Momentum shift?

[Nick Jansky]

* Emotion, Parker is calm and keeps things in perspective, wilder tends to praise massively, or vice versa ?

Parker was given a red card last week.

 

[Foxy]

Parker was given a red card last week.

For keeping things in perspective after the full time whistle?

 

[Jan Age]

We will finish in the play offs which is way above where I thought we would finish
So hats off.

Hopefully we can then employ a nrw
Management team who will put us in a better position to survive in the prem should we get there.

 

[BrisBlade]

The constant calls to replace Wilder are getting increasingly bizarre. We're a chance of being joint top this time tomorrow. At the start of the season most thought we'd be mid-table.

 

[dazzlingblade]

The constant calls to replace Wilder are getting increasingly bizarre. We're a chance of being joint top this time tomorrow. At the start of the season most thought we'd be mid-table.

It's insane, I haven't a clue what's happened to some of our fanbase, bunch of entitled fuckwits

 

[Shazza]

The ultimate momentum shift would be the porkers getting into the playoffs and going up after beating us.
When they beat us tomorrow that nightmare is definitely on.
Souttar's injury and wasting £10m on Cannon the probable turning points in this season and beyond given the Cannon spend has drained potential for future squad building.

Arsehole.

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

What's the worse that could happen , "we don't get promotion" .
Big Deal, we'll still have had one hell of a season, and far better than we expected after the last one...
Next season we will have a bigger, stronger, and even better prepared group for the Prem, with a further season for Mr Wilder to build a even stronger team, spirit .
What ever happens this season, expect a cracker next....Up the Blades

 

[blade_11]

I must’ve missed the part where the season ends tomorrow. Nothing is won or lost depending on tomorrows result, if it doesn’t go our way keep your heads there’s plenty of twists yet

 

[MadDad38]

“We shall not fight them on the beaches. We shall not fight them on the landing grounds. We shall not fight in the fields or in the streets. We shall not fight in the hills. We shall surrender.”

Jesus christ grow some fucking bollocks everyone.

 

[Th!stledo]

A lot of debating about whether we're better than Leeds and Burnley.
But the reality is, all that matters is whether we can get more points from the remaining matches than at least one of them.
Wilder and the players have shown that so far this season they have managed to achieved that task.
Admittedly, not getting anything at Turf Moor would make the task so much harder.

While others may focus on the glory of being the most free scoring or the best defence in the league,
Wilder's only focus is getting enough points for a top two finish and no other distractions.
I don't always agree with Wilder's tactics, but there is a reason why he's paid big money to be the manager and I'm not.
In Wilder I trust.
UTB !!!

 

[riselikeasalmon]

Regardless of anything else Burnley are 2 points off top only let a goal in every 3 games but are 6/1 for the title seems off to me

 

[Keen Blade]

Burnley far better side than us anyway, this was coming. Their attack was always gonna click.

Unfortunately money talks in football.
Wage bills 1 , 2 & 3 from web sources :
Leeds £40m
Burnley £32m
Blades £25m
Now glance at the table.

To get an auto spot , we have to break a very strong link.

 

[ThatJa]

How come us drawing at home against 5th in table was a disaster but Burnley drawing at home against 6th was a great one for them?

Because United ites innit

 

[nopigfansintown]

We're now in 3rd place with Burnley winning today.

We have a game in hand with the Steel City derby the real defining moment in the season tomorrow.

Win, and we can get back on level terms with Leeds and leapfrog Burnley again.

Lose, and that basically means the playoffs and we all hate playoffs as its a crapshoot at best.

With so much on the line tomorrow, there can be no excuses for starting slow, are trying to contain, or any form of playing around at the back: every single player must realize the implications of not winning tomorrow so they must leave everything they have and more on that Hillsborough shit house of a pitch.

Nothing less, and it will be playoffs for sure....

toledo

Far too defeatist given the state of the table. We could lose by twenty goals today and still get promoted.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Jeez, I'll be surprised if some of you lot have the courage to cross a busy road.

Btw guys, if in doubt get a grown-up to help or use the Green Cross Code

 

[Tezza1889]

We need to step up a gear, start to kill teams off and not sit on a 1-0 lead.

The nerves will subside if we adopt that approach..

 

[petcharlie]

Surely there will come a time when we run out of towels to throw in as a fanbase? Every hiccup a disaster, every defeat the end of the line.

Must be disheartening for staff and players, who have built a promotion challenge against the backdrop of takeover uncertainty, multiple injury crises and loss of key players through injury at the start of season.

not forgetting 2 points deducted . I agree before a ball was kicked at the start of the season we were talking about mid table and to be where we are is terrific yet it is all doom and gloom on here . What is wrong with us ? We can not lose if we get promoted we get a load of cash but we get to be cannon fodder for the big guys but if we fail we have another great season next year in the Championship . Anyway we win . Smile and enjoy the ride .

 

[ATL Recs]

not forgetting 2 points deducted . I agree before a ball was kicked at the start of the season we were talking about mid table and to be where we are is terrific yet it is all doom and gloom on here . What is wrong with us ? We can not lose if we get promoted we get a load of cash but we get to be cannon fodder for the big guys but if we fail we have another great season next year in the Championship . Anyway we win . Smile and enjoy the ride .

Our great season next year in this league is likely to be without Hamer Souza Cooper and possibly Peck

 

[The Bear]

not forgetting 2 points deducted . I agree before a ball was kicked at the start of the season we were talking about mid table and to be where we are is terrific yet it is all doom and gloom on here . What is wrong with us ? We can not lose if we get promoted we get a load of cash but we get to be cannon fodder for the big guys but if we fail we have another great season next year in the Championship . Anyway we win . Smile and enjoy the ride .

I think the negativity is fuelled by the piss poor play off record. Like it's auto promo or bust. Also what is the furthest Wilder has taken us in the cups? Thought his record was pretty poor IIRC.

 

[Maltby_blade]

Unfortunately Wilder is a bottle job so we’ll finish 3rd

Are you talking about the same guy that has won us 2 promotions, finished 9th in the premier league and in the summer started the biggest rebuild of the squad in years, yet still has us fighting for automatic promotion??, bottle job go back to bed.

 

[Cheesebored]

bottle job go back to bed.

He sleeps under a bridge.

 

[Vintage Shirt]

I wonder which management team would be better than the one we have? And would they want to come? We need to lose the anti wilder chat its very, very silly.

 

[Snake]

Can't believe all the shit in this thread. I'd hate to be in the trenches with some of you lot on here. Today is not the day for defeatist and pessimistic talk - today is the day we go into the piggery to face the fake massives and stand there chest out, chin high. We are Blades. We are proud. All the pigs gobshites are out in force again, lots of woodwork empty of bodies, lots of pigs giving it the biggun.

Sing loud and proud Blades and let's do the piggy bastards!

 

[Chimpan-A]

I think the negativity is fuelled by the piss poor play off record. Like it's auto promo or bust. Also what is the furthest Wilder has taken us in the cups? Thought his record was pretty poor IIRC.

We got to the quarter finals in the Covid season. I believe we would’ve beaten Arsenal pre-lock-down too. But our failure in cups under him is because he doesn’t value the competitions, I suspect we wouldn’t be fielding the development squad in the play offs!

 

[The Bear]

We got to the quarter finals in the Covid season. I believe we would’ve beaten Arsenal pre-lock-down too. But our failure in cups under him is because he doesn’t value the competitions, I suspect we wouldn’t be fielding the development squad in the play offs!

I think that sentiment is a key reason the club will continue to fail. It never achieves a winning mentality because so many managers 'dont care about the cups'. I did some analysis a few years ago and I think it was only us and Rochdale that over the last 50 odd years had never won either a play off final or domestic cup competition. Shocking.

 

[OLDBLADE43]

Are you named after the small family car introduced in the SEAT line up from May 1991 (part of the Volkswagen group)?

Or could it be after the older Triumph Toledo?

 

[bartman]

We need to lose the anti wilder chat its very, very silly.

It is a forum therefore opinions will differ.

The football we are currently playing is attritional and at times, negative in terms of trying to protect a lead rather than going for another goal. That is down to Wilder's tactics and if that gets us promoted then fair enough

However, the excuses with regards to a thin squad which Wilder used before the New Year has now disappeared due to the backing he received . In my opinion, if we do not get promoted(autos or play offs) I think the Board will be questioning Wilder's position as manager

 

[robbiez666]

The ultimate momentum shift would be the porkers getting into the playoffs and going up after beating us.
When they beat us tomorrow that nightmare is definitely on.
Souttar's injury and wasting £10m on Cannon the probable turning points in this season and beyond given the Cannon spend has drained potential for future squad building.

True nightmare fuel. Losing to Wednesday in a Wembley play-off final. I was talking to a Wednesday fan at work about it and it would be the worst day ever.

Although, I have a happy dream scenario where we go up in the autos and Wednesday and Leeds both get into the play-offs and both lose in the semis.

 

[robbiez666]

It is a forum therefore opinions will differ.

The football we are currently playing is attritional and at times, negative in terms of trying to protect a lead rather than going for another goal. That is down to Wilder's tactics and if that gets us promoted then fair enough

However, the excuses with regards to a thin squad which Wilder used before the New Year has now disappeared due to the backing he received . In my opinion, if we do not get promoted(autos or play offs) I think the Board will be questioning Wilder's position as manager

As someone who dislikes Wilder strongly on a personal level and is dubious about some of his managerial abilities, I think he did an incredible job first half of the season to get us to the top of the table with such a small squad, although he was quite well backed (Souttar, O'Hare, Gilchrist, JRS, Moore, Burrows, Cooper - all not cheap as well as holding onto other players despite the tap being suddenly turned off in the last couple of days). He's been strongly backed in January but I think it's fair to question his performance more in the second half of the season.

If he gets us up, will have been a great job following last season and such a high player turnover.

 

[Chimpan-A]

I think that sentiment is a key reason the club will continue to fail. It never achieves a winning mentality because so many managers 'dont care about the cups'. I did some analysis a few years ago and I think it was only us and Rochdale that over the last 50 odd years had never won either a play off final or domestic cup competition. Shocking.

That stat surely has to include Accrington Stanley, the only club never to play at the new or old Wembley? Or did they win a play off played at Cardiff??