Agricultural Blades?

[Jon Bon II]

So we get up early, own guns and vote Tory?

LOL that couldn't be further from the truth. I never get up early...

 

[Blade56]

Yeah. I assumed Blade56 was going to refurbish a chain harrow for his latest project.

You hacked my OneDrive projects list yeerrrrrrrrrrr twwwaaaatttttt

 

[Charlieblade]

I recently used the word agricultural to describe aspects of our game, and in hindsight, having checked the thesaurus, I can see how easily it is misinterpreted.
The majority of our defensive system is robust, no none sense and hard working. We do the basics very well, usually.
We also have a few defenders who attack the ball with relish and can distribute it thoughtfully.
The restart was an eye opener for us and the team, who seemed to have lost that agricultural, hard working, robust edge to their game. We criticized them for that in our first 3 games back.
Despite Arsenal enjoying greater possession, we were almost back to our determined best, in and out of possession.
I promise not to use it again, I case someone thinks I mean, rustic, arcane, unsophisticated, artless or primitive .....

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Having read the whole article I don’t think it is that inaccurate.
We are robust, difficult to play against and lacking silky skills at times. However he accepts that the PL is better for having diverse styles and acknowledges that Burnley and us are more successful than many.
Not a lot to object to other than the use and connotations of the word “agricultural “.

Can you be "agricultural" and "innovative" at the same time? And can you be "innovative" but not "fashionable"?

Just about every other football pundit in the land has now come around to accept that Sheffield United's style of play, using over-lapping centre backs, has been bold and innovative and a breath of fresh air in the Premier League.

"Agricultural" usually means aggressive to the point of being dirty and engaging in lots of foul play in order to win football matches. We are not agricultural by any stretch of the imagination. We have been in the past, under the likes of Bassett and Warnock to some extent, but surely to God, we are not still being lazily tarred with that brush now?

I can cope with "robust" because that means "strong".

You say there's not a lot to object to, but I think it's not just the words that have been included, but those that have been excluded, that are objectionable. There's no credit here for bringing a different approach in terms of style of play to the Premiership. There's no credit either for bridging the huge financial gulf that exists between us and just about every other Premier League team. To even be here, thinking of playing another season in the Prem, after where we've come from in such a short space of time, with the players we've got, is nothing short of remarkable.

It's not so much what the guy has said, but what he hasn't said, that's the issue. It's a lazy, stereotypical categorisation of our "ugly Northern club" as some Southern based journalists see us. Because to them, the North of England is another world, dirty and smoky, like a scene from an L S Lowry painting and our club is just a product of that, who have got lucky for a while.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Didn't we once have a player called Paul Newholland? And that great striker Marcus Fendt... unforgettable as Bobby Ford. If only Michael Brown's middle name was David we'd have the whole set.

I love all this dirty tractor talk. I used to like a good "Nuffield" back in the day. I'm going to start a new thread in the General Chat section, so we can continue this conversation about tractors.

 

[Snowflake]

Can you be "agricultural" and "innovative" at the same time? And can you be "innovative" but not "fashionable"?

Just about every other football pundit in the land has now come around to accept that Sheffield United's style of play, using over-lapping centre backs, has been bold and innovative and a breath of fresh air in the Premier League.

"Agricultural" usually means aggressive to the point of being dirty and engaging in lots of foul play in order to win football matches. We are not agricultural by any stretch of the imagination. We have been in the past, under the likes of Bassett and Warnock to some extent, but surely to God, we are not still being lazily tarred with that brush now?

I can cope with "robust" because that means "strong".

You say there's not a lot to object to, but I think it's not just the words that have been included, but those that have been excluded, that are objectionable. There's no credit here for bringing a different approach in terms of style of play to the Premiership. There's no credit either for bridging the huge financial gulf that exists between us and just about every other Premier League team. To even be here, thinking of playing another season in the Prem, after where we've come from in such a short space of time, with the players we've got, is nothing short of remarkable.

It's not so much what the guy has said, but what he hasn't said, that's the issue. It's a lazy, stereotypical categorisation of our "ugly Northern club" as some Southern based journalists see us. Because to them, the North of England is another world, dirty and smoky, like a scene from an L S Lowry painting and our club is just a product of that, who have got lucky for a while.

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I fully understand the sentiment and accept that the article was not the greatest journalism, but it was a match report relating to Burnley, not a detailed

Can you be "agricultural" and "innovative" at the same time? And can you be "innovative" but not "fashionable"?

Just about every other football pundit in the land has now come around to accept that Sheffield United's style of play, using over-lapping centre backs, has been bold and innovative and a breath of fresh air in the Premier League.

"Agricultural" usually means aggressive to the point of being dirty and engaging in lots of foul play in order to win football matches. We are not agricultural by any stretch of the imagination. We have been in the past, under the likes of Bassett and Warnock to some extent, but surely to God, we are not still being lazily tarred with that brush now?

I can cope with "robust" because that means "strong".

You say there's not a lot to object to, but I think it's not just the words that have been included, but those that have been excluded, that are objectionable. There's no credit here for bringing a different approach in terms of style of play to the Premiership. There's no credit either for bridging the huge financial gulf that exists between us and just about every other Premier League team. To even be here, thinking of playing another season in the Prem, after where we've come from in such a short space of time, with the players we've got, is nothing short of remarkable.

It's not so much what the guy has said, but what he hasn't said, that's the issue. It's a lazy, stereotypical categorisation of our "ugly Northern club" as some Southern based journalists see us. Because to them, the North of England is another world, dirty and smoky, like a scene from an L S Lowry painting and our club is just a product of that, who have got lucky for a while.

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Often in life we have to reconsider what we are (or what we have become) rather than what we think others would like us to be.
I have been massively proud to be a Blade this season, but I do think some have been carried away by what has been achieved and believe that we are better than perhaps we are. Maybe having watched 4th Division football gives me a different viewpoint !
To stay in this league this year has been a huge achievement and to do it again next year with the current financial implications would equally be so.However we are not a club yet capable of consistent top 8 finishes.
In the first half of the season we played an exciting (and robust) style: I don’t think we have since Christmas, which leaves us open to the criticism of average journalists. We have to accept that articles like this will be written and move on, pointing out their errors when in a position of strength to do so.

 

[Tony]

Just look at his pic. Looks like a clown and writes like one.

 

[Bladesman]

And here is another example of Sheffield United not caring about having possession and playing the percentages

Fucking hoof ball that!!!

 

[Tony Kenworthy’s toe]

agriculture
noun
the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock, (pigs, cattle, fowl); farming.
the production of crops, livestock, or poultry.

 

[west_yorks_blade]

agriculture
noun
the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock, (pigs, cattle, fowl); farming.
the production of crops, livestock, or poultry.

SAD PATHETIC BASTARD: A person who takes inexplicable pleasure in constantly lurking around the forum of a Football team that they don't support.

 

[CentralQuay]

Out of interest to those taking offence to the term 'agricultural'.

Do you think Burnley fans get annoyed at the praise Wilder gets compared to Dyche?