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I've been offline for the majority of the last four days, Thursday and Friday with work and Saturday and Sunday with not wanting to witness arguments. I do apologise if any of this is mentioned elsewhere, but frankly, I don't think I've got time to read everything that's come about from this weekend 
Now a lot of people accuse me of being an optimist. And generally, that's true. If I didn't enjoy watching United, I wouldn't go. It should be a leisure pastime, not a chore or a penance and frankly, I've got enough to whinge about without football getting me too down.
I'm also not one for thinking that sacking a manager is a generally good thing to do. Once you get into that chop and change routine, it's a very difficult one to get out of and I do think that managers need time to make a difference.
However, it was clear on Saturday that something drastically needed to change.
If Kilgallon thinks he's worth millions and Premiership place on that performance, I think the peroxide has bleached his brain.
Kyel Reid, so exciting in preseason, looked as though he thought he was kicking at rugby posts.
Almost everyone on the pitch shinning the ball into touch without any pressure, or getting it tangled under their feet, or completely failing to make a pass.
It looked as though we had a team made up of people who'd never seen each other before!
Now the result was disappointing. Their first goal was a cracker but the other two came from simple schoolboy stuff. It was the performance that disappointed me most, especially when compared to Scunthorpe - they played like we used to.
You have a team of players who, on their own, aren't technically fantastic. But put them together and they are greater than the sum of their parts. A hardworking team who play for each other and cover each others' limitations. That's how we played so effectively under Warnock. And it takes a strong leader to galvanise that spirit, which brings us on to Blackwell.
Now I'm not going to call the man names like I've seen other people doing, because frankly, I don't see the point. However, I do think the man is out of his depth. I think he lacks the right personality when times are bad to turn things around, relying on momentum and keeping a happy status quo when things are rosy in the garden. The players he's brought in ought to be good ones, but for some reason, they aren't playing well enough for league one, never mind for however many United fans think we ought to be pushing for promotion.
I'm not sure whether the answer is a conscious effort at team building, a bollocking or a new manager. But if it is the latter, are we going to be in the same position in another two years time if we hit a rough patch? Because it's very easy to sack managers, it's a little more difficult to give them time. And because none of us know the answer or possess the ability to look into the future, all we can do is debate the ins and outs and try and retain a sense of humour to make up for our complete lack of control as to what goes on.
All I do know is that I'll be there long after Blackwell has gone. Because he isn't Sheffield United. Neither is Matt Kilgallon or Darius Henderson or anyone else who puts the shirt on, even Chris Morgan. Kevin McCabe isn't Sheffield United nor is Terry Robinson.
We are Sheffield United, you lot and me. So while times might be difficult or disappoint, we long may speculate into what the answer may be and some may even drift away, most United fans, deep down, know that they wouldn't support anyone else in the world.
So with that in mind, can we keep it friendly?
Now a lot of people accuse me of being an optimist. And generally, that's true. If I didn't enjoy watching United, I wouldn't go. It should be a leisure pastime, not a chore or a penance and frankly, I've got enough to whinge about without football getting me too down.
I'm also not one for thinking that sacking a manager is a generally good thing to do. Once you get into that chop and change routine, it's a very difficult one to get out of and I do think that managers need time to make a difference.
However, it was clear on Saturday that something drastically needed to change.
If Kilgallon thinks he's worth millions and Premiership place on that performance, I think the peroxide has bleached his brain.
Kyel Reid, so exciting in preseason, looked as though he thought he was kicking at rugby posts.
Almost everyone on the pitch shinning the ball into touch without any pressure, or getting it tangled under their feet, or completely failing to make a pass.
It looked as though we had a team made up of people who'd never seen each other before!
Now the result was disappointing. Their first goal was a cracker but the other two came from simple schoolboy stuff. It was the performance that disappointed me most, especially when compared to Scunthorpe - they played like we used to.
You have a team of players who, on their own, aren't technically fantastic. But put them together and they are greater than the sum of their parts. A hardworking team who play for each other and cover each others' limitations. That's how we played so effectively under Warnock. And it takes a strong leader to galvanise that spirit, which brings us on to Blackwell.
Now I'm not going to call the man names like I've seen other people doing, because frankly, I don't see the point. However, I do think the man is out of his depth. I think he lacks the right personality when times are bad to turn things around, relying on momentum and keeping a happy status quo when things are rosy in the garden. The players he's brought in ought to be good ones, but for some reason, they aren't playing well enough for league one, never mind for however many United fans think we ought to be pushing for promotion.
I'm not sure whether the answer is a conscious effort at team building, a bollocking or a new manager. But if it is the latter, are we going to be in the same position in another two years time if we hit a rough patch? Because it's very easy to sack managers, it's a little more difficult to give them time. And because none of us know the answer or possess the ability to look into the future, all we can do is debate the ins and outs and try and retain a sense of humour to make up for our complete lack of control as to what goes on.
All I do know is that I'll be there long after Blackwell has gone. Because he isn't Sheffield United. Neither is Matt Kilgallon or Darius Henderson or anyone else who puts the shirt on, even Chris Morgan. Kevin McCabe isn't Sheffield United nor is Terry Robinson.
We are Sheffield United, you lot and me. So while times might be difficult or disappoint, we long may speculate into what the answer may be and some may even drift away, most United fans, deep down, know that they wouldn't support anyone else in the world.
So with that in mind, can we keep it friendly?
