Sheffield United vs Norwich City

EFL Championship Matchweek 20 - Tuesday 9th December 2025 - 19:45 - Bramall Lane
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[harrry1990s]

In case you got to p. 9 without realising it.
Sickness has been going through the team and that’s why there were 8 changes.
The club announced it beforehand.
Might help everyone stay calm.
Not on Wilder or a momentum issue. Standard winter virus. Blame the person who came to work sick.

 

[Toronto Blade]

Shoddy performance some not at the races today. Ridiculous scheduling will only cause more injuries on all teams affected. Own goal ,take a page from Chris Morgan when in doubt boot it into the stand.

 

[CornwallBlade]

Yeah this hasn’t been a good gayme, almost seems like CWAK have decided to use it as an experiment to see who plays, stays or goes in jan

That and as a lever to apply pressure for funds in Jan

 

[ancientblade]

For me he has had as many poor games as he has excellent ones. Tonight another poor one.

tanganga doesnt look comfortable at lcb much better at rcb and o'hare cannot be played on that left side ever again couldnt control ball and running round like a headless chicken would sooner see mcallum and burrows down that left side both soumare and matsos proved tonight their not good enough ollie obviously thrown in when nowhere near match fitness boy did we miss riedwald and peck tonight deserved nothing more than a point tonight and lucky to get that with that miss at the end great save from cooper though

 

[PrestwichBlade]

I'll take that given the volume of enforced changes. No, it wasn't pretty, but I'm guessing as a group, they haven't played together much and it showed, but I'll take a point

 

[Fatlad666]

Good point tonight, considering the 8 changes. Go again on Friday with a fitter squad.

 

[CornwallBlade]

Why didn't he play Bamford, Hamer,Brooks & Campbell from the start, he obviously thought they were capable when we're chasing the win, no idea

This

 

[Vinny Kept Us Up]

We were rubbish tonight! Passing woeful, no fight, never won a second ball. Nearly threw it away at the end

 

[SB_90]

couldn't get to the game. didnt push my luck at work & sky sports app connectivity was like pulling teeth. so i saw bits of the game.

its a highly avoidable own goal. why in build up to the own goal did tanganga? kicking the ball into danger instead of clearing it

 

[harrry1990s]

Shoddy performance some not at the races today. Ridiculous scheduling will only cause more injuries on all teams affected. Own goal ,take a page from Chris Morgan when in doubt boot it into the stand.

The scheduling is a problem.

 

[Harry's Game]

I’ll take that point with the side we were forced to put out and Matos playing his Joker at the end

 

[jt64]

Why didn't he play Bamford, Hamer,Brooks & Campbell from the start, he obviously thought they were capable when we're chasing the win, no idea

Why didn't he play two players that played a full 90, another that played 70 and another that played 65 three days prior when we have another game three days later when they may well also have the illness bug but just not to the extent that they're ruled out? It's a mystery. It is almost as if the game has moved on ever so slightly since when Liverpool won the league using 14 players all season and it is a tad more physically demanding

 

[PaulPeschBlade]

What an absolute waste of the momentum we've built

What an absoloute over reaction to 5 wins and 2 draws in the last 7 games

Get a grip you wet wipe

 

[fifty shades of blade]

couldn't get to the game. didnt push my luck at work & sky sports app connectivity was like pulling teeth. so i saw bits of the game.

its a highly avoidable own goal. why in build up to the own goal did tanganga? kicking the ball into danger instead of clearing it

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He didnt kick it, he was just staring at the ball and the norwich player got his foot to it

 

[john Mathison]

Cooper earned his coin tonight. No team in this championship can undergo 8 team changes , and maintain its momentum. Very happy with a point, this crazy schedule is
ridiculous.

 

[Jan Age]

As an isolated game … poor performance … even with the changes I expected more from them.

However as a 5 game block to achieve 13 pts from 15pts is fantastic

 

[Berkshire Blade]

 

[programmechap]

Just seen the highlights. What the hell is Soumare doing on the og. He clears with his left foot surely?

 

[1973Blade]

A frustrating game we kept giving the ball away, given the circumstances a point isn't too bad.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Just seen the highlights. What the hell is Soumare doing on the og. He clears with his left foot surely?

It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of professional footballers who are incapable of effectively kicking a ball with both feet (Premiership included).

That should have been cleared away on his left boot.

 

[GeorgeDonis1889]

A frustrating game we kept giving the ball away, given the circumstances a point isn't too bad.

Bang on. Very frustrating the way we gave it away but overall considering the run we've been on not a bad point. Just annoying as felt they weren't a threat until the goal

 

[blAdes96]

Being forced to make up to 8 changes was always going to have an impact. When the line-up was announced, I'd have been happy with a point. Just gutted for Soumare & that OG - as it could have been another win had he been able to sort his feet out.

Impressed with Arblaster's performance, getting up to speed and building fitness and match sharpness. Chong didn't look bad either, hopefully nothing too serious. But we just have to do the business on Friday...

 

[blade too long]

Considering an outbreak of the plague caused us to make wholesale changes a draw will have to do

Still making progress.6 points clear of danger. Coventry drawing against 10 man Preston shows this division is so unpredictable ...but as the form table shows its improving still

 

[programmechap]

It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of professional footballers who are incapable of effectively kicking a ball with both feet (Premiership included).

That should have been cleared away on his left boot.

Indeed. He takes a mighty swing with his left foot. Could go anywhere, but its not going in the goal.

 

[Hillsboro Blade]

16 points from 18, I’ll settle for that! To be honest I think the players have done well tonight. Spewing and the shits (if that was the bug) really knocks the stuffing out of you.
All the team could be suffering one way or another for all we know. Rest them up and get them back for Friday.

 

[007]

We may have a large squad, but the quality is not there as shown by tonight’s display

 

[SB_90]

He didnt kick it, he was just staring at the ball and the norwich player got his foot to it

i only say as from the replay it looked like it was tanganga foot

 

[The Fox]

All teams in the championship will be forced to chop and change at times , possibly not to the extent of tonight but we just about got away with it .
On the positive side chong , binden and even matos did ok , rest if it a bit disjointed but hard to criticise individuals in a makeshift set up .

 

[Hillsboro Blade]

Soumare looks like the bottom half of his body is twice as fast as his top half. He needs to calm down a bit and be more composed. I think there’s a good player there to be honest with good coaching.

 

[Mendi]

Gutted