Villa ghost goal will cost us Europe

[Nah den]

I heard that it was quite the opposite. Thinking that we might be back in a few weeks Wilder wanted the players kept sharp and gave them all individuall plans to stay sharp whilst other teams rested.
As it was we didn’t come back for 4 months and in comparison our players were exhausted while other teams had refreshed.

The lack of atmosphere was certainly also more detrimental to us than the bigger teams overall despite us picking up the odd good result (Spurs & Chelsea).

Lack of atmosphere certainly more detrimental to us? Not sure how anyone could say that with certainty but losing ~25k Blades fans cheering on the team versus often double that for other teams makes it an odd position to take.

 

[Brian Blessed]

Lack of atmosphere certainly more detrimental to us? Not sure how anyone could say that with certainty but losing ~25k Blades fans cheering on the team versus often double that for other teams makes it an odd position to take.

Didn't affect home results though, won three on the spin after the season started again all of them against top seven teams. The fitness thing is also suss when it only seemed to affect the away games?

 

[Willglynning]

But our players coming back unfit without match practice wasn't due to Covid, it was due (if true) to a lack of professionalism and fitness work. Again, everyone had time off, if we came back worse relative to others that's not due to covid, it's due to the lack of work we put in.

Of course we'll never know, but the whole "if not for Covid we would have got into Europe" smacks me of Blades tinted glasses.

We wouldn’t have been in that position if not for the break that was enforced by Covid