Darthblade
Well-Known Member
We are not like deluded, arrogant pig scum ..... they expected to be top of the league this season and simply awaiting the inevitable invitation to play in the Champions League next year.
In contrast; before this season started and having seen the very modest outlay on squad improvement that we had seen during the summer, my mate and I commented that we would be happy and satisfied with a mid-table consolidation this season.
What Tufty has achieved with this squad and the resources that were made available to him is nothing short of exemplary and FAR exceeds the expectations of all the Blades fans that I know.
Last night would normally have left me raging ( as would the Fulham game) but I'm enjoying our football so much that I found it difficult to be too enraged. Yes, I'm disappointed in the recent run of results since Couttsy was assaulted in the Burton game, but I think his loss has affected the players more than we think.
What has been highlighted over the last few weeks is that our first eleven are capable of "holding their own " with most teams in La Liga the Championship, however, once we have to reshuffle to accommodate injuries / suspensions / loss of form / resting players, the squad is “paper thin” and we simply don’t have the depth of squad to maintain consistency.
This “depth of squad” doesn’t happen overnight at this level and will cost a significant amount of money, however, I have the confidence that Tufty can assemble a competitive Championship squad over the course of a couple of years, if he has the backing of the supporters and the promised financial backing from the Board materialises.
To put this in context …… Fulham and Bristol City are both good Championship sides, with some damned expensive players and more depth of squad quality than we currently possess. We were beaten by our own costly errors against Fulham and largely by an incompetent refereeing performance against Bristol City; although a couple of Tufty’s substitution decisions didn’t help the cause and the woodwork was their man-of-the-match. But remember ….. he’s still learning as well and as we’ve been told on numerous occasions, he’s never managed at this level before.
This is the best football I’ve witnessed at BDTBL since the days of Woodward & Currie and I fully intend to carry on enjoying it. I also believe that Tufty has the skills to keep us up and around the play-off places at the end of the season, provided that he receives an appropriate level of financial backing in January.
If he isn’t backed appropriately ( and I’m not advocating spending £20m) then he will not be the man to blame for the season becoming a “disappointment” to us ….. the long-suffering supporters. Tufty is going to make some more mistakes before May, that’s certain ….. but as long as we’re playing entertaining, attacking football rather than the turgid crap served up by Blackwell, Adams, Clough and Adkins …… Tufty gets my backing.
UTB & FTP
In contrast; before this season started and having seen the very modest outlay on squad improvement that we had seen during the summer, my mate and I commented that we would be happy and satisfied with a mid-table consolidation this season.
What Tufty has achieved with this squad and the resources that were made available to him is nothing short of exemplary and FAR exceeds the expectations of all the Blades fans that I know.
Last night would normally have left me raging ( as would the Fulham game) but I'm enjoying our football so much that I found it difficult to be too enraged. Yes, I'm disappointed in the recent run of results since Couttsy was assaulted in the Burton game, but I think his loss has affected the players more than we think.
What has been highlighted over the last few weeks is that our first eleven are capable of "holding their own " with most teams in La Liga the Championship, however, once we have to reshuffle to accommodate injuries / suspensions / loss of form / resting players, the squad is “paper thin” and we simply don’t have the depth of squad to maintain consistency.
This “depth of squad” doesn’t happen overnight at this level and will cost a significant amount of money, however, I have the confidence that Tufty can assemble a competitive Championship squad over the course of a couple of years, if he has the backing of the supporters and the promised financial backing from the Board materialises.
To put this in context …… Fulham and Bristol City are both good Championship sides, with some damned expensive players and more depth of squad quality than we currently possess. We were beaten by our own costly errors against Fulham and largely by an incompetent refereeing performance against Bristol City; although a couple of Tufty’s substitution decisions didn’t help the cause and the woodwork was their man-of-the-match. But remember ….. he’s still learning as well and as we’ve been told on numerous occasions, he’s never managed at this level before.
This is the best football I’ve witnessed at BDTBL since the days of Woodward & Currie and I fully intend to carry on enjoying it. I also believe that Tufty has the skills to keep us up and around the play-off places at the end of the season, provided that he receives an appropriate level of financial backing in January.
If he isn’t backed appropriately ( and I’m not advocating spending £20m) then he will not be the man to blame for the season becoming a “disappointment” to us ….. the long-suffering supporters. Tufty is going to make some more mistakes before May, that’s certain ….. but as long as we’re playing entertaining, attacking football rather than the turgid crap served up by Blackwell, Adams, Clough and Adkins …… Tufty gets my backing.
UTB & FTP
