Sheffield United vs Swansea City

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Championship Week 30 - Saturday 11th February 2023 - 15:00 - Bramall Lane
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Officials:

Referee: Matthew Donohue
Assistant Referee: Paul Hodskinson
Assistant Referee: Richard Wild
Fourth Official: Martin Woods

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[PokerBlade]

Excellent performance.

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

You mean like Ramsay did in 1970 World Cup against the Germans.?

Nice reference

 

[b1ade4life]

One of the best performances of the season, every player a 7+ IMO

 

[jim2007]

Excellent performance.

Definitely. Some terrific individual performances among a great team effort.

 

[Belvedere Blade]

Bristol have beaten the Canaries. 2 defeats on trot for the Canaries now. All square at Watford. 1 1 v Rovers

 

[Iceybabey]

Good stuff

Overall, very pleasing. Every single player excellent.

Bogle, motm for me.

 

[Bobby b]

A great performance by the whole team, my mom is a toss up between Norwood or Robinson

 

[Colombia Blade]

Excellent performance. Pressing and hunger throughout. Unlucky not to have scored 5 or more. (Still sure some are trying to find something to complain about tho!)

 

[Belvedere Blade]

Well done to Foderingham for keeping the CLEAN SHEET today. Let's hope he can keep another one on Wednesday

 

[Hartley Hare]

Sheffield United 2 - Wales 0

HH

PS - I like hot buttered leeks.

 

[BritishSteel]

Swansea remind me of a Love Island tart.. very pretty to look at , have a bit of sass but ultimately end up getting fucked anyway.

 

[originaltrueblade]

More cheating welshmen
three times Swansea had their own players bump into each other in their box while we were in possession ref stopped game each time when he restarted it gave the ball to them when it should have been to us AND three times they didn't give the ball back

 

[BladesOnToast]

Great win but fuck me Swansea were shite. Third time in a fortnight we've had to play a Welsh side at non-league level

 

[BarcaBlade]

Excellent performance. Pressing and hunger throughout. Unlucky not to have scored 5 or more. (Still sure some are trying to find something to complain about tho!)

To be honest, just as a mental exercise, I'm trying to think what could be complained about, but struggling.

Maybe the fact that we're unlikely to get more than another 3 years out of Billy.

 

[robbiez666]

Great 3 points in the end against a team who started out on the front foot and caused us a few problems before we took advantage of their weak underbelly. We had much more control of the game for longer periods today after letting them dominate early action. We were struggling to pick up their attackers until we figured it out. Our press was poor at the start but when we got it going they were forced into error after error.

Foderingham - 7.5 - Didn't have the greatest amount to do but made a good save and then punch away and strong hands for the shot second half. Footwork was pretty decent as well.
Lowe - 7 - Better performance from him. Much greater intensity and got forward much more.
Robinson - 8 - Another great performance from psycho. Great anticipation and commitment to follow up Norwood's free kick and almost got a second with a great volley. Bit daft at the end but no idea who started it.
Egan - 7.5 - Good performance. Unlucky with a header he got a good run on and covered a few times when players pulled out of position.
Anel - 6.5 - Yet another dodgy challenge in our box, which he got away with. Better than the last few weeks but he gets pulled out of position way too easily. Got forward ok today.
Bogle - 8 - A real danger going forward. The balls seems to stick to him. Got a bit lucky at the end but never panics when near goal.
McAtee - 8 - Best game for us. Defensively much better and stuck to his task well. Great lay off for Berge's goal and caused lots of trouble going forward
Norwood - 7 - They targeted him and he struggled with it some of the time. The midfield unit was much better today so had more options. Great free kick which led to the goal and decent corners as well.
Berge - 7.5 - Great first-time finish for the goal and he was even winning some headers today. Much better standards the last couple of games and seems more confident.
Ndiaye - 7 - Nothing much worked for him going forward again. Defenders are seemingly getting closer to him and stopping him running at them. Gets the 7 for his tireless work effort and closing down.
Sharp - 6.5 - Linked up well at times and frustrated at others. I feel he's taking an extra millisecond on shots now and he gets closed down.

Subs:

McBurnie - 6.5 - Added some free legs but doesn't seem to press as much as you'd expect. Got himself another goal for being in the right place at the right time.
Osborn - 6.5 - I thought he came on and did well in midfield and picks up an assist. Less so at LWB near the end.
Fleck - Good to see him back
Basham
Coulibaly

Hecky - 7.5 - It took us about 15 minutes to suss out thwere their players were playing but after that we were largely in control. Subs made sense and another impressive win.

Swansea - They have some skilful players and you can see how dangerous they are going forward when their passing in working but they're far too lightweight at the back and their passing out is kamikaze. Their keeper made some decent saves though.

 

[jt64]

Most biased ref I have seen in years

Don't think he was necessarily biased, just clueless and way out of his depth

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Very comfortable win despite the new rule change. Thought JLT was on a hat trick for a while. Interesting to note the stewards moved on the gang way standers on the Kop near me.

 

[Foxy]

Most biased ref I have seen in years

Well, since earlier this week anyway.

 

[Belvedere Blade]

Fun to see what Hecky does with today's starting 11 on Wednesday v Boro after that good performance this afternoon and another 3 points in bin and a step closer to promotion to the PL

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Swansea were a very pretty footballing side.

The Blades were magic.

Oh and the referee for all his blunders has overseen four wins for the Blades this season.

And a clean sheet double over Swansea.

 

[The Judge 1889]

Well, since earlier this week anyway.

Cant remember seeing a ref stop play 2x when we have the ball for an oppo player injury which was not as a result of a foul, then give the drop ball to the oppo team.

 

[Camden Blade]

Very comfortable win despite the new rule change. Thought JLT was on a hat trick for a while. Interesting to note the stewards moved on the gang way standers on the Kop near me.

What new rule change?

 

[Nedski]

The most enjoyable performance in a long time. We let them have the ball for 15 minutes, sussed them out, then never really looked threatened.

Once we scored we kept playing football instead of punting it down the channels, and we scored again. Who'd have thought playing football and passing to each other was more effective than knocking it long?

Everyone looked confident today. Berge is a beast when he's confident. Bogle was a little hesitant to take on his man at times but I feel he's been like that since coming back from his long term injury. Norwood had a few lovely pings. Everyone else looked good.

Bit harsh on Coulibaly only getting 2 minutes, I felt he'd earnt a bit more than that!

 

[Nedski]

And one more thing. The ref was absolutely atrocious. What has happened over the last few years? Why have they continually got worse? This needs to be called out by our management it's embarrassing.

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Swansea were a very pretty footballing side.

The Blades were magic.

Oh and the referee for all his blunders has overseen four wins for the Blades this season.

And a clean sheet double over Swansea.

It would have been a nice flowing game if it wasn't for that joker of a ref.

 

[Northernsoulblade]

Decent performance today enjoyed it absolutely nowt to fear from Middlesbrough they dare not lose or it’s over come on blades

 

[munksyb]

7 more wins is all we need

7 & counting
Utb

 

[Colombia Blade]

To be honest, just as a mental exercise, I'm trying to think what could be complained about, but struggling.

Too many pigeons on the pitch?

 

[The Judge 1889]

Don't think he was necessarily biased, just clueless and way out of his depth

I dunno pal. Fckin speechless about some of his 'decisions'

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Too many pigeons on the pitch?

Eighteen calmly grazing during the absence of Swansea threat, at right hand corner of our penalty area, on the touchline.