Stoke City vs Sheffield United

S24SU · OFFICIAL MATCHDAY EDITION · 2026/27 · No.11

19th September 2026 - Kick-off 12:30
Stoke City v. Sheffield United
EFL Championship Week 7 - Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent

EFL Championship Week 7 – Saturday 19th September 2026, 12:30 – Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
Please keep all discussion related to the match within this thread.

Match Info

Competition: EFL Championship Week 7

Kick-off: Saturday 19th September 2026, 12:30

Venue: Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent/frow]

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Officials

Referee: Tim Robinson

Assistants: Andrew Dallison and Hugh Gilroy

Fourth Official: Ed Duckworth

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[PeterNdlovu081]

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

I have to say that I am giddily elated at the prospect of the mighty Blades facing Stoke tomorrow.

 

[wavy-blade]

Chongy will sort it out

 

[PotterLog]

Hi Blades, just putting in my twice-yearly appearance round here.

We’re resurgent and in form, expectations are rising, no game midweek, while you lot seem in a bit of a dark place looking through the board.

Can’t see past a flat performance and a deflating 0-1 away win personally

 

[Ukkonen]

Tin hat time today i think

 

[Uganda Blade]

Hi Blades, just putting in my twice-yearly appearance round here.

We’re resurgent and in form, expectations are rising, no game midweek, while you lot seem in a bit of a dark place looking through the board.

Can’t see past a flat performance and a deflating 0-1 away win personally

How is Soumare doing?

 

[AnstonBlade1]

And another defeat on the road to spoil the weekend
2-0

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

It would be good if we won (many on here might disagree)

 

[peakblade]

Hi Blades, just putting in my twice-yearly appearance round here.

We’re resurgent and in form, expectations are rising, no game midweek, while you lot seem in a bit of a dark place looking through the board.

Can’t see past a flat performance and a deflating 0-1 away win personally

They are always in a dark place on here mate win lose or draw .

 

[The Fox]

Looking forward to this one and whatever the score a proper blades display and reaction to midweek.

Its in the teams hands to put us all in a hopeful place for the break .

UTB

 

[Bell4]

Hi Blades, just putting in my twice-yearly appearance round here.

We’re resurgent and in form, expectations are rising, no game midweek, while you lot seem in a bit of a dark place looking through the board.

Can’t see past a flat performance and a deflating 0-1 away win personally

Dark Place - this is us when we’re ecstatic .

 

[CoatesyBlade]

Wilders’ presser had some good bits in it, but the bit about luck was concerning. Yes we all know that you don’t always get what you deserve (good or bad) in football, that’s just the way it is! But every man and his dog can see that the 4-4-2 isn’t working. We don’t have the players for it and we are getting over run in midfield!
I don’t want to keep going on about this as a sound like a stuck record. But please, for love of god, don’t send the boys out in that formation again today!
I think we’ll see 5-3-2 which I’m fine with so long as Donovan is up top with Bamford

 

[CoatesyBlade]

Looking forward to this one and whatever the score a proper blades display and reaction to midweek.

Its in the teams hands to put us all in a hopeful place for the break .

UTB

I think there will be a reaction today… there has to be!

 

[Harry's Game]

We have to go with the set up that we played vs Wolves, it’s about the only time we have looked organised as a team this season.

It will be keep it tight, frustrate them, look to get a hard earned point. Not sure how we score though using that set up should we fall behind.

Also not sure what we do on the hour mark when we have to look to the bench

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Cooper
Tanganga McGuinness Kitching
??????? Peck Phillips Arblaster McCallum
Donovan
Bamford

I don't think there can be any arguments with that at all

It's just who to start RWB - and I'd probably favour Shackleton

 

[The Fox]

Cooper
Tanganga McGuinness Kitching
??????? Peck Phillips Arblaster McCallum
Donovan
Bamford

I don't think there can be any arguments with that at all

It's just who to start RWB - and I'd probably favour Shackleton

I think its confirmed Choudry starts , have to see if its RWB or alongside peck and Phillips

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

It's so pathetic that we're so conditioned to not even consider Doherty for a start here

That there are a number of players who it goes without saying can't be expected to play 2 games in 5 days, or whatever

It would solve quite the problem now if Seriki's cover was able to perform the job he's well paid to do

It's absolutely laughable, and embarrassing for the players in question

 

[Uganda Blade]

Cooper
Tanganga McGuinness Kitching
??????? Peck Phillips Arblaster McCallum
Donovan
Bamford

I don't think there can be any arguments with that at all

It's just who to start RWB - and I'd probably favour Shackleton

Except that I think CW said Hamza and BBD will start

 

[Maurice Maurice]

It's so pathetic that we're so conditioned to not even consider Doherty for a start here

That there are a number of players who it goes without saying can't be expected to play 2 games in 5 days, or whatever

It would solve quite the problem now if Seriki's cover was able to perform the job he's well paid to do

It's absolutely laughable, and embarrassing for the players in question

Doherty isn't very good. He's slow as fuck and isn't the answer unless the question is Who has the turning circle of a cruise ship and is also considerably slower than one?

He's up there with Rothwell, Jairo and Brereton Diaz in the why the fuck are we wasting money on clowns like this?

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Cooper

Choudhary Tanganga Kitchen McCallum

Arblaster Peck Phillips BBD

Bamford Cannon

4-4-2.

Lose 3-0 without competing.

 

[ancientblade]

Cooper

Choudhary Tanganga Kitchen McCallum

Arblaster Peck Phillips BBD

Bamford Cannon

4-4-2.

Lose 3-0 without competing.

no way we go 442 today if we do we lose simple as that

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Cooper

Choudhary Tanganga Kitchen McCallum

Arblaster Peck Phillips BBD

Bamford Cannon

4-4-2.

Lose 4-0 without competing.

I'll raise you ^^^

 

[Blade In Flame]

Hi Blades, just putting in my twice-yearly appearance round here.

We’re resurgent and in form, expectations are rising, no game midweek, while you lot seem in a bit of a dark place looking through the board.

Can’t see past a flat performance and a deflating 0-1 away win personally

 

[uTurn]

I'm anticipating a return to the Wolves line up. But we'll end up being more porous than we were in that game.

Possibly another tight defeat, but we won't keep a clean sheet for as long as we did last Sunday.

 

[Aston max]

Tin hat time today i think

Who for wilder

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

We will see soon enough.

 

[Blademan89]

Doherty isn't very good. He's slow as fuck and isn't the answer unless the question is Who has the turning circle of a cruise ship and is also considerably slower than one?

He's up there with Rothwell, Jairo and Brereton Diaz in the why the fuck are we wasting money on clowns like this?

That answer could be 1 of many from our squad

 

[Nedski]

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

No Donovan