Can we (dare i say it) go up without Coutts

[Dickens67]

Well said sir!

 

[@thelane]

We were looking awesome as a team , no one has really threatened us this season apart for Cardiff , now Coutts is out can we carry on in the same manner , everyone is still down about the situation , I think the team really has to go for it against Fulham and play them off the park , but as I have said can we carry on in the same manner with out him ?

Yes...without doubt.....losing him is a blow but our success is as a team not individuals.....we will adapt.

 

[PaulHalfway]

Just keep taking it one game at a time, dont get carried away and then a couple of quality signings in Jan. Central midfielder now and a pacey forward

 

[mosbolad]

No impossible.....unless we do.... then, yes, very possible.

Have I got it right?

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

Yes...without doubt.....losing him is a blow but our success is as a team not individuals.....we will adapt.

Agree. Fulham, a dangerous team, will be a good test. Win or draw against them and beat Brum, then all should be OK.

 

[GrayBlade]

Yes, no question about it. I’ve never been so confident that a manager and his team with either help a player make the step up or get somebody in who will. Let’s remember it’s the overall effect a different player will have on the team, we’ll not have a Coutts clone, but once settled he could be slightly stronger in other aspects of his game which with a bit of tweaking gets the same end results.

Like the OP says, I think we should go for it and play just as we have been doing in the next 2 home games. A couple of good results and his his replacement will have started to settle into the role and will probably feel the pressure’s off him a bit.

I hardly ever preach about support but I think it’s really important for the fans to get behind whoever it is that’s selected to play. He’ll know that he’s got massive boots to fill and the last thing we need to do is start moaning and groaning if he makes a mistake and making comparisons. Let’s help and encourage whoever it is and hopefully he’ll settle in knowing the position is now his to lose and the Blades show will role on.

 

[Blade56]

No, we'll take him with us

 

[blade too long]

Im sure Wilders given up already and put his resignation in as its all finished and all hope has gone
we cant put out a team anymore as theres no one wanting to try and fill that position
the players Wilder brought in as cover were just a rouse to fool us
Lundstram is really a cab driver Chris met on promotion day
and Carruthers is playing widow twanky in Barnsleys panto

 

[Tommoblade66]

Of course, he's been instrumental but just hasn't started every game. I'm just hoping we can hold on to Wilder and these star players come January because other clubs are bound to be sniffing

 

[Snowman]

no

 

[blade too long]

we all thought it was over when Hammond left , but we have recovered
shows that losing one player can be overcome , no matter what unseen work they do

 

[Patrick Suffaux]

Yes, we absolutely can but it will mean we have to adapt. He’s an important player but we have a good number of those and a manager that can work around problems.

We’ll miss him initially but then we will find a way without him. It’s what good teams do.

 

[Davalon]

We may as well play Coutts in his bath chair rather than Lundstram or Carruthers.

#target50points

 

[boo radley]

No we'll miss his goals.

 

[Blade56]

We may as well play Coutts in his bath chair rather than Lundstram or Carruthers.

#target50points

Wow, motivational speaker! Ludstrum should get our unconditional support, he's got mine and no doubt his teammates.

 

[Fanny magnet]

Wow, motivational speaker! Ludstrum should get our unconditional support, he's got mine and no doubt his teammates.

Who's ludstrum ?

 

[boo radley]

Wow, motivational speaker! Ludstrum should get our unconditional support, he's got mine and no doubt his teammates.

Who's ludstrum ?

It does not matter what his name is when CW picks him, we should all give unconditional support.

 

[Blade56]

Who's ludstrum ?

Fck fof

 

[1066blade]

Sorry, but I refuse to answer a question to which there is no definitive answer, just a tirade of fluctuating opinionated drivel.

 

[Davalon]

Wow, motivational speaker! Ludstrum should get our unconditional support, he's got mine and no doubt his teammates.

You need to switch your sarcasm alert on

 

[LenTednTony]

We will because the team will pull together even more because of this. They will want it more than ever just so that Couttsy has Prem football to come back to because he can’t help out on the field (bet he does off the field though).

 

[metalblade]

I would sooner have Coutts around but we are not a one man team. When we started most were predicting mid table, pigs and others a relegation scrap we have come up with an answer to every problem so far and we will again. Remember we went to the sty with only one fit striker and scored 4 and due to injuries we have hardly ever had a full squad to pick from.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

No we'll miss his goals.

My own work

 

[DronnieBlade]

Huge huge loss.

Replacement will get my 100% support but adequately replacing the lad nigh on impossible.

Difficult to see it not having a major impact on the side. On this one, I desperately hope I’m wrong !

UTB

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Its a shame Pirlo has decided to hang his boots up at 38.

 

[snootyfenooty]

The whole ethos of our play this year has been the teamwork of a squad of about 18 players. We even say it ourselves on this forum where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts and there are no superstars. So we take one player out of it and it still leaves the other 17. It's not the end of the world, we will still thrive as the system is still in place to do so. It's no use lamenting the absence of one man otherwise we will sound as silly as the pigs citing the loss of forestfairy for their abysmal season. FFS don't let the malignancy that is negativity start with and spread from the fans.

 

[boo radley]

My own work
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Love that goal and a perfect example of why he frustrates a lot of us. He should get in that zone/area more often. It is funny how that happened straight after he came back from suspension.
It is also really annoying that his injury came whilst in that type of zone that Chris Wilder, myself and others have been calling for him to get in to.
No accounting for dirty bastards though.
Thank you for continuing to develope Mr Coutts.
Sorry that has been halted for a while. I'm sure you will come back stronger.

 

[FreePaulRodgers]

I remember when Ched got sent down.The performance at MK Dons the following day was dreadful.I would have thought it would have been the same in the second half at Burton with the shock following Coutts injury but it was nothing like.CW won't let it happen.Tomorrow will obviously go some way to us seeing the effect on the squad but I'm more confident of a top 2 finish than I was at this time last season in a lower league.

 

[ryza]

Yep, Coutts' will be getting lifted up by the players in his wheelchair at Bristol city next year.

 

[I should coco]

I remember when Ched got sent down.The performance at MK Dons the following day was dreadful.I would have thought it would have been the same in the second half at Burton with the shock following Coutts injury but it was nothing like.CW won't let it happen

Chedgate was completely different. Everyone expected him to get off, so it came as a shock to the team. Given the night to sleep on it, Wilson should still have been able to gee them up for such a big match but was unable to do so. That says as much about his abilities as a manager, as it does the lack of character in the team.

Coutts injury was obviously unexpected, but all our players will have seen teamates suffer bad injuries, as it is part of the game. No one in the team believes we are a 'one man team' and arguably Fleck, Duffy and Leon have all been more important so far this season. That is not to say that we won't miss Coutts. He is quality, so of course we will. The difference is that CW and the current squad won't mope around feeling sorry for themselves, they will just get on with it.