Anyone else stopped caring?

[Le Cynique]

I think most do still back Slav mate, I certainly want the guy to do well, and place minimal blame at his door for the time being.

Definitely, I feel sorry for the guy. He can't have expected the players to be so completely and utterly underwhelming when he came in. Although that said, if he'd paid attention to last season, perhaps he might have had an inkling.

 

[Stretch]

Definitely, I feel sorry for the guy. He can't have expected the players to be so completely and utterly underwhelming when he came in. Although that said, if he'd paid attention to last season, perhaps he might have had an inkling.

I think he probably just assumed (or was assured by others) that a new season, away from the pressure of the PL coverage equals a fresh start for them all, and they would rediscover their previous form. Many (myself included) felt the same and underestimated the impact last season had on their psyches.

I half jokingly said last week that they have got PTSD, but I think it could be the case. Their confidence and motivation has completely evaporated. Not sure I have ever seen anything like it tbh.

 

[FranTheBlade]

Thing is though I'm not even disappointed. I'm just stopping giving a fuck.

When the ridiculous comments from morons about BRING WILDER BACK or SLAV WILL WALK are more entertaining than supporting the club, there's something wrong.

If I was disappointed I'd at least be feeling something.

 

[The Steel Roses]

Yes

 

[Le Cynique]

Are you Fran from Nottingham?

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

As soon as I saw the midfield I lost interest and tuned in at full time for the result. I got half time updates on how we were playing from mates, but other than that I wasn't bothered as I knew we wouldn't win today. That's how much faith I have in these players these days.

 

[FranTheBlade]

We all say that we don’t care, but we do. If you need help coping with

I mean, I have other things going on in my life right now, and to be honest I don't live in Sheffield anymore and none of my family are Blades, so maybe I'm an exception. I came to Bladehood late in life too, being 17 when I went to my first match, so maybe that has something to do with it as well. But I'm certainly feeling more ennui than frustration, anger or sadness at the moment.

Anyway, I just don't give as much of a toss any more. We lose? Ah well. We win? I don't particularly remember that feeling, other than being a bit sad when I had to tell my daughter that we'd beaten Derby in the cup. I'm finding that I'm caring more about imbeciles talking shite about our club than what our club is actually doing.

It's a real shame, as we've squandered so much. We had an opportunity to become the dominant team in the city – indeed, in the region – but I can't imagine that even with the personal stuff I'm going through that there aren't other Blades like me who are losing their passion for the club. I still like football, and the local Northern Premier League team is proving to be more and more of an attractive proposition.

It's not so much the crapness; I've supported us through thick and thin before and I'm old enough to remember some really lean times, but I can't remember ever feeling this... unbothered about us. Anyone else?

Firstly, I am sorry about your personal circumstances. Football can be a great distraction at times. However, those of us who have experienced true loss know that is not what really matters.

However, we all say we don’t care about the Blades but we do. The best way to deal with reality is to accept the level where we belong. If you can’t remember, just look at the league table. Yes, we were in the PL but that was an anomaly. Truly, we belong in the middle of the second tier. Accept this and you will be at peace. No more expectation and disappointment.

Also, you don’t want to end up like the last Blade who dreamed big (Wilder) - look where he ended up. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

 

[Maidenhead]

I've never been particularly hung up on results or performances.

It is what it is and I can't influence it but what I will say is that I've had a top day out with two good mates and bumped into one or two others along the way.

It was the same in division four and in league 1.

The team will be wherever it is on merit and that will never spoil the much more important elements of the day for me.

 

[McGoaldrick]

Honestly no and it hurts so fucking bad. Really tried to cling onto football throughout all of the shit of the last 18 months because i’ve had so much stripped from my life. It started pretty well with the chelsea and wolves wins at home but has just progressively felt more and more like a gut punch every time we play. It kills me that the players don’t give a fuck when there are thousands of fans that look forward to the games every week to take their minds off what’s been going on. You’d think they’d be on a mission this season to give us something to smile about but they’ve been even shitter than before. There hasn’t even been the chance to get excited about transfers either, for several reasons, last seasons I agree with, this seasons not so much. All feels very gloomy right now but trying to put things in perspective - we’re only 5 games into 46 and we’re still in a cup competition. Hopefully the board back slav and he can do what he came here to do because he is still by far the best man for the job

 

[FranTheBlade]

Are you Fran from Nottingham?

Sadly, no.

Fran from London.

 

[Swannyblade]

I’ll always love United…I really want to like United again…I miss it. I miss the the pride, the joy and the entertainment.

 

[Le Cynique]

Sadly, no.

Fran from London.

That's a shame; I liked Fran from Nottingham. I'm sure I'll like you too, but you've never given me a lift from Sheffield after a match to the family Christmas in Nottingham

 

[Iffy Onuora's Shiny Head]

Honestly no and it hurts so fucking bad. Really tried to cling onto football throughout all of the shit of the last 18 months because i’ve had so much stripped from my life. It started pretty well with the chelsea and wolves wins at home but has just progressively felt more and more like a gut punch every time we play. It kills me that the players don’t give a fuck when there are thousands of fans that look forward to the games every week to take their minds off what’s been going on. You’d think they’d be on a mission this season to give us something to smile about but they’ve been even shitter than before. There hasn’t even been the chance to get excited about transfers either, for several reasons, last seasons I agree with, this seasons not so much. All feels very gloomy right now but trying to put things in perspective - we’re only 5 games into 46 and we’re still in a cup competition. Hopefully the board back slav and he can do what he came here to do because he is still by far the best man for the job

I'd definitely second this. Some of our fans will have had a torrid time over the past 18 months (ranging from losses of family/friends or struggling to work etc) and will have looked to football as a respite from it all - and they will have received nothing but embarrassment and disappointment.

I understand the nature of sport is that things can go wrong, but there are probably only a handful of players that you can look back on saying they did these fans proud. These are players earning upwards of 50k per week vs players at luton who might not even earn 1/10th of that but showed more fight, desire and bravery. We no longer have the "yeah but wages" excuse to use for the players anymore.

 

[Danetheblade]

I love this club. Born and raised a blade. Season ticket holder since 8 years old. First match was Macclesfield (or Matlock). I'll never stop caring about the club. It's our club, it's in our DNA. It's a part of who we are as people, followers. I'll never stop caring about my club. But I'm certainly at the point of not caring about any of the current players we have.

I'd give my left bollock to play for the club on minimum wage. They should be absolutely disgusted and embarrassed the way they're treating the club, and most importantly the fans.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

No, I still care. Will take a while for me to stop caring. I remember midway into our 6 season spell in League 1 somebody telling me we'd drawn 4-4 with Exeter at home.

I genuinely didn't know we were playing and I had really lost all interest at that point.

I'm still hoping we somehow turn this all around and my Fulham friend is right in telling me SJ just takes ages to get things going. I've got a very strong feeling he doesn't have the tools to do that here though. He's actually saying so himself in openly calling the board out.

 

[Hartley Hare]

Despite all the slings and arrows. I am proud to follow the Blades.

Don't forget we never do anything the easy way.

HH.

 

[stringjunior]

I have a season ticket. I've not used it yet. That speaks volumes I guess

 

[wizadry]

I have a season ticket. I've not used it yet. That speaks volumes I guess

When you do need to use it the fucker probably won’t work anyway so you’ll be fine and have no scars at all.

 

[CyloCybin]

Quite the opposite. I care more and more every week

 

[Cheets]

We've always had our ups and downs. It's just really sad that having got ourselves into such a great position we just spunked it all up the wall.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I mean, I have other things going on in my life right now, and to be honest I don't live in Sheffield anymore and none of my family are Blades, so maybe I'm an exception. I came to Bladehood late in life too, being 17 when I went to my first match, so maybe that has something to do with it as well. But I'm certainly feeling more ennui than frustration, anger or sadness at the moment.

Anyway, I just don't give as much of a toss any more. We lose? Ah well. We win? I don't particularly remember that feeling, other than being a bit sad when I had to tell my daughter that we'd beaten Derby in the cup. I'm finding that I'm caring more about imbeciles talking shite about our club than what our club is actually doing.

It's a real shame, as we've squandered so much. We had an opportunity to become the dominant team in the city – indeed, in the region – but I can't imagine that even with the personal stuff I'm going through that there aren't other Blades like me who are losing their passion for the club. I still like football, and the local Northern Premier League team is proving to be more and more of an attractive proposition.

It's not so much the crapness; I've supported us through thick and thin before and I'm old enough to remember some really lean times, but I can't remember ever feeling this... unbothered about us. Anyone else?

You never, ever stop caring about the Blades.

Your kids can go off the rails sometimes, your wife may divorce you, life maybe shit big time.

But you never, ever ditch the Blades no matter how shite they are.

 

[FlamingLip]

For the build up and 90 or so mins I care. A lot. It's also quality time with the old man I'll not have forever.

What im now better at is not letting wank performances ruin the rest of day/week which they used to when I was younger. Which when you think about it, is ridiculous.

 

[segasonic]

I mean, I have other things going on in my life right now, and to be honest I don't live in Sheffield anymore and none of my family are Blades, so maybe I'm an exception. I came to Bladehood late in life too, being 17 when I went to my first match, so maybe that has something to do with it as well. But I'm certainly feeling more ennui than frustration, anger or sadness at the moment.

Anyway, I just don't give as much of a toss any more. We lose? Ah well. We win? I don't particularly remember that feeling, other than being a bit sad when I had to tell my daughter that we'd beaten Derby in the cup. I'm finding that I'm caring more about imbeciles talking shite about our club than what our club is actually doing.

It's a real shame, as we've squandered so much. We had an opportunity to become the dominant team in the city – indeed, in the region – but I can't imagine that even with the personal stuff I'm going through that there aren't other Blades like me who are losing their passion for the club. I still like football, and the local Northern Premier League team is proving to be more and more of an attractive proposition.

It's not so much the crapness; I've supported us through thick and thin before and I'm old enough to remember some really lean times, but I can't remember ever feeling this... unbothered about us. Anyone else?

I was 17 when I caught the bug too. I must still care though or I wouldn't feel this bad. Nearly 30 years a Blade and any good times are just the buildup to a decade of shit, you know it's coming but it never gets any easier. I'd like to say I'm surprised at our spectacular collapse from the brink of glory, but I can't. We'll get our chance and blow it again in the 2030s, and I'll still be here to take it all in. It's what we do.

 

[bladeinspaceandtime]

I mean, I have other things going on in my life right now, and to be honest I don't live in Sheffield anymore and none of my family are Blades, so maybe I'm an exception. I came to Bladehood late in life too, being 17 when I went to my first match, so maybe that has something to do with it as well. But I'm certainly feeling more ennui than frustration, anger or sadness at the moment.

Anyway, I just don't give as much of a toss any more. We lose? Ah well. We win? I don't particularly remember that feeling, other than being a bit sad when I had to tell my daughter that we'd beaten Derby in the cup. I'm finding that I'm caring more about imbeciles talking shite about our club than what our club is actually doing.

It's a real shame, as we've squandered so much. We had an opportunity to become the dominant team in the city – indeed, in the region – but I can't imagine that even with the personal stuff I'm going through that there aren't other Blades like me who are losing their passion for the club. I still like football, and the local Northern Premier League team is proving to be more and more of an attractive proposition.

It's not so much the crapness; I've supported us through thick and thin before and I'm old enough to remember some really lean times, but I can't remember ever feeling this... unbothered about us. Anyone else?

I stopped caring after the game against Wigan in 2007. It finally dawned on me that day that this club will never achieve anything of much note (the same as most of the others to be fair); me "caring" isn't going to change anything.

 

[oldblade]

No.

Some questions are hard to answer. This one wasn't.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

I mean, I have other things going on in my life right now, and to be honest I don't live in Sheffield anymore and none of my family are Blades, so maybe I'm an exception. I came to Bladehood late in life too, being 17 when I went to my first match, so maybe that has something to do with it as well. But I'm certainly feeling more ennui than frustration, anger or sadness at the moment.

Anyway, I just don't give as much of a toss any more. We lose? Ah well. We win? I don't particularly remember that feeling, other than being a bit sad when I had to tell my daughter that we'd beaten Derby in the cup. I'm finding that I'm caring more about imbeciles talking shite about our club than what our club is actually doing.

It's a real shame, as we've squandered so much. We had an opportunity to become the dominant team in the city – indeed, in the region – but I can't imagine that even with the personal stuff I'm going through that there aren't other Blades like me who are losing their passion for the club. I still like football, and the local Northern Premier League team is proving to be more and more of an attractive proposition.

It's not so much the crapness; I've supported us through thick and thin before and I'm old enough to remember some really lean times, but I can't remember ever feeling this... unbothered about us. Anyone else?

Stopped caring? - no, never.

UTB

 

[copernicus1889]

Most of the 1st team squad seem to have lost interest. They obviously would rather be doing something/anything else.

I wish I could care as much as they do. I might be able to sleep tonight.

 

[petcharlie]

Last season I watched every game until the opposition scored. You knew they would, and you knew we would not come back. So I would switch it off after they scored, telling myself "I told you so".

That sounds like me mate. The opposition scores I stop listening. After all we just don't score do we so whats the point going on listening? I to have started to get less and less bothered .

 

[Blade for Sale]

The worst thing about this club is our constant ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Every time it looks as though we are on the cusp of something special we merrily point the gun footwards and pull the trigger. We're like Sisyphus condemned for eternity to push the boulder up the hill only to see the fucker roll down again.
At least Portsmouth and Birmingham imploded with a bit of silverware and a run in Europe. We've ended up spending over £50m on footballers that can't play football. It's like finally pulling the girl of your dreams before finding out she's given you gonorrhoea and absolutely riddled your thatch with pubic lice.
Even our old faithful players have gone to shit. They're like getting back together with your old girlfriend only to find she's gone vegetarian and has started attending avant garde open mic poetry evenings and dressing like a cunt. We're fucked coming and going.

 

[Bla blade]

It was Woodward that first triggered my love for the Blades and deadwood that is triggering my intense current apathy. I am telling myself we just need to wait for the clearance of the deadwood to get things back on track. Hopefully that will take months rather than years.