Bit early but look at run in

[blade67]

These threads make me itch.

13 games left means almost anythingvcan happen. Onlyvreally interested in satdi afternoon

 

[ForgeBlade]

Don't disagree at all, but there is always doubt, 6 years and longer of the shit that we have been served up and you can see why most would be pessimistic, until it is mathematically sorted and we go up or enter another year of play offs, I will stay slightly pessimistic, loving the ride at the moment but always worried the rug is going to be pulled from under us.

This. In the midst of the pandemonium after Billy's goal at P'Boro I turned to my dad and said "we're going up as champions." Halfway back up the A1 reality had reasserted itself and I was back to "we might go up, we probably SHOULD go up, but until it's mathematically certain let's not count chickens etc etc."

I believe we are the best team in this division...that's why we're 5 points clear at the top. However, if the last 22 and a half years watching United have taught me anything, it's that we can and do fuck up on a terrifyingly regular basis.

(That said, if we beat Bolton on saturday and Scunny don't win, no doubt some foolish words will escape my mouth along the lines of "cracked it," "one foot in the championship," "who do we want first game next season?" etc)

Football is bloody silly sometimes.

 

[Blade58]

I now its a bit early to look at this but I was bored yesterday. Looking at the final matches for us, Bolton, Scunny & Fleetwood. one thing stood out Bolton have only 6 at home & 9 away. Ours & Fleetwood looks the best.

Fleetwood also are on a great run. They may be top of the current form table

Hence why I fell into the trap last weekend of chucking a couple of quid on two forecasts

Blades/Fleetwood @ 15/2

Fleetwood/Blades @ 50/1

 

[Harry's Game]

Errrm I think our upcoming run includes Bolton, Rochdale, Oxford, Millwall and Charlton.

That doesnt look that easy to me.

 

[Blade58]

Errrm I think our upcoming run includes Bolton, Rochdale, Oxford, Millwall and Charlton.

That doesnt look that easy to me.

I agree. Fortunately, the chasing teams runs look no easier

 

[Deadbat]

6 out of next 7 away for United; means for me Saturday if we dont win...will put pressure on us as Scunny/Bolton have some quite winnable home games too in this period; albeit playing Fleetwood away both of them.

Mind you if we are serious about going up we need to get results at places like Rochdale, Oxford, Swindon, Oldham, Northampton and Port Vale. Most are mid table with a few near the bottom in Oldham and Port Vale. Expect we will have big followings at most games too aside from the two Tuesday night long trips.

 

[Blade58]

6 out of next 7 away for United; means for me Saturday if we dont win...will put pressure on us as Scunny/Bolton have some quite winnable home games too in this period; albeit playing Fleetwood away both of them.

Mind you if we are serious about going up we need to get results at places like Rochdale, Oxford, Swindon, Oldham, Northampton and Port Vale. Most are mid table with a few near the bottom in Oldham and Port Vale. Expect we will have big followings at most games too aside from the two Tuesday night long trips.

Fkin ell. How's that worked out like that?

We've played 17 at home and 16 away, so somat done seem reyt

 

[super_pig]

It's a win-win. You have saturday free now to treat her; "Darling you are so special that I want us to spend time together shopping / watching a chick flick / putting up those shelves you've been asking for, for the last 4 years". You never know, chuck in a bunch of flowers and you might even get your leg over.

Then come Monday, you explain how sad it is that this country has become so heathen. As a reminder of the meaning of life, you plan to spend the afternoon in St Mary's church thanking the Lord for the gift of his son; alone though!.

Simples.

What could possibly go wrong?

she'd want to go too
great plan otherwise!

 

[blade.i.am]

Our record so far against teams currently in the bottom half of the table is
P 16 W 14 D 2 L 0
8 of our remaining games are against these teams. The 2 that worry me are Bolton and Millwall who are the only team that could do the double over us apart from Walsall.
Still think we can average 2 pts a game from here which would give us 93 pts, surely good enough for automatic promotion

 

[blade too long]

millwall 0 chesterfield 0
and charlton 0 oxford 1 tonight

some said these 2 were a danger to us

Millwall are nothing special
Charlton are very ordinary


shame about wednesday , might have blown their automatic chase he he he

 

[spongebobblade]

It's a win-win. You have saturday free now to treat her; "Darling you are so special that I want us to spend time together shopping / watching a chick flick / putting up those shelves you've been asking for, for the last 4 years". You never know, chuck in a bunch of flowers and you might even get your leg over.

Then come Monday, you explain how sad it is that this country has become so heathen. As a reminder of the meaning of life, you plan to spend the afternoon in St Mary's church thanking the Lord for the gift of his son; alone though!.

Simples.

What could possibly go wrong?

If he can pass the smell of stale beer off as holy wine he's a better man than me

 

[blade too long]

Errrm I think our upcoming run includes Bolton, Rochdale, Oxford, Millwall and Charlton.

That doesnt look that easy to me.

charlton 0 oxford 1
millwall 0 chesterfield 0
doesnt look as hard tonight


southend up to 5th above bradford after 4-1 win at posh
and we wiped the floor with them
our points v top 6 back looking slightly better

 

[fishpie]

6 out of next 7 away for United; means for me Saturday if we dont win...will put pressure on us as Scunny/Bolton have some quite winnable home games too in this period; albeit playing Fleetwood away both of them.

Mind you if we are serious about going up we need to get results at places like Rochdale, Oxford, Swindon, Oldham, Northampton and Port Vale. Most are mid table with a few near the bottom in Oldham and Port Vale. Expect we will have big followings at most games too aside from the two Tuesday night long trips.

I've always had the attitude that a draw away from home is a good point. Given what I've seen under Wilder, including the way the oppo have often set up when we're at home, I'm less concerned this season.. I'm not sure whether it makes much difference for our remaining fixtures whether we're home or away... Course I'd love us to be invincible at home..but I'm way more positive about away league games than I have been for, what seems, an eternity...UTB

 

[Silent Blade]

charlton 0 oxford 1
millwall 0 chesterfield 0
doesnt look as hard tonight


southend up to 5th above bradford after 4-1 win at posh
and we wiped the floor with them
our points v top 6 back looking slightly better

Yes you said!

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

6 out of next 7 away for United; means for me Saturday if we dont win...will put pressure on us as Scunny/Bolton have some quite winnable home games too in this period; albeit playing Fleetwood away both of them.

Mind you if we are serious about going up we need to get results at places like Rochdale, Oxford, Swindon, Oldham, Northampton and Port Vale. Most are mid table with a few near the bottom in Oldham and Port Vale. Expect we will have big followings at most games too aside from the two Tuesday night long trips.

Agree except Northampton will only give us around 1,500 tickets

 

[Billyblade]

I said to my boy once when he was just getting into following the Blades:-
"Some things are certain in life. The sky is blue, the grass is green and Sheffield United will break your heart"

 

[elgoog44]

This. In the midst of the pandemonium after Billy's goal at P'Boro I turned to my dad and said "we're going up as champions." Halfway back up the A1 reality had reasserted itself and I was back to "we might go up, we probably SHOULD go up, but until it's mathematically certain let's not count chickens etc etc."

I believe we are the best team in this division...that's why we're 5 points clear at the top. However, if the last 22 and a half years watching United have taught me anything, it's that we can and do fuck up on a terrifyingly regular basis.

(That said, if we beat Bolton on saturday and Scunny don't win, no doubt some foolish words will escape my mouth along the lines of "cracked it," "one foot in the championship," "who do we want first game next season?" etc)

Football is bloody silly sometimes.

The is United in a nutshell, we will at time snatch defeat from the hands of victory.

we do it with alarming ease, But as said before enjoying the ride at the moment, best times to be a blade since Warnock so happy to say life as a blade a lot better than we have had it for a while.

 

[blade too long]

The is United in a nutshell, we will at time snatch defeat from the hands of victory.
.

so results are the same every year for ever

dont think so
surprisingly we have won promotion before
yes theres been shit years , but all teams have them
we have no predestined future

CW and the boys will make our future
preston fans had 3 times as long to wait , still got up

 

[elgoog44]

so results are the same every year for ever

dont think so
surprisingly we have won promotion before
yes theres been shit years , but all teams have them
we have no predestined future

CW and the boys will make our future
preston fans had 3 times as long to wait , still got up

I am very much on the gravy train and Chris Wilder and Knilly have breathed fresh a beautiful air into this club, I know we have won promotion before, as I said this is the best of times since Warnock, just history tells us counting chickens and all that is not a very good idea, as the football gods love to dump at our door.

I would very much like to see us in the Championship, but I will celebrate once it is done and dusted and bite my finger nails until such time.

 

[LJBlade]

Fkin ell. How's that worked out like that?

We've played 17 at home and 16 away, so somat done seem reyt

It's actually 5 out of the next 7 are away for United, or 6 out of the next 8. It's worked out that way because of the Millwall and Coventry games being rearranged. It might not be such a bad thing though, United are top of the away league table.

(and we also have to play as many home games and away games as every one else so ultimately it means nothing)

Edit: and depending on when the Millwall and Coventry games get rearranged after the next 8 games we're left with 4 at home and 1 away

 

[blade too long]

It's actually 5 out of the next 7 are away for United, or 6 out of the next 8. It's worked out that way because of the Millwall and Coventry games being rearranged. It might not be such a bad thing though, United are top of the away league table.

(and we also have to play as many home games and away games as every one else so ultimately it means nothing)

Edit: and depending on when the Millwall and Coventry games get rearranged after the next 8 games we're left with 4 at home and 1 away

lovely we play better away as teams dont play 2 banks of 5 in front of us
it will be our away form that underpins our promotion
of the 7 away left think we will win at least 5
and 4 of the last 6 home
a couple of draws and up we go

 

[MobileBlade]

Fleetwood also are on a great run. They may be top of the current form table

Hence why I fell into the trap last weekend of chucking a couple of quid on two forecasts

Blades/Fleetwood @ 15/2

Fleetwood/Blades @ 50/1

Fleetwood are on a current good run. A bit like Rochdale were on a few weeks ago. And we were on. They may do a Barnsley but those sort of runs are a very rare. They will lose one or two and then see how their form is.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Its something I cant argue with
for those coming back with hes not achieved nothing yet
ask why did we get 28000 v scunthorpe in february if he hasn't improved things

If he’s “not achieved nothing” then he has achieved something.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

We should look at what CW has put in place ready for the run in too. We have by far the biggest, strongest squad. So when others start to suffer with tiredness, injuries and suspensions we'll be able to rotate without too much depreciation of the quality in the first 11. How many teams around us would want a bench like ours with the likes of O'Shea, Carruthers, EEL, Scougall, McNulty, Lavery, Wilson and Riley, with Chapman on his way back too and the hardworking Done always ready to put in a shift? CW could be one of the best managers we've ever had.

I think Harry Chapman could still have a very big role to play for us.


He and Lavery are 2 players we can bring on to be direct and run at defenders when we’re struggling to break teams down. It’s a shame he suffered the injury because he was growing into a very good player for us.


I’ve not seen enough yet of Carruthers or O’Shea to say whether they can similarly affect games or if they are just decent back up players to freshen things up as required. Time will tell.

 

[JOEYDEE]

Oh bugger, our lass is going to love me.
Genuinely thought it was on Saturday.
Just need to pick the time and place to tell her, not to though.

Well ?

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Yeovil were the "easiest" team in the play offs a few years ago and we were delighted to be playing them. We all know what happened.

You can't say any one match will be easier than another in the day but all we have to do is at least equal other teams results in the remaining games in terms of Scunny and Bolton and we're up as Champions. That's not too difficult given the gulf in class.

We're going up. It's definite. Enjoy the run in!