A Neutral View of the Blades

[shreds1975]

As part of my blog posting this week I did a piece about the Blades and Reading five years on from the Premier League promotion season. I was helped by a Reading fan who writes for the two unfortunates football league blogsite and who was also at Bramall Lane on Tuesday. I gave my view on the Royals (Reading - not Liz, Phil, Charlie & co) and he gave his view on the Blades. If you are interested, you can read it here

http://aunitedview.blogspot.com/2011/02/views-from-opposite-ends.html

He also previewed the Palace game as the weekly match preview on thetwounfortunates. Linky below

http://thetwounfortunates.blogspot.com/2011/02/thursday-preview-crystal-palace-vs.html

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

The trouble at the moment is that we read everything hoping for some glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel but there is none; the batteries in the torch are flat.

So we do the BBC predictor again, 44 points this time, four better than the last time we did it but still 2 points behind Bristol City and doomed. At least the predictor seems to be saying “you’re not going to need 50 points to stay up” just nick a win and a draw from two unexpected fixtures and we’re safe.

I feel the crowd are giving it a good go, they are not on Mickey’s back and whilst there may be some booing we are hanging in there.

The next two games may well seal our fate or leave us fighting for our lives still; it’s doing my head in this.

Good luck tomorrow you red and white wizards you’ll need it. The wait for full time against Scunny seems so far away yet in just over 4 days we may well be gone nearly.

How many more are doing their own heads in thinking about it?

 

[AlienWoodward]

The trouble at the moment is that we read everything hoping for some glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel but there is none; the batteries in the torch are flat.

So we do the BBC predictor again, 44 points this time, four better than the last time we did it but still 2 points behind Bristol City and doomed. At least the predictor seems to be saying “you’re not going to need 50 points to stay up” just nick a win and a draw from two unexpected fixtures and we’re safe.

I feel the crowd are giving it a good go, they are not on Mickey’s back and whilst there may be some booing we are hanging in there.

The next two games may well seal our fate or leave us fighting for our lives still; it’s doing my head in this.

Good luck tomorrow you red and white wizards you’ll need it. The wait for full time against Scunny seems so far away yet in just over 4 days we may well be gone nearly.

How many more are doing their own heads in thinking about it?

I'm not doing my head in about going down,not at all mate. I must say I'm suprised you are.
I think it's acceptance,anything else is a bonus.
I always think back to the Wigan game. I didn't think we would go down then and when we did I just shrugged my shoulders and thought that's united for you.
I lost a house to Len in a bet that day,i'm wondering if he's going to throw another bet at me and let me win it back.
Keep that chin up big fella, oh and whose is the next round ;-)

 

[Wards]

Enjoyed reading that. Cheers

 

[JohnDenver]

As part of my blog posting this week I did a piece about the Blades and Reading five years on from the Premier League promotion season. I was helped by a Reading fan who writes for the two unfortunates football league blogsite and who was also at Bramall Lane on Tuesday. I gave my view on the Royals (Reading - not Liz, Phil, Charlie & co) and he gave his view on the Blades. If you are interested, you can read it here

http://aunitedview.blogspot.com/2011/02/views-from-opposite-ends.html

He also previewed the Palace game as the weekly match preview on thetwounfortunates. Linky below

http://thetwounfortunates.blogspot.com/2011/02/thursday-preview-crystal-palace-vs.html

You say "I can see a couple of stable Championship seasons ahead for both clubs."

Care to share your medication?

 

[raul]

Been reading your blog for a bit now Shreds, impressed.

 

[shreds1975]

You say "I can see a couple of stable Championship seasons ahead for both clubs."

Care to share your medication?

Prozac has kept me a clapper all these years JD Although it has struggled to maintain its impact this season. I genuinely fear for us. I think we need 4 points min from teh two away games.

I do say at the end that the first job is to stay up. Assuming we do I think mid-table is where we will be next season. I think McCabe has been shook up by the decline this season and he wont want the club at risk, both for attracting investment or to avoid continually having to find ways to prop it up.

Raul - Thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate it (and Wards too)

 

[JohnDenver]

Prozac has kept me a clapper all these years JD Although it has struggled to maintain its impact this season. I genuinely fear for us. I think we need 4 points min from teh two away games.

I do say at the end that the first job is to stay up. Assuming we do I think mid-table is where we will be next season. I think McCabe has been shook up by the decline this season and he wont want the club at risk, both for attracting investment or to avoid continually having to find ways to prop it up.

Raul - Thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate it (and Wards too)

Just out of interest, the Reading chap displays a better knowledge of SUFC than many of our fans. Is he a mate of yours?

 

[Pedders]

Good read and Spot on with what was said!

 

[Greavsy]

Fantastic read Shreds, Came across your blog through FootyTalk. Seems you have only been doing it since September but you seem to have a talent for writing.

 

[shreds1975]

Just out of interest, the Reading chap displays a better knowledge of SUFC than many of our fans. Is he a mate of yours?

Not exactly. I got to know him when I started my blog. He had already set up thetwounfortunates and was looking for fellow Football League bloggers to interact with on twitter/shar views etc. We exchanged tweets/emails and I wrote a piece for his site a couple of weeks ago on the Blades' 4th Div promotion season:

http://thetwounfortunates.blogspot.com/2011/02/great-football-league-teams-12.html

We then arranged to meet up for a beer post-match Tuesday. Really good bloke, level headed and knows his football. Like you say, it comes through in his views.

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Cheers Greavsy!

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

I'm not doing my head in about going down,not at all mate. I must say I'm suprised you are.
I think it's acceptance,anything else is a bonus.
I always think back to the Wigan game. I didn't think we would go down then and when we did I just shrugged my shoulders and thought that's united for you.
I lost a house to Len in a bet that day,i'm wondering if he's going to throw another bet at me and let me win it back.
Keep that chin up big fella, oh and whose is the next round ;-)

Posted this earlier but it's not on the site it seems.

Looks like we dropped the torch today, we'll see on Tuesday how badly it's broken. Hopefully McCabe can afford some batteries to put in it but I'd not be supprised if the front glass is smashed and we're shipping in water so the thing will never work again.

As to who's round, not bothered as long as it's more than one round, need a drink.

 

[JohnDenver]

Looks like we dropped the torch today, we'll see on Tuesday how badly it's broken.

Helen Sharman once dropped a torch. The flame went out but the job got done by means not obvious to those who witnessed it.

Magic can happen.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Helen Sharman once dropped a torch. The flame went out but the job got done by means not obvious to those who witnessed it.

Magic can happen.

Well done JD, hope and a smile.