Osborn and Fleck Signs

[crazyblade1889]

This could easily read as a fleck / Osborn reading the comments on here about them signing their new contracts after successfully helping United get promoted tbf.

This 100%. Where’s the gratitude for 2 long terms servants of the club. One who’s played a massive role in 2 out of the 3 promotions he’s had while at the club!

 

[Harry's Game]

The lack of respect for a genuine Blades legend is astounding.

Not lack of respect it’s obvious Fleck once a great player for us has lost two yards of pace.

Osborn, nice fella and gives 100% .. but is barely good enough for top half of the Championship, certainly not good enough for the Prem.

 

[Bell4]

The PL won't be too worried with a possible ageing midfield of Fleck ,Norwood and Osborn

The PL may not be

But I’m scared shitless

 

[AnstonBlade1]

This 100%. Where’s the gratitude for 2 long terms servants of the club. One who’s played a massive role in 2 out of the 3 promotions he’s had while at the club!

Sentiment isn’t going to keep us up

 

[Bladeinleeds]

Sentiment isn’t going to keep us up

No one is saying that

I’d be surprised if they start more than 10 games between them next year.

But they go and you probably have to pay a fee / wages to replace them in the squad . There’s value in having experience and versatility to call on in the PL rather than someone from the under 21’s . Don’t understand how people don’t get that and are acting live we’ve set fire to money and treating the players with a lack of respect

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

Funnily enough I trust the Managers judgment more than the faceless moaners that post on here....

 

[Uncle mick]

Never understand Blades supporters slagging our own players off.
Yes I agree with the concerns .
I expect pelters for this but I even supported lundstram and Hammond when they wore a blades shirt

 

[Kevincarterversion2.0]

Fleck is well past his best now. He was injury prone last season as well (and this doesn’t tend to change with age). Really poor from the club.

 

[brownblade]

Nathan Blake recounts the horror of his beloved fans shouting 'Judas' at him

It's FA Cup fifth round weekend and Cardiff City are sitting out on the sidelines. But 21 years ago, the FA Cup romance captured Cardiff and our own Nathan Blake endured one of the worst days of his life. Today he tells the story that still pains him.

www.walesonline.co.uk

Meanwhile, former Sheffield United striker Nathan Blake hopes to see third-placed Cardiff send the Blades one step closer to relegation. Welshman Blake spent four years with the Bluebirds before moving to United in 1994 and going on to score 34 goals in 55 appearances before joining Bolton. Now he has set the scene for tonight's match at Bramall Lane by calling on promotion-chasing Cardiff to increase bottom club United's misery.

"Despite all I had done for them, after I left, the Blades fans gave me nothing but abuse, a lot of it very personal and out of order," he wrote in the South Wales Echo.

"No, I've never forgotten what was said to me and I never will. The Blades' predicament now can't help but make me smile. "People talk about Bluebirds' supporters having a short fuse, but the home fans at Bramall Lane are something else when it comes to being fickle. They will turn on their players, especially when you consider the season they have been having."

Bit of a sensitive soul is our Nathan. Seems to blame any set of fans who give him abuse. His beloved Cardiff included. How dare we boo him when he's giving us the rods after scoring Wolves second goal in the play off final. Seems to have a sense of entitlement " Despite all he'd done for us!" He scored a few goals and was half decent when he was bothered but hardly a Blades icon.

Any comment he makes about Blades fans should be treated with the contempt it deserves bearing in mind he was wishing relegation on us.

How are you judging him as sensitive. I'm assuming he heard some proper shit if he held a grudge about it.

Maybe, but we've no evidence either way.

 

[brownblade]

The PL won't be too worried with a possible ageing midfield of Fleck ,Norwood and Osborn

You know as well as everyone else, that we will not be playing that midfield unless we have another injury crisis.

Having that 3 would give us a better chance of points than two or three 17 year olds playing.

 

[AWetFlannel]

Nathan Blake recounts the horror of his beloved fans shouting 'Judas' at him

It's FA Cup fifth round weekend and Cardiff City are sitting out on the sidelines. But 21 years ago, the FA Cup romance captured Cardiff and our own Nathan Blake endured one of the worst days of his life. Today he tells the story that still pains him.

www.walesonline.co.uk

Meanwhile, former Sheffield United striker Nathan Blake hopes to see third-placed Cardiff send the Blades one step closer to relegation. Welshman Blake spent four years with the Bluebirds before moving to United in 1994 and going on to score 34 goals in 55 appearances before joining Bolton. Now he has set the scene for tonight's match at Bramall Lane by calling on promotion-chasing Cardiff to increase bottom club United's misery.

"Despite all I had done for them, after I left, the Blades fans gave me nothing but abuse, a lot of it very personal and out of order," he wrote in the South Wales Echo.

"No, I've never forgotten what was said to me and I never will. The Blades' predicament now can't help but make me smile. "People talk about Bluebirds' supporters having a short fuse, but the home fans at Bramall Lane are something else when it comes to being fickle. They will turn on their players, especially when you consider the season they have been having."

Bit of a sensitive soul is our Nathan. Seems to blame any set of fans who give him abuse. His beloved Cardiff included. How dare we boo him when he's giving us the rods after scoring Wolves second goal in the play off final. Seems to have a sense of entitlement " Despite all he'd done for us!" He scored a few goals and was half decent when he was bothered but hardly a Blades icon.

Any comment he makes about Blades fans should be treated with the contempt it deserves bearing in mind he was wishing relegation on us.

Person takes personal abuse personally shocker. Who should he blame for the abuse if not the set of fans that did it? We don't know what some nob actually said to him, but it's clearly more than just boo.

 

[Bl4desutd]

Accepting relegation.

Not necessarily complaining about it but there's no denying it now

 

[Weasel]

Tbh who cares what Nathan Blake thinks. He obviously holds a grudge against SUFC and it's fans. Fair enough. But I couldn't give a shiny shit anyway. Thought he was lazy and not a heart on sleeve player at all. Never really took to him. We've had much better players than NB since. He can watch his beloved Cardiff in the Championship again next season after they just managed to stay up. Enjoy Nathan.

 

[Bl4desutd]

Try supporting the players. Nathan Blake came out with this quote some time ago: “the home fans at Bramall Lane are something else when it comes to being fickle. They will turn on their players, especially when you consider the season they have been having." Reading these comments it’s hard to disagree. Some fans don’t know the meaning of support. We genuinely have some of the most pathetic fans in the country.

Too bloody right well said

 

[Snowflake]

Wonderful - that's £2m+ down the drain.

Hopefully Fleck will show more than in his injury affected season last year but why PH has extended Osborn is a total mystery to me. I know he's a fan but he's miles away from being Prem level.

If we didn’t sign these two for the squad we would need to find 4 other players: two to replace them and two to improve on them.
We are simply not in a position to be doing that when we need to strengthen in other areas as well.
If you expect our whole squad to be”Prem level” next season then I think you will be disappointed.

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

"Sign someone FFS"
"Not them FFS"
- ancient Sheffield proverb

 

[Kelso]

I just genuinely dont understand this attitude
Do you think we woukd be better with two academy lads instead ?

Yes

 

[Snowflake]

Accepting relegation.

Not necessarily complaining about it but there's no denying it now

Accepting the reality of where we are, but not necessarily relegation.

 

[Frank the tank]

Yes

Which ones ?

 

[Kelso]

This stupid decision has cost us two new signings. Unbelievable Geoff!

 

[Bl4desutd]

Funnily enough I trust the Managers judgment more than the faceless moaners that post on here....

ISO DO I

 

[Snowflake]

The PL won't be too worried with a possible ageing midfield of Fleck ,Norwood and Osborn

...but the midfield may not include any of these on a regular basis. These three are our back up.
Let’s see who signs by the end of August (?)

 

[Mouth of the South]

If we didn’t sign these two for the squad we would need to find 4 other players: two to replace them and two to improve on them.
We are simply not in a position to be doing that when we need to strengthen in other areas as well.
If you expect our whole squad to be”Prem level” next season then I think you will be disappointed.

I would have just preferred upgrades on them - O'Brien being the obvious one for Fleck. Contrary to most, I think Fleck may have a role to play if he manages to get a full pre-season so I'm not that opposed to him being extended

Osborn I'm not sold on, never have been and never will be - I just don't see what he adds to the team. He must be the first headless chicken ever to earn £1m/year

 

[Snowflake]

This stupid decision has cost us two new signings. Unbelievable Geoff!

Were you expecting us to sign a whole new midfield and back up (6players)? If so I don’t think you fully appreciate the position that the club is in.

 

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

Fleck is well past his best now. He was injury prone last season as well (and this doesn’t tend to change with age).

Anyone with half a brain could see that, so it's probably the reason why;

1. He wasn't a first team starter for most of last season.

2. He's been given a 1yr deal, a financial obligation that suggests he'll continue as backup.

3. Given the time to negotiate, the contract will be commensurate with point 1 & 2.

The attitude towards Fleck is disgusting. He's been an understated part of our success and Hecky has often referenced Fleck, Bash et al as hugely positive influences off the pitch. Given the financial constraints we're in, I'd rather him be around the likes of Arblaster, Coulibaly, Brooks, Jebbo & Osula instead of a Roswell/Morrison/Ampadu mk2.

I'd understand the pissy-knickers if he'd signed a 2 or 3 year deal and looked anything like a first name on the team sheet.

The season hasn't started and some of our fans are already sounding like deluded, entitled nobheads.

 

[ReeceofBDTBL]

Happy with Osborn, we’re not gonna have the ball much and need the legs in midfield.

Fleck I am utterly bemused by, like what is the plan, what are they even trying to do?

I’d love to hear heckys explanation as to what he realistically thinks he can get out of him next season. Start him in maybe a couple league cup fixtures and???

 

[Snowflake]

I would have just preferred upgrades on them - O'Brien being the obvious one for Fleck. Contrary to most, I think Fleck may have a role to play if he managed to get a full off-season.

Osborn I'm not sold on, never have been and never will be - I just don't see what he adds to the team. He must be the first headless chicken ever to earn £1m/year

I agree that we need upgrades on them otherwise we will struggle badly, but we need to put together a squad and I don’t think we can afford to find 4 upgrades, whilst strengthening elsewhere.

 

[Bookers Mullet]

The disappointment isn't the fact that they've signed rather that we're in a position where we needed them to sign

 

[JJBlade]

Because we were skint as a championship side and are just as skint as a Premier side and why we won't be able to match wages of players that other teams also fancy.

Nobody takes a wage cut when the team gets promoted to the Premier League, it would be an insult to the players.

If they've been given a wage cut from their Championship wages they'd just sign for another Championship club instead

 

[Mouth of the South]

I agree that we need upgrades on them otherwise we will struggle badly, but we need to put together a squad and I don’t think we can afford to find 4 upgrades, whilst strengthening elsewhere.

Depends who else will join and how much they'll cost really.

No point analysing at this stage - better to assess where we are in 6 weeks' time. If Osborn looks as though he's still likely to get regular games, I'll start to become worried