Match Thread Bristol Rovers v. Sheffield United - 9th January 2021

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FA Cup Round 3 - Saturday 9th January 2021 - Memorial Stadium​

Please keep all discussion related to the match within this thread.

Matchday Stats/Player Ratings - https://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?match-day/match/bristol-rovers-vs-sheffield-united.548/

Officials:

Referee: Keith Stroud
Assistant Referees: Sam Lewis & Jonathan Hunt
Fourth Official: Sam Allison

Coverage:

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Live TV Coverage:

 

[Grey Blade]

The speed of the spite and hatred aimed towards some of our players, from some of our so-called “supporters” on here, makes me vomit.

Some should actually "watch" the game and spend less time jerking knees

 

[BarcaBlade]

Fuck me, Burke didn’t fall over and finished, just wow

He had time to slow down. Normally he's going too fast and his feet can't keep up. Or his brain. Something.

 

[SilkyBlade]

We’ve bloody won a game....

This seasons been like your first proper girlfriend ...every night you think this is the night only to plod home disappointed and then when she finally opens Pandora’s box you don’t quite make it and end up cummin all over her tits...happy but still feel something is missing!

 

[Yarrayering]

Enjoy you moment, it will be a moment

Hope not..

 

[BladeInIreland]

I thought they looked tidy first half. We didn't dominate possession like i would have liked.

 

[1987]

Only positive was the result, oh and maybe burke scoring will start him off in the prem. Apart from that it was a display that lacked the fluidity and class we showed when going up the leagues...and we looked shoddy at the back.

Baffling that you expected a team utterly bereft of confidence to go out and dominate.

We played a lot more fluidly that i expected under the conditions tbh. And the win will do them the world of good.

 

[Echo Blade]

Well done Chris Wilder

 

[S40BLADE]

We’ve bloody won a game....

This seasons been like your first proper girlfriend ...every night you think this is the night only to plod home disappointed and then when she finally opens Pandora’s box you don’t quite make it and end up cummin all over her tits...happy but still feel something is missing!

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[TomHeffernan]

And I finished it with them

Are you a little insane? You said it was 50/50. I said it wasn’t but you’re still saying you’re correct?

have a good look at the stats above. Are you still saying it was 50/50?

 

[essexblade73]

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Are you a little insane? You said it was 50/50. I said it wasn’t but you’re still saying you’re correct?

have a good look at the stats above. Are you still saying it was 50/50?

I posted proof and you ignored it, so here it is again you dork. 52/48 against a lge 1 side.

 

[Lawrence]

Now you look silly
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1 out of 4 chances for Burke, good for him on this performance I’m sure we will stay up! I think we have found our level ‘League One’

 

[BobblesBlade]

Anyone going down town for the bus parade?

 

[SUFCinks]

Right. You’re making a different point now.

Not at all, i think we did OK but we should be doing so much better against a league 1 team! From a neutrals POV it was entertaining but we certainly didnt dominate. BR a team not far feom relegation in league 1 competed well.

i would be happy with that performance against a prem team - but it wasnt.

 

[YES Blade]

If a PL team had 13 more shots than us, 99% of people would say that we got hammered.

The stat for me is possession, we should be able to go to Bristol Rovers and have far more that 51% of the ball.

Yes, we did a lot more with the ball when we had it, but we didn’t control the game, which you would expect given the supposed gap in quality.

 

[Swinton Blade]

Well I genuinely enjoyed that game and not just because we won. Good character to stick it out. Well done lads

Me too, first game this season I have really enjoyed watching.

 

[Boxer Blade]

Enjoyable game and we played better, but if you squinted they could plausibly be two teams at opposite ends of the same division.

I suppose that is what the FA cup is all about isn't it, the last four seasons of success in the league under wilder has resulted in some poor cup games when we thought we would play the opposition off the park, I cannot remember who they all were but as I say it's partly what the excitement of the cup is about, at the moment it's the best we have all felt for sometime, mid table and a semi final place now we have our first win

 

[TomHeffernan]

I posted proof and you ignored it, so here it is again you dork. 52/48 against a lge 1 side.

Are you mental? How is that even remotely close to being 50/50?

have you looked at the shots etc? No, you look at possession cos it’s suits.

idiot

 

[Cheesebored]

Last 15 minutes was scrappy but other than that I thought it was a cracking, end to end cup tie. Best team won.

 

[Stegosaurus]

Hi Stegosaurus here,

Just remember we beat Bristol Rovers. Getting excited over this is like getting over excited for beating up the school midget.

 

[essexblade73]

Are you mental? How is that even remotely close to being 50/50?

have you looked at the shots etc? No, you look at possession cos it’s suits.

idiot

52/48 isnt close to 50/50? My lord, I'm done with you.

 

[essexblade73]

The stat for me is possession, we should be able to go to Bristol Rovers and have far more that 51% of the ball.

Yes, we did a lot more with the ball when we had it, but we didn’t control the game, which you would expect given the supposed gap in quality.

You cant educate some on here. I agree with your summary but apparently we hammered them!

 

[blades14]

Midfield stills needs replacing

 

[TomHeffernan]

Hi Stegosaurus here,

Just remember we beat Bristol Rovers. Getting excited over this is like getting over excited for beating up the school midget.

I apologised for that don’t you remember?

 

[Yarrayering]

Are you mental? How is that even remotely close to being 50/50?

have you looked at the shots etc? No, you look at possession cos it’s suits.

idiot

Have a drink mate we won..

 

[BarcaBlade]

Can we play in the cup every week?

Unfortunately, when you win, you go through to the next round and have to play better teams

Not at all, i think we did OK but we should be doing so much better against a league 1 team! From a neutrals POV it was entertaining but we certainly didnt dominate. BR a team not far feom relegation in league 1 competed well.

i would be happy with that performance against a prem team - but it wasnt.

So be unhappy. Your choice.

 

[Bladeloyal]

Leveler of a pitch .part frozen ,utb

 

[bakeblade]

Lowe coming on for Fleck. Wilder really wants out.

Flecks knackered he's clearly not fit enough at the moment

 

[Karaoke Blade]

Christ, we have our first win of the season and are through to the 4th round and there are still people moaning.
FFS, just enjoy it for what is. I'll savour my red wine a little bit more tonight.
(And congratulations to Chris Wilder on his 100th victory!).

 

[ryza]

Hi Stegosaurus here,

Just remember we beat Bristol Rovers. Getting excited over this is like getting over excited for beating up the school midget.

Your comment reminds me of the comments made by the fans of 'bigger' clubs when we went on the cup run with clough.

Let's just be happy we finally won a fuckin game, yeah?

 

[Yogi]

Hi Stegosaurus here,

Just remember we beat Bristol Rovers. Getting excited over this is like getting over excited for beating up the school midget.

Yeah but after you’ve got a pasting off everyone else you’ve gotta start somewhere.