Soumare, he makes me happy

[Bert]

Hall is Tufty Widler's mouthpiece.

 

[Wards]

Danny Hall isn't the judge, jury and executioner - he's a largely irrelevant journo working in an increasingly irrelevant medium who needs to keep his and his employer's head above water.

A sense of self-importance only matched by his peers over at Radio Sheffield.

I see him as little more than a club plant at press conferences these days, asking irrelevant questions which he already knows the answer to, such is his willingness to toe the line so he doesn't upset his pal Wilder.

In fact, I'd say he winds me up more than RS lads.

 

[Bladesman]

A sense of self-importance only matched by his peers over at Radio Sheffield.

I see him as little more than a club plant at press conferences these days, asking irrelevant questions which he already knows the answer to, such is his willingness to toe the line so he doesn't upset his pal Wilder.

In fact, I'd say he winds me up more than RS lads.

Always been that way, its something that seems to be part of having Wilder as manager.

 

[Carlton Blade]

I don't disagree with some of what he's saying but Danny Hall isn't the judge, jury and executioner - he's a largely irrelevant journo working in an increasingly irrelevant medium who needs to keep his and his employer's head above water.

The recruitment in the summer was, agreeably, absolutely dire and Soumare is very much a rocks and diamonds sort of player who wasn't what we needed to take the next step towards the Premier League - we needed consistency and was something very quickly rectified when Wilder came back and brought Riedewald in.

We've gone some way to fixing the ills of the summer but this sort of assessment is what would come out in the wash of a failed season which, at the moment, we're still in with a shot of salvaging and doesn't need this sort of thing derailing it.

It would’ve been very easy and just as effective to say Soumaré’s inability to hold his place is why more players were signed, and that he symbolises what went wrong over the summer.

Instead we get pre-emptive contempt for fans, and bizarre ridicule of a player he knows will never read it — as if that strengthens the argument.

It doesn’t. It just cheapens it and makes him look like a dweeb desperate for the bigger boys to pat him on the head.

 

[Carlton Blade]

A sense of self-importance only matched by his peers over at Radio Sheffield.

I see him as little more than a club plant at press conferences these days, asking irrelevant questions which he already knows the answer to, such is his willingness to toe the line so he doesn't upset his pal Wilder.

In fact, I'd say he winds me up more than RS lads.

I don't blame him. The books he writes need Wilder to play ball and mortgages need paying.

That’s fine, just don’t pretend there’s any balance or journalistic integrity left when you’re trading it for access.

 

[BalticBlade]

I don't disagree with some of what he's saying but Danny Hall isn't the judge, jury and executioner - he's a largely irrelevant journo working in an increasingly irrelevant medium who needs to keep his and his employer's head above water.

The recruitment in the summer was, agreeably, absolutely dire and Soumare is very much a rocks and diamonds sort of player who wasn't what we needed to take the next step towards the Premier League - we needed consistency and was something very quickly rectified when Wilder came back and brought Riedewald in.

We've gone some way to fixing the ills of the summer but this sort of assessment is what would come out in the wash of a failed season which, at the moment, we're still in with a shot of salvaging and doesn't need this sort of thing derailing it.

He's not Judge Judy and executioner, he's my dad

 

[Balham]

The poster formerly known as Stringer has form for this but at least we know where Wilder stands on Soumaré now.

GLTTL wherever he ends up next. He’ll go on to play at an equivalent standard to United over the next 5 years as a minimum.

 

[andybrizz]

He's not Judge Judy and executioner, he's my dad

He is Danny

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

The poster formerly known as Stringer has form for this but at least we know where Wilder stands on Soumaré now.

GLTTL wherever he ends up next. He’ll go on to play at an equivalent standard to United over the next 5 years as a minimum.

He’s still on here. Username begins with D

 

[Wards]

The replies to his X post about this article are pretty funny. He probably expected universal approval.

 

[blades_95]

As others have said on X, I’m looking forward to similar articles on other poor signings like McGuiness, Ings, Ogbene, Chong & the hit pieces on Burrows & Campbell who’ve been pretty shocking all season.

I feel for Soumare - he’s not at the level we need but he’s a young lad adapting to a new county & style. He’s had some good games too for balance, with some shockers & some naive moments. He’s also been bombed out a few times now but then keeps being pulled back in when we need him for the odd game (Jairo injury, Rothwell red, just Davies, Arblaster form) and then hung out to dry again when his 45 minute cameo isn’t up to scratch.

Hall’s had an agenda against Soumare and the AI lads all season to try and point score, and Soumare’s got most of the stick as he’s the only one that’s really played. We get it, it was very poor recruitment but the board have recognised their mistake and have moved away from it. He needs to let it go ffs.

 

[Guesty]

He's not Judge Judy and executioner, he's my dad

I don't know nothing about no skellingtons.

 

[Keen Blade]

He's not Judge Judy and executioner, he's my dad

I sincerely hope he's not Judge Judy

 

[Keen Blade]

Pasting here so he gets less clicks…

SUFC Opinion: Harsh reality over United enigma after latest golden chance squandered​

Harsh reality over Sheffield United enigma as failed transfer gamble squanders latest golden chance

With Joe Rothwell suspended and fitness uncertainty, at best, over the rest of his midfield rivals, Saturday’s trip to Portsmouth was a golden opportunity for Djibril Soumare to come in from the cold and stake a huge claim ahead of a pivotal part in Sheffield United’s season. To say that the big Blades enigma missed it would be kind.
....

What a nasty negative piece for the jumped-up Hall to write , presumably after listening to Wilder.
I can't imagine Wilder asking Hall to ventilate the former's poor opinion of a player in the media - surely even Chris isn't that crass ?
So Hall better be careful of writing in such as vein , unless , to my surprise - he was indeed instructed to do so by the subject of his biography books

 

[FredZeppelin]

I'm no great fan of Soumare at all but what the piece doesn't say is that during the first 55 minutes the whole United team were utter fucking gash, not just this lad.

The last minute goal covered up a pathetic, undirected and quite frankly, boring performance from many of the players, even to the extent that when we scored I didn't even feel the same exhilaration I normally feel because 'we got away with one'. The manager didn't cover himself in glory either with the team and formation he chose. I was down there for the weekend but I wished for most of the time I was at Fratton Park that I'd stayed around the Hotel and bar area (The shite state of the Level Head beer being sold at the ground didn't help either!).

It's a cheap, nasty piece Danny. You've gone right down in my estimation and, as others have said, hopefully your next piece will address the disastrous recruitment, poor form of more experienced and permanently injured 'wage stealers', and the baffling decisions often taken by your mate, the manager.

Soumare is just an easy target. There's enough poor journo's around Sheffield as it is. Hopefully YOU can up YOUR game too and not join them.

utb

 

[KMC-1889]

Pasting here so he gets less clicks…

SUFC Opinion: Harsh reality over United enigma after latest golden chance squandered​

Harsh reality over Sheffield United enigma as failed transfer gamble squanders latest golden chance

With Joe Rothwell suspended and fitness uncertainty, at best, over the rest of his midfield rivals, Saturday’s trip to Portsmouth was a golden opportunity for Djibril Soumare to come in from the cold and stake a huge claim ahead of a pivotal part in Sheffield United’s season. To say that the big Blades enigma missed it would be kind.

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That could have only been written by someone whose spent most of their lives being bullied for being a ginger nerd and has now found their own bully to hide behind.

Absolutely disgraceful comments, but it’s par for the course for wilders propaganda tool.

 

[Champagneblade]

It seem unnecessarily scathing of a player that is still currently on the books.

We didn’t pay £10 for him.

Let’s see an article on Tom Cannon’s disastrous move.

Oh, we probably won’t because that would upset the manager.

I’d love it if this article was raised up to Wilder at a press conference to see if he would defend one of his players. But the local media are far too pally. Chris was very quick to defend Arblaster. It would be nice if he did the same here but won’t hold my breath.

 

[Nick Jansky]

He’s still on here. Username begins with D

Doofus?

 

[Shawy24]

Doofus?

Danny Da Douchebag suddenly popped into my head and I had to share it. Sorry.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

When he used to post on here under his own name, I once called him a cunt for something he said that I thought was arrogant and condescending. I was promptly reported to the mods and received a ‘yellow card’.

Having read that report, I feel that I dont need to change my opinion.

 

[54yrblade]

It's an agenda driven piece by a local reporter.
Filling a kid in and all for a few clicks through a sh*t local paper.

To help him keep his mate onside.

Do better Danny.
Take a close look at some of Wilder's favourites who've been crap too.

Maybe start writing the book about what happened when CW left first time and then made his comeback, 'repairing his relationship with the owner' while Hecky was working miracles to get us promoted. We still haven't had the inside track on that.

What price on a kid's mental health eh? All for clicks.
Poor. Really poor in this, supposedly, more enlightened age regarding wellbeing in pro' sport.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Pasting here so he gets less clicks…

SUFC Opinion: Harsh reality over United enigma after latest golden chance squandered​

Harsh reality over Sheffield United enigma as failed transfer gamble squanders latest golden chance

With Joe Rothwell suspended and fitness uncertainty, at best, over the rest of his midfield rivals, Saturday’s trip to Portsmouth was a golden opportunity for Djibril Soumare to come in from the cold and stake a huge claim ahead of a pivotal part in Sheffield United’s season. To say that the big Blades enigma missed it would be kind...

"Soumare's supporters, of which there are inexplicably a vocal few..."


Wanker bitch post

 

[ChelmsfordBlade]

Dreadful article. The absolute arrogance of him. He's appalling to listen to on co-comms and the only inexplicable thing as far as he's concerned is that anyone would pay to read shit like this that he writes.

 

[Balham]

"Soumare's supporters, of which there are inexplicably a vocal few..."


Wanker bitch post

I remain a fan of Soumaré. He's positive in possession, tries to make things happen and rarely plays the safe backwards pass which Wilder loves so much. In his debit column are, obviously, the facts that he gets caught in possession far too much and that his first touch is extremely loose.

It has to be said though that I was a fan of Berge throughout his spell here despite his frequent and vocal critics denigrating him at every available opportunity so maybe I just look past "pashun" and "running about"?

Final thought: Joe Rothwell will flop. He's lost the physical edge he needs to be a second tier player.

 

[GeorgeDonis1889]

The article is pretty much bang on for me. Little harsh with the dig at the end maybe. But I agree it's weird some folk rate him. His technique is awful and the good things he does are usually by accident after he's had to react to the ball bouncing off him. He epitomises the summer recruitment perfectly. Complete punts that were never going to come off. DH is correct about how mad it would be to have to pay £10m for this guy.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

I remain a fan of Soumaré. He's positive in possession, tries to make things happen and rarely plays the safe backwards pass which Wilder loves so much. In his debit column are, obviously, the facts that he gets caught in possession far too much and that his first touch is extremely loose.

It has to be said though that I was a fan of Berge throughout his spell here despite his frequent and vocal critics denigrating him at every available opportunity so maybe I just look past "pashun" and "running about"?

Final thought: Joe Rothwell will flop. He's lost the physical edge he needs to be a second tier player.

Agree with all that. Not only is the article absurd but I actually rate Soumare.

Yes he’s been inconsistent and had a couple of moments. He’s also had a couple of cracking games - Stoke away stands out.

However, as you say, he’s positive in possession. He, without doubt, has something that both Arblaster and Peck don’t. A player like that, who looks to progress play with key, forward-thinking passes is naturally going to expose himself to making mistakes. Well, more than Peck and Arblaster who play much safer and rely more on magic from others. Soumare deserves credit for being more adventurous in his play.

Is he a culture carrier though because we all know that’s what will ultimately determine whether he can make a go of it here.

 

[Balham]

The article is pretty much bang on for me. Little harsh with the dig at the end maybe. But I agree it's weird some folk rate him. His technique is awful and the good things he does are usually by accident after he's had to react to the ball bouncing off him. He epitomises the summer recruitment perfectly. Complete punts that were never going to come off. DH is correct about how mad it would be to have to pay £10m for this guy.

It would be mad to pay £10m for him so it's a good job that the compulsory purchase option is set at €7m and is triggered on promotion, at which point we'd receive an increase in revenue of £120m.

Fees of £10m should be reserved for Wilder to spend on genuine second tier superstars like Thomas Cannon.

 

[Wards]

I maintain the raw attributes are there. He needs coaching for sure but he can still do things none of our other midfielders can do - namely progress the ball positively. We have a lot of sideways and backwards midfielders. We had a load of those last year too and we were painfully dull to watch.

 

[Keen Blade]

The article is pretty much bang on for me. Little harsh with the dig at the end maybe. But I agree it's weird some folk rate him. His technique is awful and the good things he does are usually by accident after he's had to react to the ball bouncing off him. He epitomises the summer recruitment perfectly. Complete punts that were never going to come off. DH is correct about how mad it would be to have to pay £10m for this guy.

That's a hypothetical "how mad it would be".
Why not try a real life "how mad was it" ?
Like
How mad was it to pay more than £10 and a long contract for the utter numbskull , non-footballer that is Tom Cannon ?
Or more than 3p and a contract to Gbric who must have been bought "sight unseen".
And a host of other Wilder flops.
How mad was it to give McGuiness & Chong 4 YEAR CONTRACTS when they are really poor players on their downward trajectories , for whom we will ultimately recoup the square root of fuck all ?

For DH to suddenly destroy a young athletic kid who's merely on loan , smacks of his total devotion to making money out of his Wilder books.

Well , just fuck off DH , you're as pathetic as the local rag for whom you write incessant bollocks and have the barefaced cheek to put stuff behind a paywall.

 

[FriethBlade]

The article is pretty much bang on for me. Little harsh with the dig at the end maybe. But I agree it's weird some folk rate him. His technique is awful and the good things he does are usually by accident after he's had to react to the ball bouncing off him. He epitomises the summer recruitment perfectly. Complete punts that were never going to come off. DH is correct about how mad it would be to have to pay £10m for this guy.

As mad as paying 10m for Cannon? As mad as spunking millions on wages of known injury crocks like Davies and Ings?

There's a lot of mad signings in our squad so why pick on the youngest one who is in a foreign country and doing his best to forge a career, at least hes available to play ffs unlike some others.