How disconnected have you been/are you.

[Badger Blade]

This season has absolutely stunk.

I'll flick my phone on every so often while I'm at some kiddies farm/soft play/park (delete as applicable) see that we've scored and get vaguely excited only to flick it back up later to see that we've shipped 3 goals in 10 minutes, sigh, then go back to entertaining pre-schoolers again.

I've not felt this level of disconnection since Danny Wilson was sacked and we were dredging the depths of League One with our multitude of failed play off campaigns and getting dicked by the likes of Crawley and Scunthorpe.

Whoever is making footballing decisions behind the scenes has made some catastrophic mistakes with recruitment. The team that we put out against Palace in August looked like Championship relegation fodder, never mind Premier League so the writing was on the wall right from the get go and we just haven't caught up. If we go back up in the near future, there are some big lessons to be learned from this season, though I doubt much will change unless we get a credible owner with some money.

We've been entirely uncompetitive, so have Burnley besides a late flurry and Luton's recent form is almost as bad as ours - going down this year with a bit of pride would probably be better for them than having a second season of embarrassment like we did and Huddersfield did before us.

Without points deductions elsewhere, we'd all be relegated by now and it doesn't bode well for anyone outside of the usual suspects at the top of the tree whose place at the top table becomes more of a guarantee each season. I was against the whole European Super League thing to start with but having seen this season through, they can all fuck off as far as I'm concerned.

I'd sooner watch rugby league and local non-league football where there is a genuine connection between clubs and supporters than sit through the self-sabotaging Premier League where you get there, knowing damn well it'll be miserable but still want it for some unknown reason. The news report from a while ago was right, it's like an abusive relationship that you hope will get better but doesn't.

Coaching and tactics are almost secondary now - its all about spending power and is the same across most sports.

While its great to see Ipswich crashing the party, their improvement coincides with selling up to some Americans 3 years ago. While there will be all the novelty value and nice video packages with Alf Ramsey, Bobby Robson and George Burley at the start of the season, come Christmas time with a ton of injuries and being sat in the relegation zone, the nasty rotten smell of the Premier League will start to seep through and they'll wonder why they bothered turning up.

 

[CrookesBlade]

I went to watch Sheffield FC a couple of weeks ago and the big opposition centre half who looked like one of the Bee Gees taking goal kicks that went the entire length of the pitch gave me more of a thrill than any Champions League game.

 

[Inter_blade83]

This is definitely the most disconnected from the club I’ve ever been since my first game 33 years ago. It’s not just about this shite season though it’s also the flat atmosphere/price of pints before during and after and football in general but Sheffield United are still 80% responsible for feeling disconnected with football.
All the TV money and we’re still in financial difficulties and that’s mainly to it being squandered on useless signings for the top level. The 0-8 to Newcastle confirmed relegation for me back in October or whenever it was, I persevered but I haven’t been to the lane since the start of the year. Call me fickle or a part timer but it hurts me to see lacklustre performances.
I’ll be there on the first game in August though. The last time I felt this disconnected was under Adkin’s and the relegation from the championship season.

What’s other peoples periods of discontent with United? I’m presuming the late 70’s and periods in the 80’s were no picnic. I was only a kid in the mid 90’s so I was still falling in love but I can imagine as an adult between 94-97 was a difficult period. 99-02 wasn’t great.

I think I’m at a stage where I’m just going to become a glory fan !!

I haven't watched a full game since September. Now this might seem normal for someone who lives over 3,000 miles away but even when I went to the Luton game at Christmas, we left early.

It's just been shit and I really don't care anymore.

 

[ShorehamRevolution]

I didn’t start this thread to cause arguments or fish for somebody to tell me I’m a part timer but I did expect at least a few people to turn around and say “it’s all part of being a blade”
I’m genuinely quite shocked at how pissed off a lot of you are and there’s some “big name posters” from the forum too, I’ve always had this forum down as a place where your die hard blades come rather than twitter and Facebook groups.

What worries me more than anything is like some people have pointed out is, the knock on effect of next season. For example if we win only 2/6 with a draw in there then we’ll end up on their backs probably and with what we all expect to be a very new look side who knows how they’ll take it and only time will tell.

 

[FlamingLip]

To echo some of the above, I feel a complete disconnection with football in general. The premier league is just a succubus for clubs like ours

 

[Esteban Cambiasso]

Watchung the blades always been a day out with the mates, especially away games, with the football in-between.

Next season the 40 quid match ticket money will be invested in ale instead