Live Football Heaven Special

[BushBlade]

What is hard to understand is at the start of every new campaign .surely there should be some hope that this could be our year.
Its what I thought football was about.a little excitement we might achieve something .
I cant see the point in being associated with something if it makes you a miserable whinge bag.year in year out .but some thrive on it .I always start afresh .new season new manager new players new hope.surely its why you become a fan.isnt it

You're right but for a lot of people the hope has been kicked out of them over the past six years. And once again, we started our recruitment quite well but have yet to complete it with four days to go before our first game.

Just put yourselves in other people's shoes for once. You're retired, you live in Spain. I'm guessing your life is pretty good. A lot of people still have to work, often in jobs they hate, they have to raise families, they worry about redundancy and lots of other shit. For them, the Blades are a release, a diversion from the every day struggles. When the Blades are shit as well, it doesn't help.
When people say our performance has ruined the weekend, they're often not joking.

You've read the thread about what the Blades mean to people. That's why most of the 'moaners' moan. Because it means a lot to them, they really care and get pissed off when they can see what could well be another season of disappointment. It just isn't the case that most are on the wind up, the majority aren't.

 

[judge]

Inwardly I'm as excited as anyone but it's almost as if you're afraid to let it show or get too carried away or its
Last season

3 up on pens v Huddersfield

Ched- and being overtook by pigs

Relegation over a season in championship

Burnley play off

Bryan Robson

Wigan on a rainy day

Carlos TeveZ

Before that lot I was pretty optimistic too

 

[shorehamview]

I'm not sure whether you are fucking about parodying an S2 single-celled Neanderthal or whether you are the genuine article.

There are some times when I think Pinchy is a little deluded, but this isn't one of them. Quality.

 

[The Crab]

Someone shoved dogshit through your letterbox?

My fault, some fucker told me Piers Morgan was staying there.

 

[Grecian2000]

Inwardly I'm as excited as anyone but it's almost as if you're afraid to let it show or get too carried away

Usually excited about the season starting (and no different this time).
BUT, crap radio shows where you know exactly what will be asked/answered beforehand play absolutely no part in how I feel. Pre-season friendly shit? No, irrelevant as always.

By the end of this month I'll have a proper picture based on what is really happening when and where it counts. So far done nothing, no points lost or gained, so it's all still up for grabs and clean slate for all (even BTL and his usual nonsense).

 

[SB_90]

BushBlade like he says. We had hope & I want to have hope but want is making me apprehensive is 3 years ago. We thought we had cracked it under David Weir especially after the opening win over Notts County. So much positivity down the drain as we nearly did a Doncaster. As we had to witness the worst utd team in my time & doubt it ever be topped. Even adkins team would beaten weirs team easily

 

[BushBlade]

BushBlade like he says. We had hope & I want to have hope but want is making me apprehensive is 3 years ago. We thought we had cracked it under David Weir especially after the opening win over Notts County. So much positivity down the drain as we nearly did a Doncaster. As we had to witness the worst utd team in my time & doubt it ever be topped. Even adkins team would beaten weirs team easily

We were lucky to beat Notts County. We looked fragile and County showed how poor they were. I had reservations even then.

The difference though is that Wilder isn't a rookie, he does know how to win games of football. And before anyone else says it, yes so did Adams, Adkins, Clough etc.

We'll have a better idea after a few games.

 

[Bartleby]

I'm not sure whether you are fucking about parodying an S2 single-celled Neanderthal or whether you are the genuine article.

the first one I reckon (and doing it well as you weren't sure)

 

[Westran]

There's an element of truth in all of what you've said above about positivity/negativity and a new season. Generally I think your optimism for football mirrors your personality, you can be a glass half full or empty, or one of the 'realists' who say it's 50% capacity.

But I do agree that we should at least try and start each season with new found optimism, it really does make a difference to the atmosphere, then in turn the players and the amount of people that turn up each week because of the atmosphere and positivity (not that I'm knocking our attendances!).

There's been times over these last 6 years where I've considered sacking it all off not because of the players or the board but because of the fans, sometimes we jump on the teams back too quick and before you know it, we're in a vicious cycle of blame.

That said, I'm pretty sure that's why opposing teams and fans think Bramall Lane is one of the best stadiums to come to, the atmosphere and hostility really is something else sometimes.

 

[Wapping Blade]

There's a FL preview on R5 tonight and Wilder's on it (also the Portuguese Pig so you may have to cover your ears).

 

[blade too long]

You're right but for a lot of people the hope has been kicked out of them over the past six years. And once again, we started our recruitment quite well but have yet to complete it with four days to go before our first game.

Just put yourselves in other people's shoes for once. You're retired, you live in Spain. I'm guessing your life is pretty good. A lot of people still have to work, often in jobs they hate, they have to raise families, they worry about redundancy and lots of other shit. For them, the Blades are a release, a diversion from the every day struggles. When the Blades are shit as well, it doesn't help.
When people say our performance has ruined the weekend, they're often not joking.

You've read the thread about what the Blades mean to people. That's why most of the 'moaners' moan. Because it means a lot to them, they really care and get pissed off when they can see what could well be another season of disappointment. It just isn't the case that most are on the wind up, the majority aren't.

but surely thats the past
and why go into every new season , on a downer
we had the main moan last season , bloated squad
its been sorted
guess what , short of players now
invest a little bit of hope in a new beginning
if it disappoints then moan
really cant see how thinking of as many things that can go wrong and thinking thats what will happen adds to the enjoyment of the game

have a release from every day struggles should be up lifting
not waiting for failure, surely

maybe Im wrong thinking one season we will get it right, and get out of here
but with 46 games to go surely we have a chance to have a go

invest in a brighter outlook , august should be a month of belief ,
even if the recent past has been dire
surely we can expect improvement will come,
definitely cant get worse than last season

 

[secretchief]

but surely thats the past

Strictly speaking it's history repeating as farce

 

[Bladesway]

We were lucky to beat Notts County. We looked fragile and County showed how poor they were. I had reservations even then.

The difference though is that Wilder isn't a rookie, he does know how to win games of football. And before anyone else says it, yes so did Adams, Adkins, Clough etc.

We'll have a better idea after a few games.

I'm sorry we battered Notts County and I remember people on here wowing about how it could have been four or five. Then McCabe went and sold KMac and we disappeared down the tubes. Weir was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time granted, but let's not change history for the sake of it.

 

[blade too long]

Strictly speaking it's history repeating as farce

but it not all of our history is it , just 5 years since ched got sent down
that fecked us up , morale wise and then financially
but its time we moved forward again

without hope and belief
what is the point

 

[Bartyblade]

I'm sorry we battered Notts County and I remember people on here wowing about how it could have been four or five. Then McCabe went and sold KMac and we disappeared down the tubes. Weir was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time granted, but let's not change history for the sake of it.

Quite right Bladesway.
Only saw it on TV but at the time was gobsmacked by football played like we hadn't played before.
And then it went downhill!

 

[The Crab]

Fucking hell are you for real? I think Pinchy says it elsewhere, entertaining football and winning aren't mutually exclusive. We can play a high line, we can have a tough midfield and we can pressurise high up the field, but we can pass to feet as well. Good, winning football is about making the right choices when you have the ball, whether that be a long ball down the channel or a short ball to an available team mate.

I think you are mistaking the past few years as good football. It wasn't it was shit played by shit players. Nothing to do with long ball, short ball etc. This is just a myth people want to believe.

Long ball, short ball, all I know after all this time in this division, I'm fucking sick of teams (with due respect) like Fleetwood rocking up and rinsing us. I want to win, whether it's a five yard pass or launched from fucking Kennedy Space Centre. I want players who will at the very least, pay lip service to giving a fuck.

 

[BushBlade]

I'm sorry we battered Notts County and I remember people on here wowing about how it could have been four or five. Then McCabe went and sold KMac and we disappeared down the tubes. Weir was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time granted, but let's not change history for the sake of it.

In my opinion we didn't. We had a lot of play on the flanks, Brandy looked like he was going to be a legend, Murph did pretty well too, KMac as good as I've seen him but we didn't score enough and conceded a soft goal. If that idiot from County hadn't stupidly fouled KMac and got sent off we could have ended up with a draw.
That's my view of the game. That's what it was then and that's what it is now.

 

[BushBlade]

but surely thats the past
and why go into every new season , on a downer
we had the main moan last season , bloated squad
its been sorted
guess what , short of players now
invest a little bit of hope in a new beginning
if it disappoints then moan
really cant see how thinking of as many things that can go wrong and thinking thats what will happen adds to the enjoyment of the game

have a release from every day struggles should be up lifting
not waiting for failure, surely

maybe Im wrong thinking one season we will get it right, and get out of here
but with 46 games to go surely we have a chance to have a go

invest in a brighter outlook , august should be a month of belief ,
even if the recent past has been dire
surely we can expect improvement will come,
definitely cant get worse than last season

I've said what I think. I'm not getting into a 1DW argument with you but clearly you don't get my point or you chose to ignore it. You carry on telling people what they should think and say, you'll hear no more from me in the matter.

 

[blade too long]

I've said what I think. I'm not getting into a 1DW argument with you but clearly you don't get my point or you chose to ignore it. You carry on telling people what they should think and say, you'll hear no more from me in the matter.

yes theres lots of legitimate reasons for being miffed
weve been stiffed on a regular basis throughout my 50 odd years of grief watching us
but
ts a new dawn its a new day its a new life
and Im feeling good

 

[BushBlade]

yes theres lots of legitimate reasons for being miffed
weve been stiffed on a regular basis throughout my 50 odd years of grief watching us
but
ts a new dawn its a new day its a new life
and Im feeling good

Fair enough. I'm not going to criticise anyone who's feeling a little trepidation so I'm certainly not going to criticise someone for being optimistic.

 

[TintwistleS2]

Hi
Look how Barnsley turned out, If you go in thinking its going to be a rubbish season why bother.
Many can remember that night at home against Bury and Sir Neil then joined afterwards. Just get behind them .

 

[blade too long]

our cousins across the water believe

 

[s35blade]

Wilder is currently basking in the warm glow of not being Adkins, and we as fans are loving the fact that not a single player has been described as a 'Honest hardworking professional' or as 'a great human being'.

 

[blade67]

I think there's a difference between things like last night and interviews prior to and following games. The latter I find interesting for the useful information like; injuries, formation and thoughts on the opposition before games, and then just the general reaction I think many are keen to watch/listen to after games. Q+A's, ask the manager's and other such pointless events like last night however, are just that.

What they after games (especially when they've lost) can be significant as it shows how they handle pressure. Midweek and prior to games- pah, couldn't care less, the bloody physio can tell us who's fit .

As I've said before, if we are top at Christmas or even better get promoted, and wilder goes on the radio and says "their fans sang 'Sheffield's a shithole' and I couldn't help laughing , cause they are right aren't they? Meanwhile our fans are a bunch of turds who need to know what's really important", we'd all say it was fair comment.

Bring on the football!!!!

 

[diplomat]

wonder if we will have less turnover of managers this season as 12 months ago radio Sheffield had Paul Dickov Dean Saunders Steve Evans Nigel Adkins Carlos Carvijal & Lee Johnson

Paul Dickov - sacked 8th sept
Dean Saunders - sacked 28th nov
Steve Evans - sacked 28th Sept
Nigel Adkins - sacked at end of the season
Carlos Carvijal still there
Lee Johnson - left Bristol City 6th Feb

Can you say who were the managers for the previous one too? It's a sad state of affairs really isn't it? I bet all the local teams have a short managerial lifespan with few leaving for better jobs a-la Johnson.

 

[SB_90]

Can you say who were the managers for the previous one too? It's a sad state of affairs really isn't it? I bet all the local teams have a short managerial lifespan with few leaving for better jobs a-la Johnson.

Wasnt as bad during the season in 14/15 but still not great as only 4 left but only 1 during the season. As most of the exits were done when the season had completed

Doncaster - Paul Dickov Stayed
Chesterfield - Paul Cook Left for Portsmouth End of season
Rotherham - Steve Evans Stayed
Sheff Utd - Nigel Clough sacked end of the season
Sheff Wed - Stuart Gray sacked end of the season
Barnsley - Danny Wilson sacked 12th feb

 

[Bartleby]

I know a girl who trains most of the local clubs in media not far from my office in Attercliffe. She told me that all the local managers have regular sessions in media training and all are very keen to learn and take it on board ,as are the local rugby ,Ice skating ,basketball teams and Athletes. However when it comes to players 50% are keen to learn but the rest just piss about and have no interest ,in her words are juvenile. I asked to name names but she wouldn't but did say Utd and Donny were the worst culprits as Wendy have many foreign players who are willing to learn.

wonder if that's cos 50% of the players are just too thick - and there's nothing wrong with that. Square pegs round holes? The ones that go on into management maybe come from the other 50%.