Sheffield United vs Bristol City

EFL Championship Matchweek 1 - Saturday 9th August 2025 - 17:30 - Bramall Lane
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[RAP51]

This is turning into an absolute horror show.

Need two new CBs at least before next game.

Our previous owners neglect incurred a 2 point penalty last season. How many points will it be this season. Playing this cb pairing at this level is suicide and the issue has been flagged up so often, it is not a case of being wise after the event

 

[Thrice]

Might have been the last we've seen of RND. He was that bad.

 

[Jim Mcdonald]

Selles get out so you must

 

[Darren William]

I am totally speechless and it’s only the 1st game of the season…..

Can't wait for the defense of this shower from jimmy ramble side kick man mountain who has defended the club owners all summer over transfer judgement at end of window christ

 

[Jon B]

Who would have thought we needed a centre back or two?

Apart from every single one of us that is.

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Not even 60 minutes in and I'm getting distinct Slav/Weir vibes.

Is that any better?

Nothing like Weir, he won his first game

 

[Geordie Blade]

BuT wIlDeR wAs ToO cAuTiOuS.

 

[Maltby_blade]

Not even 60 minutes in and I'm getting distinct Slav/Weir vibes.

Is that any better?

Bet you couldn’t wait to come back with that could you, if you want to write us off already then fair enough, I’m not doing.

 

[Jon Bon II]

Where are all the horses?
Oh, they've bolted.
Ah, ok then. Close the stable door.

 

[SB_90]

I’d hoped RND could prove people wrong today & get back to his 2022 form, Sadly, it has only reinforced his reputation from that horror show against Cardiff in the FA Cup back in January.

it sad to see that he cant reach the same levels post injury

 

[Darren William]

BuT wIlDeR wAs ToO cAuTiOuS.

I suppose all the so called bedweters are what !.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

Bin-don and Rhys Norrington Donkey.

This is incredible

They have had 24% possession and 0.7 xG but lead 4-1. We genuinely haven’t been that bad but we are no where near without some proper recruitment. It’s a disgrace when you’re happy Robinson is coming on.

 

[Jim Mcdonald]

Commentator on CBS saying ‘I don’t like when players get substituted for mistakes’. That’s there job so it is and he’s been crap.

 

[biggey blade]

Sick of the season already, owners dropped a massive bollock binning Wilder imo

Not getting rid of wilder that's the problem we look much better going forwards but we sell anel and souza and replace them with no one. We have no defensive minded players on the pitch and we have RND in CB. Poor recruitment is to blame not manager

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

RND is what people pretend Robinson is

 

[b1ade4life]

Wilder......3rd time lucky??

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

I'm picking up my daughter from Orlando FL to take her back to South Carolina. I'll grab the 2 big CBs they have D. Duck and M. Mouse, tell me they couldn't do any worse.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

Might have been the last we've seen of RND. He was that bad.

It’s genuinely a tear up his contract and pay him off performance

 

[CountryBlade]

Bin-don and Rhys Norrington Donkey.

This is incredible

They have had 24% possession and 0.7 xG but lead 4-1. We genuinely haven’t been that bad but we are no where near without some proper recruitment. It’s a disgrace when you’re happy Robinson is coming on.

Maybe this is part of the plan, where we fall out of contention only to come storming back out of nowhere to pinch promotion at the death.

 

[Colombia Blade]

I suppose in defence of Selles (if we must) then Wilder would still have lost Anel and Souza so we'd still have no defence

 

[Antarctic Monkey]

Never been happier to see JLT

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

Are you enjoying it now?

Think this is down to the yanks and Bettis

Not as much but I’m not shitting the bed. Only first game. To be fair Bristol are a handful.

 

[drblade]

Should be 5

 

[Rodley]

More worried about a lack of Plan B here. Why are we playing a system which leaves our defence so exposed constantly in transition? We’ve seen this in pre-season and it hasn’t been addressed tactically.

 

[Champagneblade]

Well, well, well.

So far Rosen and Helmy Eltoukhy got egg on their face right now.

Can’t remember the last time we conceded 4 at home at this level.

Finished 22 points ahead of these twats last season.

Embarrassing.

 

[Jon Bon II]

Wonder what odds you'd get for both Sheffield clubs being relegated this season?

 

[Bladeric]

I fear the worst with no defence of note.

 

[Blade56]

4 senior players out 4 Accademy players in

 

[Nade]

Well, well, well.

So far Rosen and Helmy Eltoukhy got egg on their face right now.

Can’t remember the last time we conceded 4 at home at this level.

Finished 22 points ahead of these twats last season.

Embarrassing.

They said it earlier, it was the Fulham game in the first wilder season back in the champ

 

[Sheffsteel]

What a weird match?

We look far superior to them and dominating all the stats ie possession , shots, XG and corners.

Losing 1-4 and Bristol have hardly been in our area. Cooper hasn’t touched the ball and not made a single save. Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.

Our concerns have proven to be correct.
The defence is so poor that currently mid table is the best we can achieve.

However of course I expect us to significantly strengthen the defence in the next 3 weeks. Heads have dropped and even the fans don’t seem interested now.