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Looks like we are finally going to come up against Chedwyn competitively on Sunday and well I just wondered what sort of reception others are going to give him?

Personally....My reception will be quite frosty I guess however never the less tactful and tasteful.

In other words I won't be applauding the player if others do, nor will I let out a cheer when I hear his name called out by the announcer......but flip the coin and I won't be jeering or booing him either.

Why so?

All things said and done.....Whilst Ched has rightfully been proven innocent in the end, never the less he did let Sheffield United Football Club down with actions that ultimately contributed to our failure to get promoted.

And forget about the innocent / guilty debate as this has now finally been tied up and the right verdict given.....However Ched opted to go to an hotel at Stupid 'O Clock and ultimately put himself in a position that he shouldn't have, one that ultimately cost the club who were paying his wages big time!

As a professional football he simply shouldn't have been putting himself in that position in the first place but this often gets forgotten!....I don't explain our players to be out doing silly things. We weren't as forgiving with Jose Baxter when he was caught sticking Class A's down his throat and up his snout were we?.....And rightly so!

And for this reason I personally can't forgive him....He let his employers down, He let the supporters or the club down and he let himself down as a professional footballer!

Ultimately he paid the price and he now as justice and he should be allowed to crack on with hopefully what will be a decent career for himself, after all we all make some sort of mistakes in our life....However it will take some forgiving from me.

Therefore a stand still, quiet reception from me.
 



He let us and himself down but it was his goals and ability that kept us near the top two in the first place. Had he not been stupid we might have even sold him that summer.

I don't think anyone will boo him, and I'm certain there'll be some chants for him. Hopefully none of the stupid ones though.
 
I'm thinking it'll be a very marginal side-issue.

Reckon the vast majority are pretty much solely intent on us carrying on our superb progress this season, whatever their views on CE might be. He's no longer of importance.
 
Hes just another footballer now who plays for another team
I will only cheer him if hes ever in a red and white striped shirt in the future

Think we have sufficient nous in the team to take him out of the equation on Sunday, doubt if there special plans in place to mark him
just the usual set up
 
Got extremely well remunerated throughout his time here. Time to move on.

I'd rather focus on our team and supporting them, first decent chance of a top 4 finish in years, can't let anything sidetrack that.
 
He let us and himself down but it was his goals and ability that kept us near the top two in the first place. Had he not been stupid we might have even sold him that summer

Wasn't he out of contract (and intending to leave)?
 
I think he'll get a good reception and rightly so. He was phenomenal for us in that last season (although poor before that, until Danny Wilson took over). What he did was stupid of course and ultimately it cost us dearly. However, it shouldn't have been that way. No football club should be so dependent on one player that their chances of success are devastated if they lose him. Some have criticised Wilson for not having a back up plan knowing that this could happen. But he did have a back up plan. He brought in Will Hoskins and that other poncey bloke from Bolton but neither really cut it for us. The rest is history.

Jose Baxter did far worse imo. Evans was a one-off act of stupidity. Baxter was constantly self-abusing and taking massive risks and even when he got caught out he still went back and did it again. I think Marlon King was also far worse in terms of what he did. Paddy Kenny missed games through getting his eyebrow bitten off in a fight and taking disallowed medication, McNulty got his face smashed, Curtis Woodhouse was frequently getting into trouble. We could go on and on.

I'll feel like cheering Ched because he gave me such a lot of pleasure with his on field performances that season. I think that's as good as I've ever seen from a Sheffield United centre forward and I go back as far as Mick Jones. I'll also feel like cheering because the lad has been through hell and back and heaven knows what he's gone through - but I'm pleased for him that he's got a chance to resume his career and I want to show that by cheering and applauding him. But if you are thinking of booing him, then be prepared to suck that boo back in, in January. Wilder has said he wouldn't rule him out of coming back here!
 
Looks like we are finally going to come up against Chedwyn competitively on Sunday and well I just wondered what sort of reception others are going to give him?

Personally....My reception will be quite frosty I guess however never the less tactful and tasteful.

In other words I won't be applauding the player if others do, nor will I let out a cheer when I hear his name called out by the announcer......but flip the coin and I won't be jeering or booing him either.

Why so?

All things said and done.....Whilst Ched has rightfully been proven innocent in the end, never the less he did let Sheffield United Football Club down with actions that ultimately contributed to our failure to get promoted.

And forget about the innocent / guilty debate as this has now finally been tied up and the right verdict given.....However Ched opted to go to an hotel at Stupid 'O Clock and ultimately put himself in a position that he shouldn't have, one that ultimately cost the club who were paying his wages big time!

As a professional football he simply shouldn't have been putting himself in that position in the first place but this often gets forgotten!....I don't explain our players to be out doing silly things. We weren't as forgiving with Jose Baxter when he was caught sticking Class A's down his throat and up his snout were we?.....And rightly so!

And for this reason I personally can't forgive him....He let his employers down, He let the supporters or the club down and he let himself down as a professional footballer!

Ultimately he paid the price and he now as justice and he should be allowed to crack on with hopefully what will be a decent career for himself, after all we all make some sort of mistakes in our life....However it will take some forgiving from me.

Therefore a stand still, quiet reception from me.
Whilst I understand your feelings and even agree with parts, I think it can be a little difficult to hold a grudge against him. Stressing some sort of judgement that his job should have made him "know better".
The Christmas party season is due and how many will be doing almost similar shameful things. At a far older age than he was.
The female s will probably not tell. Some probably having their ego boosted like most of the males.
Ched learned a hard lesson and a rough time that he should never have gone through. The girl likewise.
Well done cps and police.
 
Not going to Chessy but if I was....zero reception either way. He is not our player, and hopefully never will be again. Cost us very dearly through his selfish and stupid behaviour, and doesn't deserve one iota of attention from Blades fans, positive or negative. Let's concentrate on supporting OUR players.
 
Looks like we are finally going to come up against Chedwyn competitively on Sunday and well I just wondered what sort of reception others are going to give him?

Personally....My reception will be quite frosty I guess however never the less tactful and tasteful.

In other words I won't be applauding the player if others do, nor will I let out a cheer when I hear his name called out by the announcer......but flip the coin and I won't be jeering or booing him either.

Why so?

All things said and done.....Whilst Ched has rightfully been proven innocent in the end, never the less he did let Sheffield United Football Club down with actions that ultimately contributed to our failure to get promoted.

And forget about the innocent / guilty debate as this has now finally been tied up and the right verdict given.....However Ched opted to go to an hotel at Stupid 'O Clock and ultimately put himself in a position that he shouldn't have, one that ultimately cost the club who were paying his wages big time!

As a professional football he simply shouldn't have been putting himself in that position in the first place but this often gets forgotten!....I don't explain our players to be out doing silly things. We weren't as forgiving with Jose Baxter when he was caught sticking Class A's down his throat and up his snout were we?.....And rightly so!

And for this reason I personally can't forgive him....He let his employers down, He let the supporters or the club down and he let himself down as a professional footballer!

Ultimately he paid the price and he now as justice and he should be allowed to crack on with hopefully what will be a decent career for himself, after all we all make some sort of mistakes in our life....However it will take some forgiving from me.

Therefore a stand still, quiet reception from me.

Although I do agree with what you have said, I would not say he has particularly let us down. Without Ched we would have never been in the battle for promotion that season, and the fact that he did something the year before does not mean he planned for him to be sent at that point of the year, he only let himself and his family down, if we were good enough we would have got promotion that season, we let ourselves down... just like most of the time.

My opinion is - Ched was happy to rejoin united when he was released, if the club had the guts to keep him after all the publicity we would have him in our side right now and he could be making an difference, but certain people associated with the club at the time did not accept what he did ie Jessica Ennis and Charlie Webster for example, for obvious reasons, is that not letting the club down?. But he is now proven not-guilty, so did he actually do anything wrong. "Innocent until proven Guilty". Yes he was guilty first time round, but this has now been over-turned, and I bet all these people getting at him will not apologies and will still have that same opinion, give the guy a rest!

I am glad for him, he has got what he deserved in the long run and that is to play football. The only people in the wrong is the court for ruling an in-proper result and the woman involved, she was known for it in the past and sent people down before for rape, so she clearly went to court for a sweet-bite of income since both Ched and the other footballer involved were never interested in her apart from a 1 night stand!

Going onto Ched, I wont be cheering for a guy playing against us, I support my team, however I have no slack for him, I dont blame him for us not going up, stop pointing fingers and admit we bottled it without him, I am accepting what has happened and hoping for the best in United for the future. In my eyes, I want us to re-sign Ched, clearly he is still a natural finisher and in a sense I think he will most likely score on Sunday against us, that is if he gets past EEL and co.

To add, I am pretty sure most other footballers have cheated on their wives, and done bad things as bad as Ched or maybe not, but this is all hidden in the background, and probably they pay people off to not release anything, this has only blown into this proportion for his publicity he had at United and how well known he was, and that only!

Not taking this as an argument, but I feel people need to calm down with what has happened, put it in the past it is over 4 years ago now, hope for the best in United and stop pointing Ched to blame, I am sure he has experienced enough recently. Nevertheless he was a fan favourite for us, fans clearly want him back and I am sure he will do wonders for Chesterfield this year, even with they're current situation.
 



Looks like we are finally going to come up against Chedwyn competitively on Sunday and well I just wondered what sort of reception others are going to give him?

Personally....My reception will be quite frosty I guess however never the less tactful and tasteful.

In other words I won't be applauding the player if others do, nor will I let out a cheer when I hear his name called out by the announcer......but flip the coin and I won't be jeering or booing him either.

Why so?

All things said and done.....Whilst Ched has rightfully been proven innocent in the end, never the less he did let Sheffield United Football Club down with actions that ultimately contributed to our failure to get promoted.

And forget about the innocent / guilty debate as this has now finally been tied up and the right verdict given.....However Ched opted to go to an hotel at Stupid 'O Clock and ultimately put himself in a position that he shouldn't have, one that ultimately cost the club who were paying his wages big time!

As a professional football he simply shouldn't have been putting himself in that position in the first place but this often gets forgotten!....I don't explain our players to be out doing silly things. We weren't as forgiving with Jose Baxter when he was caught sticking Class A's down his throat and up his snout were we?.....And rightly so!

And for this reason I personally can't forgive him....He let his employers down, He let the supporters or the club down and he let himself down as a professional footballer!

Ultimately he paid the price and he now as justice and he should be allowed to crack on with hopefully what will be a decent career for himself, after all we all make some sort of mistakes in our life....However it will take some forgiving from me.

Therefore a stand still, quiet reception from me.


Fair point mate and I respect that ....... personally, I will give a good reception to Evans, Morgan, Wilson and even Dimao in respect of their service to SUFC.

If we blame Evans (who was a bloody idiot, who should have kept it in his trousers and we would have been promoted) then we must also blame the Board who irresponsibly made no provision for the possibility that he may be found guilty and go for a holiday at Her Majesty's pleasure.

UTB & FTP
 
He let us and himself down but it was his goals and ability that kept us near the top two in the first place. Had he not been stupid we might have even sold him that summer.

I don't think anyone will boo him, and I'm certain there'll be some chants for him. Hopefully none of the stupid ones though.

Without the impending court case he'd probably been sold in January anyway.
 
It's a unique case for the fans....split decision.
 
Doesn't play for us. Let us , himself and his family down badly. End of.
How did he let us down exactly when he was wrongly prosecuted?

The justice system and/or his defense team in the original trial let him down (and us, I guess...).

He let himself and his girlfriend down massively by what he did that night. Though I'm not sure how him cheating on his girlfriend should have any negative effect on us?

Of course it did end up negatively affecting us, but hindsight now shows us that wasn't Ched's fault.
 
All things said and done.....Whilst Ched has rightfully been proven innocent in the end, never the less he did let Sheffield United Football Club down with actions that ultimately contributed to our failure to get promoted.

You could also argue that taking us three points clear with three games to go almost single handed was his leaving present and his team mates let us down.

Plus, I doubt he would have performed as well as he did that season without the case hanging over him.
 
How did he let us down exactly when he was wrongly prosecuted?

The justice system and/or his defense team in the original trial let him down (and us, I guess...).

He let himself and his girlfriend down massively by what he did that night. Though I'm not sure how him cheating on his girlfriend should have any negative effect on us?

Of course it did end up negatively affecting us, but hindsight now shows us that wasn't Ched's fault.


I think the last line says it all.
He was found not guilty, correct, and for the record I thought the police only brought the prosecution against him because of who he was and not what he had done ?

If he had gone home that night this would never have happened and before you reply that a lot of blokes do that on a Saturday night, he wasn't just a man on the pull, he was and is a professional footballer who should be more respectful of his body and where he's putting it
 
Doesn't play for us. Let us , himself and his family down badly. End of.
He got punished for doing something
Thousands of young men and woman do seedy yes but not against the law.IT should never have gone to trial in the first place and we would have pipped the pigs for automatic promotion..I blame the police not ched. It's history now we move on I for one if he playes will give him a small clap,don't want to encourage him too much.
 
I think the last line says it all.
He was found not guilty, correct, and for the record I thought the police only brought the prosecution against him because of who he was and not what he had done ?

If he had gone home that night this would never have happened and before you reply that a lot of blokes do that on a Saturday night, he wasn't just a man on the pull, he was and is a professional footballer who should be more respectful of his body and where he's putting it
My point is that if he didn't get sent down (which he shouldn't have), we wouldn't give a shit (or know) about him cheating on his missus. It doesn't concern us.

It only concerned us when he a.) got sent down and b.) we didn't get promoted.

If a.) didn't happen, which it shouldn't have, everybody would still love Ched.
If b.) didn't happen, which it shouldn't have, everybody wouldn't care so much.

In normal circumstances, a footballer cheating on his girlfriend is not enough to widely condemn said footballer.
 



I may have got the Ched story all mixed up, but I can't see what's so wrong with shagging a seagull.
Top Tip - Wrap sellotape round the seagull to stop it splitting. Also works with pigeons (but stay clear of owls, that's dead wrong).
 

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