Back the team or move on?

[Kenilworth]

Once they had got back in it and drawn level you just knew what was coming. Only one outcome after the tide had turned. I walked out of stadium in silence and said nothing to any of my family for about an hour. It was only when our van was on it's way home that I suddenly bust out laughing. When asked why, I just said....."why did we think it was going to be any different this time? We're a right set of nob heads."

Me and the lad were the last Blades to leave the Blades end of the ground (we got turfed out by the stewards - not allowed to watch the ceremony that took place to cement our utter, dismal failure). I just stood there thinking, "only us. Only The Blades could promise so much and fuck up so miserably."

Not sure I can face another POF - I mean it this time. I said it before this last one and I went, even though I couldn't really afford.

I won't go!




Seriously! I am not going to another bloody play off final in that godforsaken shite hole that is our National Stadium.





Shan't - no way.



It won't happen






Wild horses will not drag me.






No chance, fucking NO CHANCE!






when is it again? Just so I can plan in the telly, like.

 

[dublin 10 blade]

Such pain. I remember being stood there, totally adamant we would lose on pens. When they missed their first three, I could'nt believe it, I thought "Jesus Christ we're gonna do it, we're gonna bloody do it!" Should have known better than to hold any hope for the cunting blades.

Did'nt see the peno's after extra time we had to lash back to Stanstead to get the plane home to Dublin learn't we'd fucked it up on the train out to the airport from our lass, as she put it, it does'nt matter were going to Florida next week there's always next time. Bloody women.

 

[Living In a Fantasy World]

I'm only young but I've already got used to the idea that united will disappoint you , but it makes success all the more sweeter.
Our playoff final record is a puzzling one that's for sure, not a record I like us having.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Instead of coming on here with negative comments about the blades, get behind them coz they bloody need it right now if we are going to climb out the 3rd tier this season.
If every decision the manager, players, owners, ref makes really pisses you off that much - move on.

far too much negativity when we need to be backing our team.

this is all

Absobloodyexactly.

 

[BladeFisher]

Absobloodyexactly.

There is something a bit totalitarian about the OP though. Back the club under all circumstances? Adolf would have loved that loyalty. Was there a Blades WaffenSS?

It is all about expectation surely. Football is also a curious mix of entertainment/culture and quasi religion. If you disagree you are some kind of unbeliever/follower? Well some may be that fanatical but that viewpoint really is extreme.

When you've stood on the Kop and seen them crash out of the top two tiers for the first time in 90 years, when you live in an area where supporting SUFC and not Man U, Arsenal etc means you are ridiculed to high heaven as soon as you mention the club, when you've followed them from TC/AW in the 1960's to sodding Halifax and Rochdale in Division 4 and everything since, perhaps some of us have a right to moan.

Sheffield United matter like hell to me, I won't even wear blue on match days and I'll never buy a blue car. My dad was blown to bits when I was 12, 43 years ago and SUFC is the one thing that I followed then as I do know so yeah please don't question those who dare to criticise some aspect of SUFC.

Something I learned early on. I used to get really, really livid if they lost. Then one day it dawned on me. I had no control over what they did. No howling at the match or at the radio made a blind bit of difference. Eleven blokes on a pitch and how they played as a unit and individually did, not me. Yeah I'm fanatical about them, love em to bits, but I can't change anything they do on match day. They can. I can't buy and sell players McCabe and Wilson can. When I realised that and pursued other interests that I could affect, a better balance was restored. Simple but it took probably until my late teens till the penny dropped. That's what football can do to us. It consumes you, particularly on match days.

But it still pisses me off that they under achieve!

UTB

 

[Kev Gee]

Instead of coming on here with negative comments about the blades, get behind them coz they bloody need it right now if we are going to climb out the 3rd tier this season.
If every decision the manager, players, owners, ref makes really pisses you off that much - move on.

far too much negativity when we need to be backing our team.

this is all

Yes everythings fine down at the Lane & the team are working there arses off............

 

[frijo]

There is something a bit totalitarian about the OP though. Back the club under all circumstances? Adolf would have loved that loyalty. Was there a Blades WaffenSS?

It is all about expectation surely. Football is also a curious mix of entertainment/culture and quasi religion. If you disagree you are some kind of unbeliever/follower? Well some may be that fanatical but that viewpoint really is extreme.

When you've stood on the Kop and seen them crash out of the top two tiers for the first time in 90 years, when you live in an area where supporting SUFC and not Man U, Arsenal etc means you are ridiculed to high heaven as soon as you mention the club, when you've followed them from TC/AW in the 1960's to sodding Halifax and Rochdale in Division 4 and everything since, perhaps some of us have a right to moan.

Sheffield United matter like hell to me, I won't even wear blue on match days and I'll never buy a blue car. My dad was blown to bits when I was 12, 43 years ago and SUFC is the one thing that I followed then as I do know so yeah please don't question those who dare to criticise some aspect of SUFC.

Something I learned early on. I used to get really, really livid if they lost. Then one day it dawned on me. I had no control over what they did. No howling at the match or at the radio made a blind bit of difference. Eleven blokes on a pitch and how they played as a unit and individually did, not me. Yeah I'm fanatical about them, love em to bits, but I can't change anything they do on match day. They can. I can't buy and sell players McCabe and Wilson can. When I realised that and pursued other interests that I could affect, a better balance was restored. Simple but it took probably until my late teens till the penny dropped. That's what football can do to us. It consumes you, particularly on match days.

But it still pisses me off that they under achieve!

UTB

There is something a bit totalitarian about the OP though. Back the club under all circumstances? Adolf would have loved that loyalty. Was there a Blades WaffenSS?

It is all about expectation surely. Football is also a curious mix of entertainment/culture and quasi religion. If you disagree you are some kind of unbeliever/follower? Well some may be that fanatical but that viewpoint really is extreme.

When you've stood on the Kop and seen them crash out of the top two tiers for the first time in 90 years, when you live in an area where supporting SUFC and not Man U, Arsenal etc means you are ridiculed to high heaven as soon as you mention the club, when you've followed them from TC/AW in the 1960's to sodding Halifax and Rochdale in Division 4 and everything since, perhaps some of us have a right to moan.

Sheffield United matter like hell to me, I won't even wear blue on match days and I'll never buy a blue car. My dad was blown to bits when I was 12, 43 years ago and SUFC is the one thing that I followed then as I do know so yeah please don't question those who dare to criticise some aspect of SUFC.

Something I learned early on. I used to get really, really livid if they lost. Then one day it dawned on me. I had no control over what they did. No howling at the match or at the radio made a blind bit of difference. Eleven blokes on a pitch and how they played as a unit and individually did, not me. Yeah I'm fanatical about them, love em to bits, but I can't change anything they do on match day. They can. I can't buy and sell players McCabe and Wilson can. When I realised that and pursued other interests that I could affect, a better balance was restored. Simple but it took probably until my late teens till the penny dropped. That's what football can do to us. It consumes you, particularly on match days.

But it still pisses me off that they under achieve

UTB[/quo
Good post but surely you have some good memories also?

 

[Foxy]

I agree with the sentiment that we're all Blades and hence entitled to our opinion but not necessarily with the view that all opinions are valid. Like many, I don't follow the Blades away and have to rely on Shoutbox for real time updates. Some of the comments on there could only be valid if the author was actually at the game but they clearly aren't and it's the same old names / negativity every week. They're the ones that I object to.

Get yourself watching our tweets , http://twitter.com/s24su

They are live and direct from whatever ground we happen to be "enjoying"

 

[Trafford]

Get yourself watching our tweets , http://twitter.com/s24su

They are live and direct from whatever ground we happen to be "enjoying"

To be fair, they're on at the same time - I just can't expect you to provide a running commentary! I can sometimes turn to Radio Sheffield but that doesn't always make it over the Pennines and into the house - although strangely enough it normally makes it into the car.

 

[Rodley]

There is something a bit totalitarian about the OP though. Back the club under all circumstances? Adolf would have loved that loyalty. Was there a Blades WaffenSS?

It is all about expectation surely. Football is also a curious mix of entertainment/culture and quasi religion. If you disagree you are some kind of unbeliever/follower? Well some may be that fanatical but that viewpoint really is extreme.

When you've stood on the Kop and seen them crash out of the top two tiers for the first time in 90 years, when you live in an area where supporting SUFC and not Man U, Arsenal etc means you are ridiculed to high heaven as soon as you mention the club, when you've followed them from TC/AW in the 1960's to sodding Halifax and Rochdale in Division 4 and everything since, perhaps some of us have a right to moan.

Sheffield United matter like hell to me, I won't even wear blue on match days and I'll never buy a blue car. My dad was blown to bits when I was 12, 43 years ago and SUFC is the one thing that I followed then as I do know so yeah please don't question those who dare to criticise some aspect of SUFC.

Something I learned early on. I used to get really, really livid if they lost. Then one day it dawned on me. I had no control over what they did. No howling at the match or at the radio made a blind bit of difference. Eleven blokes on a pitch and how they played as a unit and individually did, not me. Yeah I'm fanatical about them, love em to bits, but I can't change anything they do on match day. They can. I can't buy and sell players McCabe and Wilson can. When I realised that and pursued other interests that I could affect, a better balance was restored. Simple but it took probably until my late teens till the penny dropped. That's what football can do to us. It consumes you, particularly on match days.

But it still pisses me off that they under achieve!

UTB

Completely disagree with the sentiment about not affecting play in the ground. A good, hostile crowd can really intimidate the opposition and lift the players. We turned over numerous bigger clubs under Warnock with a "bear pit" atmosphere at the Lane. Happy days and some great memories.

Equally booing and abusing players can affect their performance. Paid professionals, amateurs whatever. It affects their performance. See George Long's lack of confidence and the stick he received which preceded it.

 

[BladeFisher]

Completely disagree with the sentiment about not affecting play in the ground. A good, hostile crowd can really intimidate the opposition and lift the players. We turned over numerous bigger clubs under Warnock with a "bear pit" atmosphere at the Lane. Happy days and some great memories.

Equally booing and abusing players can affect their performance. Paid professionals, amateurs whatever. It affects their performance. See George Long's lack of confidence and the stick he received which preceded it.

Hi Rodders. Yeah 18,000 might affect the team. One bloke can't though, unless he's TC, Woody, Deano or Keith Edwards!

 

[Rodley]

Fair enough BF.

 

[BladeFisher]

Oh yes good memories?

The ones that stand out, like for all of us can be quite perverse and personal. As they say on Strictly... in no particular order.

Aged 12 standing on the John Street in '71 stuffing Leeds 3-0 listening to the Blades chanting "What's it like to be inside Jacke Charlton" as we pulled them to pieces. Would be akin to getting into the PL now and doing that to Man U. Magic.

Previous season away at Pompey, having been threatened by Pompey fans (always loathed them since) 0-0 at half time 5-1 to the Blades at the end.

Beating Cardiff 5-1 at the Lane, but listening from school (like Silent I went away to school after dad was killed) to know we'd virtually secured promotion back to Div 1 having stuffed our biggest rivals for promotion.

Blades 7 - Ipswich 0 staggering result.

Beating Leicester 5-2 when a few months earlier we looked like blowing it. Listened to game on Bladesline (remember that).

Deano's wonder 45 yard goal against Brucie at the Shoreham end. Could see it was going in. Pure magic.

Being at Hillsborough when we won 2-1 (2000 or 2001?) and being creased up on the way when on supertram a load of Wednesdayites tried to get on in Fitzalan Square and the coach erupted into "Don't let the pigs on (stamping of feet/windows et al)". Creased me up that one did.

The 4-3 versus Forest. Heart stopping but ultimately heartbreak.

And strangely the defeat in the FA semi versus Arsenal.. We were awesome that day.

Yeah some good memories, but should have won one serious cup in last 45 years Jeez. When you see the teams that have Norwich, Southampton, Stoke, Wolves, Luton, Oxford, Wimbledon, Wednesday ffs.

 

[frijo]

Oh yes good memories?

The ones that stand out, like for all of us can be quite perverse and personal. As they say on Strictly... in no particular order.

Aged 12 standing on the John Street in '71 stuffing Leeds 3-0 listening to the Blades chanting "What's it like to be inside Jacke Charlton" as we pulled them to pieces. Would be akin to getting into the PL now and doing that to Man U. Magic.

Previous season away at Pompey, having been threatened by Pompey fans (always loathed them since) 0-0 at half time 5-1 to the Blades at the end.

Beating Cardiff 5-1 at the Lane, but listening from school (like Silent I went away to school after dad was killed) to know we'd virtually secured promotion back to Div 1 having stuffed our biggest rivals for promotion.

Blades 7 - Ipswich 0 staggering result.

Beating Leicester 5-2 when a few months earlier we looked like blowing it. Listened to game on Bladesline (remember that).

Deano's wonder 45 yard goal against Brucie at the Shoreham end. Could see it was going in. Pure magic.

Being at Hillsborough when we won 2-1 (2000 or 2001?) and being creased up on the way when on supertram a load of Wednesdayites tried to get on in Fitzalan Square and the coach erupted into "Don't let the pigs on (stamping of feet/windows et al)". Creased me up that one did.

The 4-3 versus Forest. Heart stopping but ultimately heartbreak.

And strangely the defeat in the FA semi versus Arsenal.. We were awesome that day.

Yeah some good memories, but should have won one serious cup in last 45 years Jeez. When you see the teams that have Norwich, Southampton, Stoke, Wolves, Luton, Oxford, Wimbledon, Wednesday ffs.

Great read that mate, 1st of all sorry to here about losing your dad at an early age that must Have been horrific,onto the blades i share lots of those memories to ive been loving the blades for 30 yrs ,im used to it now uyou know winning fuck a

 

[frijo]

Sorry about that i must start posting on my lap top rather than my phone.anyway was going to ask you or anyone if they enjoyed the 4 th division days because i was only four yrs old then but i do remember one game i Went to and we smashed gillingham 4-0 Edwards got the lot, my dad always Says that he would'nt Have swapped the 4 th div days at all .i would have loved darlington away Heard many great stories about that day feel free to share i enjoyed leicester away fantasic and just to top it we passed the pigs as they Went down Forrest licked em .also the 2003 Season ,premiership beating Arsenal jags in goal and many more but Yes your right we should have won a Major trophy at some stage .

 

[super_pig]

Such pain. I remember being stood there, totally adamant we would lose on pens. When they missed their first three, I could'nt believe it, I thought "Jesus Christ we're gonna do it, we're gonna bloody do it!" Should have known better than to hold any hope for the cunting blades.

yeah i looked at my mate and said 'kin 'ell we could 'win' this.. then we hit the post and that was the end of it.. euphoria lasted all of five seconds

 

[super_pig]

There is something a bit totalitarian about the OP though. Back the club under all circumstances? Adolf would have loved that loyalty. Was there a Blades WaffenSS?

ah yes.. super_pig a pedia quotes
the Liebstandarte McCabe.. an underperforming division by all accounts .. although having great potential and substantial support they had a tendency to bottle at the bigger moments are so are less well known than more illustrious counterparts

hth

 

[Jehovah]

yeah i looked at my mate and said 'kin 'ell we could 'win' this.. then we hit the post and that was the end of it.. euphoria lasted all of five seconds

Yep, Taylor had one job ffs

 

[Bladesway]

Instead of coming on here with negative comments about the blades, get behind them coz they bloody need it right now if we are going to climb out the 3rd tier this season.
If every decision the manager, players, owners, ref makes really pisses you off that much - move on.

far too much negativity when we need to be backing our team.

this is all

If this is all how come you reposted a load more?

I'd be all for a ground where there was you, Sitwell and about 40 others. I know your not allowed to say nasty things about the lack of performance and we are all supposed to look up to the skies lucky in the fact that McCabe is our chairman and not some nasty foreign bloke like Chelsea and Man City (oh and Arsenal, Man United and the other teams up there). I mean what do we have to possibly protest about? Christ knows how much in debt to the man who has swallowed all the assets, selling any decent players to the first whiff of an offer (Blackman would have been shipped to Palace if he hadn't said no thanks). The only reason we aren't in administration is because the man we owe it all to can't quite extricate himself from the treacle he fell into.

So, with all that sunshine bathing us in glory why would we be upset? I mean its not like we lost a golden opportunity to rebuild when old Footballasaurus got the push following our Premiership Relegation. We could have chosen most managers and could have probably afforded the very best in our division. But we ended up with the drabest man on gods green earth. Then replaced him with a cheap option who didn't even ask how much he would be earning on his way up the M1 to start. And its not like that same Chairman then sold all the best players we had mid season (not end of season, that would just be silly) and crippled his already average manager. No, that couldn't have happened could it? So could it get worse? Of course it could, McCabe sacked his manager 3 games into a season in a hissy fit in front of some rich blokes? He could have sacked him before he gave him some money to spend but that seemed like a daft idea. Then we ended up stumbling (via an unlucky home reverse to Scunthorpe) over to puddles too deep for him Mickey who got Dave Basset in to answer his phone because he had never seen so many phone calls. But he was a Blade so we could forgive him being the worst manager in all our history.

Then we start to make progress for the first time in a few years. We say we are going to build on youth following a cataclysmic end to last season. I mean, who would buy a 23 year old striker and then sell him after 5 months? Our leading scorer and the only one who actually seemed to understand where the net was.

No, I'm not understanding why everyone isn't out with the flags and having a local holiday called Blades Way Day. I'm not understanding it at all. I just hope your sensing a little of my pain here.

 

[raul]

Piss off to Ocean Terminal.

 

[Bladesway]

Piss off to Ocean Terminal.

Does the twat own that as well?

 

[BladeFisher]

ah yes.. super_pig a pedia quotes
the Liebstandarte McCabe.. an underperforming division by all accounts .. although having great potential and substantial support they had a tendency to bottle at the bigger moments are so are less well known than more illustrious counterparts

hth

lol - good one! Well we do play in red, white and black!

Whilst on the silly theme, I used to get Flashing Blade and I remember Matthew running an article about Hitler was a Wednesdayite owing to the air raid and bomb damage to the John St stand. In a later addition there was an inference that someone had got really upset about it, was that true?

I know sometimes some jokes are a bit too subtle but it was pretty obvious to me that it was the usual United - Wednesday piss take and clearly not to be taken that literally.