Middlesbrough vs Sheffield United

EFL Championship Matchweek 4 - Saturday 30th August 2025 - 12:30 - Riverside Stadium
Please keep all discussion related to the match within this thread.

Player Ratings:
Matchday Stats/Player Ratings - https://www.s24su.com/forum/match-day/match/middlesbrough-vs-sheffield-united.753/

Officials:

Referee: Lewis Smith
Assistants: Alex James and Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official: Oliver Langford

Coverage:

Follow via S24SU Twitter: https://twitter.com/s24su
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@s24su
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/s24su/

Need a VPN? - https://www.s24su.com/forum/threads/vpn-usage.87094/

Live TV Coverage:

SUTV (in Unsold Markets or Non-Televised in UK): https://www.sufc.co.uk/live/

​

 

[Jan Age]

Selles with his usual “Stick all strikers on” tactical approach …

No different to wilders tactics but less effective

 

[shrubbery]

Incredibly worrying. Look clueless all over the pitch. We are absolutely in a relegation battle and where is the fight ffs?

 

[manxblade]

Selles will get us relegated

He won't he's a gonna

 

[Blade56]

With the layers we’ve got on pitch there’s a chance we might grab a goal and save R/S skin

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Dyche or Wilder please

 

[Pintor75]

And yet Wilder putting on the bench rather than JRS at Wembley!!!

He'd have put a centre back on now to keep the score down

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

We’ve given Boro, who weren’t even good enough to get in the play offs last year a 12 point start.

That’s how bad this Manager and Board combo has started the season.

They’re going to get us relegated with their incompetence.

A blind monkey can see that midfield doesn’t work yet the stupid twerp keeps persisting. There is literally nothing suggesting it will work.

It's the definition of insanity isn't it. 4-1-5 is going see us relegated.

Plus he plays the wide players so high, once we lose possession we're fucked. Yet each week we play the same way.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

No shots on target yet

 

[Aston max]

I hate to say this but at 10.00 am on Monday we need a new manager/coach in charge to give them 2. Free weeks
This guy needs to be gone tonight
Give dyche a contract till the end of the season just to settle everything down.

 

[Peaktrade]

Selles with his usual “Stick all strikers on” tactical approach …

No different to wilders tactics but less effective

Also no subs at half time then first sub 60 mins and next subs 75th minute

 

[Hamer's Right Peg]

Change of shape looks miles better already

 

[Innuendoandouttheother]

Dyche or Wilder please

Hasenhüttl is available too

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

If i was Tanganga, I'd be asking if there was a 14 day cooling off period on his contract!

 

[Blade56]

First time in 67 years watching Blades I want us to lose if it gets Sellés sacked tonight

Edit, provided Wilder comes no where near to a return

 

[fifty shades of blade]

Dyche or Wilder please

OK dinosaur

 

[bruce]

Give dyche a contract till the end of the season just to settle everything down.

I tend to agree, but this makes the assumption that Dyche would want to take the job.
Cooper is another possibility but again, would he take the job?

 

[Colombia Blade]

Have we gone 3 at the back?

 

[Jan Age]

He won't he's a gonna

I sincerely hope so

 

[SLB]

Hasenhüttl is available too

What, him from Knight Rider?

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

This has been far from a good Boro performance btw

 

[jim2007]

Hasenhüttl is available too

I'm available and I'm clueless. Which makes me more qualified than Selles.

 

[Jan Age]

Also no subs at half time then first sub 60 mins and next subs 75th minute

Clueless

 

[Pintor75]

Cooper if we sack him, if wilder comes back I'm finished end of season

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

Is Chong colour blind? We play in lilac. Has anyone told him?

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Cooper if we sack him, if wilder comes back I'm finished end of season

Yeah who wants 90 points booooo

 

[fifty shades of blade]

Tanganga the beast

 

[drblade]

Tanganga is quality

 

[peakblade]

Cooper if we sack him, if wilder comes back I'm finished end of season

good riddance

 

[Sheffsteel]

TalkSPORT commentators just said

I can’t really give any positives for Sheffield United fans today apart from the defence has been OK.

Then Chris Ilomawumu replied “agreed, they’ve been competitive but not done enough to deserve anything from this game”.

Just said in the whole match we’ve only had 1 effort that was goal bound. A Danny Ings shot late in the game that was goal bound but deflected wide.

In the last 10 minutes we’ve gone more attack minded but we’re totally open at the back and Boro should have easily scored 2 goals on the break.

The main commentator now said
“Sheffield United are in trouble this season”

Chris Ilawumi agrees saying they have no formation or clear system. I’m not sure what they are trying to do. These comments are damning for a new manager when neutral commentators can see the only explanation why good players look poor must be due to the current manager.

 

[Railway Blade]

Got 6 on the left 2 on the right and two in the middle now. Wtf is going on