Good Luck Paul Coutts

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Almost wish we hadn't gone up. Watching that absolute fucking baller orchestrate our team has to be some of the most satisfying moments of my life.
 
2014-5: clearly not fit, and by his on admission not trying his hardest
2015-6: neat and tidy nothingness (thanks Deadbat), injured again, and on his own admission again not trying his hardest
2016-7: transfer listed and given a rocket by Wilder. Used when Wilder out of options against Southend. Takes his chance brilliantly, excellent season.
2017-8: excellent first third of a season until that cruel injury
2018-9: looks great against Hull when seeing out time, looks a shadow of his former self when starting against Forest, and doesn't really get much of a chance thereafter, with more match ready players in front of him.

One of the more interesting United careers of recent years. Did not always do himself justice, but credit to him (and Wilder) for his bounceback after the first two poor seasons. Possibly Wilder's greatest reclamation project, though McGoldrick runs him close. GLTTL.
 
I'll never forget how good that midfield 3 of Duffy, Coutts and Fleck were in the promotion season from league 1. Absolutely steamrollered that division with Coutts at the centre of it all, tip tapping the ball around the opposition penalty area more comfortably than most teams pass around in their own half.
 
As i was nodding off last night, I had floating around in my head the beginnings of "An Ode to Paul Coutts", which sadly I cannot remember a word of now. Should've started typing!

I'll just repeat here that I'm going to miss Couttsy. Yes, he was a great footballer who, when on form, was imperious for United. But what I'll miss more is the bloke behind the footballer. My fondest memory of him will always be being stood in the top barn at Whirlow, chatting easily with him about his kids, and never feeling like he just wanted to finish the conversation and move on. That was the moment for me he went from great player to Legend.
 
I am gutted! Gutted for the Blades, gutted for the man and gutted for me. When at his finest he was better, much better, than Norwood and he has not regained that level.....as yet. I love the man almost as much as I do Duffy. Good luck Couttsy, you are a legend in my eyes. I just hope it doesn’t come back to bite us in the arse!
 
I reckon both him and Cranie will go to a championship club, but I think they would both be absolutely superb at Rotherham. They play some good stuff under Warne & I reckon they would both fit in nicely into their squad
 
SwitchBLADE Smiles said:
I reckon both him and Cranie will go to a championship club, but I think they would both be absolutely superb at Rotherham. They play some good stuff under Warne & I reckon they would both fit in nicely into their squad
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No disrespect to the Millers but I think both are way too good for League 1 and it'd be a step down. Having said that I agree that Warne would be someone who'd get the best out of them and it'd be ideal location wise.

Just echoing what everyone else has said in this thread, but I'm genuinely gutted to lose Coutts. I've never seen a more composed United player on the ball than him and as brilliant as Norwood has been, Coutts just made the game look so easy and simple. When we played Reading at home last season when he scored I sat near the front of John Street and it took me by surprise how good he was close up, he'd always find a pass to feet but the right pass too. Add to that the game at the sty last season when he just sprayed it around for fun like most matches but it was just a joy to see it against them and their Galactico midfield.

Pre injury I think he was our most influential player because he made us tick - hence our form from December onwards last season.

Looking back at that midfield trio we had in League 1 it's no wonder we got 100 points, it was an absolute joke. I can't believe I used to get nervous before a match that season.
 
I'm really upset by this but feel it's probably for best best for both parties. The comments in this thread say it all but Coutts is one of the best midfielders I've seen at the Lane in my 50 years of watching the Blades. We wouldn't be where we are today without him. A true legend.

some club is going to get a great player and bloke but once a Blade!
 
SwitchBLADE Smiles said:
I reckon both him and Cranie will go to a championship club, but I think they would both be absolutely superb at Rotherham. They play some good stuff under Warne & I reckon they would both fit in nicely into their squad
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Under Warne (in the Championship) they play for set pieces. Poor old Couttsy would get RSI of the neck.
 
Cant he just be the new Lundstram for us and we just sell Lundstram? Last season up until his injury he was arguably the best player in his position in the league. I know it would be a disservice to have such a player and know he'd not be getting the game time he'd deserve but Couttsy going just seems (although tactically somewhat logical)... wrong.
 
Presty said:
We've had one hell of a journey this past 3 years. Who knows where it will all end. Paul Coutts, however, was genesis to it all. Everything we now enjoy watching traces back to him coming back in from the cold and literally stamping his foot on the ball and saying *this* is how we now play football.

Blades legend. Up there with the best of them.
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Thank you Paul Coutts for bringing back belief that our Blades could rise again.

Southend at home & Millwall away, bottom of League One and up stepped the King.

As Presty says Couttsy rubber stamped his authority on the ball and was the main cog and the key ingredient that inspired us and Wilder to lay the foundations to how we play.

Without Coutts Wilder might have had to re-think the 3-5-2.
Without Coutts Wilder might not have ever had the chance to unleash ‘organised chaos’ and bring in ‘overlapping centre halves’.
Without Coutts stepping up to be the main man & starting this whirlwind of a three year journey, we would never have had the success we have had.

Thank you for ‘really’ restoring my faith in this football club when all hope looked lost.
Thank you for showcasing the way to play ‘proper football the Sheff United way’.

You started this journey with us in League One and departed us back where we belong with the crème of the crop in the Premier League.

Mission accomplished.

I love you Paul Coutts x
 



One of the very few players to play for United who made other players better. A rare skill, nay gift. Good luck PC and thanks for being the golden cog in that wonderful period between Oxford at home and that tragic night at Burton. You will always be welcomed warmly back at BDTBL.
 
Part of the midfield holy trinity - and probably one of the most dramatic upturns in form of a player I’ve seen at the lane (Clough to Wilder era). Good luck and farewell, Paul Coutts
 
Almosthuman said:
Just think, some lucky fucking club is gunna pick him up on a FREE!!!

Whoever gets Crainie as well will have got a great bargain
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Be interesting to see how they both get on at their next clubs, seeing how well they played for us under Wilder.

Coutts absolute legend, three chants says so...
 
Bladesman said:
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In the beginning God created the 3:4:1:2 formation, with over lapping centre backs, heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the pitch.

And God said, “Let there be Coutts” and then there was light at the end of the tunnel. God saw that Coutts was good, and he separated the light from the Shyte. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

The genesis :).

UTB
 
DronnieBlade said:
In the beginning God created the 3:4:1:2 formation, with over lapping centre backs, heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the pitch.

And God said, “Let there be Coutts” and then there was light at the end of the tunnel. God saw that Coutts was good, and he separated the light from the Shyte. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

The genesis :).

UTB
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Not Leon was it?
God didn't say Leon?
Well he wouldn't would he.
 



This is the sad side of a footballers life that we don't really appreciate.
In amongst all the overpaid, petulant, no loyalty, spoiled brat comments used when describing many footballers and their lifestyles, it can all come crashing down in a split second thanks to a shocking tackle

Hope he finds another good sized club and gets a contract he deserves. I'm gutted it won't be with us
 
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