2010/11 vs 2020/21 - which was worse?

[JPBrods]

Ten years since our last inevitable relegation we stare another one in the face over these coming weeks. But the context of both relegations couldn't really be much different.
One a bust from a boom, the other the result of stagnation.
One a turgid slog of knowing for months on end while trying to avoid setting new records for awfulness, the other filled with months of uncertainty as we slid into the relegation spots and remained there.
One in which we lost our best manager in a lifetime, the other a complete merry-go-round of misfits.
And of course, one where we drop into the relative comfort of the Championship compared with the despairing depths of League One.

Obviously, what's happening now will feel raw as it's an ongoing event and is fresher in the mind, but casting aside that bias, which relegation was worse: 2010/11 or 2020/21?

 

[JPBrods]

I guess there's an 06/07 vs 20/21 edition of this thread in the pipeline too, if it prompts some interesting repsonses.

 

[Geordie Blade]

I guess there's an 06/07 vs 20/21 edition of this thread in the pipeline too, if it prompts some interesting repsonses.

And then someone will mention Don Givens and it will all be over...

 

[ancientblade]

and i will mention 75/76 lol

 

[bypassblade]

I've voted 20/21 as it is the total opposite of what fans really expected, after last season I think lots could see us holding our own quite easily this however is not the case. Yes Hendo went back and JoC injured but it should have not had the impact it did, then all season we just seem to have lost 1 after another to injury.

I think from day one this season we've not been up for the fight yes we all know CW got us there and he's now gone but, something has happened at Lane and it goes much deeper but we'll never find the truth out. In many ways this season reminds me of 75/76 we had plans for optimism as fans but that was ripped from us quicker than a pork pie at a Bar mitzvah.

 

[ilovesufc]

Anyone who thinks getting relegated from the Prem to the Championship with added parachute payments is worse than getting relegated to L1 must be completely off their heads!

 

[JPBrods]

And then someone will mention Don Givens and it will all be over...

and i will mention 75/76 lol

Thankfully I wasn't alive for these oft mentioned horror shows.

 

[Maidenhead]

and i will mention 75/76 lol

Gets my vote too!

 

[Grecian2000]

The only thing that puts this in any way close to 10/11 (or indeed 75/76) is our losing the manager who rescued us from that previous disaster.

We are in a way better position now (financial/squad) than previously and only a serious shooting ourselves up the arse (not that we're averse to that of course) can take us back to where we've just been.

 

[Roygbiv]

This feels worse for me mainly as we can't be there and because it comes off the back of our best season in 30 years

 

[FMBlade1]

I just remember complete despair in 2010/11, at least with this lot there's a decent chance of going back up and something to look forward to.

 

[Nade]

I've mostly remembered us in the second tier, so as bad as the results are I'm not filled with despair entirely.

Going down to the third tier though? Unheard of during my time following united, and it was honestly worrying.

 

[Silent Blade]

Still cant believe that some think 2010-11 was a better season!

 

[beatific blade]

BBC Sport - Football - Sheff Utd 0-4 Scunthorpe

news.bbc.co.uk

No further questions

 

[SuperSonicBlade89]

Im a bit conflicted because 2011 felt much worse to me. As did 2007. As I was there, soaking up the atmosphere.

But this season... and end of last season... since lockdown
The absence of fans... yadda yadda... disconnect... etc... I'm kinda numb about it all, which is probably worse, only time will tell.

Most of us had that feeling we could go down this season as far back as October, purely from how we were playing, not from pundits. But we still believed! So its not a shock... tbh I'm MORE disappointed we didn't progress in the cup.

But 2010/11 definitely worse.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Covid relegation is worse,mainly because we are'nt there in the stands.

 

[ChappyAppleBlade]

This one is worse as we have surrendered our Premier League status without so much of a scuffle nevermind fight.

23 defeats and counting with only 16 goals scored in 29 games.

Pathetic.

 

[beatific blade]

This one is worse as we have surrendered our Premier League status without so much of a scuffle nevermind fight.

23 defeats and counting with only 16 goals scored in 29 games.

Pathetic.

This season, even "bang average" or "shite" teams we come up against at this level have twice our wage bill and budgets of £100m+ every single season. We are a small fish in this pond.

In 2010/2011 we were getting beat by "bang average" or "shite" teams that we had no excuse not to be competitive with. The likes of Scunthorpe and Donny Rovers. We were not a small fish in that pond but were embarrassingly bad and deservedly relegated.

That was so much worse than this season.

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

None of them where nice,
The big fear now is what happens next, and that all depends on how deep HRH is willing to put his hand in his pocket, and if his advisers are as good as they seem to think they are ......

 

[Maidenhead]

BBC Sport - Football - Sheff Utd 0-4 Scunthorpe

news.bbc.co.uk

No further questions

I was in Rhodes for that game.

My son told me that we were the better team and unlucky to lose.

I told him he was delusional, it's not possible to be the better team and lose 4-0 but I seem to recall that there were a lot of Blades in agreement with him at the time

 

[beatific blade]

I was in Rhodes for that game.

My son told me that we were the better team and unlucky to lose.

I told him he was delusional, it's not possible to be the better team and lose 4-0 but I seem to recall that there were a lot of Blades in agreement with him at the time

To be fair he's right. I was at the game and I was astonished. Never seen a team dominate a game and lose 4-0.

The bloke next to me laughed his head off and said "fuck me we are going down..." only 6 games in. He was right.

 

[Badger Blade]

2010/11 was bad because of the unthinkable prospect of playing in League One having been at Wembley a couple of seasons before trying to get in the Premier League (less said about that game the better). As crap as Blackwell's football was, sacking him 3 games in left us fighting to keep up from the very start. 4 managers in a season and a team with all manner of waifs and strays is never going to end well.

As for this season, I don't think anyone was thinking we would repeat what we achieved last time round but getting bossed by the likes of Palace and Fulham compared to taking points off 15 of 20 teams last season is difficult to take. We knew there would be some bad runs at times but there are runs of 4 or 5 games without a win and then this. The reasons we had for winning last season (cheaply assembled, well coached, togetherness) have been turned into excuses for losing this time round (how can we compete with x, y, z's wage bill, Championship players etc).

 

[jt64]

10/11. I stopped giving a fuck about this season months ago

 

[guancheblade]

Going down to League 1 is worse. And we've still got the memory of last season to cling onto.

Now the 06/07 relegation... that is the real poll.

 

[YES Blade]

Putting aside which division we are being relegated to, based purely on results and performances, this season 100%, it’s not even close.

 

[Balham]

2010/11 without a doubt for me. That season was torpedoed by terrible management and players taking the piss. One thing which can't be levelled at [the vast majority of] this team is that they've thrown in the towel quite like the class of 2010/11 did. If that doesn't answer the question then the appointment of "Alehouse" Mickey Adams definitely should.

 

[blade too long]

we arent relegated yet


just saying

 

[Silent Blade]

we arent relegated yet


just saying

We were relegated after losing 5-0 at Spurs on March 27th 1976. Six games left. For this season some in here thought we would be relegated before April. I know we still have 9 games left to play.

 

[Sandygate Blade]

I voted for this season because I really thought we were on the brink of a golden age. Then again I thought the same in 1975/76 but I was only 16 at the time. I'm just hoping that we make a quicker return to top division and that it doesn't involve going down through the leagues as well.

 

[Big Hitter]

And then someone will mention Don Givens and it will all be over...

And that fat twat Unsworth......