on for Brewster, on for is at the far post to squeeze it in. Game on again.

Norwich, and this time moreso the shoddy referee conspired to shit in our snaptin as we pushed on to kill the fuckers off. Stupid injuries, trainers on, questionable yellow cards and a raft of daft decisions slowed our suddenly residcovered mettle. With more and more determination we tried and failed, McBurnie heading at the keeper or wide of Osborn hitting flailing defenders. Then to confound the evangelists, Norwich are up the other end, Baldock puts in a terror tackle outside the box, ball comes to a Norwich player who is going past a static Egan, he hangs in a leg and they have an undeserved spot kick. With Pukki on a hat-trick, the pressure is all on him in front of the impressive Norwich following and he hits a tame but needing saving free ick to Davies's left which he palms out. Game on once again.

The game finished with us inn their half knocking on the door with Khadra on the pitch but in fairness, had we won I'd see it as a dirty win whatever, given we played like fucking amateurs in the first 45 and were deserved losers going in for a Hacky bollocking, something that over the past six games must just be routine by now. Fortunately we once again salvaged a point from zero but against a side provenly vulnerable but with definite capability. Had we been sat in twentieth at the moment we'd be grateful for that draw. It's to me the reality of our potential versus the actuality of our situation. Still reckon we are going nowhere with the majority of this squad. They aren't good enough now to stitch 2 x 45 minute performance which dominates an opposition and gets a deserved win

Davies 4/10: Shocking stuff early on and then for their goal but rescues a point with his penalty save
Baldock 5/10: His typical heart on sleeve performance if somewhat shackled in his ongoing war with Cantwell. Wouldn't have been surprised to see him straight redded for an over the top, two footer on the alice-banded honeychild wanker. In fact, I'd have cheered.
Anel 6/10: Although he has class way above what the rest of the squad has, he's sometimes pulled down by that very factor. Always involved and active, today he however didn't touch the parts other players can't reach
Egan 5.5/10: I still think Egan is way below what his best is, almost three seasons since O'Connell left us. Today he was vulnerable and exposed and his penalty gift was simply bad defending
Basham 5.5/10: A better performance from Bash if not still at his 'does nowt wrong' situation/normal game. Past few games he's been second to the ball and not as composed. Much better today
Osborn 7.5/10: With everyone ready to kill him off last week, Osborn comes out this week and shows us what Hecky sees what we can't. Uncharacteristically good game for him out wide even if at times he crossed into the box straight to their players. Well taken goal.
Fleck 4/10: Another pointless pick-him-for-shits-and-giggles and begging for Doyle. Can't think what the fuck he did which merited the shirt for an hour. He's done, Hecky. Stop trying to be charitable
Norwood 6.5/10: Good match for him, even if in the first half he was the only reliable midfielder on the pitch. Some noteworthy interceptions and tackles and put a shift in where the two outside him were lacking
McAtee 2/10: Little lad in a big boys league. Send him back please. We've seen enough. As Carlts said on shoutbox, 'McWoodburntee'
Sharp 5.5/10: He's clearly coming to the end of the road now but still works his socks off but there's a certain sad fading of his turn-and-shoot capability which is now tragically leaving his feet. Laid off Osborns goal and maybe should step back from the politics of the game on the pitch and be the club captain. It, I suppose, is a measure of how much he loves this club, bless him
Brewster 5/10: Spent a lot of time fetching punts up the pitch from the channels and not much ability to chase at their defenders with the ball at her feet or arrive in the box to score

N'Daiye 7/10: Once again our only attacking outlet moving forward and showed exquisite deftness of touch bringing the ball down to pass and run. Quite why he wasn't starting is a mystery
Doyle 7.5/10: The real story of our second half. Once we'd rid ourselves of the suitcase of bricks that Fleck has become, Doyle added that youthful grit and determination and willingness to commit and commit again. He did, once again, a huge amount of midfield spadework today which suddenly rendered Norwich's midfield a bit redundant
McBurnie 8/10: A great substitution and made a huge difference to how we pursued the game onward to a possible victory. Picks up a whole point for not shithousing and using sarcasm for shit refereeing. Great, determined effort to score his goal and yeah, should have buried his header later and it showed in his face because had he won us the game with that, would have had a 10/10
Khadra 5/10: Not sure still about what he can bring to our side. Runs at defenders to press but seems strangely invisible or unsighted at times. Jury's still out.

HJ&SMcC 5/10: rescued a draw from a loss, second game in a row and last six reads DLLDLD, with us now still on the slide. Today, being a game of two halfs, was lost in the first before we clawed it back in the second. Yeah, an odd term but think about it. Had we started with the same bite we finished with, we could have been 4-0 winners. This is down to the backroom team and not 'injuries' and 'bad luck'. Some areas today showed us pleasingly good, but consistency is the trademark of a winner, and once again, our first inconsistent 45 was why we only have one point and lie in no mans land now with a widening points gap opening up until soon, we will be two wins, possibly more from automatics.

pommpey
 

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The trials and tribulations of being a Sheffield United supporter, eh? Everything you wanted bottled up in another somewhat frustrating, baffling, breathtaking afternoon at Bramall Lane today.

Only just managed to catch the kickoff so the final lineup was somewhat of a mystery to me until I could see who was on and where they were playing. But straight away I could see we were fragile in places. Timu Pukki, unlikely rascal that he always was was always anyone's target in yellow and always therefor had that ability to use his international acumen to close down on the hapless Davies taking far too much time to get a deserved opener. Also, think that the ball backwards was played by Egan onto his left. Wes isn't in goal any more feller. the backline and Davies should already know which foot the keeper needs a backpass on. It doesn't forgive the fuckup mind. All keepers should be able to swing both feet at a backpass. Into touch is better than in the fucking net.

We still failed to shut Norwich down entirely despite moving forward though. They still had the break to count on and an uncertain back three into which to activate Pukki who frankly terrorised them into conceding the second with again, a shot Davies should have had covered with his dive. With the crowd now muttering and complaining we pressed further forward but we still display that lack of basic connectivity. Poor passing, hopeful punts up the pitch, crosses (mainly from Osborn) which just found unpressured Norwich defenders and the obligatory Norwood boot into the BLLT left me feeling that in the next 45 minutes we could concede more without even warming their keepers hand, albeit he'd kept a goal out from an Osborn deflected shot right on the whistle. It was a scrappy. unproductive and somewhat negative first half redolent of a team on the slide and definitely underperforming

Second half we brought on N'Daiye and fucked McAtee off back to Citeh, hopefully. Immediately there we a robustness and a willingness to play further up the pitch that was absent in the first half. That wasn't to say we couldn't be caught out by the marauding, cheating fucking shithead Cantwell who was doing what our midfield should be doing namely carry the ball up the pitch and laying it off and running on into space. I feared another early goal and with us 0-3 behind the sound of plastic seats whacking up into the stowed position from three sides of the ground would have been deafening. But N'Daiye started to own the ball more and 'run at them'™, a new concept whereby a player uses movement and skill to bypass opposition players en route to goal. Norwich sensed a rebellion against their pretty mediocre mastery and started shutting the game down with shithousery and diving, helped in process by a pretty bollocks referee. Suddenly Bramall Lane was on fire and we surged forward egged on with a mixture of encouragement and anger. Eventually some impressive and relentless pressure gets a cross to Billy who squares to Osborn who clips in a deserved goal. Game on. Now we are in third gear at last and picking up momentum, if without product. Most crosses find the first man (Doyle this time from a promising free kick) or again centred into the Norwich defence (Osborn again) or balls up the pitch end up nowhere. Then suddenly everything clicks pleasingly into place and McBurnie on for Brewster, on for is at the far post to squeeze it in. Game on again.

Norwich, and this time moreso the shoddy referee conspired to shit in our snaptin as we pushed on to kill the fuckers off. Stupid injuries, trainers on, questionable yellow cards and a raft of daft decisions slowed our suddenly residcovered mettle. With more and more determination we tried and failed, McBurnie heading at the keeper or wide of Osborn hitting flailing defenders. Then to confound the evangelists, Norwich are up the other end, Baldock puts in a terror tackle outside the box, ball comes to a Norwich player who is going past a static Egan, he hangs in a leg and they have an undeserved spot kick. With Pukki on a hat-trick, the pressure is all on him in front of the impressive Norwich following and he hits a tame but needing saving free ick to Davies's left which he palms out. Game on once again.

The game finished with us inn their half knocking on the door with Khadra on the pitch but in fairness, had we won I'd see it as a dirty win whatever, given we played like fucking amateurs in the first 45 and were deserved losers going in for a Hacky bollocking, something that over the past six games must just be routine by now. Fortunately we once again salvaged a point from zero but against a side provenly vulnerable but with definite capability. Had we been sat in twentieth at the moment we'd be grateful for that draw. It's to me the reality of our potential versus the actuality of our situation. Still reckon we are going nowhere with the majority of this squad. They aren't good enough now to stitch 2 x 45 minute performance which dominates an opposition and gets a deserved win

Davies 4/10: Shocking stuff early on and then for their goal but rescues a point with his penalty save
Baldock 5/10: His typical heart on sleeve performance if somewhat shackled in his ongoing war with Cantwell. Wouldn't have been surprised to see him straight redded for an over the top, two footer on the alice-banded honeychild wanker. In fact, I'd have cheered.
Anel 6/10: Although he has class way above what the rest of the squad has, he's sometimes pulled down by that very factor. Always involved and active, today he however didn't touch the parts other players can't reach
Egan 5.5/10: I still think Egan is way below what his best is, almost three seasons since O'Connell left us. Today he was vulnerable and exposed and his penalty gift was simply bad defending
Basham 5.5/10: A better performance from Bash if not still at his 'does nowt wrong' situation/normal game. Past few games he's been second to the ball and not as composed. Much better today
Osborn 7.5/10: With everyone ready to kill him off last week, Osborn comes out this week and shows us what Hecky sees what we can't. Uncharacteristically good game for him out wide even if at times he crossed into the box straight to their players. Well taken goal.
Fleck 4/10: Another pointless pick-him-for-shits-and-giggles and begging for Doyle. Can't think what the fuck he did which merited the shirt for an hour. He's done, Hecky. Stop trying to be charitable
Norwood 6.5/10: Good match for him, even if in the first half he was the only reliable midfielder on the pitch. Some noteworthy interceptions and tackles and put a shift in where the two outside him were lacking
McAtee 2/10: Little lad in a big boys league. Send him back please. We've seen enough. As Carlts said on shoutbox, 'McWoodburntee'
Sharp 5.5/10: He's clearly coming to the end of the road now but still works his socks off but there's a certain sad fading of his turn-and-shoot capability which is now tragically leaving his feet. Laid off Osborns goal and maybe should step back from the politics of the game on the pitch and be the club captain. It, I suppose, is a measure of how much he loves this club, bless him
Brewster 5/10: Spent a lot of time fetching punts up the pitch from the channels and not much ability to chase at their defenders with the ball at her feet or arrive in the box to score

N'Daiye 7/10: Once again our only attacking outlet moving forward and showed exquisite deftness of touch bringing the ball down to pass and run. Quite why he wasn't starting is a mystery
Doyle 7.5/10: The real story of our second half. Once we'd rid ourselves of the suitcase of bricks that Fleck has become, Doyle added that youthful grit and determination and willingness to commit and commit again. He did, once again, a huge amount of midfield spadework today which suddenly rendered Norwich's midfield a bit redundant
McBurnie 8/10: A great substitution and made a huge difference to how we pursued the game onward to a possible victory. Picks up a whole point for not shithousing and using sarcasm for shit refereeing. Great, determined effort to score his goal and yeah, should have buried his header later and it showed in his face because had he won us the game with that, would have had a 10/10
Khadra 5/10: Not sure still about what he can bring to our side. Runs at defenders to press but seems strangely invisible or unsighted at times. Jury's still out.

HJ&SMcC 5/10: rescued a draw from a loss, second game in a row and last six reads DLLDLD, with us now still on the slide. Today, being a game of two halfs, was lost in the first before we clawed it back in the second. Yeah, an odd term but think about it. Had we started with the same bite we finished with, we could have been 4-0 winners. This is down to the backroom team and not 'injuries' and 'bad luck'. Some areas today showed us pleasingly good, but consistency is the trademark of a winner, and once again, our first inconsistent 45 was why we only have one point and lie in no mans land now with a widening points gap opening up until soon, we will be two wins, possibly more from automatics.

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pommpey said:
The trials and tribulations of being a Sheffield United supporter, eh? Everything you wanted bottled up in another somewhat frustrating, baffling, breathtaking afternoon at Bramall Lane today.

Only just managed to catch the kickoff so the final lineup was somewhat of a mystery to me until I could see who was on and where they were playing. But straight away I could see we were fragile in places. Timu Pukki, unlikely rascal that he always was was always anyone's target in yellow and always therefor had that ability to use his international acumen to close down on the hapless Davies taking far too much time to get a deserved opener. Also, think that the ball backwards was played by Egan onto his left. Wes isn't in goal any more feller. the backline and Davies should already know which foot the keeper needs a backpass on. It doesn't forgive the fuckup mind. All keepers should be able to swing both feet at a backpass. Into touch is better than in the fucking net.

We still failed to shut Norwich down entirely despite moving forward though. They still had the break to count on and an uncertain back three into which to activate Pukki who frankly terrorised them into conceding the second with again, a shot Davies should have had covered with his dive. With the crowd now muttering and complaining we pressed further forward but we still display that lack of basic connectivity. Poor passing, hopeful punts up the pitch, crosses (mainly from Osborn) which just found unpressured Norwich defenders and the obligatory Norwood boot into the BLLT left me feeling that in the next 45 minutes we could concede more without even warming their keepers hand, albeit he'd kept a goal out from an Osborn deflected shot right on the whistle. It was a scrappy. unproductive and somewhat negative first half redolent of a team on the slide and definitely underperforming

Second half we brought on N'Daiye and fucked McAtee off back to Citeh, hopefully. Immediately there we a robustness and a willingness to play further up the pitch that was absent in the first half. That wasn't to say we couldn't be caught out by the marauding, cheating fucking shithead Cantwell who was doing what our midfield should be doing namely carry the ball up the pitch and laying it off and running on into space. I feared another early goal and with us 0-3 behind the sound of plastic seats whacking up into the stowed position from three sides of the ground would have been deafening. But N'Daiye started to own the ball more and 'run at them'™, a new concept whereby a player uses movement and skill to bypass opposition players en route to goal. Norwich sensed a rebellion against their pretty mediocre mastery and started shutting the game down with shithousery and diving, helped in process by a pretty bollocks referee. Suddenly Bramall Lane was on fire and we surged forward egged on with a mixture of encouragement and anger. Eventually some impressive and relentless pressure gets a cross to Billy who squares to Osborn who clips in a deserved goal. Game on. Now we are in third gear at last and picking up momentum, if without product. Most crosses find the first man (Doyle this time from a promising free kick) or again centred into the Norwich defence (Osborn again) or balls up the pitch end up nowhere. Then suddenly everything clicks pleasingly into place and McBurnie on for Brewster, on for is at the far post to squeeze it in. Game on again.

Norwich, and this time moreso the shoddy referee conspired to shit in our snaptin as we pushed on to kill the fuckers off. Stupid injuries, trainers on, questionable yellow cards and a raft of daft decisions slowed our suddenly residcovered mettle. With more and more determination we tried and failed, McBurnie heading at the keeper or wide of Osborn hitting flailing defenders. Then to confound the evangelists, Norwich are up the other end, Baldock puts in a terror tackle outside the box, ball comes to a Norwich player who is going past a static Egan, he hangs in a leg and they have an undeserved spot kick. With Pukki on a hat-trick, the pressure is all on him in front of the impressive Norwich following and he hits a tame but needing saving free ick to Davies's left which he palms out. Game on once again.

The game finished with us inn their half knocking on the door with Khadra on the pitch but in fairness, had we won I'd see it as a dirty win whatever, given we played like fucking amateurs in the first 45 and were deserved losers going in for a Hacky bollocking, something that over the past six games must just be routine by now. Fortunately we once again salvaged a point from zero but against a side provenly vulnerable but with definite capability. Had we been sat in twentieth at the moment we'd be grateful for that draw. It's to me the reality of our potential versus the actuality of our situation. Still reckon we are going nowhere with the majority of this squad. They aren't good enough now to stitch 2 x 45 minute performance which dominates an opposition and gets a deserved win

Davies 4/10: Shocking stuff early on and then for their goal but rescues a point with his penalty save
Baldock 5/10: His typical heart on sleeve performance if somewhat shackled in his ongoing war with Cantwell. Wouldn't have been surprised to see him straight redded for an over the top, two footer on the alice-banded honeychild wanker. In fact, I'd have cheered.
Anel 6/10: Although he has class way above what the rest of the squad has, he's sometimes pulled down by that very factor. Always involved and active, today he however didn't touch the parts other players can't reach
Egan 5.5/10: I still think Egan is way below what his best is, almost three seasons since O'Connell left us. Today he was vulnerable and exposed and his penalty gift was simply bad defending
Basham 5.5/10: A better performance from Bash if not still at his 'does nowt wrong' situation/normal game. Past few games he's been second to the ball and not as composed. Much better today
Osborn 7.5/10: With everyone ready to kill him off last week, Osborn comes out this week and shows us what Hecky sees what we can't. Uncharacteristically good game for him out wide even if at times he crossed into the box straight to their players. Well taken goal.
Fleck 4/10: Another pointless pick-him-for-shits-and-giggles and begging for Doyle. Can't think what the fuck he did which merited the shirt for an hour. He's done, Hecky. Stop trying to be charitable
Norwood 6.5/10: Good match for him, even if in the first half he was the only reliable midfielder on the pitch. Some noteworthy interceptions and tackles and put a shift in where the two outside him were lacking
McAtee 2/10: Little lad in a big boys league. Send him back please. We've seen enough. As Carlts said on shoutbox, 'McWoodburntee'
Sharp 5.5/10: He's clearly coming to the end of the road now but still works his socks off but there's a certain sad fading of his turn-and-shoot capability which is now tragically leaving his feet. Laid off Osborns goal and maybe should step back from the politics of the game on the pitch and be the club captain. It, I suppose, is a measure of how much he loves this club, bless him
Brewster 5/10: Spent a lot of time fetching punts up the pitch from the channels and not much ability to chase at their defenders with the ball at her feet or arrive in the box to score

N'Daiye 7/10: Once again our only attacking outlet moving forward and showed exquisite deftness of touch bringing the ball down to pass and run. Quite why he wasn't starting is a mystery
Doyle 7.5/10: The real story of our second half. Once we'd rid ourselves of the suitcase of bricks that Fleck has become, Doyle added that youthful grit and determination and willingness to commit and commit again. He did, once again, a huge amount of midfield spadework today which suddenly rendered Norwich's midfield a bit redundant
McBurnie 8/10: A great substitution and made a huge difference to how we pursued the game onward to a possible victory. Picks up a whole point for not shithousing and using sarcasm for shit refereeing. Great, determined effort to score his goal and yeah, should have buried his header later and it showed in his face because had he won us the game with that, would have had a 10/10
Khadra 5/10: Not sure still about what he can bring to our side. Runs at defenders to press but seems strangely invisible or unsighted at times. Jury's still out.

HJ&SMcC 5/10: rescued a draw from a loss, second game in a row and last six reads DLLDLD, with us now still on the slide. Today, being a game of two halfs, was lost in the first before we clawed it back in the second. Yeah, an odd term but think about it. Had we started with the same bite we finished with, we could have been 4-0 winners. This is down to the backroom team and not 'injuries' and 'bad luck'. Some areas today showed us pleasingly good, but consistency is the trademark of a winner, and once again, our first inconsistent 45 was why we only have one point and lie in no mans land now with a widening points gap opening up until soon, we will be two wins, possibly more from automatics.

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Decent summary as always pomps. Only thing I would say was Anel cocked up badly for their 2nd goal, no? Missed the header, didn't tackle or block Puuki and a tame shot makes it 0-2. He is mustard though for sure.
I'm pleased for Ozzie, although I don't think he is the answer, it seems like he put in a shift today. I don't get why Khadra is so poor either, but I think we could still need him yet.
Giving away shit goals and pens all season will cost us. UTB
 
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Is that a little village in Wales? I think I went there once with my Nanan when we were in Rhyl for the week.
Osbourne 1 point too high for me.
Better than he has been but still dodgy at times & should have hit the late chance 1st time instead of wanting about 8 touches.
Apart from that, entertaining write up as always 👍🏻
 
Thirtynineteenth. Thought Egan was fucking gash again today and he was a 4/10 at best, sadly same as Bash. Until we smarten that area of the pitch up we'll keep shipping soft goals. Oh and yes, Anel was as much to blame as anyone for the second goal, soft as fucking shit.
 
Very generous to Anel.
He had a poor game and was responsible for their second goal.


I thought Norwood was our best player outside of Ndiaye.
 
Brewster clear of Sharp today for me. Not great by any stretch but that sub to bring him off should've been Sharp who offered fuck all again from where I was sat.

Fleck wasn't bad second half and had a spell before getting subbed where he was good. Marked improvement when Doyle came on mind.

Thought McBurnie was outstanding once more
 
GodricBlade said:
Is that a little village in Wales? I think I went there once with my Nanan when we were in Rhyl for the week.
Osbourne 1 point too high for me.
Better than he has been but still dodgy at times & should have hit the late chance 1st time instead of wanting about 8 touches.
Apart from that, entertaining write up as always 👍🏻
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I once told a lady at work that I'd been struggling with my sunuses and had booked a week in Phlegmgoneaway to clear my head. It was pre internet so no Google and she believed me 🙈
 
I'd like to give full credit to Radio Norfolk - which I'd always assumed was a spoof but turns out to be an actual channel as they were providing the audio to my feed today - for the technological achievement of somehow managing to get a co-commentator in directly from the 1980s.

In summarising Norwich's 2nd goal - "it was a typical Sheffield United goal, just a long ball upfield"

After we'd pulled a goal back - "What Norwich don't want to do is get involved in a battle, that's just what Sheffield wants, they're good at that"

I was disappointed, though it's obvious it's because it's only a small radio station and the budget doesn't stretch that far, that they couldn't also manage to re-generate a Dave Bassett clone for the post match interviews
 
pommpey said:
The trials and tribulations of being a Sheffield United supporter, eh? Everything you wanted bottled up in another somewhat frustrating, baffling, breathtaking afternoon at Bramall Lane today.

Only just managed to catch the kickoff so the final lineup was somewhat of a mystery to me until I could see who was on and where they were playing. But straight away I could see we were fragile in places. Timu Pukki, unlikely rascal that he always was was always anyone's target in yellow and always therefor had that ability to use his international acumen to close down on the hapless Davies taking far too much time to get a deserved opener. Also, think that the ball backwards was played by Egan onto his left. Wes isn't in goal any more feller. the backline and Davies should already know which foot the keeper needs a backpass on. It doesn't forgive the fuckup mind. All keepers should be able to swing both feet at a backpass. Into touch is better than in the fucking net.

We still failed to shut Norwich down entirely despite moving forward though. They still had the break to count on and an uncertain back three into which to activate Pukki who frankly terrorised them into conceding the second with again, a shot Davies should have had covered with his dive. With the crowd now muttering and complaining we pressed further forward but we still display that lack of basic connectivity. Poor passing, hopeful punts up the pitch, crosses (mainly from Osborn) which just found unpressured Norwich defenders and the obligatory Norwood boot into the BLLT left me feeling that in the next 45 minutes we could concede more without even warming their keepers hand, albeit he'd kept a goal out from an Osborn deflected shot right on the whistle. It was a scrappy. unproductive and somewhat negative first half redolent of a team on the slide and definitely underperforming

Second half we brought on N'Daiye and fucked McAtee off back to Citeh, hopefully. Immediately there we a robustness and a willingness to play further up the pitch that was absent in the first half. That wasn't to say we couldn't be caught out by the marauding, cheating fucking shithead Cantwell who was doing what our midfield should be doing namely carry the ball up the pitch and laying it off and running on into space. I feared another early goal and with us 0-3 behind the sound of plastic seats whacking up into the stowed position from three sides of the ground would have been deafening. But N'Daiye started to own the ball more and 'run at them'™, a new concept whereby a player uses movement and skill to bypass opposition players en route to goal. Norwich sensed a rebellion against their pretty mediocre mastery and started shutting the game down with shithousery and diving, helped in process by a pretty bollocks referee. Suddenly Bramall Lane was on fire and we surged forward egged on with a mixture of encouragement and anger. Eventually some impressive and relentless pressure gets a cross to Billy who squares to Osborn who clips in a deserved goal. Game on. Now we are in third gear at last and picking up momentum, if without product. Most crosses find the first man (Doyle this time from a promising free kick) or again centred into the Norwich defence (Osborn again) or balls up the pitch end up nowhere. Then suddenly everything clicks pleasingly into place and McBurnie on for Brewster, on for is at the far post to squeeze it in. Game on again.

Norwich, and this time moreso the shoddy referee conspired to shit in our snaptin as we pushed on to kill the fuckers off. Stupid injuries, trainers on, questionable yellow cards and a raft of daft decisions slowed our suddenly residcovered mettle. With more and more determination we tried and failed, McBurnie heading at the keeper or wide of Osborn hitting flailing defenders. Then to confound the evangelists, Norwich are up the other end, Baldock puts in a terror tackle outside the box, ball comes to a Norwich player who is going past a static Egan, he hangs in a leg and they have an undeserved spot kick. With Pukki on a hat-trick, the pressure is all on him in front of the impressive Norwich following and he hits a tame but needing saving free ick to Davies's left which he palms out. Game on once again.

The game finished with us inn their half knocking on the door with Khadra on the pitch but in fairness, had we won I'd see it as a dirty win whatever, given we played like fucking amateurs in the first 45 and were deserved losers going in for a Hacky bollocking, something that over the past six games must just be routine by now. Fortunately we once again salvaged a point from zero but against a side provenly vulnerable but with definite capability. Had we been sat in twentieth at the moment we'd be grateful for that draw. It's to me the reality of our potential versus the actuality of our situation. Still reckon we are going nowhere with the majority of this squad. They aren't good enough now to stitch 2 x 45 minute performance which dominates an opposition and gets a deserved win

Davies 4/10: Shocking stuff early on and then for their goal but rescues a point with his penalty save
Baldock 5/10: His typical heart on sleeve performance if somewhat shackled in his ongoing war with Cantwell. Wouldn't have been surprised to see him straight redded for an over the top, two footer on the alice-banded honeychild wanker. In fact, I'd have cheered.
Anel 6/10: Although he has class way above what the rest of the squad has, he's sometimes pulled down by that very factor. Always involved and active, today he however didn't touch the parts other players can't reach
Egan 5.5/10: I still think Egan is way below what his best is, almost three seasons since O'Connell left us. Today he was vulnerable and exposed and his penalty gift was simply bad defending
Basham 5.5/10: A better performance from Bash if not still at his 'does nowt wrong' situation/normal game. Past few games he's been second to the ball and not as composed. Much better today
Osborn 7.5/10: With everyone ready to kill him off last week, Osborn comes out this week and shows us what Hecky sees what we can't. Uncharacteristically good game for him out wide even if at times he crossed into the box straight to their players. Well taken goal.
Fleck 4/10: Another pointless pick-him-for-shits-and-giggles and begging for Doyle. Can't think what the fuck he did which merited the shirt for an hour. He's done, Hecky. Stop trying to be charitable
Norwood 6.5/10: Good match for him, even if in the first half he was the only reliable midfielder on the pitch. Some noteworthy interceptions and tackles and put a shift in where the two outside him were lacking
McAtee 2/10: Little lad in a big boys league. Send him back please. We've seen enough. As Carlts said on shoutbox, 'McWoodburntee'
Sharp 5.5/10: He's clearly coming to the end of the road now but still works his socks off but there's a certain sad fading of his turn-and-shoot capability which is now tragically leaving his feet. Laid off Osborns goal and maybe should step back from the politics of the game on the pitch and be the club captain. It, I suppose, is a measure of how much he loves this club, bless him
Brewster 5/10: Spent a lot of time fetching punts up the pitch from the channels and not much ability to chase at their defenders with the ball at her feet or arrive in the box to score

N'Daiye 7/10: Once again our only attacking outlet moving forward and showed exquisite deftness of touch bringing the ball down to pass and run. Quite why he wasn't starting is a mystery
Doyle 7.5/10: The real story of our second half. Once we'd rid ourselves of the suitcase of bricks that Fleck has become, Doyle added that youthful grit and determination and willingness to commit and commit again. He did, once again, a huge amount of midfield spadework today which suddenly rendered Norwich's midfield a bit redundant
McBurnie 8/10: A great substitution and made a huge difference to how we pursued the game onward to a possible victory. Picks up a whole point for not shithousing and using sarcasm for shit refereeing. Great, determined effort to score his goal and yeah, should have buried his header later and it showed in his face because had he won us the game with that, would have had a 10/10
Khadra 5/10: Not sure still about what he can bring to our side. Runs at defenders to press but seems strangely invisible or unsighted at times. Jury's still out.

HJ&SMcC 5/10: rescued a draw from a loss, second game in a row and last six reads DLLDLD, with us now still on the slide. Today, being a game of two halfs, was lost in the first before we clawed it back in the second. Yeah, an odd term but think about it. Had we started with the same bite we finished with, we could have been 4-0 winners. This is down to the backroom team and not 'injuries' and 'bad luck'. Some areas today showed us pleasingly good, but consistency is the trademark of a winner, and once again, our first inconsistent 45 was why we only have one point and lie in no mans land now with a widening points gap opening up until soon, we will be two wins, possibly more from automatics.

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Can't argue with any of that, other than brewster was possibly at 4 out of 10, I'm starting to think you actually watch the games unlike half our fan base who just call for the managers head if we don't win 6 0 every game
 

Absolutely ludicrous team selection and what happened in the first half was so utterly predictable I couldn’t even be angry at Half time just resigned.

Once we made the changes we looked a different outfit..

Take the handbrake off Hecky ffs, pick the right side and play attacking football…. Think Kevin Kegan not Not Nigel Clough.
 
pommpey said:
The trials and tribulations of being a Sheffield United supporter, eh? Everything you wanted bottled up in another somewhat frustrating, baffling, breathtaking afternoon at Bramall Lane today.

Only just managed to catch the kickoff so the final lineup was somewhat of a mystery to me until I could see who was on and where they were playing. But straight away I could see we were fragile in places. Timu Pukki, unlikely rascal that he always was was always anyone's target in yellow and always therefor had that ability to use his international acumen to close down on the hapless Davies taking far too much time to get a deserved opener. Also, think that the ball backwards was played by Egan onto his left. Wes isn't in goal any more feller. the backline and Davies should already know which foot the keeper needs a backpass on. It doesn't forgive the fuckup mind. All keepers should be able to swing both feet at a backpass. Into touch is better than in the fucking net.

We still failed to shut Norwich down entirely despite moving forward though. They still had the break to count on and an uncertain back three into which to activate Pukki who frankly terrorised them into conceding the second with again, a shot Davies should have had covered with his dive. With the crowd now muttering and complaining we pressed further forward but we still display that lack of basic connectivity. Poor passing, hopeful punts up the pitch, crosses (mainly from Osborn) which just found unpressured Norwich defenders and the obligatory Norwood boot into the BLLT left me feeling that in the next 45 minutes we could concede more without even warming their keepers hand, albeit he'd kept a goal out from an Osborn deflected shot right on the whistle. It was a scrappy. unproductive and somewhat negative first half redolent of a team on the slide and definitely underperforming

Second half we brought on N'Daiye and fucked McAtee off back to Citeh, hopefully. Immediately there we a robustness and a willingness to play further up the pitch that was absent in the first half. That wasn't to say we couldn't be caught out by the marauding, cheating fucking shithead Cantwell who was doing what our midfield should be doing namely carry the ball up the pitch and laying it off and running on into space. I feared another early goal and with us 0-3 behind the sound of plastic seats whacking up into the stowed position from three sides of the ground would have been deafening. But N'Daiye started to own the ball more and 'run at them'™, a new concept whereby a player uses movement and skill to bypass opposition players en route to goal. Norwich sensed a rebellion against their pretty mediocre mastery and started shutting the game down with shithousery and diving, helped in process by a pretty bollocks referee. Suddenly Bramall Lane was on fire and we surged forward egged on with a mixture of encouragement and anger. Eventually some impressive and relentless pressure gets a cross to Billy who squares to Osborn who clips in a deserved goal. Game on. Now we are in third gear at last and picking up momentum, if without product. Most crosses find the first man (Doyle this time from a promising free kick) or again centred into the Norwich defence (Osborn again) or balls up the pitch end up nowhere. Then suddenly everything clicks pleasingly into place and McBurnie on for Brewster, on for is at the far post to squeeze it in. Game on again.

Norwich, and this time moreso the shoddy referee conspired to shit in our snaptin as we pushed on to kill the fuckers off. Stupid injuries, trainers on, questionable yellow cards and a raft of daft decisions slowed our suddenly residcovered mettle. With more and more determination we tried and failed, McBurnie heading at the keeper or wide of Osborn hitting flailing defenders. Then to confound the evangelists, Norwich are up the other end, Baldock puts in a terror tackle outside the box, ball comes to a Norwich player who is going past a static Egan, he hangs in a leg and they have an undeserved spot kick. With Pukki on a hat-trick, the pressure is all on him in front of the impressive Norwich following and he hits a tame but needing saving free ick to Davies's left which he palms out. Game on once again.

The game finished with us inn their half knocking on the door with Khadra on the pitch but in fairness, had we won I'd see it as a dirty win whatever, given we played like fucking amateurs in the first 45 and were deserved losers going in for a Hacky bollocking, something that over the past six games must just be routine by now. Fortunately we once again salvaged a point from zero but against a side provenly vulnerable but with definite capability. Had we been sat in twentieth at the moment we'd be grateful for that draw. It's to me the reality of our potential versus the actuality of our situation. Still reckon we are going nowhere with the majority of this squad. They aren't good enough now to stitch 2 x 45 minute performance which dominates an opposition and gets a deserved win

Davies 4/10: Shocking stuff early on and then for their goal but rescues a point with his penalty save
Baldock 5/10: His typical heart on sleeve performance if somewhat shackled in his ongoing war with Cantwell. Wouldn't have been surprised to see him straight redded for an over the top, two footer on the alice-banded honeychild wanker. In fact, I'd have cheered.
Anel 6/10: Although he has class way above what the rest of the squad has, he's sometimes pulled down by that very factor. Always involved and active, today he however didn't touch the parts other players can't reach
Egan 5.5/10: I still think Egan is way below what his best is, almost three seasons since O'Connell left us. Today he was vulnerable and exposed and his penalty gift was simply bad defending
Basham 5.5/10: A better performance from Bash if not still at his 'does nowt wrong' situation/normal game. Past few games he's been second to the ball and not as composed. Much better today
Osborn 7.5/10: With everyone ready to kill him off last week, Osborn comes out this week and shows us what Hecky sees what we can't. Uncharacteristically good game for him out wide even if at times he crossed into the box straight to their players. Well taken goal.
Fleck 4/10: Another pointless pick-him-for-shits-and-giggles and begging for Doyle. Can't think what the fuck he did which merited the shirt for an hour. He's done, Hecky. Stop trying to be charitable
Norwood 6.5/10: Good match for him, even if in the first half he was the only reliable midfielder on the pitch. Some noteworthy interceptions and tackles and put a shift in where the two outside him were lacking
McAtee 2/10: Little lad in a big boys league. Send him back please. We've seen enough. As Carlts said on shoutbox, 'McWoodburntee'
Sharp 5.5/10: He's clearly coming to the end of the road now but still works his socks off but there's a certain sad fading of his turn-and-shoot capability which is now tragically leaving his feet. Laid off Osborns goal and maybe should step back from the politics of the game on the pitch and be the club captain. It, I suppose, is a measure of how much he loves this club, bless him
Brewster 5/10: Spent a lot of time fetching punts up the pitch from the channels and not much ability to chase at their defenders with the ball at her feet or arrive in the box to score

N'Daiye 7/10: Once again our only attacking outlet moving forward and showed exquisite deftness of touch bringing the ball down to pass and run. Quite why he wasn't starting is a mystery
Doyle 7.5/10: The real story of our second half. Once we'd rid ourselves of the suitcase of bricks that Fleck has become, Doyle added that youthful grit and determination and willingness to commit and commit again. He did, once again, a huge amount of midfield spadework today which suddenly rendered Norwich's midfield a bit redundant
McBurnie 8/10: A great substitution and made a huge difference to how we pursued the game onward to a possible victory. Picks up a whole point for not shithousing and using sarcasm for shit refereeing. Great, determined effort to score his goal and yeah, should have buried his header later and it showed in his face because had he won us the game with that, would have had a 10/10
Khadra 5/10: Not sure still about what he can bring to our side. Runs at defenders to press but seems strangely invisible or unsighted at times. Jury's still out.

HJ&SMcC 5/10: rescued a draw from a loss, second game in a row and last six reads DLLDLD, with us now still on the slide. Today, being a game of two halfs, was lost in the first before we clawed it back in the second. Yeah, an odd term but think about it. Had we started with the same bite we finished with, we could have been 4-0 winners. This is down to the backroom team and not 'injuries' and 'bad luck'. Some areas today showed us pleasingly good, but consistency is the trademark of a winner, and once again, our first inconsistent 45 was why we only have one point and lie in no mans land now with a widening points gap opening up until soon, we will be two wins, possibly more from automatics.

pommpey
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What I truly think is great about your take is the total capture of the essence of the match and the ebbs and flows

Don’t always agree with the marks but who cares - a great read - some side splitting analogies and some needed brutal home truths

I do think Hecky will get it right but then again what do I know

Thanks
 
Good result in that no-one was stretchered off, and we looked somethin like the marauding team of early season second half. What a fucking relief it will be when the win finally comes.

Didn't think Sharp was as bad as Pommps suggests but it's baffling that he's starting. Bring him on when we're defending a lead. He can shithouse like the best of them.
 
pommpey said:
The trials and tribulations of being a Sheffield United supporter, eh? Everything you wanted bottled up in another somewhat frustrating, baffling, breathtaking afternoon at Bramall Lane today.

Only just managed to catch the kickoff so the final lineup was somewhat of a mystery to me until I could see who was on and where they were playing. But straight away I could see we were fragile in places. Timu Pukki, unlikely rascal that he always was was always anyone's target in yellow and always therefor had that ability to use his international acumen to close down on the hapless Davies taking far too much time to get a deserved opener. Also, think that the ball backwards was played by Egan onto his left. Wes isn't in goal any more feller. the backline and Davies should already know which foot the keeper needs a backpass on. It doesn't forgive the fuckup mind. All keepers should be able to swing both feet at a backpass. Into touch is better than in the fucking net.

We still failed to shut Norwich down entirely despite moving forward though. They still had the break to count on and an uncertain back three into which to activate Pukki who frankly terrorised them into conceding the second with again, a shot Davies should have had covered with his dive. With the crowd now muttering and complaining we pressed further forward but we still display that lack of basic connectivity. Poor passing, hopeful punts up the pitch, crosses (mainly from Osborn) which just found unpressured Norwich defenders and the obligatory Norwood boot into the BLLT left me feeling that in the next 45 minutes we could concede more without even warming their keepers hand, albeit he'd kept a goal out from an Osborn deflected shot right on the whistle. It was a scrappy. unproductive and somewhat negative first half redolent of a team on the slide and definitely underperforming

Second half we brought on N'Daiye and fucked McAtee off back to Citeh, hopefully. Immediately there we a robustness and a willingness to play further up the pitch that was absent in the first half. That wasn't to say we couldn't be caught out by the marauding, cheating fucking shithead Cantwell who was doing what our midfield should be doing namely carry the ball up the pitch and laying it off and running on into space. I feared another early goal and with us 0-3 behind the sound of plastic seats whacking up into the stowed position from three sides of the ground would have been deafening. But N'Daiye started to own the ball more and 'run at them'™, a new concept whereby a player uses movement and skill to bypass opposition players en route to goal. Norwich sensed a rebellion against their pretty mediocre mastery and started shutting the game down with shithousery and diving, helped in process by a pretty bollocks referee. Suddenly Bramall Lane was on fire and we surged forward egged on with a mixture of encouragement and anger. Eventually some impressive and relentless pressure gets a cross to Billy who squares to Osborn who clips in a deserved goal. Game on. Now we are in third gear at last and picking up momentum, if without product. Most crosses find the first man (Doyle this time from a promising free kick) or again centred into the Norwich defence (Osborn again) or balls up the pitch end up nowhere. Then suddenly everything clicks pleasingly into place and McBurnie on for Brewster, on for is at the far post to squeeze it in. Game on again.

Norwich, and this time moreso the shoddy referee conspired to shit in our snaptin as we pushed on to kill the fuckers off. Stupid injuries, trainers on, questionable yellow cards and a raft of daft decisions slowed our suddenly residcovered mettle. With more and more determination we tried and failed, McBurnie heading at the keeper or wide of Osborn hitting flailing defenders. Then to confound the evangelists, Norwich are up the other end, Baldock puts in a terror tackle outside the box, ball comes to a Norwich player who is going past a static Egan, he hangs in a leg and they have an undeserved spot kick. With Pukki on a hat-trick, the pressure is all on him in front of the impressive Norwich following and he hits a tame but needing saving free ick to Davies's left which he palms out. Game on once again.

The game finished with us inn their half knocking on the door with Khadra on the pitch but in fairness, had we won I'd see it as a dirty win whatever, given we played like fucking amateurs in the first 45 and were deserved losers going in for a Hacky bollocking, something that over the past six games must just be routine by now. Fortunately we once again salvaged a point from zero but against a side provenly vulnerable but with definite capability. Had we been sat in twentieth at the moment we'd be grateful for that draw. It's to me the reality of our potential versus the actuality of our situation. Still reckon we are going nowhere with the majority of this squad. They aren't good enough now to stitch 2 x 45 minute performance which dominates an opposition and gets a deserved win

Davies 4/10: Shocking stuff early on and then for their goal but rescues a point with his penalty save
Baldock 5/10: His typical heart on sleeve performance if somewhat shackled in his ongoing war with Cantwell. Wouldn't have been surprised to see him straight redded for an over the top, two footer on the alice-banded honeychild wanker. In fact, I'd have cheered.
Anel 6/10: Although he has class way above what the rest of the squad has, he's sometimes pulled down by that very factor. Always involved and active, today he however didn't touch the parts other players can't reach
Egan 5.5/10: I still think Egan is way below what his best is, almost three seasons since O'Connell left us. Today he was vulnerable and exposed and his penalty gift was simply bad defending
Basham 5.5/10: A better performance from Bash if not still at his 'does nowt wrong' situation/normal game. Past few games he's been second to the ball and not as composed. Much better today
Osborn 7.5/10: With everyone ready to kill him off last week, Osborn comes out this week and shows us what Hecky sees what we can't. Uncharacteristically good game for him out wide even if at times he crossed into the box straight to their players. Well taken goal.
Fleck 4/10: Another pointless pick-him-for-shits-and-giggles and begging for Doyle. Can't think what the fuck he did which merited the shirt for an hour. He's done, Hecky. Stop trying to be charitable
Norwood 6.5/10: Good match for him, even if in the first half he was the only reliable midfielder on the pitch. Some noteworthy interceptions and tackles and put a shift in where the two outside him were lacking
McAtee 2/10: Little lad in a big boys league. Send him back please. We've seen enough. As Carlts said on shoutbox, 'McWoodburntee'
Sharp 5.5/10: He's clearly coming to the end of the road now but still works his socks off but there's a certain sad fading of his turn-and-shoot capability which is now tragically leaving his feet. Laid off Osborns goal and maybe should step back from the politics of the game on the pitch and be the club captain. It, I suppose, is a measure of how much he loves this club, bless him
Brewster 5/10: Spent a lot of time fetching punts up the pitch from the channels and not much ability to chase at their defenders with the ball at her feet or arrive in the box to score

N'Daiye 7/10: Once again our only attacking outlet moving forward and showed exquisite deftness of touch bringing the ball down to pass and run. Quite why he wasn't starting is a mystery
Doyle 7.5/10: The real story of our second half. Once we'd rid ourselves of the suitcase of bricks that Fleck has become, Doyle added that youthful grit and determination and willingness to commit and commit again. He did, once again, a huge amount of midfield spadework today which suddenly rendered Norwich's midfield a bit redundant
McBurnie 8/10: A great substitution and made a huge difference to how we pursued the game onward to a possible victory. Picks up a whole point for not shithousing and using sarcasm for shit refereeing. Great, determined effort to score his goal and yeah, should have buried his header later and it showed in his face because had he won us the game with that, would have had a 10/10
Khadra 5/10: Not sure still about what he can bring to our side. Runs at defenders to press but seems strangely invisible or unsighted at times. Jury's still out.

HJ&SMcC 5/10: rescued a draw from a loss, second game in a row and last six reads DLLDLD, with us now still on the slide. Today, being a game of two halfs, was lost in the first before we clawed it back in the second. Yeah, an odd term but think about it. Had we started with the same bite we finished with, we could have been 4-0 winners. This is down to the backroom team and not 'injuries' and 'bad luck'. Some areas today showed us pleasingly good, but consistency is the trademark of a winner, and once again, our first inconsistent 45 was why we only have one point and lie in no mans land now with a widening points gap opening up until soon, we will be two wins, possibly more from automatics.

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Sound assumption pal
Yea Osborn scorded but he was fucking wank
Fleck just fuck him off
Sharp please don’t embarrass yourself any longer if you want to play go to L2 or the Conference thanks tho for years of service.
Boldock you are L1 tops can’t cross can’t mark
 
To be honest the starting line up horrified me, more on this later. First few minutes and Pukki terrorises Egan out wide who plays a back pass to Davies' left he has two choices lamp it up field with his weaker foot or just put it in the south stand but he turns to play it with his right foot but the pacey Pukki get a block in that rolls into the net.
The defending for the 2nd is just as bad Three big lads are terrorised by the little shit Pukki this time Anel doesn't deal with a ball over the top and Pukki gets a rather weak shot away which Davies should really be saving 0-2 something I have noticed in recent weeks is how the back three are all over the shop WTF was Anel doing on our left side surely that is Egan or Bash territory? Same at Stoke the other week when RND got caught out on the right side of our penalty area. A piss poor first half where I was wondering if the stewards would open the gates at HT to let me fuck off home or to the boozer.
2nd half and Ndiaye comes on for the little boy McAtee (don't know about fuck him of back to Citeh maybe Bradford City yes) and we immediately look better. Not sure if Billy meant to play in Osborn might have been a scuffed shot but Osborn puts it in, those two actions maybe be the only thing those two managed all game. Mcburnie on for Brewster and Khadra for Fleck and we suddenly are looking like a team. 87mins we give away a penalty a bit harsh on Egan I thought Baldock's tackle outside the box brought a exaggerated dive into the area by the Norwich shithouse when the second Norwich shithouse went down the hopeless ref was always going to give a penalty he could hardly wait to blow his whistle, Davies saves well and makes up for his earlier error and in the end we could have nicked a win.

My main grumble today is the starting line up at Coventry Hecky was heavily criticised and got the mardies on after the game, to me starting Sharp, Basham Brewster and Osborn was a clear ✌️ to the fans and media. On recent form Sharp and Osborn should not be starting JLT again does not get a look in so why have him on the bench.
A different team 2nd half start with that team and we win that game Norwich have their own problems in defence. Very poor from Hecky today I think that 2nd half performance got him out of jail. Start your best 11 Hecky FFS.

The Referee......................... I regularly watch games and think to myself this is the worst ref I have seen in a long time but then up steps a prick like today's who takes ref incompetence to a whole new level. We got nothing today this knob end may as well have put on a yellow shirt, he fell for every bit of Norwich shithousing and did nothing to stop the blatant time wasting.

Davies 4
Baldock 6
Anel 5 loses a mark for letting Pukki out muscle him
Egan 5
Osborn 5 gains a mark for his goal
Bash 6
McAtee 3 a division above his present level
Norwood 7
Fleck 5
Brewster 6
Sharp 5 sadly time has caught up with him
McBurnie 8
Khadra 6 better today one blistering sprint and early ball into the box something our forwards just aren't used to.
Doyle 6
 
Points on individual players,its a teamgame. 95 % of 90 min. Players are off the ball in a game. Points are based on with the ball which is a small part. Pressing as a team is what,s about. If we win ,points are up by 2. Most People on this forum wouldn,t have a clue of how complicated a team effort really is. Coaches are educated and usually see games very different from fans. We all want to win every game,hands out,second half was very good.
 
Osborn redeemed himself with a goal but he was crap apart from that. He’s on the pitch and gets forward and back but does absolutely fuck all going either way.
 
pommpey said:
The trials and tribulations of being a Sheffield United supporter, eh? Everything you wanted bottled up in another somewhat frustrating, baffling, breathtaking afternoon at Bramall Lane today.

Only just managed to catch the kickoff so the final lineup was somewhat of a mystery to me until I could see who was on and where they were playing. But straight away I could see we were fragile in places. Timu Pukki, unlikely rascal that he always was was always anyone's target in yellow and always therefor had that ability to use his international acumen to close down on the hapless Davies taking far too much time to get a deserved opener. Also, think that the ball backwards was played by Egan onto his left. Wes isn't in goal any more feller. the backline and Davies should already know which foot the keeper needs a backpass on. It doesn't forgive the fuckup mind. All keepers should be able to swing both feet at a backpass. Into touch is better than in the fucking net.

We still failed to shut Norwich down entirely despite moving forward though. They still had the break to count on and an uncertain back three into which to activate Pukki who frankly terrorised them into conceding the second with again, a shot Davies should have had covered with his dive. With the crowd now muttering and complaining we pressed further forward but we still display that lack of basic connectivity. Poor passing, hopeful punts up the pitch, crosses (mainly from Osborn) which just found unpressured Norwich defenders and the obligatory Norwood boot into the BLLT left me feeling that in the next 45 minutes we could concede more without even warming their keepers hand, albeit he'd kept a goal out from an Osborn deflected shot right on the whistle. It was a scrappy. unproductive and somewhat negative first half redolent of a team on the slide and definitely underperforming

Second half we brought on N'Daiye and fucked McAtee off back to Citeh, hopefully. Immediately there we a robustness and a willingness to play further up the pitch that was absent in the first half. That wasn't to say we couldn't be caught out by the marauding, cheating fucking shithead Cantwell who was doing what our midfield should be doing namely carry the ball up the pitch and laying it off and running on into space. I feared another early goal and with us 0-3 behind the sound of plastic seats whacking up into the stowed position from three sides of the ground would have been deafening. But N'Daiye started to own the ball more and 'run at them'™, a new concept whereby a player uses movement and skill to bypass opposition players en route to goal. Norwich sensed a rebellion against their pretty mediocre mastery and started shutting the game down with shithousery and diving, helped in process by a pretty bollocks referee. Suddenly Bramall Lane was on fire and we surged forward egged on with a mixture of encouragement and anger. Eventually some impressive and relentless pressure gets a cross to Billy who squares to Osborn who clips in a deserved goal. Game on. Now we are in third gear at last and picking up momentum, if without product. Most crosses find the first man (Doyle this time from a promising free kick) or again centred into the Norwich defence (Osborn again) or balls up the pitch end up nowhere. Then suddenly everything clicks pleasingly into place and McBurnie on for Brewster, on for is at the far post to squeeze it in. Game on again.

Norwich, and this time moreso the shoddy referee conspired to shit in our snaptin as we pushed on to kill the fuckers off. Stupid injuries, trainers on, questionable yellow cards and a raft of daft decisions slowed our suddenly residcovered mettle. With more and more determination we tried and failed, McBurnie heading at the keeper or wide of Osborn hitting flailing defenders. Then to confound the evangelists, Norwich are up the other end, Baldock puts in a terror tackle outside the box, ball comes to a Norwich player who is going past a static Egan, he hangs in a leg and they have an undeserved spot kick. With Pukki on a hat-trick, the pressure is all on him in front of the impressive Norwich following and he hits a tame but needing saving free ick to Davies's left which he palms out. Game on once again.

The game finished with us inn their half knocking on the door with Khadra on the pitch but in fairness, had we won I'd see it as a dirty win whatever, given we played like fucking amateurs in the first 45 and were deserved losers going in for a Hacky bollocking, something that over the past six games must just be routine by now. Fortunately we once again salvaged a point from zero but against a side provenly vulnerable but with definite capability. Had we been sat in twentieth at the moment we'd be grateful for that draw. It's to me the reality of our potential versus the actuality of our situation. Still reckon we are going nowhere with the majority of this squad. They aren't good enough now to stitch 2 x 45 minute performance which dominates an opposition and gets a deserved win

Davies 4/10: Shocking stuff early on and then for their goal but rescues a point with his penalty save
Baldock 5/10: His typical heart on sleeve performance if somewhat shackled in his ongoing war with Cantwell. Wouldn't have been surprised to see him straight redded for an over the top, two footer on the alice-banded honeychild wanker. In fact, I'd have cheered.
Anel 6/10: Although he has class way above what the rest of the squad has, he's sometimes pulled down by that very factor. Always involved and active, today he however didn't touch the parts other players can't reach
Egan 5.5/10: I still think Egan is way below what his best is, almost three seasons since O'Connell left us. Today he was vulnerable and exposed and his penalty gift was simply bad defending
Basham 5.5/10: A better performance from Bash if not still at his 'does nowt wrong' situation/normal game. Past few games he's been second to the ball and not as composed. Much better today
Osborn 7.5/10: With everyone ready to kill him off last week, Osborn comes out this week and shows us what Hecky sees what we can't. Uncharacteristically good game for him out wide even if at times he crossed into the box straight to their players. Well taken goal.
Fleck 4/10: Another pointless pick-him-for-shits-and-giggles and begging for Doyle. Can't think what the fuck he did which merited the shirt for an hour. He's done, Hecky. Stop trying to be charitable
Norwood 6.5/10: Good match for him, even if in the first half he was the only reliable midfielder on the pitch. Some noteworthy interceptions and tackles and put a shift in where the two outside him were lacking
McAtee 2/10: Little lad in a big boys league. Send him back please. We've seen enough. As Carlts said on shoutbox, 'McWoodburntee'
Sharp 5.5/10: He's clearly coming to the end of the road now but still works his socks off but there's a certain sad fading of his turn-and-shoot capability which is now tragically leaving his feet. Laid off Osborns goal and maybe should step back from the politics of the game on the pitch and be the club captain. It, I suppose, is a measure of how much he loves this club, bless him
Brewster 5/10: Spent a lot of time fetching punts up the pitch from the channels and not much ability to chase at their defenders with the ball at her feet or arrive in the box to score

N'Daiye 7/10: Once again our only attacking outlet moving forward and showed exquisite deftness of touch bringing the ball down to pass and run. Quite why he wasn't starting is a mystery
Doyle 7.5/10: The real story of our second half. Once we'd rid ourselves of the suitcase of bricks that Fleck has become, Doyle added that youthful grit and determination and willingness to commit and commit again. He did, once again, a huge amount of midfield spadework today which suddenly rendered Norwich's midfield a bit redundant
McBurnie 8/10: A great substitution and made a huge difference to how we pursued the game onward to a possible victory. Picks up a whole point for not shithousing and using sarcasm for shit refereeing. Great, determined effort to score his goal and yeah, should have buried his header later and it showed in his face because had he won us the game with that, would have had a 10/10
Khadra 5/10: Not sure still about what he can bring to our side. Runs at defenders to press but seems strangely invisible or unsighted at times. Jury's still out.

HJ&SMcC 5/10: rescued a draw from a loss, second game in a row and last six reads DLLDLD, with us now still on the slide. Today, being a game of two halfs, was lost in the first before we clawed it back in the second. Yeah, an odd term but think about it. Had we started with the same bite we finished with, we could have been 4-0 winners. This is down to the backroom team and not 'injuries' and 'bad luck'. Some areas today showed us pleasingly good, but consistency is the trademark of a winner, and once again, our first inconsistent 45 was why we only have one point and lie in no mans land now with a widening points gap opening up until soon, we will be two wins, possibly more from automatics.

pommpey
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Agree. Bar Osborne. I'd grade lower. Checks back to often. No bravery on putting that first ball in. Bottled hotting chance 1st time 2nd half.


In summary 1st half every fucker was wank. 2nd half we fought.

And on Billy Shap. I love him. What a servant. But today showed this level is beyond him. I cry as I say it. But all he dud today was try and win fouls rather than the balk. Sad day. But i thought it fir a while.
 
metalblade said:
To be honest the starting line up horrified me, more on this later. First few minutes and Pukki terrorises Egan out wide who plays a back pass to Davies' left he has two choices lamp it up field with his weaker foot or just put it in the south stand but he turns to play it with his right foot but the pacey Pukki get a block in that rolls into the net.
The defending for the 2nd is just as bad Three big lads are terrorised by the little shit Pukki this time Anel doesn't deal with a ball over the top and Pukki gets a rather weak shot away which Davies should really be saving 0-2 something I have noticed in recent weeks is how the back three are all over the shop WTF was Anel doing on our left side surely that is Egan or Bash territory? Same at Stoke the other week when RND got caught out on the right side of our penalty area. A piss poor first half where I was wondering if the stewards would open the gates at HT to let me fuck off home or to the boozer.
2nd half and Ndiaye comes on for the little boy McAtee (don't know about fuck him of back to Citeh maybe Bradford City yes) and we immediately look better. Not sure if Billy meant to play in Osborn might have been a scuffed shot but Osborn puts it in, those two actions maybe be the only thing those two managed all game. Mcburnie on for Brewster and Khadra for Fleck and we suddenly are looking like a team. 87mins we give away a penalty a bit harsh on Egan I thought Baldock's tackle outside the box brought a exaggerated dive into the area by the Norwich shithouse when the second Norwich shithouse went down the hopeless ref was always going to give a penalty he could hardly wait to blow his whistle, Davies saves well and makes up for his earlier error and in the end we could have nicked a win.

My main grumble today is the starting line up at Coventry Hecky was heavily criticised and got the mardies on after the game, to me starting Sharp, Basham Brewster and Osborn was a clear ✌️ to the fans and media. On recent form Sharp and Osborn should not be starting JLT again does not get a look in so why have him on the bench.
A different team 2nd half start with that team and we win that game Norwich have their own problems in defence. Very poor from Hecky today I think that 2nd half performance got him out of jail. Start your best 11 Hecky FFS.

The Referee......................... I regularly watch games and think to myself this is the worst ref I have seen in a long time but then up steps a prick like today's who takes ref incompetence to a whole new level. We got nothing today this knob end may as well have put on a yellow shirt, he fell for every bit of Norwich shithousing and did nothing to stop the blatant time wasting.

Davies 4
Baldock 6
Anel 5 loses a mark for letting Pukki out muscle him
Egan 5
Osborn 5 gains a mark for his goal
Bash 6
McAtee 3 a division above his present level
Norwood 7
Fleck 5
Brewster 6
Sharp 5 sadly time has caught up with him
McBurnie 8
Khadra 6 better today one blistering sprint and early ball into the box something our forwards just aren't used to.
Doyle 6
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The ref was a fucking wanker you what if I was a a ref when a player was play acting I would put double time on my watch and book the cunt
 
pommpey said:
The trials and tribulations of being a Sheffield United supporter, eh? Everything you wanted bottled up in another somewhat frustrating, baffling, breathtaking afternoon at Bramall Lane today.

Only just managed to catch the kickoff so the final lineup was somewhat of a mystery to me until I could see who was on and where they were playing. But straight away I could see we were fragile in places. Timu Pukki, unlikely rascal that he always was was always anyone's target in yellow and always therefor had that ability to use his international acumen to close down on the hapless Davies taking far too much time to get a deserved opener. Also, think that the ball backwards was played by Egan onto his left. Wes isn't in goal any more feller. the backline and Davies should already know which foot the keeper needs a backpass on. It doesn't forgive the fuckup mind. All keepers should be able to swing both feet at a backpass. Into touch is better than in the fucking net.

We still failed to shut Norwich down entirely despite moving forward though. They still had the break to count on and an uncertain back three into which to activate Pukki who frankly terrorised them into conceding the second with again, a shot Davies should have had covered with his dive. With the crowd now muttering and complaining we pressed further forward but we still display that lack of basic connectivity. Poor passing, hopeful punts up the pitch, crosses (mainly from Osborn) which just found unpressured Norwich defenders and the obligatory Norwood boot into the BLLT left me feeling that in the next 45 minutes we could concede more without even warming their keepers hand, albeit he'd kept a goal out from an Osborn deflected shot right on the whistle. It was a scrappy. unproductive and somewhat negative first half redolent of a team on the slide and definitely underperforming

Second half we brought on N'Daiye and fucked McAtee off back to Citeh, hopefully. Immediately there we a robustness and a willingness to play further up the pitch that was absent in the first half. That wasn't to say we couldn't be caught out by the marauding, cheating fucking shithead Cantwell who was doing what our midfield should be doing namely carry the ball up the pitch and laying it off and running on into space. I feared another early goal and with us 0-3 behind the sound of plastic seats whacking up into the stowed position from three sides of the ground would have been deafening. But N'Daiye started to own the ball more and 'run at them'™, a new concept whereby a player uses movement and skill to bypass opposition players en route to goal. Norwich sensed a rebellion against their pretty mediocre mastery and started shutting the game down with shithousery and diving, helped in process by a pretty bollocks referee. Suddenly Bramall Lane was on fire and we surged forward egged on with a mixture of encouragement and anger. Eventually some impressive and relentless pressure gets a cross to Billy who squares to Osborn who clips in a deserved goal. Game on. Now we are in third gear at last and picking up momentum, if without product. Most crosses find the first man (Doyle this time from a promising free kick) or again centred into the Norwich defence (Osborn again) or balls up the pitch end up nowhere. Then suddenly everything clicks pleasingly into place and McBurnie on for Brewster, on for is at the far post to squeeze it in. Game on again.

Norwich, and this time moreso the shoddy referee conspired to shit in our snaptin as we pushed on to kill the fuckers off. Stupid injuries, trainers on, questionable yellow cards and a raft of daft decisions slowed our suddenly residcovered mettle. With more and more determination we tried and failed, McBurnie heading at the keeper or wide of Osborn hitting flailing defenders. Then to confound the evangelists, Norwich are up the other end, Baldock puts in a terror tackle outside the box, ball comes to a Norwich player who is going past a static Egan, he hangs in a leg and they have an undeserved spot kick. With Pukki on a hat-trick, the pressure is all on him in front of the impressive Norwich following and he hits a tame but needing saving free ick to Davies's left which he palms out. Game on once again.

The game finished with us inn their half knocking on the door with Khadra on the pitch but in fairness, had we won I'd see it as a dirty win whatever, given we played like fucking amateurs in the first 45 and were deserved losers going in for a Hacky bollocking, something that over the past six games must just be routine by now. Fortunately we once again salvaged a point from zero but against a side provenly vulnerable but with definite capability. Had we been sat in twentieth at the moment we'd be grateful for that draw. It's to me the reality of our potential versus the actuality of our situation. Still reckon we are going nowhere with the majority of this squad. They aren't good enough now to stitch 2 x 45 minute performance which dominates an opposition and gets a deserved win

Davies 4/10: Shocking stuff early on and then for their goal but rescues a point with his penalty save
Baldock 5/10: His typical heart on sleeve performance if somewhat shackled in his ongoing war with Cantwell. Wouldn't have been surprised to see him straight redded for an over the top, two footer on the alice-banded honeychild wanker. In fact, I'd have cheered.
Anel 6/10: Although he has class way above what the rest of the squad has, he's sometimes pulled down by that very factor. Always involved and active, today he however didn't touch the parts other players can't reach
Egan 5.5/10: I still think Egan is way below what his best is, almost three seasons since O'Connell left us. Today he was vulnerable and exposed and his penalty gift was simply bad defending
Basham 5.5/10: A better performance from Bash if not still at his 'does nowt wrong' situation/normal game. Past few games he's been second to the ball and not as composed. Much better today
Osborn 7.5/10: With everyone ready to kill him off last week, Osborn comes out this week and shows us what Hecky sees what we can't. Uncharacteristically good game for him out wide even if at times he crossed into the box straight to their players. Well taken goal.
Fleck 4/10: Another pointless pick-him-for-shits-and-giggles and begging for Doyle. Can't think what the fuck he did which merited the shirt for an hour. He's done, Hecky. Stop trying to be charitable
Norwood 6.5/10: Good match for him, even if in the first half he was the only reliable midfielder on the pitch. Some noteworthy interceptions and tackles and put a shift in where the two outside him were lacking
McAtee 2/10: Little lad in a big boys league. Send him back please. We've seen enough. As Carlts said on shoutbox, 'McWoodburntee'
Sharp 5.5/10: He's clearly coming to the end of the road now but still works his socks off but there's a certain sad fading of his turn-and-shoot capability which is now tragically leaving his feet. Laid off Osborns goal and maybe should step back from the politics of the game on the pitch and be the club captain. It, I suppose, is a measure of how much he loves this club, bless him
Brewster 5/10: Spent a lot of time fetching punts up the pitch from the channels and not much ability to chase at their defenders with the ball at her feet or arrive in the box to score

N'Daiye 7/10: Once again our only attacking outlet moving forward and showed exquisite deftness of touch bringing the ball down to pass and run. Quite why he wasn't starting is a mystery
Doyle 7.5/10: The real story of our second half. Once we'd rid ourselves of the suitcase of bricks that Fleck has become, Doyle added that youthful grit and determination and willingness to commit and commit again. He did, once again, a huge amount of midfield spadework today which suddenly rendered Norwich's midfield a bit redundant
McBurnie 8/10: A great substitution and made a huge difference to how we pursued the game onward to a possible victory. Picks up a whole point for not shithousing and using sarcasm for shit refereeing. Great, determined effort to score his goal and yeah, should have buried his header later and it showed in his face because had he won us the game with that, would have had a 10/10
Khadra 5/10: Not sure still about what he can bring to our side. Runs at defenders to press but seems strangely invisible or unsighted at times. Jury's still out.

HJ&SMcC 5/10: rescued a draw from a loss, second game in a row and last six reads DLLDLD, with us now still on the slide. Today, being a game of two halfs, was lost in the first before we clawed it back in the second. Yeah, an odd term but think about it. Had we started with the same bite we finished with, we could have been 4-0 winners. This is down to the backroom team and not 'injuries' and 'bad luck'. Some areas today showed us pleasingly good, but consistency is the trademark of a winner, and once again, our first inconsistent 45 was why we only have one point and lie in no mans land now with a widening points gap opening up until soon, we will be two wins, possibly more from automatics.

pommpey
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Thank you as always Pommpey however after a shocking first 20 minutes from a supposedly international goalkeeper (Olsen esque performance) Davies did make a crucial save at 0-2 when he turned one over the bar at the kop end. Penalty yes goes correct way so well done. Obvious every week we require some physicality in centre mid and let Doyle push on.
Great reports an oasis in a desert
 
Great report as always pommpey,look forward to them after every game, hecky picked the wrong team simple as,corrected it in the 2nd half and he's his own worst enemy, pick your best players in there best position's and you'll win football matches. We had no midfield in the 1st half and it showed. Personally I'd like a midfield with Illy,Norward and Doyle with mcburnie and brewster up front, Illy playing as a 10.
 
Corkblade said:
Great report as always pommpey,look forward to them after every game, hecky picked the wrong team simple as,corrected it in the 2nd half and he's his own worst enemy, pick your best players in there best position's and you'll win football matches. We had no midfield in the 1st half and it showed. Personally I'd like a midfield with Illy,Norward and Doyle with mcburnie and brewster up front, Illy playing as a 10.
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Not a bad idea.
Berge occasionally ran with the ball.
So replace him with Illy who can run with the ball.
Not feckin schoolboy McAtee or halfspeed Fleck.
The direct replacement for the creativity of Berge is the positivity of Illy. Otherwise we aren't gonna score.
 
Nit picking a bit, but when you compliment Norwood, you are comparing him with McAtee and Fleck in the first half?
Apart from me nit picking that, most of it was spot on.
 

“ that lack of basic connectivity “ and “ hopeful punts up the field” . First home match missed this season so managed to watch the second half on SUTV. It was all us to be fair. Those two phrases however sum up it up for me. Don’t usually read the game too much from the back rows of the kop where I normally sit but interesting to watch from the TV camera perspective.
 
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