Managing expectation

[Bruce Wayne]

Taken a while but finally our great club is truly moving forward in unison. Iv'e been around since the Darlington days, seen so many false dawns, so many great positions to succeed thrown away by bad management and wavering mental strength when it really mattered.

I was there at Leicester, will never forget that day but there is still something different about this season that I haven't felt before, never before have I seen a 100% connection from all linked to the club, It doesn't matter if your McCabe, Wilder, Billy Sharp or the fan on the kop, everyone is on the same level, no airs and graces just total togetherness.

For years we have waited for our expectations to be managed, right now they are being exceeded and I don't for a second think it's going to stop next season.

Hats off to you Chris Wilder and the spirit you and your team have brought back Bramall Lane, simply brilliant and long may it continue.

 

[RammyBlade]

I know what you mean - I was thinking about how I felt about or other promotions -1971 , onwards and this team seems to be something different in totality and that everyone is totally onside with our move forwards.
Previous promotions have been good but never did we feel that all elements of the club were aligned to achieve progress

 

[Racing Blade]

In all of our lifetimes, it's the first time we've run away with a division, playing the most attractive football and scoring the most goals.

With a manager and captain that care every bit as much as we do, if not more, it's an "If Carling did promotion" scenario that we'll treasure for years.

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

I know what you mean - I was thinking about how I felt about or other promotions -1971 , onwards and this team seems to be something different in totality and that everyone is totally onside with our move forwards.
Previous promotions have been good but never did we feel that all elements of the club were aligned to achieve progress

1971 belonged to a different era and its like comparing apples and oranges. This IS like the Bassett era. We were TOTALLY on the same page on and off the pitch then as now.
We need to assault the Championship next season. It is largely very mediocre with not one stand out team this season. Wilder won't fuck about. He knows this and with the right backing,without throwing money about he will forge a team to have a right good go. There's fuck all to fear up there and there wont be a single club in that league next season with a fraction of the unity we have from boardroom to management to players to fans. Money CANNOT buy that.
Bring the fuckers on.

 

[Harrisblade]

1971 belonged to a different era and its like comparing apples and oranges. This IS like the Bassett era. We were TOTALLY on the same page on and off the pitch then as now.
We need to assault the Championship next season. It is largely very mediocre with not one stand out team this season. Wilder won't fuck about. He knows this and with the right backing,without throwing money about he will forge a team to have a right good go. There's fuck all to fear up there and there wont be a single club in that league next season with a fraction of the unity we have from boardroom to management to players to fans. Money CANNOT buy that.
Bring the fuckers on.

It's better than the Basset era -and the Harris era.
In the Wilder era, we're playing a type and quality of passing football that we have never played before

 

[knowsnowt]

Pies are shit.

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

It's better than the Basset era -and the Harris era.
In the Wilder era, we're playing a type and quality of passing football that we have never played before

With respect the quality of football played in 1970 and 1971 makes this team look like alecarts. We're also playing shit teams in the pub league,not playing the best in the championship and premiership off the park as we did under Harris.
Enjoy whatever it is you're drinking.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It's not about the footballing era, you cannot compare as the game is so different now - it's the buzz and the total unity that's in place right now that can be compared. For me never been better than it is right now, young and old included.

 

[boo radley]

It's not about the footballing era, you cannot compare as the game is so different now - it's the buzz and the total unity that's in place right now that can be compared. For me never been better than it is right now, young and old included.

You have to think where this ethos might have developed.
Bassett s Christmas Parties in August?
Wilder was part of that squad and whilst he was not a regular at all, those players achieved plenty more than the sum of its parts. The work ethic was what we loved and the players stuck together off the field also.
SIR CHRISTOPHER OF BDTBL may not have realised at the time how much he learned during those times and may be realising it only now.

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

Scream if you wanna go faster

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

It's better than the Basset era -and the Harris era.
In the Wilder era, we're playing a type and quality of passing football that we have never played before

And George Best won't be around to take the wind out of our sails.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

In all of our lifetimes, it's the first time we've run away with a division, playing the most attractive football and scoring the most goals.

With a manager and captain that care every bit as much as we do, if not more, it's an "If Carling did promotion" scenario that we'll treasure for years.

1981-1982 we won the Fourth Division with 96 points (5 clear)
We played attractive, attacking football and our 94 goals was the highest in the division.
We had a bright new manager who had just won back-to-back Championships and could seemingly do no wrong.
An enthusiastic new Chairman who had backed his manager with a large transfer budget for the division.

My first season as a season ticket holder and regular at The Lane.
Little did i know that it would be another 35 years before we had a season to compare.

 

[away ends always empty.]

1971 belonged to a different era and its like comparing apples and oranges. This IS like the Bassett era. We were TOTALLY on the same page on and off the pitch then as now.
We need to assault the Championship next season. It is largely very mediocre with not one stand out team this season. Wilder won't fuck about. He knows this and with the right backing,without throwing money about he will forge a team to have a right good go. There's fuck all to fear up there and there wont be a single club in that league next season with a fraction of the unity we have from boardroom to management to players to fans. Money CANNOT buy that.
Bring the fuckers

It's better than the Basset era -and the Harris era.
In the Wilder era, we're playing a type and quality of passing football that we have never played before

Back to back promotions it is then because this team like you say is far better than the Bassett one

 

[DronnieBlade]

With respect the quality of football played in 1970 and 1971 makes this team look like alecarts. We're also playing shit teams in the pub league,not playing the best in the championship and premiership off the park as we did under Harris.
Enjoy whatever it is you're drinking.

While we should always tip a wink to bygone era's, and with great fondness when it comes to previously successful sides, the truth is that, on conditioning alone, this current Wilder side would muller that Harris side. IMHO.

UTB

PS love your post #4 btw.

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

While we should always tip a wink to bygone era's, and with great fondness when it comes to previously successful sides, the truth is that, on conditioning alone, this current Wilder side would muller that Harris side. IMHO.

UTB

PS love your post #4 btw.

We will agree to differ. And thanks for your nice comment mate.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

While we should always tip a wink to bygone era's, and with great fondness when it comes to previously successful sides, the truth is that, on conditioning alone, this current Wilder side would muller that Harris side. IMHO.

UTB

PS love your post #4 btw.

Riding the crest with u Dronnie, but when u are talking about Currie, Woody etc. then I'm not sure u are right. For top players the first 10 yards are in the head pal, not in the legs and I reckon Currie had 20 yards minimum.

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

While we should always tip a wink to bygone era's, and with great fondness when it comes to previously successful sides, the truth is that, on conditioning alone, this current Wilder side would muller that Harris side. IMHO.

UTB

PS love your post #4 btw.

I don`t know about that. The performance next season would be a more realistic benchmark for comparison.

 

[DronnieBlade]

We will agree to differ. And thanks for your nice comment mate.

UTB

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

1981-1982 we won the Fourth Division with 96 points (5 clear)
We played attractive, attacking football and our 94 goals was the highest in the division.
We had a bright new manager who had just won back-to-back Championships and could seemingly do no wrong.
An enthusiastic new Chairman who had backed his manager with a large transfer budget for the division.

My first season as a season ticket holder and regular at The Lane.
Little did i know that it would be another 35 years before we had a season to compare.

2005/06 was shite, yer right.

So was 2002/03 thinking about it.

 

[Grizzly blade]

1971 belonged to a different era and its like comparing apples and oranges. This IS like the Bassett era. We were TOTALLY on the same page on and off the pitch then as now.
We need to assault the Championship next season. It is largely very mediocre with not one stand out team this season. Wilder won't fuck about. He knows this and with the right backing,without throwing money about he will forge a team to have a right good go. There's fuck all to fear up there and there wont be a single club in that league next season with a fraction of the unity we have from boardroom to management to players to fans. Money CANNOT buy that.
Bring the fuckers on.

Spot on.
Though agree wi Dronnie that the current sides fitness and such would overpower the ability of teams from the 70's.

Football is always changing and the trick is being able to change and be ahead of the game. This season I believe we have been ahead of the game with the formation and fluidity of the system which allows players like Bash and JOC to push on and join the attack.
I see us taking this on into the championship and the flexibility of the squad and nous of the management will make a big impact on the championship. A few clubs will be looking at how WE do things for a change.
And that IS a first as far as I am concerned.

 

[GrayBlade]

Managing our own expectations next season will be key. If we don't get of to the best of starts like this season we need to stay 100% behind the manager and team.

As for the style of football, this is the best we've seen home and away since the early 70's. Player for player it might not hold a candle to the Woodward and Curry side, but when it comes down to entertainment and passing football it's a joy to watch. The division we are in is irrelevant because as we've seen under other managers, we can play crap in any division and usally the lower we go the poorer the football is. We do have that steely will to win that Sir Harry's teams had, but the closest football style to this one I think was Kendall's before the board mugged us off and Spackman's short stint.

Chris Wilder has done the biz over a season and his team's pissed the league in style, he really couldn't have done anymore. If we continue playing like this in the Championship and he eventually gets us to the Premier League, Wilder's name will go down alongside the Harris's and Bassets, I've no doubt about that. All we need to do now is find our next TC or Deano and not sell them after one season.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

2005/06 was shite, yer right.

So was 2002/03 thinking about it.

Not shite at all. Both fantastic.
But we didn't run away with the league title which was the comparison I was making.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Not shite at all. Both fantastic.
But we didn't run away with the league title which was the comparison I was making.

I think those seasons were better than this.

This year we have got out of the third division.

Glad we have and being successful is OK but it is only at the third tier level and six years over due.

Give me FA cup and League Cup semis any day of the week over third division footie.