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judge said:
i think hes spot on
Man yoo were dire and we just tried to defend for the full game

If we had had a go we might have won as it is we lost no matter the difference in wage bills
We quitely slipped out the cup without being brave enough to have a go

Doesnt fill me with pride to be honest
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Have you forgotten how our defense can crumble quite easily? Plus, we have no idea what subs he would have made if he didn't feel he had to protect Billy + McEveley getting a knock.
 



LYDON said:
Next on talksport, something different.

Keith Lemon discusses whether Neil Warnock got his tactics wrong at Aston Villa.

On the show with Keith will be Prince Harry, that performing Dog off BGT and Salman Rushdie.
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Has Bonnie Langford broke her silence on our tactics yet?
 
blade too long said:
players are immaterial , non league players have caused upsets
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Just because something happens occasionally it doesn't mean that thing is likely to occur. Lots of non league teams play league teams every year in the cup and rarely beat them. That's why when they do they're called 'shocks' or 'surprise results'.
I understand some people have survived falling from a plane without their parachute opening but that doesn't mean it's a good idea to jump out of a plane without a parachute.
 
The fans did us proud, the team was out to do a job, whenever someone fails to do their job questions will be asked. Could we have gone for it more, definitely. Were we ever going to go for it more, I'd probably plump for no in all honesty.

Whilst Talksport might be shite, as much as it pains me to say it they clearly have a point.
 
BushBlade said:
Just because something happens occasionally it doesn't mean that thing is likely to occur. Lots of non league teams play league teams every year in the cup and rarely beat them. That's why when they do they're called 'shocks' or 'surprise results'.
I understand some people have survived falling from a plane without their parachute opening but that doesn't mean it's a good idea to jump out of a plane without a parachute.
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was a throw away remark
non league players have done it,
Leeds players did it as a league one club
went to ot took one risk won the game

barnsley won at liverpool
bradford took it to chelsea
oxford took Swansea apart by going for it
theres hundreds of examples
unfortunately we didnt buy a raffle ticket
I felt they were ripe for a shock , and we didnt take advantage
 
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blade too long said:
was a throw away remark
non league players have done it
keeds players did it as a league one club
went to ot took one risk won the game

barnslsley won at liverpool
bradford took it to chelsea
theres hundreds of examples
unfortunately we didnt buy a raffle ticket
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Why would you go for it when we were so close to a replay? When the money could have paid for another player?

Nothing wrong with our tactics or approach on Saturday.

We conceded three against Peterborough and people think that if we'd opened up against Man U we wouldn't have been torn apart.
 
BushBlade said:
Why would you go for it when we were so close to a replay? When the money could have paid for another player?

Nothing wrong with our tactics or approach .
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its not about getting replay money, till minute 80
Man Utd were suffering a crisis of confidence, they were nervous and fragile
we didnt go at them at any stage , had we tried then hung on for the last 10 fine
but to sit back for 90minutes was inviting a late crushing blow
 
what a pair of tossers nearly as bad as Brian the blade tonight on radio pigland !!!!!!!!!!
 
blade too long said:
its not about getting replay money, till minute 80
Man Utd were suffering a crisis of confidence, they were nervous and fragile
we didnt go at them at any stage , had we tried then hung on for the last 10 fine
but to sit back for 90minutes was inviting a late crushing blow
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They were set up to, and worked very hard to retain possession. That's how LVG likes to play. They weren't at all fragile, they worked for each other to win the ball back whenever they lost it. They outplayed us, because every one of their players is a lot better than their opposite number.
To 'go at them' would have meant we had to get numbers in their half and in around their box. We struggled to do that because we couldn't retain possession long enough to get forward and lacked the pace and guile to hit them on the break.
If we'd had committed men forward more quickly chasing lost causes or before we'd got proper control of the ball we'd have been robbed of it and hit on the break ourselves, leaving Edgar and Collins against Rooney and Martial. Which would have probably lead to us conceding.

It's possible that had we pressed them high we could have rattled them and put them under pressure but it's far more likely we'd have been stuffed and been left with a defence bereft of confidence.
 



GB10 said:
Listening to talksport drive on way home with Adrian Durham and Darren gough

Quite shocked in one way not in another to hear that sufc are getting slagged off by Adrian for their tactics and not having a go at Manchester United

Also slagged us of for actually having a go at Peterborough ( he is a posh fan) as they play expansive football and look for goals sort of implying we got our game plans the wrong way round for the two games. To be fair when a blades fan called the programme and said he thought the game plan should have been tight until half time then start to go for it a bit as the second half went on they sort of agreed .
Don't get me wrong I would love to have seen what would have happened if we had played further up the field but we didn't .
They said they thought it was rather sad that sufc clearly cared more about the replay and the money than beating Man U on the day .

It just shocked me that a team struggling for form in league 1 should be heavily criticised trying to contain a team worth hundreds of millions ( albeit a poor Man U side by previous teams) .
I can see their point in a way but as radio pundits one who was a cricketer their opinion is we should have had a right go at Man U.

Sufc the team everyone loves to hate ?? OR bang on criticism ??
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I was the Blade who rang in and said about keeping it tight till half time and then going for it in the 2nd half. And tbh I have to agree with everything they both said. We had no intention of going for a win which I do get in some respects but I really think Man Utd were there to be got at the more the game progressed. If we'd started having a few attempts the crowd would easily have turned just like it does at Bramall Lane. I actually hoped in a way that Man Utd got an early second half goal as then we would have had to come out and attack. 100 quids in tickets for me the Mrs and the little lad to watch a training ground defensive display. The problem was the longer the second half progressed at nil nil the more tempting it was to get the replay. I would have rather gone out fighting than gone out in the way we did.
 
So we went there for a draw and lost
Nothing to get the open top bus out for

Bit embarassing how far weve fallen when getting a replay against man yoo is the sum total of our ambition
 
Rodley said:
Him and Blackpool Ian, is this how far we've fallen that these people are representative of the fans?
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He doesn't live in Blackpool any more. Don't you listen to a word he says ?

I'm not sure which one makes me squirm more with the inane shite they talk.
 
Rodley said:
Him and Blackpool Ian, is this how far we've fallen that these people are representative of the fans?
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You mean the guy formally know as Blackpool Ian, god know what he calls himself now.
I always get a mental picture of that droopy faced cartoon cowboy dog when he speaks, and all my outer senses seem to shut down, thank god.......
 
SandyMcBlade said:
You mean the guy formally know as Blackpool Ian, god know what he calls himself now.
I always get a mental picture of that droopy faced cartoon cowboy dog when he speaks, and all my outer senses seem to shut down, thank god.......
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It's dreadful. They need some new callers.
 
BushBlade said:
They were set up to, and worked very hard to retain possession. That's how LVG likes to play. They weren't at all fragile, they worked for each other to win the ball back whenever they lost it. They outplayed us, because every one of their players is a lot better than their opposite number.
To 'go at them' would have meant we had to get numbers in their half and in around their box. We struggled to do that because we couldn't retain possession long enough to get forward and lacked the pace and guile to hit them on the break.
If we'd had committed men forward more quickly chasing lost causes or before we'd got proper control of the ball we'd have been robbed of it and hit on the break ourselves, leaving Edgar and Collins against Rooney and Martial. Which would have probably lead to us conceding.

It's possible that had we pressed them high we could have rattled them and put them under pressure but it's far more likely we'd have been stuffed and been left with a defence bereft of confidence.
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they havent scored in the first half in their last 10 home games
It wasnt hard to see why
we didnt have to go gung ho but we could have probed more
Sammon was the breakdown factor
we kept supplying balls to him but his touch on the day was non existent and stopped any attempt at pressurising them

Just feel a modicum of ambition on the day might have found some reward
 
Piddie said:
I was the Blade who rang in and said about keeping it tight till half time and then going for it in the 2nd half. And tbh I have to agree with everything they both said. We had no intention of going for a win which I do get in some respects but I really think Man Utd were there to be got at the more the game progressed. If we'd started having a few attempts the crowd would easily have turned just like it does at Bramall Lane. I actually hoped in a way that Man Utd got an early second half goal as then we would have had to come out and attack. 100 quids in tickets for me the Mrs and the little lad to watch a training ground defensive display. The problem was the longer the second half progressed at nil nil the more tempting it was to get the replay. I would have rather gone out fighting than gone out in the way we did.
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Whenever I leave a game thinking it could've been better, it really does make me wonder what could've been. On reflection this is how I feel but there is no point dwelling on it. For me, it was a great day out in general and I personally want more of these for me and the lad. Win, lose or draw, nothing will beat being a Blade.
 
blade too long said:
they havent scored in the first half in their last 10 home games
It wasnt hard to see why
we didnt have to go gung ho but we could have probed more
Sammon was the breakdown factor
we kept supplying balls to him but his touch on the day was non existent and stopped any attempt at pressurising them
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I don't think all of the balls to him were great tbf but he was poor at times going forwards. Did his defensive work well but didn't offer much going forward.
With Done coming back from injury we didn't really have an option which is why we had to set up how we did. If Scoogs had been playing well, like he did when he first came, we might have been able to play him behind Billy and use his running but he's looked shit against L1 teams this season and seems out of favour.
I'd have liked to have seen more attacking play but we just didn't have enough in attack to seriously threaten them.
 



I remember Leeds going there as a league one club , to a much better man utd side, setting up defensively as we did , but with the occasional foray to ease the pressure and offer some hope , and on the day , got the break on their 4th of 5 attacks in 90 minutes
We never gave our selves that hope of scoring , if you dont smash you cant grab
had we had one moment when DeGea was stretched , Id be happier, but he could have sat in an armchair doing Sudukos
 
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