Don't get carried away !

[Badger Blade]

The things in our favour this time are that we aren't trying a new system that didn't work with the players we had available. We'd already used 3 different goalkeepers and there was a big hangover from a disastrous season the one before with players whose heads weren't in the game, just look at the transformation from Jack Robinson going from pub footballer to Championship professional as the season went on.

We probably could go 4 at the back now if we really wanted to. Slav with this season's squad would be a totally different proposition IMO but that's long gone and we were right to let him go though at the time many of us thought otherwise. Right manager at the wrong time.

We came close with a threadbare, makeshift side by the end and gives plenty of hope that with a fairly fit squad, we can push on. This season we've already got plenty of injuries but we have more decent options all over the field, particularly going forward when we had nobody last time other than MGW digging us out the shit every week on his own with Ndiaye chipping in and Berge working his way into things.

Ndiaye and Berge are much improved and still have a lot of improvement in them, particularly Ndiaye who, whether we like it or not, (assuming no injuries or attitude adjustments) is likely to achieve more over the next 12/13 years than Sheffield United will.

If you don't score goals or offer a threat, then you can forget about promotion but we seem to be finding the net regularly at the moment and if we can squeeze a few more goals out of Brewster and McBurnie too, then even better.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Things will change after the window closes. Watford will be totally different up front. Let’s pray we won’t or ….maybe a cheeky 20 goal striker.

The likeliness league.
1, Lord Lucan riding a unicorn up Shoreham street
2, Elvis making a comeback at the Leadmill
3, Hillsboro hosting the European cup final
4, Neil Warnock being invited to speak at the referees annual dinner dance.
5, Taps working in he BL corner toilets
6, Christmas Party bookings for 2022 taken at the hotel.
7, United sign a 20 goal striker in this transfer window.

 

[Big Hitter]

I'm not getting carried away, but just been looking at our upcoming fixtures and I think we're going to win every single match... possibly for the rest of the season.

COYB!

And -score 125 goals For-with 27 Against. Easy Peasy.!

 

[Big Hitter]

The likeliness league.
1, Lord Lucan riding a unicorn up Shoreham street
2, Elvis making a comeback at the Leadmill
3, Hillsboro hosting the European cup final
4, Neil Warnock being invited to speak at the referees annual dinner dance.
5, Taps working in he BL corner toilets
6, Christmas Party bookings for 2022 taken at the hotel.
7, United sign a 20 goal striker in this transfer window.

8 David Batty comes out of retirement and makes a forward pass. 9. Neil Warnock completes a sentence without using the word "I "
10. The TV gets through a night without showing something with Bradley Walsh in it.
11 Sandi Toksvig shags Stephen Fry. ( or vice versa )

 

[blade too long]

This is the league this time last year , fascinating really when you look at the bottom 2 , its a great start yes , but its a long old season through cold wet winter months to come !

League Championship table after close of play on 30 August 2021​

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fulham	5	4	1	0	13	3	10	13
2	West Bromwich Albion	5	4	1	0	12	5	7	13
3	Queens Park Rangers	5	3	2	0	11	5	6	11
4	Huddersfield Town	5	3	1	1	9	7	2	10
5	Stoke City	5	3	1	1	7	6	1	10
6	AFC Bournemouth	5	2	3	0	8	5	3	9
7	Coventry City	5	3	0	2	5	5	0	9
8	Birmingham City	5	2	2	1	7	3	4	8
9	Cardiff City	5	2	2	1	9	6	3	8
10	Blackburn Rovers	5	2	2	1	7	6	1	8
11	Bristol City	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	7
12	Luton Town	5	2	1	2	6	8	-2	7
13	Middlesbrough	5	1	3	1	6	6	0	6
14	Barnsley	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	6
15	Derby County	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6
16	Preston North End	5	2	0	3	6	8	-2	6
17	Millwall	5	1	2	2	6	8	-2	5
18	Hull City	5	1	1	3	4	7	-3	4
19	Peterborough United	5	1	1	3	4	8	-4	4
20	Swansea City	5	1	1	3	4	8	-4	4
21	Reading	5	1	0	4	7	13	-6	3
22	Blackpool	5	0	2	3	4	8	-4	2
23	Sheffield United	5	0	2	3	1	7	-6	2
24	Nottingham Forest	5	0	1	4	4	8	-4	1

I Would point out the team that were top 12 months ago went up as champions

 

[joe casey]

So what you're saying is the team who were top after 5 games, finished the season top after 46 games.

interesting...very interesting

 

[wavy-blade]

" Cough "

 

[CPB]

Two poor performances overall and two disappointing results.
We've just had 9 good results prior.

Hopefully we can get a bit more at it again. And hopefully baldock and Bogle aren't injured too.