Opportunity at the Plymouth Game

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

I'd like to see Che Adams play. I still live in hope that one day we will uncover a diamond.

You would think that after 50 plus years of turning up to the Lane I would know better.

UnitedBlade . Exactly the same here . I blame it from when i was a ball boy covering the cricket pitch .

Think young Che Adams is cup tied but could be wrong .

Any way UTB .

 

[DazBlade88]

I'm staying away on Saturday. But it's because my selfish bastard friends arranged my mate's stag do for this weekend. Some people.

I have however, stuck a bet on us to draw to pay for the inevitable midweek trip to Plymouth.

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

'Happy to take it' proves what Im getting at. Its football ,its enjoyment ,if you really don't enjoy it that much ,why bother ?

Are you for real, Sheffield United and enjoyment in the same sentence, you're having a laugh!!! Tell you what I'd enjoy it a lot more if we hadn't been in the third division for the last four seasons, or if the board hadn't sold Deano in 93 to guarantee relegation, or sold Currie, or Sabella, or Edwards, Walker, Naughton, Maguire and any other star player at the cost of any tangible success on the field. I expect much more from my club, a so called big city club, than continually punching below their weight. If that doesn't upset you fair enough, you go to the Lane and enjoy all the rubbish currently on display.

 

[Darren]

Are you for real, Sheffield United and enjoyment in the same sentence, you're having a laugh!!! Tell you what I'd enjoy it a lot more if we hadn't been in the third division for the last four seasons, or if the board hadn't sold Deano in 93 to guarantee relegation, or sold Currie, or Sabella, or Edwards, Walker, Naughton, Maguire and any other star player at the cost of any tangible success on the field. I expect much more from my club, a so called big city club, than continually punching below their weight. If that upsets you fair enough, you go to the Lane and enjoy all the rubbish currently on display.

He's making the point that if you don't enjoy supporting United, you should perhaps find something else to do with your leisure time; it's not compulsory to go down the Lane.

Seems a fair point to me.

 

[alcoblade]

Two weeks? And what are the returns? What is his brief, what are his overheads and ... more importantly, what gained value does he represent?

If I had a job for two weeks, I would be expected to show some work for the pay, as I am sure you would as well alco. What is his return, so far?

pommpey

Seriously fella, you are surely taking the piss with this? You can't be serious?

UTB

 

[alcoblade]

If that doesn't upset you fair enough, you go to the Lane and enjoy all the rubbish currently on display.

........and you stop at home, save your money and demand that others spend their money to make it acceptable for you.

I always love the irony in this.

UTB

 

[pommpey]

Seriously fella, you are surely taking the piss with this? You can't be serious?

UTB

No. Question still stands. What does he do? What is his brief? How much are his overheads? What has he done so far?

It's a big call to 'create a job' without 'a requirement', don't you think? And even if it I needed, where is the evidence? What are his qualifications?

Or do we give anyone a freebie these days and a blank travel account?

pommpey

 

[alcoblade]

No. Question still stands. What does he do? What is his brief? How much are his overheads? What has he done so far?

It's a big call to 'create a job' without 'a requirement', don't you think? And even if it I needed, where is the evidence? What are his qualifications?

Or do we give anyone a freebie these days and a blank travel account?

pommpey

I think you've lost all sense of perspective. Try again in 2 years and I'd get it, but after 14 days this comes across as another reason to be pissed off for pissed offs sake.

 

[JohnDenver]

I'll confess I'm undecided about Saturday but will probably go.

I can handle united being poor, but the games this season have been more frustrating than any I can remember. Constantly so near yet so far. Always a player or a performance short of taking off. So many missed chances, so much energy wasted on extraneous matters...

 

[pommpey]

I think you've lost all sense of perspective. Try again in 2 years and I'd get it, but after 14 days this comes across as another reason to be pissed off for pissed offs sake.

So, we pay him handsomely with an open chequebook to ... erm ... ah ... hang on a bit .... do what .... by what time ... and the deliverable objectives are .... erm ... yeah .... ah ... um ...

Alco. Are you honestly suggesting that a plc conducts it's business in such an unaccountable manner? Y'know ... one which apparently is struggling for cash to augment it's first XI football team?

If so, I want a job with your company. You'll pay me, but don't ask me to do fuck all and make fuck all and I'll do it when I want, yeah?

pommpey

 

[alcoblade]

So, we pay him handsomely with an open chequebook to ... erm ... ah ... hang on a bit .... do what .... by what time ... and the deliverable objectives are .... erm ... yeah .... ah ... um ...

Alco. Are you honestly suggesting that a plc conducts it's business in such an unaccountable manner? Y'know ... one which apparently is struggling for cash to augment it's first XI football team?

If so, I want a job with your company. You'll pay me, but don't ask me to do fuck all and make fuck all and I'll do it when I want, yeah?

pommpey

OK, though I'm still waiting for some kind of April fool moment, I'll try.

His role is to try and find off field opportunities from abroad. If I were so pissed off with that prospect and wanted to know more, I'd do something radical like check the website where the details were posted not much more than a few days ago.

But then again, if I were expecting to see results from that type of roll after such a laughably small timescale, I'd doubt I'd have the sense to perform such a task.

UTB

 

[More Bladier than thou]

boycotting is not the answer. we have a squad who could get promoted but they need to play better.this is turning into yet another season of excuses of why we didnt get promoted. at the moment we simply are not good enough, poor defence, poor midfield and a poor attack, so now is the time to turn it around before its too late,if we carry on like this the best we can hope for is mid table, lets face it, we are a crap team who always under achieve (apart from fa cup).but i will always support them , even when i dont agree with the signings, the board or the tactics, when you choose to support the blades, you know exactly what your signing up for- mainly dissapointment,. but we have hope and potential, 2 things we have always had in the 26 years ive supported them. nowt more frustrating than being a blade ! UTB

 

[pommpey]

OK, though I'm still waiting for some kind of April fool moment, I'll try.

His role is to try and find off field opportunities from abroad. If I were so pissed off with that prospect and wanted to know more, I'd do something radical like check the website where the details were posted not much more than a few days ago.

But then again, if I were expecting to see results from that type of roll after such a laughably small timescale, I'd doubt I'd have the sense to perform such a task.

UTB

What? His T&C and expenses are up there? Amazin'

Here's the question, once again. What is he costing us, and what are we hoping to get out of him? Here's another one. By what time?

Oh, and define 'off-field opportunities'. What is it? A new line-striper? New tiles for the showers? Cages for G&H Blocks? What?

At the moment - were I the Siralan type - I might be saying stuff like this if my company was spuds deep in cashflow problems. As it were.

pommpey

 

[alcoblade]

What? His T&C and expenses are up there? Amazin'

Here's the question, once again. What is he costing us, and what are we hoping to get out of him? Here's another one. By what time?

Oh, and define 'off-field opportunities'. What is it? A new line-striper? New tiles for the showers? Cages for G&H Blocks? What?

At the moment - were I the Siralan type - I might be saying stuff like this if my company was spuds deep in cashflow problems. As it were.

pommpey

I can't make my mind up if you're attempting to talk bollocks, or its all coming naturally.

As you're so angry about it (surprise!) it's you who should be telling us about how much he's getting paid for it.

As you're someone who's visited Bramall lane about twice in the last 20 years and invested less than I've just spent in the club shop, I find it laughable that you're so full of demands about how others spend their money on the club.

If we all spouted as much as you, and put so little in, there'd be no club to support.

Not to worry, you can tell everyone about it in the shoutbox again tomorrow

UTB

 

[blade too long]

what about the old fashioned way

just keep singing
all we are saying , is score us some goals

 

[Bladesway]

What? His T&C and expenses are up there? Amazin'

Here's the question, once again. What is he costing us, and what are we hoping to get out of him? Here's another one. By what time?

Oh, and define 'off-field opportunities'. What is it? A new line-striper? New tiles for the showers? Cages for G&H Blocks? What?

At the moment - were I the Siralan type - I might be saying stuff like this if my company was spuds deep in cashflow problems. As it were.

pommpey

I think what Alco was alluding to is asking the guy what the fuck he is doing after 2 weeks is a little odd to say the least. I do get your point that the day he starts his job he should be able to define what he is going to do for his money (I assume thats your point) but to expect something more than words after 2 weeks isn't realistic.

With SUFC to expect anything more than words full stop is to expect too much if we are being honest about it.

 

[Bladesway]

I can't make my mind up if you're attempting to talk bollocks, or its all coming naturally.

As you're so angry about it (surprise!) it's you who should be telling us about how much he's getting paid for it.

As you're someone who's visited Bramall lane about twice in the last 20 years and invested less than I've just spent in the club shop, I find it laughable that you're so full of demands about how others spend their money on the club.

If we all spouted as much as you, and put so little in, there'd be no club to support.

Not to worry, you can tell everyone about it in the shoutbox again tomorrow

UTB

Being fair to the bloke he lives a bit further away than you do though doesn't he?

 

[alcoblade]

Being fair to the bloke he lives a bit further away than you do though doesn't he?

Of course he does, I appreciate that he's not going to be a regular. But Pommpey just about never comes to the lane. When I said "a few times in the last few decades", I meant it.

We're talking a few hundred miles here, not the other side of the world. So, there's nothing wrong with that as long as you concede you're nothing more than an armchair fan with a fleeting interest.

I struggle to listen to demands that others invest millions, or questions about the exact details of what the owner chooses to pay an employee, when the sum total of your own financial input is, quite literally, fuck all.

UTB

 

[blade too long]

Surely if someones looking at any players wether here or tURKEY , THERES NO WAY OF BRINGING THEM HERE TILL jANUARY

 

[pommpey]

I can't make my mind up if you're attempting to talk bollocks, or its all coming naturally.

As you're so angry about it (surprise!) it's you who should be telling us about how much he's getting paid for it.

As you're someone who's visited Bramall lane about twice in the last 20 years and invested less than I've just spent in the club shop, I find it laughable that you're so full of demands about how others spend their money on the club.

If we all spouted as much as you, and put so little in, there'd be no club to support.

Not to worry, you can tell everyone about it in the shoutbox again tomorrow

UTB

Ah - I was wondering when you were going to revert to the lowest common denominator - 'I'm a bigger Blade than you'. It's always - like Dr Johnson said about patriotism - the last refuge of a scoundrel. In your case it's the last refuge of the brainless. You can't really answer my questions, yet feel it necessary to stretch out some dislike or vendetta because my POV piques you somewhat. Why don't you just scroll past and ignore? Or are you on a mission? Note - I am asking you questions relevant to the role of this overseas bloke ... you have now come back with this 'you haven't invested anything in the club, so aren't entitled to voice that opinion'. Do you see how feeble that response is, Alco? Geographically, the matter you raise regarding my attendance at matches and piling cash into the club shop is a bit senseless, even to the cretinous. I have lived in the south for 35 years yet kept my loyalty to the Blades throughout. Unless you'd prefer United to have one less supporter, just to ease you of the notion that someone living 250 miles away asks awkward questions of the board? Whatso for people who live further away, Alco? Is it a sliding scale of allowable opinion proportional to how close they live and how many games they go to? That's pretty contemptible, if you ask me.

You are drifting into bell-end territory Alco. Save yourself.

pommpey

 

[pommpey]

I think what Alco was alluding to is asking the guy what the fuck he is doing after 2 weeks is a little odd to say the least. I do get your point that the day he starts his job he should be able to define what he is going to do for his money (I assume thats your point) but to expect something more than words after 2 weeks isn't realistic.

With SUFC to expect anything more than words full stop is to expect too much if we are being honest about it.

It is my point Bladesway, but now I have been put in my place by a MASSIVE BLADE who puts SHITLOADS in the club, I see I have to watch my words.

We should have a poll to see who the top spender is on here so we can sit and listen to what he or she has to say before we venture out into opinion.

Fucksake. dot. com.

pommpe

 

[alcoblade]

It is my point Bladesway, but now I have been put in my place by a MASSIVE BLADE who puts SHITLOADS in the club, I see I have to watch my words.

We should have a poll to see who the top spender is on here so we can sit and listen to what he or she has to say before we venture out into opinion.

Fucksake. dot. com.

pommpe

Save it for the shoutbox tomorrow. Cringeworthy won't cover it, again.

UTB

 

[pommpey]

Save it for the shoutbox tomorrow. Cringeworthy won't cover it, again.

UTB

Massive Blade. Just Massive.

pommpey

 

[pommpey]

Being fair to the bloke he lives a bit further away than you do though doesn't he?

No excuse. I should be a season ticket holder and plough cash into the club, like all massive Blades.

So they can pay some bloke to swan off overseas with a JD and T&C that is effectively a blank sheet of paper.

pommpey

 

[silverfox]

No excuse. I should be a season ticket holder and plough cash into the club, like all massive Blades.

So they can pay some bloke to swan off overseas with a JD and T&C that is effectively a blank sheet of paper.

pommpey

No need to take it out on some who have hardly missed a home match since the 60's.....i'm only massive because of the beer!

 

[alcoblade]

Massive Blade. Just Massive.

pommpey

Just A Blade.

Try it one year, you might find it more entertaining than writing 1000 words when 10 will do.

UTB

 

[pommpey]

Just A Blade.

Try it one year, you might find it more entertaining than writing 1000 words when 10 will do.

UTB

No. You misunderstand. Your massiveness as a Blade is manifest. You have been to every game since 1971 and have bought every item in the shop and own all the programmes. Fucking massive. Your opinion counts much more than someone who has seen one less game, has one less shirt, owns one less programme. It is the measure of Bladeyness. Ranged against such might, I am powerless and my opinion means nothing. I, and many others prostate ourselves at your feet in humble servitude. I feel I have to write 1000 words because people like your write 10 and nail it on the head, first time, every time.

You still don't see how close you are to the land of wanker, do you?

And you still haven't answered any of my questions about the overseas gadger, despite you practically owning Sheffield United and being Nigel Clough.

Sez it all.

pommpey

 

[alcoblade]

No. You misunderstand. Your massiveness as a Blade is manifest. You have been to every game since 1971 and have bought every item in the shop and own all the programmes. Fucking massive. Your opinion counts much more than someone who has seen one less game, has one less shirt, owns one less programme. It is the measure of Bladeyness. Ranged against such might, I am powerless and my opinion means nothing. I, and many others prostate ourselves at your feet in humble servitude. I feel I have to write 1000 words because people like your write 10 and nail it on the head, first time, every time.

You still don't see how close you are to the land of wanker, do you?

And you still haven't answered any of my questions about the overseas gadger, despite you practically owning Sheffield United and being Nigel Clough.

Sez it all.

pommpey

Lots of words, just as boring as ever.

UTB

 

[pommpey]

Lots of words, just as boring as ever.

UTB

I have to. You are so fucking massive. Honest.

pommpey

 

[alcoblade]

I have to. You are so fucking massive. Honest.

pommpey

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