An embarrassment

[BigBed]

Eight different scorers.

Bizarre.

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Shows how easy it was!

 

[Slim Man]

Let’s not forget that the club has, to some extent, had its heart broken this week with the sad news about Maddy Cusack. From the sounds of it she wasn’t just a player or a staff member; she was so much more and part of the Blades family.

I know that if a member of my team had passed away suddenly last week our productivity would have hit the floor. Let’s have a bit of empathy.

Let’s not play that one shall we

 

[ancientblade]

Unless it's Wilder on a free no way Prince spends money on a manager. Potter not touching us with a barge pole. So who else??

why wouldnt potter touch us with a bargepole ? brighton were in trouble when he went there and got them playing great football he would be my choice if hecky was sacked

 

[Brian Deane]

Worse than the scoreline for me, is that that was the least Sheffield United type performance since the Adkins season.

I hate when fans use the word unacceptable as it smacks of entitlement, but what other word is there for it?

Tripe or in todays language fucking wank.

 

[Le Cynique]

Let’s not play that one shall we

Fair enough if you don’t think it will have had an effect on the team

 

[Nick Jansky]

Let’s not play that one shall we

Do you not think it is relevant?

 

[bakeblade]

You can only piss with the cock you’ve got. We’re skint. We’ve got a decent first XI - probably mid bottom half - but we can’t afford strength in depth, so as soon as we lose a player we rely on (McBurnie in this case) we’re going to get fucked. Nothing we can do about it. We haven’t got the coin to compete.

Granted today’s capitulation is annoying and embarrassing, but let’s not forget we nearly got a point against the European champions.

I disagree totally, our 'first X1' is still relegation level. When we bring on the 2nd string, then OMG.

 

[Chunkey]

What's the odds on Xisco outliving PH as Manager of a Sheffield football league club?

I hope so

 

[PurpleRain]

Blame the manager and the players but isn’t it strange these embarrassments happen at all clubs owned by Abdullah… he is the one who is out of his depth. Sell up!

 

[1987]

Let’s not forget that the club has, to some extent, had its heart broken this week with the sad news about Maddy Cusack. From the sounds of it she wasn’t just a player or a staff member; she was so much more and part of the Blades family.

I know that if a member of my team had passed away suddenly last week our productivity would have hit the floor. Let’s have a bit of empathy.

Take the point, but presumably you'd want to play well in her honour wouldn't you. Not give up.

 

[Slim Man]

Fair enough if you don’t think it will have had an effect on the team

Our latest club legend played the day after the death of his son and scored the most memorable goal of his career.

I’m not having losing a colleague as an excuse for THAT. It should have been the complete opposite performance.

 

[Le Cynique]

I disagree totally, our 'first X1' is still relegation level. When we bring on the 2nd string, then OMG.

Disagree.

Wes - decent
Bakdock - good
Anel - good
Egan - good
Robinson/Trusty - decent
Thomas - good
Hamer - very good
McAtee - very good
Bono - very good
McBurnie - good
Archer - good

 

[Slim Man]

Do you not think it is relevant?

See above. Not really. I’m as sick as anyone about Maddy but that performance today was the complete opposite to honouring her.

 

[Mendi]

Fully agreed with dreadful display.

 

[Slugger]

Hecky is to blame for that second half performance. The tactical change made us look so open.

We were 3-0 & absolutely no chance we were going to come back from it, just be defensively strong and move on to West Ham.

Instead he went 4 at the back. Neither McAtee or Hamer were tracking their wingbacks so they just doubled up on us. Absolutely bizarre

Agree the change made things worse. If we'd stayed with 3 centre backs and shut up shop we possibly could have stayed at 0-3.

Hecky's big mistake was thinking that we had the players to push them back and maybe nick 1 to make it 1-3 and then maybe it's game on.

Should he have accepted defeat at half-time and closed up space to keep the score down??

 

[Le Cynique]

Our latest club legend played the day after the death of his son and scored the most memorable goal of his career.

I’m not having losing a colleague as an excuse for THAT. It should have been the complete opposite performance.

Almost like grief affects people in different ways

 

[dexter101]

That was... woeful.

No excuse but it did feel that the first couple of goals were gifted by refereeing decisions.

JLTs yellow card which resulted jn 3rd goal was (in my opinion) someone jumping into him.

Heads went down and we simply don't have any serious quality to introduce off the bench.

No rash decisions needed now, it will show a lot about the team how they collectively respond away to West ham.

I want Slimane to get a chance, when we aren't 5 nil down, I actually thought benie looked a bit stronger than previous games... maybe I was really looking for positives though.

Mcburnie is our game plan, just have to hope he doesn't get injured or banned.

 

[Le Cynique]

Take the point, but presumably you'd want to play well in her honour wouldn't you. Not give up.

Fair point but it’s not that cut and dried is it?

 

[Blade56]

Probably not first to post it but we’ve got to laugh at ourselves….

 

[SuperSonicBlade89]

Just seen the goals again and Fodderingham could and should have saved a LOT of those goals.

Defense, literally non existent. Egan, Anel looked like they couldn't give a crap.

Midfield, what's that then?

I have never seen a team give another team that much time and space with the ball. It was beyond ridiculous. You could see it later in added time at the end the look on Newcastle players faces taking the piss out of our players. Close them down ffs!!! Other teams do that to us. As soon as we get the ball in midfield they are pressured. We should do the fucking same no!?


It truly was the worst United match I can recall in living memory and I've seen a fair few bad matches.

Most of the players get a 1 or 2 out of 10 for me today. But, I am giving Bash a 10/10, he really did show the rest of our team up today and was up for it and showed that passion to actually bust a gut and play football, create, get involved and not go through the motions as the rest of the team were.

Think Hecky maybe should stay, I'm really on the fence now though. Can't see anyone doing any better with what we have got to be honest. But I would not be surprised if he was gone soon.

Can't use "it was a sad week" as an excuse. They should have used that energy to do Sheffield United proud in her name.

 

[Nick Jansky]

See above. Not really. I’m as sick as anyone about Maddy but that performance today was the complete opposite to honouring her.

Doesn’t matter what you or I think though. What matters is how it might have affected the players individually & we don’t know that. We also have no right to dictate how anyone else should react.

 

[bakeblade]

Disagree.

Wes - decent
Bakdock - good
Anel - good
Egan - good
Robinson/Trusty - decent
Thomas - good
Hamer - very good
McAtee - very good
Bono - very good
McBurnie - good
Archer - good

Agreed, at championship level

 

[Woodyblade70]

why wouldnt potter touch us with a bargepole ? brighton were in trouble when he went there and got them playing great football he would be my choice if hecky was sacked

Pep would be my choice too but we still won't be getting him either. Jesus Potter turned down Lyon and Rangers..that's why he wouldn't touch us.

 

[Le Cynique]

Agreed, at championship level

For me, at lower Prem level too. But all abart opinions innit.

 

[VictoryBlade]

Let’s not forget that the club has, to some extent, had its heart broken this week with the sad news about Maddy Cusack. From the sounds of it she wasn’t just a player or a staff member; she was so much more and part of the Blades family.

I know that if a member of my team had passed away suddenly last week our productivity would have hit the floor. Let’s have a bit of empathy.

Oh please shut up that makes no excuse for that display!

 

[Bladesman]

Probably not first to post it but we’ve got to laugh at ourselves….

"The centre forward wears glasses during match!"

 

[Slim Man]

Almost like grief affects people in different ways

All 11? Right. Fair enough. Use excuses if you want. I won’t be.

 

[Slim Man]

Doesn’t matter what you or I think though. What matters is how it might have affected the players individually & we don’t know that. We also have no right to dictate how anyone else should react.

Yep. Excuse them all. Fuck it. We can make excuses for every single game then by that method.

How do you know that’s the reasoning anyway? We looked pretty good up to 0-3 down.

 

[Le Cynique]

I’m not making excuses - we should never be losing by that margin - but if anyone thinks we weren’t affected by what’s happened then they’ve never experienced unexpected bereavement.

 

[Jan Age]

Souza job is to sit infront if the back 3 he didnt.

Norwood job is to be a midfielder he didnt.

Our fullbacks were weak and gun-ho at times leaving space in the wide areas.

CBS didn’t deal with routine crosses.

And that front 3 did not work at all. In fact Archer has never feted nothing in the last 2 games.