No More Unlucky Sheffield United

[TBW57]

Since Dave posted on here Derby have sacked Steve McClaren, which tells us that this forum reaches parts that others do not.

Things are suddenly looking up, eh? DerbyDave

 

[Northyorksblade]

Are we adopting derbydave like we did jonnyred

Only if we actually get promoted this season.

 

[DerbyDave]

Since Dave posted on here Derby have sacked Steve McClaren, which tells us that this forum reaches parts that others do not.

Things are suddenly looking up, eh? DerbyDave

Well I didn't come on here to carry on about Derby , but yes just quickly , it has to be good news , it was a ridiculous appointment in the first place ..can't see McClaren ever getting a good job again
Gary Rowett , laughably sacked by Birmingham , appears to be in the driving seat ...like United we may just get a managerial appointment right at last !!

 

[Pinchy]

We're not fans of bigging up our size. It's a reyt pig thing to do.

Some of us don't give a fuck what the Pigs do. I hereby assert we're massive.

 

[Pinchy]

Hinton, Hector, O Hare, Mackay, Gemmill, Todd, Davies, just some of the names that come immediately to mind from a great Derby team in the 1970's. Hugh Johns on Sunday Soccer. Sunday afternoons were a showcase for your team and we had a very good team ourselves back then too.

We've got another good team now at last - and a very good manager.

Here's to our return to the Prem. Coming soon hopefully!

I remember them giving a 4-0 masterclass at the Lane, three days after we'd drawn 1-1 with Man Ure at the Lane. They were superb.

I was in Belgium.

 

[Pinchy]

Agree, in the long term luck would have no part. Invest in quality on the pitch and off the pitch, and the rest will follow. That is why top clubs stay at the top.

The elite clubs, yes. The vast majority of Premiership clubs, however, stay there because of the obscenely disproportionate allocation of TV money. It's now self-perpetuating, not meritorious.

 

[Barney]

I've always liked Sheffield United , I liked the proper football name , the kit , Tony Currie , (Quality Goal from a quality player ) , When Saturday Comes , Sean Bean , Dave Bassett , Neil Warnock (although many of my
acquaintancies don't ) . I admired the Club and its supporters , when I visited as a Derby Fan to Bramall Lane in 1991 for a 1st division fixture , you had about 4 points at the time , won 1-0 and never looked back afterwards (we were relegated )
But SUFC seemed cursed from then on , with the most unbelievable bad luck imaginable . Relegation from the Premier League in the 1993/94 season , when safety seemed reasonably assured , a load of daft results on the final Saturday conspired to relegate you by a miserable point
Relegation again from the Top Flight in 2006/07 season was plotted from hell , it was so impossible , but happened , relegated on goal difference , and a single goal at that . West Ham (protected species )managed to win their last 4 games ,the Carlos Tevez saga including a win at Manchester United , Fulham beat Liverpool , who fielded a reserve side from memory ..Danny Webber managed to hit the post against Wigan in the final game , when it looked 100 times easier to score (I watched it live on TV ) ..you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
Not endless bad seasons , resulted in inevitable relegation , to League 1 , no just one bad year ..and as for the infamous Ched Evans year of 2011/12 , is it any wonder United supporters are just a bit more jittery about things turning out well this season , than your average Football supporter .
Fear not , I trust this bloke you have in charge , Chris Wilder , I watch his interviews on YouTube , there's something very convincing about him .Billy Sharp? , what a hero (just make sure you don't ever expect the Lad to score all the goals next season ,) otherwise ...........
And you United supporters follow a Club much bigger , than many of you seem to think , I guess years in relative oblivion have done that to you .
Average attendances bigger than Bournemouth , Burnley , Hull , Watford and Swansea , and your fixtures are not against Manchester United or Liverpool or Chelsea , but Bury , Fleetwood and Wimbledon !!.
Bigger Club than Crystal Palace , Leicester , Stoke , Middlesborough , West Brom and Southampton could ever hope to be , you do yourselves a disservice sometimes . The Premier League needs you , and Derby , Newcastle , Villa and um , hate to admit it , Leeds (scum ) and the Piggies , even F*****, and weed out these Mickey mouse Clubs
Anyway the curse is lifted , Sheffield United are back at last , no more cock ups
Respect, cheers Lads
DCFC




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acquaintance

Nice one. Cheers mate.

 

[Isar]

The elite clubs, yes. The vast majority of Premiership clubs, however, stay there because of the obscenely disproportionate allocation of TV money. It's now self-perpetuating, not meritorious.

True, they stay "elite" due to investing the money in high quality players. Again luck has very little part in long term success. Two Sheffield clubs bouncing around between lower leagues and the top league is not down to bad luck.

 

[Punk Blade]

In the January transfer window that season who did we buy, several cheap donkeys

Very harsh on Jon Stead.

 

[JohnDenver]

Well I didn't come on here to carry on about Derby , but yes just quickly , it has to be good news , it was a ridiculous appointment in the first place ..can't see McClaren ever getting a good job again
Gary Rowett , laughably sacked by Birmingham , appears to be in the driving seat ...like United we may just get a managerial appointment right at last !!

When I saw Derby lose that playoff final after absolutely battering the door down for 90mins, I suddenly felt a slight affinity.

 

[Ted Danson]

Respect your opinion FF but I remember in our last prem season we were often quite weak up front, especially away from home, remember going to Spurs away and we played only Akinbiyi up front, never had a look in, it was embarrassing and a complete lack of enterprise.

In the January transfer window that season who did we buy, several cheap donkeys, any single half decent striker would probably have kept us up. Nothing to do with luck, we should have pushed on when the rewards were potentially so high compared to the cost of a decent striker. West ham and others should not have been relevant, we should have controlled our own destiny.

Hope we've learned from all this history but I'm not sure we have.

yes that game with Akinbiyi was embarrassing, infact he was embarrassing full stop.

However I think we would have got over the line if Hulse hadnt got injured which I would put down to bad luck. And it was bad luck that they invented a new rule that you could get a pen for an intent to foul too.