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Right, I’ll try and be as balanced as I can here.
This is the 117th League meeting between Sheffield United and The Wednesday/Sheffield Wednesday* (delete as appropriate). I say this because the pitch-side advertising at The Theatre of Rust often lies about ‘150 years of Sheffield Wednesday’ when, in fact they were called ‘The Wednesday’ until 1929 so it’s actually ’89 years of Sheffield Wednesday’. (The next time they’re on TV, take a look for yourself. It will be in between the equally-bogus ‘Chansiri’, ‘D-Taxis’, ‘Chansiri’, ‘BK Balloons’, Chansiri’, ‘Elev8’, ‘Chansiri’, ‘The Wednesday Pale Ale’, ‘Chansiri’ etc. ads. designed to avoid FFP rules.
League Record v Sheffield Wednesday to date:
Home: P: 58 W: 25 D: 22 L:11 F: 90 A: 62
Away: P: 58 W: 18 D: 15 L: 25 F: 71 A: 87
Doubles: United 10, Wednesday 6*
*In fact, Sheffield Wednesday have only done ‘the double’ over Sheffield United once. Ever. That was in the 2008-09 season when the pigs had Brian ‘Bison Head’ Laws as manager and United had the equally-useless Kevin Blackwell ‘in charge’.
I did a full round-up of our recent meetings with The Visitors here:
The last time we met The Stain was on January 12th, 2018. Loovens and Wallace conspired to kick our players all over the pitch but it was justified as Wednesday won this game 0-0.
So what has changed with our Nauseous Neighbours since then?
The Dear Leader:
Dejphon Chansiri remains in total control of the weird state known as ‘Hillsborough’, where criticism is forbidden and his followers are in a trance-like state. Having been beguiled by big spending on over-priced, past-it crap like Fletcher, Boyd, Hooper etc., Chansiri’s disciples (‘Meeester Chansiri’ as they have been brainwashed into calling him) are blind to the increasing decrepitude of the ancient monument at S6, which includes parts of the ground regularly falling off and the death-trap Leppings Lane stand being covered in tarpaulin instead of being bulldozed in 1989. Rather than funding much-needed maintenance at the ground, Kim Wrong ‘Un prefers to plaster every available surface with ‘Chansiri’ propaganda and the names of utterly fictitious companies. At the moment, the S6 followers are clamouring for yet another fall-guy to replace the current incumbent, but remain ignorant to the fact that no manager of any standing would tolerate The Dear Leader’s interference. Still, they are childishly happy to donate a large proportion of their state salaries (dole) to prop up Kim’s ruthless regime.
Despot Chansiri
‘Mind the Gap’:
Fair play, for once the pigs didn’t nick this off us, but droned on about it endlessly for 6 years while they were in The Championship and we were in Division One (duh!). However this all changed on August 5th 2017 when both clubs were both in the same division.
Since then, and except for a few, fleeting minutes on the second matchday of this season (when Wendy scraped a home draw with QPR and United lost at Middlesbrough), United have always had the gap over the pigs – that’s over 15 months. In fact, at one time in the 2017-18 season, ‘The Gap’ was nineteen points. Not bad for a pub team who wouldn’t be able to compete in La Liga.
Before KO in the upcoming pigs’ game United are – as ever – maintaining The Gap which stands at ten points.
Championship Table:
Going into this 117th league derby, The Blades are in third spot in the table…
…while Wednesday occupy their customary position – near the relegation places.
Full Championship Table
Form Guide:
The Blades’ recent run of erratic form has seen us slip to tenth place in the form guide (based on the last six league games). Wednesday are second-bottom.
Based on the same criteria (last six league games), United are joint-top (with Derby) of ‘Home form’ with 14 points out of the last 18. Wednesday are equal-eighth in terms of ‘Away form’ with nine points out of a possible 18.
Full Championship Form Guide
Top Scorers:
Not much to report here. A brief purple patch by Reach, two braces by Joao etc.
The Manager:
Jos Luhukay ‘took charge’ at Hillsborough on 5th January 2018 after Wednesday had – with their usual class – sacked previous manager Carlos Carvalhal on Christmas Eve, 2017. Dead Loss Jos has presided over Wendy being nearer relegation than promotion. His bland, clueless tactics were first seen in the ‘derby’ match at Bramall Lane on January 12th this year when a 0-0 win for Wednesday was greeted by their players and supporters with wild abandon, throwing shirts to the crowd etc. This match will forever be known as ‘The January 12th Massacre’.
One of the Chuckle Brothers
This is the 117th League meeting between Sheffield United and The Wednesday/Sheffield Wednesday* (delete as appropriate). I say this because the pitch-side advertising at The Theatre of Rust often lies about ‘150 years of Sheffield Wednesday’ when, in fact they were called ‘The Wednesday’ until 1929 so it’s actually ’89 years of Sheffield Wednesday’. (The next time they’re on TV, take a look for yourself. It will be in between the equally-bogus ‘Chansiri’, ‘D-Taxis’, ‘Chansiri’, ‘BK Balloons’, Chansiri’, ‘Elev8’, ‘Chansiri’, ‘The Wednesday Pale Ale’, ‘Chansiri’ etc. ads. designed to avoid FFP rules.
League Record v Sheffield Wednesday to date:
Home: P: 58 W: 25 D: 22 L:11 F: 90 A: 62
Away: P: 58 W: 18 D: 15 L: 25 F: 71 A: 87
Doubles: United 10, Wednesday 6*
*In fact, Sheffield Wednesday have only done ‘the double’ over Sheffield United once. Ever. That was in the 2008-09 season when the pigs had Brian ‘Bison Head’ Laws as manager and United had the equally-useless Kevin Blackwell ‘in charge’.
I did a full round-up of our recent meetings with The Visitors here:
The last time we met The Stain was on January 12th, 2018. Loovens and Wallace conspired to kick our players all over the pitch but it was justified as Wednesday won this game 0-0.
So what has changed with our Nauseous Neighbours since then?
The Dear Leader:
Dejphon Chansiri remains in total control of the weird state known as ‘Hillsborough’, where criticism is forbidden and his followers are in a trance-like state. Having been beguiled by big spending on over-priced, past-it crap like Fletcher, Boyd, Hooper etc., Chansiri’s disciples (‘Meeester Chansiri’ as they have been brainwashed into calling him) are blind to the increasing decrepitude of the ancient monument at S6, which includes parts of the ground regularly falling off and the death-trap Leppings Lane stand being covered in tarpaulin instead of being bulldozed in 1989. Rather than funding much-needed maintenance at the ground, Kim Wrong ‘Un prefers to plaster every available surface with ‘Chansiri’ propaganda and the names of utterly fictitious companies. At the moment, the S6 followers are clamouring for yet another fall-guy to replace the current incumbent, but remain ignorant to the fact that no manager of any standing would tolerate The Dear Leader’s interference. Still, they are childishly happy to donate a large proportion of their state salaries (dole) to prop up Kim’s ruthless regime.
Despot Chansiri
‘Mind the Gap’:
Fair play, for once the pigs didn’t nick this off us, but droned on about it endlessly for 6 years while they were in The Championship and we were in Division One (duh!). However this all changed on August 5th 2017 when both clubs were both in the same division.
Since then, and except for a few, fleeting minutes on the second matchday of this season (when Wendy scraped a home draw with QPR and United lost at Middlesbrough), United have always had the gap over the pigs – that’s over 15 months. In fact, at one time in the 2017-18 season, ‘The Gap’ was nineteen points. Not bad for a pub team who wouldn’t be able to compete in La Liga.
Before KO in the upcoming pigs’ game United are – as ever – maintaining The Gap which stands at ten points.
Championship Table:
Going into this 117th league derby, The Blades are in third spot in the table…
…while Wednesday occupy their customary position – near the relegation places.
Full Championship Table
Form Guide:
The Blades’ recent run of erratic form has seen us slip to tenth place in the form guide (based on the last six league games). Wednesday are second-bottom.
Full Championship Form Guide
Top Scorers:
Not much to report here. A brief purple patch by Reach, two braces by Joao etc.
The Manager:
Jos Luhukay ‘took charge’ at Hillsborough on 5th January 2018 after Wednesday had – with their usual class – sacked previous manager Carlos Carvalhal on Christmas Eve, 2017. Dead Loss Jos has presided over Wendy being nearer relegation than promotion. His bland, clueless tactics were first seen in the ‘derby’ match at Bramall Lane on January 12th this year when a 0-0 win for Wednesday was greeted by their players and supporters with wild abandon, throwing shirts to the crowd etc. This match will forever be known as ‘The January 12th Massacre’.
One of the Chuckle Brothers
