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Uplifting report. I’ll forgive Wes that one. Shout out, again, for Robinson after all the stick he’s had

Yeah Wes has been incredible, he slips, they score, and that is unfortunate, but if anyone has enough credit in the Blades bank, it's Wes "oh is this a penalty?, don't worry, I'll save it" Fodderingham.
 
Spot on pomps. What a win!
The only player who could tackle mgw was mcburnie!
 
Gonna start rating your My Takes…

8.5/10 - You drop 1/2 a point for calling Billy Sharp Mr instead of Sir.
 
Can you ever , in your wildest dreams , imagine McBurnie affecting a game in the way that MGW did tonight ?
equaliser and general game in 3-3 v man utd showed he can
but like any player constantly getting 10 minute cameos hes got 80 per cent less time to shine
7 in 81 games should read 7 in 40 games if you add all the minutes together into games
how any one calls 8 minutes as a game is beyond me
 
Doesn't get any better than that, does it?

Like many, we were all fearing Wilder would come to BDTBL and out strategise us ... take us to bits and simply bum us upside down with maybe a 0-3 loss and our players looking bereft and fucked. And we are dealing with Sheffield United here, aren't we? My dad always said 'Lad, they are too unpredictable to win anything big', but one assumes that logic is applicable for the not so big, like the arrival of the once anointed with his competitive team of fairly decent sluggers. It could have gone either way couldn't it? One thing is certain, these two weren't the teams at the Riverside earlier this season where we were shown the door big style. Loved how we simply dived on their players every time they had the ball and denied them any time to collect, control and look up. Across the park we nullified their better threats - Howson, Crooks and Tavernier and reduced Connolly to a McBurnie-esque display of diving and appealing. We simply called the shots throughout and dominated the game, more so than when we trunked Peterborough in fact. Boro simply didn't have an answer for Berge, MGW or the sheer professional graft of Mr Billy Sharp. They couldn't get the better of Norwood, Fleck and Hourihane and found Sander Berge a reyt pain in the arse. They struggled to muzzle RND and a refreshed Osborn and hardly troubled Fodders. It was as complete a game as you'd want - and we've been here before by smacking Swansea flat as well so we can do it with some consistency.

Coventry shouldn't be much of a challenge on Saturday if we keep to the plan and play to control the game. It was something we didn't do against Forest and paid for it. It was something we never seemed to get started on versus Millwall and they beat us. But tonight was a clarion call of our capability which we, as supporters, have been crying for for a few years now. And it's against our old manager, who was the architect of our rise and fall. So bloody satisfying to see.

I'm up in Sheffield tomorrow (couldn't come today because the mother-in-law - who lives with us - had to attend hospital for a dental operation) and obviously am a busy boy this weekend with some prior engagements, so no 'My take ...' on Saturday, fortunately or unfortunately, whichever way you want to take it.

Fodders 7/10: Drops half a mark for the slip. I did say that his ball-at-feet game may come unstuck at some time. Didn't think he'd slip over in front of the kop mind. Apart from that, fairly steady game, intercepting balls into the box and making the commitments when needed
RND 7.5/10: Tigerish appearance up and down the left and unlucky not to be on the end of a few passes and late arrivals just like Stevens used to. Had a bit of a handful early doors with Jones
Robinson 9/10: Truly outstanding change from the fucking C3PO liability to almost a complete JOC replacement. Tonight he made some decent blocks and headers and of course, is in the right place to stab in a goal. What a revolution in terms of a central defender. With Basham, we may have our 'pistons' back
Egan 7/10: Again, some pretty redoubtable defending but what is actually wrong with Egan's head when he nuts the ball? Every cross into the box that gets to him that he's expected to bury ricochets skyward. That said, neat header back across goal for Robinsons goal
Davies 7/10: Nice to see him back and imposing himself on their forwards. He practically shoved Coburn's face in the mud later on
Osborn 7.5/10: Contunies to impress, if out of position. Grafts hard and gets involved if still a bit iffy with his control. He intercepted a pass in the second half and had Berge, MGW and Sharp ahead of him up the wing and miscontolled it somewhat
Berge 8.5/10: Splendid game for him. So nice to see him growing and becoming twenty million worth of player. Again, deft, strong on the ball and always looking for the way forward be it with the ball at his feet or lay off and run. But ... fuck's sake Sander. Jump to your full height. Lovely goal mind
Norwood 8/10: Really good game. Got stuck in on the deck and aerially, won loads of personal battles and actually dominated the midfield. When have you ever heard that before? Shit, over hit free kicks in the first half mind, so drops a half point
Fleck 7/10: Contributed well until his injury
MGW 8.5/10: What a player. A consistent pain in the fucking arse for about five of their players. Ran at and harassed, flicks, tricks and sheer need and hunger for the ball and the win. A true Bramall Lane favourite now. Do not let him go back to Wolves or to another club. We have made that mistake before with the likes of Coady and Henderson and fucking paid for it. Sell the dross, break the bank and buy this kid. Need proof? That fucking goal. Glorious.
Sharp 7.5/10: Another dogged, grafting performance capped with yet ... Fallowfield ... another fucking goal. How you must fucking hate that. I'm glad. I'm also glad he plays and scores. I'm glad we've got Billy Sharp.

Hourihane 7/10: Had me shaking my head when he hurriedly stripped but had a decent, if unremarkable game
McBurnie 1/10: My wife said to me, "Is all McBurnie does is put his arms out and whine at the ref?" "Yes", I replied.
Gordon unmarked. On late. One challenge but by then the game was over

Hecky-Jack-and-Stuart-McCall 10/10: Fucking toasted it.

Boro crowd 6/10: For their chant "Your tits are offside, your tits are offside, Billy Sharp, your its are offside!"

Our crowd 10/10: Total noise. Rocking All Over The World (someone needs to rewrite that with Blades lyrics) and "Chrissie Wilder - he's one of our own" in the dying minutes

pommpey
Spot on, but I think whether we keep MGW will depend on him and whether we are in the Premiership. Money alone will not keep him.
 
Woken up this morning with a great big grin. I enjoyed that match more than I have in a long time. It was just what I wanted. Due respect for Wilder and Knill before the game, no quarter given during it. It clearly meant a hell of a lot to the players too. It was like seeing an ex who you’re not quiet over yet - and f*cking her. We can all move on now.
 
Doesn't get any better than that, does it?

Like many, we were all fearing Wilder would come to BDTBL and out strategise us ... take us to bits and simply bum us upside down with maybe a 0-3 loss and our players looking bereft and fucked. And we are dealing with Sheffield United here, aren't we? My dad always said 'Lad, they are too unpredictable to win anything big', but one assumes that logic is applicable for the not so big, like the arrival of the once anointed with his competitive team of fairly decent sluggers. It could have gone either way couldn't it? One thing is certain, these two weren't the teams at the Riverside earlier this season where we were shown the door big style. Loved how we simply dived on their players every time they had the ball and denied them any time to collect, control and look up. Across the park we nullified their better threats - Howson, Crooks and Tavernier and reduced Connolly to a McBurnie-esque display of diving and appealing. We simply called the shots throughout and dominated the game, more so than when we trunked Peterborough in fact. Boro simply didn't have an answer for Berge, MGW or the sheer professional graft of Mr Billy Sharp. They couldn't get the better of Norwood, Fleck and Hourihane and found Sander Berge a reyt pain in the arse. They struggled to muzzle RND and a refreshed Osborn and hardly troubled Fodders. It was as complete a game as you'd want - and we've been here before by smacking Swansea flat as well so we can do it with some consistency.

Coventry shouldn't be much of a challenge on Saturday if we keep to the plan and play to control the game. It was something we didn't do against Forest and paid for it. It was something we never seemed to get started on versus Millwall and they beat us. But tonight was a clarion call of our capability which we, as supporters, have been crying for for a few years now. And it's against our old manager, who was the architect of our rise and fall. So bloody satisfying to see.

I'm up in Sheffield tomorrow (couldn't come today because the mother-in-law - who lives with us - had to attend hospital for a dental operation) and obviously am a busy boy this weekend with some prior engagements, so no 'My take ...' on Saturday, fortunately or unfortunately, whichever way you want to take it.

Fodders 7/10: Drops half a mark for the slip. I did say that his ball-at-feet game may come unstuck at some time. Didn't think he'd slip over in front of the kop mind. Apart from that, fairly steady game, intercepting balls into the box and making the commitments when needed
RND 7.5/10: Tigerish appearance up and down the left and unlucky not to be on the end of a few passes and late arrivals just like Stevens used to. Had a bit of a handful early doors with Jones
Robinson 9/10: Truly outstanding change from the fucking C3PO liability to almost a complete JOC replacement. Tonight he made some decent blocks and headers and of course, is in the right place to stab in a goal. What a revolution in terms of a central defender. With Basham, we may have our 'pistons' back
Egan 7/10: Again, some pretty redoubtable defending but what is actually wrong with Egan's head when he nuts the ball? Every cross into the box that gets to him that he's expected to bury ricochets skyward. That said, neat header back across goal for Robinsons goal
Davies 7/10: Nice to see him back and imposing himself on their forwards. He practically shoved Coburn's face in the mud later on
Osborn 7.5/10: Contunies to impress, if out of position. Grafts hard and gets involved if still a bit iffy with his control. He intercepted a pass in the second half and had Berge, MGW and Sharp ahead of him up the wing and miscontolled it somewhat
Berge 8.5/10: Splendid game for him. So nice to see him growing and becoming twenty million worth of player. Again, deft, strong on the ball and always looking for the way forward be it with the ball at his feet or lay off and run. But ... fuck's sake Sander. Jump to your full height. Lovely goal mind
Norwood 8/10: Really good game. Got stuck in on the deck and aerially, won loads of personal battles and actually dominated the midfield. When have you ever heard that before? Shit, over hit free kicks in the first half mind, so drops a half point
Fleck 7/10: Contributed well until his injury
MGW 8.5/10: What a player. A consistent pain in the fucking arse for about five of their players. Ran at and harassed, flicks, tricks and sheer need and hunger for the ball and the win. A true Bramall Lane favourite now. Do not let him go back to Wolves or to another club. We have made that mistake before with the likes of Coady and Henderson and fucking paid for it. Sell the dross, break the bank and buy this kid. Need proof? That fucking goal. Glorious.
Sharp 7.5/10: Another dogged, grafting performance capped with yet ... Fallowfield ... another fucking goal. How you must fucking hate that. I'm glad. I'm also glad he plays and scores. I'm glad we've got Billy Sharp.

Hourihane 7/10: Had me shaking my head when he hurriedly stripped but had a decent, if unremarkable game
McBurnie 1/10: My wife said to me, "Is all McBurnie does is put his arms out and whine at the ref?" "Yes", I replied.
Gordon unmarked. On late. One challenge but by then the game was over

Hecky-Jack-and-Stuart-McCall 10/10: Fucking toasted it.

Boro crowd 6/10: For their chant "Your tits are offside, your tits are offside, Billy Sharp, your its are offside!"

Our crowd 10/10: Total noise. Rocking All Over The World (someone needs to rewrite that with Blades lyrics) and "Chrissie Wilder - he's one of our own" in the dying minutes

pommpey
Good report Pommpey but can't see wolves selling MGW, they'd be nuts to!
 
Doesn't get any better than that, does it?

Like many, we were all fearing Wilder would come to BDTBL and out strategise us ... take us to bits and simply bum us upside down with maybe a 0-3 loss and our players looking bereft and fucked. And we are dealing with Sheffield United here, aren't we? My dad always said 'Lad, they are too unpredictable to win anything big', but one assumes that logic is applicable for the not so big, like the arrival of the once anointed with his competitive team of fairly decent sluggers. It could have gone either way couldn't it? One thing is certain, these two weren't the teams at the Riverside earlier this season where we were shown the door big style. Loved how we simply dived on their players every time they had the ball and denied them any time to collect, control and look up. Across the park we nullified their better threats - Howson, Crooks and Tavernier and reduced Connolly to a McBurnie-esque display of diving and appealing. We simply called the shots throughout and dominated the game, more so than when we trunked Peterborough in fact. Boro simply didn't have an answer for Berge, MGW or the sheer professional graft of Mr Billy Sharp. They couldn't get the better of Norwood, Fleck and Hourihane and found Sander Berge a reyt pain in the arse. They struggled to muzzle RND and a refreshed Osborn and hardly troubled Fodders. It was as complete a game as you'd want - and we've been here before by smacking Swansea flat as well so we can do it with some consistency.

Coventry shouldn't be much of a challenge on Saturday if we keep to the plan and play to control the game. It was something we didn't do against Forest and paid for it. It was something we never seemed to get started on versus Millwall and they beat us. But tonight was a clarion call of our capability which we, as supporters, have been crying for for a few years now. And it's against our old manager, who was the architect of our rise and fall. So bloody satisfying to see.

I'm up in Sheffield tomorrow (couldn't come today because the mother-in-law - who lives with us - had to attend hospital for a dental operation) and obviously am a busy boy this weekend with some prior engagements, so no 'My take ...' on Saturday, fortunately or unfortunately, whichever way you want to take it.

Fodders 7/10: Drops half a mark for the slip. I did say that his ball-at-feet game may come unstuck at some time. Didn't think he'd slip over in front of the kop mind. Apart from that, fairly steady game, intercepting balls into the box and making the commitments when needed
RND 7.5/10: Tigerish appearance up and down the left and unlucky not to be on the end of a few passes and late arrivals just like Stevens used to. Had a bit of a handful early doors with Jones
Robinson 9/10: Truly outstanding change from the fucking C3PO liability to almost a complete JOC replacement. Tonight he made some decent blocks and headers and of course, is in the right place to stab in a goal. What a revolution in terms of a central defender. With Basham, we may have our 'pistons' back
Egan 7/10: Again, some pretty redoubtable defending but what is actually wrong with Egan's head when he nuts the ball? Every cross into the box that gets to him that he's expected to bury ricochets skyward. That said, neat header back across goal for Robinsons goal
Davies 7/10: Nice to see him back and imposing himself on their forwards. He practically shoved Coburn's face in the mud later on
Osborn 7.5/10: Contunies to impress, if out of position. Grafts hard and gets involved if still a bit iffy with his control. He intercepted a pass in the second half and had Berge, MGW and Sharp ahead of him up the wing and miscontolled it somewhat
Berge 8.5/10: Splendid game for him. So nice to see him growing and becoming twenty million worth of player. Again, deft, strong on the ball and always looking for the way forward be it with the ball at his feet or lay off and run. But ... fuck's sake Sander. Jump to your full height. Lovely goal mind
Norwood 8/10: Really good game. Got stuck in on the deck and aerially, won loads of personal battles and actually dominated the midfield. When have you ever heard that before? Shit, over hit free kicks in the first half mind, so drops a half point
Fleck 7/10: Contributed well until his injury
MGW 8.5/10: What a player. A consistent pain in the fucking arse for about five of their players. Ran at and harassed, flicks, tricks and sheer need and hunger for the ball and the win. A true Bramall Lane favourite now. Do not let him go back to Wolves or to another club. We have made that mistake before with the likes of Coady and Henderson and fucking paid for it. Sell the dross, break the bank and buy this kid. Need proof? That fucking goal. Glorious.
Sharp 7.5/10: Another dogged, grafting performance capped with yet ... Fallowfield ... another fucking goal. How you must fucking hate that. I'm glad. I'm also glad he plays and scores. I'm glad we've got Billy Sharp.

Hourihane 7/10: Had me shaking my head when he hurriedly stripped but had a decent, if unremarkable game
McBurnie 1/10: My wife said to me, "Is all McBurnie does is put his arms out and whine at the ref?" "Yes", I replied.
Gordon unmarked. On late. One challenge but by then the game was over

Hecky-Jack-and-Stuart-McCall 10/10: Fucking toasted it.

Boro crowd 6/10: For their chant "Your tits are offside, your tits are offside, Billy Sharp, your its are offside!"

Our crowd 10/10: Total noise. Rocking All Over The World (someone needs to rewrite that with Blades lyrics) and "Chrissie Wilder - he's one of our own" in the dying minutes

pommpey

"Sharp 7.5/10: Another dogged, grafting performance capped with yet ... Fallowfield ... another fucking goal. How you must fucking hate that. I'm glad. I'm also glad he plays and scores. I'm glad we've got Billy Sharp."

Thanks for the mention I agree with all of that and bill was great last night I will take that into consideration when picking my next line up
 
Norwood 8/10: Really good game. Got stuck in on the deck and aerially, won loads of personal battles and actually dominated the midfield. When have you ever heard that before? Shit, over hit free kicks in the first half mind, so drops a half point

Interestingly, Norwood's passing accuracy was 10% lower than his season average, and he only had two-thirds the amount of touches that he usually has. He made more than twice as many tackles as his season average though and twice as many aerials won. As you say, that's the big difference - an all-round midfielder's job. I don't know what his distance was, but I'll bet it was higher than usual.

I'm not sure if you noticed but, for our second goal, he was pointing for MGW to lay it off for Sharp. Mr Pointy comes good! :D (Just to be clear, I very well know that MGW was capable of making that decision himself!)

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"Sharp 7.5/10: Another dogged, grafting performance capped with yet ... Fallowfield ... another fucking goal. How you must fucking hate that. I'm glad. I'm also glad he plays and scores. I'm glad we've got Billy Sharp."

Thanks for the mention I agree with all of that and bill was great last night I will take that into consideration when picking my next line up
Cant f@cking wait!!!!
 



Robinson again solid and another goal!
That's 2 more than mcburnie
How many does he have again fallowfield? 🤔
 
Doesn't get any better than that, does it?

Like many, we were all fearing Wilder would come to BDTBL and out strategise us ... take us to bits and simply bum us upside down with maybe a 0-3 loss and our players looking bereft and fucked. And we are dealing with Sheffield United here, aren't we? My dad always said 'Lad, they are too unpredictable to win anything big', but one assumes that logic is applicable for the not so big, like the arrival of the once anointed with his competitive team of fairly decent sluggers. It could have gone either way couldn't it? One thing is certain, these two weren't the teams at the Riverside earlier this season where we were shown the door big style. Loved how we simply dived on their players every time they had the ball and denied them any time to collect, control and look up. Across the park we nullified their better threats - Howson, Crooks and Tavernier and reduced Connolly to a McBurnie-esque display of diving and appealing. We simply called the shots throughout and dominated the game, more so than when we trunked Peterborough in fact. Boro simply didn't have an answer for Berge, MGW or the sheer professional graft of Mr Billy Sharp. They couldn't get the better of Norwood, Fleck and Hourihane and found Sander Berge a reyt pain in the arse. They struggled to muzzle RND and a refreshed Osborn and hardly troubled Fodders. It was as complete a game as you'd want - and we've been here before by smacking Swansea flat as well so we can do it with some consistency.

Coventry shouldn't be much of a challenge on Saturday if we keep to the plan and play to control the game. It was something we didn't do against Forest and paid for it. It was something we never seemed to get started on versus Millwall and they beat us. But tonight was a clarion call of our capability which we, as supporters, have been crying for for a few years now. And it's against our old manager, who was the architect of our rise and fall. So bloody satisfying to see.

I'm up in Sheffield tomorrow (couldn't come today because the mother-in-law - who lives with us - had to attend hospital for a dental operation) and obviously am a busy boy this weekend with some prior engagements, so no 'My take ...' on Saturday, fortunately or unfortunately, whichever way you want to take it.

Fodders 7/10: Drops half a mark for the slip. I did say that his ball-at-feet game may come unstuck at some time. Didn't think he'd slip over in front of the kop mind. Apart from that, fairly steady game, intercepting balls into the box and making the commitments when needed
RND 7.5/10: Tigerish appearance up and down the left and unlucky not to be on the end of a few passes and late arrivals just like Stevens used to. Had a bit of a handful early doors with Jones
Robinson 9/10: Truly outstanding change from the fucking C3PO liability to almost a complete JOC replacement. Tonight he made some decent blocks and headers and of course, is in the right place to stab in a goal. What a revolution in terms of a central defender. With Basham, we may have our 'pistons' back
Egan 7/10: Again, some pretty redoubtable defending but what is actually wrong with Egan's head when he nuts the ball? Every cross into the box that gets to him that he's expected to bury ricochets skyward. That said, neat header back across goal for Robinsons goal
Davies 7/10: Nice to see him back and imposing himself on their forwards. He practically shoved Coburn's face in the mud later on
Osborn 7.5/10: Contunies to impress, if out of position. Grafts hard and gets involved if still a bit iffy with his control. He intercepted a pass in the second half and had Berge, MGW and Sharp ahead of him up the wing and miscontolled it somewhat
Berge 8.5/10: Splendid game for him. So nice to see him growing and becoming twenty million worth of player. Again, deft, strong on the ball and always looking for the way forward be it with the ball at his feet or lay off and run. But ... fuck's sake Sander. Jump to your full height. Lovely goal mind
Norwood 8/10: Really good game. Got stuck in on the deck and aerially, won loads of personal battles and actually dominated the midfield. When have you ever heard that before? Shit, over hit free kicks in the first half mind, so drops a half point
Fleck 7/10: Contributed well until his injury
MGW 8.5/10: What a player. A consistent pain in the fucking arse for about five of their players. Ran at and harassed, flicks, tricks and sheer need and hunger for the ball and the win. A true Bramall Lane favourite now. Do not let him go back to Wolves or to another club. We have made that mistake before with the likes of Coady and Henderson and fucking paid for it. Sell the dross, break the bank and buy this kid. Need proof? That fucking goal. Glorious.
Sharp 7.5/10: Another dogged, grafting performance capped with yet ... Fallowfield ... another fucking goal. How you must fucking hate that. I'm glad. I'm also glad he plays and scores. I'm glad we've got Billy Sharp.

Hourihane 7/10: Had me shaking my head when he hurriedly stripped but had a decent, if unremarkable game
McBurnie 1/10: My wife said to me, "Is all McBurnie does is put his arms out and whine at the ref?" "Yes", I replied.
Gordon unmarked. On late. One challenge but by then the game was over

Hecky-Jack-and-Stuart-McCall 10/10: Fucking toasted it.

Boro crowd 6/10: For their chant "Your tits are offside, your tits are offside, Billy Sharp, your its are offside!"

Our crowd 10/10: Total noise. Rocking All Over The World (someone needs to rewrite that with Blades lyrics) and "Chrissie Wilder - he's one of our own" in the dying minutes

pommpey
Cheers Pommpey.
Always enjoy your opinion mate, do think MGW should have 11/10 though mi sen.
 
Thanks for the report although it was as expected. Best game of the season so far for me. The fans were really quiet at the beginning and Boro fans were giving them some stick the usual library chants etc. After 2-0 hardly heard a peep from them not that much at all.

Sat on BLUT behind me was Father and 8/9 year old girl and after McB came on she kept saying "Look Daddy McBurnie is at it again" "What is McBurnie doing" "Get him off" "Look look he's at it again" to much laughter around us.
 
equaliser and general game in 3-3 v man utd showed he can
but like any player constantly getting 10 minute cameos hes got 80 per cent less time to shine
7 in 81 games should read 7 in 40 games if you add all the minutes together into games
how any one calls 8 minutes as a game is beyond me
Sorry but not buying that.Conversely Osborn comes on after weeks out and puts in a top drawer performance in an un natural position.
 
How can you score one and not the other?

McBurnie played 12mins.
Gordon played 10mins.

In fact, it's OK. I know why 🙄
Because McBurnie is consistently shit and managed to tackle his own teammate? And he cost £20m? Handful of goals. Loads of shithousery?

Glad we agree.

pommpey
 
Sorry but not buying that.Conversely Osborn comes on after weeks out and puts in a top drawer performance in an un natural position.
but being a striker the expectation is to score , osborn doesnt have that pressure
mcburnie does his bit putting himself about and defending like osborn but cant be jusged on just that
plus most times hes come on we are generally in game management mode holding what we have
 
but being a striker the expectation is to score , osborn doesnt have that pressure
mcburnie does his bit putting himself about and defending like osborn but cant be jusged on just that
plus most times hes come on we are generally in game management mode holding what we have
I’m not too bothered about him scoring but I’d like to see a performance that warrants team selection.Seen nowt this season or last.
 
Best performance from a Utd team for a couple of years .. fast quality football , with aggression & intent when out of possession. All 11 looked sharp & at it , complete contrast to Friday .
All topped off with a peach of a goal at the end .
11 MOTM for me .. yep I agree as good as it gets . I hope we can maintain that performance level we’d blow anybody in this division playing at that level ⚔️⚔️⚔️
 

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