never give up on us

[William Henry Foulkes]

Those players and that manager had a lot of credit in the bank for their achievements over the previous 2 seasons. They’d shown character. This lot at best started the season with a clean slate from some fans and utter disdain from others for their “efforts” last season.


This bunch don’t have anything like the mental strength that Bassett’s boys had don’t command anywhere near the same respect from the fans. All that being said, Adkins is trimming the fat and looking to bring in players who he feels can take us on. He seems to have made a bad mistake in Woolford but I’m still holding out hope on the others.


As per Biggs’ article, I think the issue is wider than SUFC and is a problem with modern football. Players are pampered playboys who live celebrity lifestyles and are more bothered about their looks and their bank balance than the game. The sort of character and spirit we had under Bassett just doesn’t exist in today’s game in my opinion.

I'm not sure I buy this. Not fully at least.

The players of 20 years or so ago might have had some superficial chest-thumping (badge-kissing) passion but they'd also go out on the piss.

To make it in the modern game requires for many a huge level of commitment and from a very early age.

All sports seem to have lost their characters, and maybe the prototype of this was Steve Davis.

Now, in snooker, the top 16, top 32, more maybe, practise eight hours a day, sip their glasses of water, and would annihilate anyone from Davis's era.

I just don't buy the line that the players don't care or aren't trying because if they didn't or weren't they'd be miles off the pace.

We have our shortcomings, but, for me, application is not one of them.

Whenever this lack of effort idea comes up I ask: Who exactly in the first team squad isn't trying?

I think we lack mobility in CM, and maybe increasingly, confidence.

The confidence thing is a vicious circle and I think that needs breaking. But how? It might be dumb luck that does it.

 

[blade too long]

The point is that even when Bassett's teams were getting thrashed, they were showing some bottle. This lot haven't even done that yet.

really weve not shown any bottle
we lost 4-0 then won 4 on thetrot, showing no bottle at all , really

 

[JJ Sefton]

really weve not shown any bottle
we lost 4-0 then won 4 on thetrot, showing no bottle at all , really

Indeed. Bottle is what you show when things get tough. Now things are tough and that we have not shown.

 

[Barney]

Whilst McCabe and the Prince are the owners and Adkins is the manager, there won't be an attendance from me.

I'm not going to continually fund a club that I believe will not move forward whilst those three are in situ.

It's pointless. I'd be losing my money, whilst the club have no hope of promotion.

I have just a glimmer of hope that Chinese bloke might fancy a bid for the club.

 

[Kenilworth]

really weve not shown any bottle
we lost 4-0 then won 4 on the trot, showing no bottle at all, really

Not really
Gillingham - still third with 7 more points than us on same number of games

Morecambe (L2)
Peterborough (v poor at start of season - only picked up since change of manager)
Chesterfield (in transition early season after losing several key players)
Blackpool (nuff said - and we struggled)

1 decent teams and 4 shit ones

mebes milk in a bottle with a teat in it

 

[sitwell]

Whilst McCabe and the Prince are the owners and Adkins is the manager, there won't be an attendance from me.

I'm not going to continually fund a club that I believe will not move forward whilst those three are in situ.

It's pointless. I'd be losing my money, whilst the club have no hope of promotion.

I have just a glimmer of hope that Chinese bloke might fancy a bid for the club.

You will be massively missed.

 

[Barney]

You will be massively missed.

Oh I forgot about you, you're the one that continually seeks approval aren't you?

I often find myself creased up with the hilarity you produce.

 

[sitwell]

Oh I forgot about you, you're the one that continually seeks approval aren't you?

I often find myself creased up with the hilarity you produce.

Unfortunately I get quite the opposite from you. 1903 posts saying the same boring shit to try and grab attention makes you so dull. Have you not noticed ?

 

[Whiston Blade]

So many threads adopting the oh lets give up theres no hope attitude
we are Sheffield United
We dont do easy
what was a more forlorn outlook than our return to the top flight in 1990
bottom of the table cut adrift just before xmas no wins
no form no hope

then


so remember we always can muster up a run
its what we do
its why we go , somehow we fight back

That peach of a cross from Bradders to Dean, non of our shower can do that.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Unfortunately I get quite the opposite from you. 1903 posts saying the same boring shit to try and grab attention makes you so dull. Have you not noticed ?

I approve.

 

[sitwell]

That peach of a cross from Bradders to Dean, non of our shower can do that.

Billy Sharp did the other week when Adams scored.

 

[Barney]

Unfortunately I get quite the opposite from you. 1903 posts saying the same boring shit to try and grab attention makes you so dull. Have you not noticed ?

No, but I've noticed how you try so hard to form a sort of comical character, batting down each and every poster that don't conform with your views. Just look at your avatar for a little representation of this. I said this to another poster a bit earlier, you need to realise you really aren't as funny or as witty as you seem to think you are or want to portray.

 

[Whiston Blade]

Billy Sharp did the other week when Adams scored.

That's the thing, Sharp isn't a shower...

 

[robbiez666]

I've just realised I don't know who the captain of Sheffield United Football Club is. I'm a season ticket holder and I couldn't tell you for sure.

Is it Collins or Basham? Or Sharp?

Lower your expectations

 

[PeteBlade]

dont need drink , heady from being a true fan
you should try it

Not sure you should be doling out the 'true fan' nonsense BTL.

It's a lot easier to be how you are when you're not travelling to watch us play week in week out.

 

[robbiez666]

The reason, I think, we had a great run under Clough when he first took over, was down to having players who drove the rest of the team forward. Both Coady and Brayford were prepared to pick the ball up and run at players. Murphy and Flynn joined in, but it's having that impetus in the first place which we lack.

 

[sitwell]

No, but I've noticed how you try so hard to form a sort of comical character, batting down each and every poster that don't conform with your views. Just look at your avatar for a little representation of this. I said this to another poster a bit earlier, you need to realise you really aren't as funny or as witty as you seem to think you are or want to portray.

Tell me about my Avatar.

 

[Barney]

Tell me about my Avatar.

What's there to tell? It's an example of the character you're trying so hard to portray on here.

 

[sitwell]

What's there to tell? It says everything about the character you're trying so hard to portray on here.

You know absolutely nothing about her ,maybe shes my wife ? my daughter ? . There is a valid reason she is there actually ,you stick with the question mark ,it reminds me why the fuck you come on here with nothing to say ,actually put a troll up I would have to think even less.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

You know absolutely nothing about her ,maybe shes my wife ? my daughter ? . There is a valid reason she is there actually ,you stick with the question mark ,it reminds me why the fuck you come on here with nothing to say ,actually put a troll up I would have to think even less.

Who is she?

 

[Kenilworth]

No, but I've noticed how you try so hard to form a sort of comical character, batting down each and every poster that don't conform with your views. Just look at your avatar for a little representation of this. I said this to another poster a bit earlier, you need to realise you really aren't as funny or as witty as you seem to think you are or want to portray.

Sitters doesn't have to try that hard.
He has some very good opinions and argues them coherently and logically.
I don't always agree with them but that's a debating point - and that's the key purpose of this forum.
What I have never done is to slag him off for those contradictions in the way we see things and I don't see him doing that either
He is one for a pithy comment where it suits and is often quite amusing (but you mustn't tell him that I said that)

 

[sitwell]

Sitters doesn't have to try that hard.
He has some very good opinions and argues them coherently and logically.
I don't always agree with them but that's a debating point - and that's the key purpose of this forum.
What I have never done is to slag him off for those contradictions in the way we see things and I don't see him doing that either
He is one for a pithy comment where it suits and is often quite amusing (but you mustn't tell him that I said that)

Fuck off

 

[Kenilworth]

Fuck off

Bollocks, you cunt

 

[Barney]

You know absolutely nothing about her ,maybe shes my wife ? my daughter ? . There is a valid reason she is there actually ,you stick with the question mark ,it reminds me why the fuck you come on here with nothing to say ,actually put a troll up I would have to think even less.

Go on then. Who is it and what's the reason it's there? I'm of the opinion you found it on the internet and used it as though it is funny or to add to the character you're trying to build. I don't find it funny at all, I find it quite offensive actually. If that happens not to be the case, I will offer you a sincere apology.

But don't be getting all wound up now someone has actually challenged you.

Something leads me to think you aren't used to it with the way you go about things on this board.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Going back to the OP, while I wouldn't argue with the article and we can see how this appears to apply Sheffield United, it doesn't appear to be a problem for Gillingham or Walsall. The other thing is we're not particularly a team of young lads are we, many of them have been around long enough. For me it's just a case of that over the past few seasons, for one reason or the other, we've not signed the right type of players so we are lacking players of good mental strength and leadership.

 

[sitwell]

Go on then. Who is it and what's the reason it's there? I'm of the opinion you found it on the internet and used that as though it is funny. I don't find it funny at all, I find it quite offensive actually. If that's not the case however, I will offer you a sincere apology.

But don't be getting all wound up now someone has actually challenged you.

Something leads me to think you aren't used to it with the way you go about things on this board.

Tell me why you find the picture offensive. Im about as far from wound up as I possibly can be ,don't flatter yourself.

 

[bladeinspaceandtime]

Go on then. Who is it and what's the reason it's there? I'm of the opinion you found it on the internet and used it as though it is funny or to add to the character you're trying to build. I don't find it funny at all, I find it quite offensive actually. If that happens not to be the case, I will offer you a sincere apology.

But don't be getting all wound up now someone has actually challenged you.

Something leads me to think you aren't used to it with the way you go about things on this board.

Are you actively looking for things to get upset about?

 

[coaxingstar71]

Go on then. Who is it and what's the reason it's there? I'm of the opinion you found it on the internet and used that as though it is funny. I don't find it funny at all, I find it quite offensive actually. If that's not the case however, I will offer you a sincere apology.

Really?

What could you possibly find offensive about a picture of a normal looking girl?

 

[blade too long]

Indeed. Bottle is what you show when things get tough. Now things are tough and that we have not shown.

neither did the 1990 team till december which is my point
jesus its hard some times

 

[Barney]

Tell me why you find the picture offensive. Im about as far from wound up as I possibly can be ,don't flatter yourself.

I said in my post. Tell me the reason it's there and I'll tell you whether it's offensive or not. It rests on the reason you put it there. If you've put it there as though it's meant to be funny in any way, then of course that's offensive. How can it be anything else? You're using a picture of someone else as a comedy tool. If it's there for some other reason, then like I say, I'll offer an apology and it wouldn't be deemed as offensive. So what's the reason?