Our ‘big’ problem?..:

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Tezza1889 said:
It’s Jamal Blackman who possibly is the worst keeper I’ve ever seen..

He’s fucking rubbish and can’t save fuck all... I’m not looking for a scapegoat... but he’s shit.. sorry every shot seems to sail in
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You just know when a shot comes in he will miss it 99% of the time. Send him back to Chelsea
 
No big problem at all.

Just been checking out how Huddersfield had been getting on as of 3rd December last year.
Pld.19 - W. 9, D. 3, L. 7 (F. 21, A. 24)
Included having got hammered 5-0 by Fulham.

We've won more, lost the same number, conceded the same, scored a lot more.
 
Harsh to say our squad doesn't have depth, how many right wing-backs can you sign?
 
Personally I am delighted with our performances and our league position.

Injuries to key players have not helped and yet look where we are.

League campaigns are often defined by reactions to adversity and dips in results and also dealings in the JTW.

Anywhere in the top half of the table will be fine by me. If we finish above Wednesday that will be amusing.

If we make meaningful progress over the next year on top of what we already have then we will be serious promotion candidates and ready to tackle the Premier League in due course.

Our progress under Wilder has been astonishing. I dont think we have a problem, we are doing great.
 
When the first win comes "After Coutts" as this period in our season will now be known, we will be ok. I think it's a confidence thing as much as anything else at the moment, the more the players hear how much we miss Coutts the worse it gets. They need to go back to doing what they were doing before and we'll be fine.

I'm happy with mid-table, very happy with top-half and ecstatic with play-offs (although we all know how that ends up).

I don't buy into this theory that teams have worked us out though, for the first one or two games I could understand teams not knowing what to do against us, however after then we'll have been analysed, re-analysed and then analysed some more by every team we play so it can't be a recent thing. It's key players like Baldock/Freeman and Coutts that have done it and they'll come back and we'll be fine. 6 points from the next 9 and all will appear much better, 0 points and it will be doom and gloom time.
 
Barney said:
Truthfully, I think it's just that we were performing out of our skins from the start of the season, and these last few results probably paint a more realistic picture of the ability of the squad as a whole. We are more top 6 as opposed to an automatic team at the moment, which is of course fine by me.
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I'd agree. As I've put on the 'Compared to last season' thread:

I think it's 'managing expectations' time. When we were 2-0 up in the game v. Wednesday, I said to a mate 'You do realise that anything less than a win will seem like failure now.' And that's how this season is panning out. We've probably been spoiled so far and have been getting ahead of ourselves, but that's how football works. Every season, Tottenham 'Dare to dream' and get let down. Look at Huddersfield's delight when they won at Hillsborough, but now stern reality is crowding in.

Us fans will keep the faith. We're not suddenly going to turn against the team and management that has taken us so far. We'll leave that to Wednesday.

Look, we're up against teams like Wolves who have stated that there's 'no limit' to what they'll spend to get up. Villa, Middlesbrough and Derby will chuck money at it if they're 'there or thereabouts' in the New Year. We've got a mirror image of the Dave Bassett team that reached the top flight. But honest battlers might see you through a few rounds of the Cup, but can't possibly sustain it over nine months. We're in - what I consider to be - the best of the top four divisions. Good away followings and a feeling that every team can beat every other. The last six seasons in Division One will take some eradicating, but we're giving it a good go. I'm not saying that we shouldn't be ambitious, but maybe it's time to draw breath and consider how far we've come since - yes - losing at Millwall on 20th August, 2016. That game left us rock-bottom of Division One. Now we're a division and 44 places higher.
Apart from the riches that come with getting to the PL (which all ends up in the players' and agents' pockets) is getting to the 'promised land' such a big deal? Realistically, only about six teams belong in the PL. The rest either serve up turgid shite to try and survive (Stoke, WBA, Palace etc.) or are in a permanent relegation struggle.

We haven't suddenly become a poor team because Coutts is injured. Sure, he is being missed and was our 'puppet master' but was possibly masking some of our other deficiencies - our ponderous build-up play, our poor crossing abilities etc. CW and AK will sort it out, because they have before.
 
It’s the following:

Injuries to players who are key to our system- Freeman and Baldock

Injury to Coutts. Losing any one of the holy trinity in midfield was always going to set us back

A lack of strength in depth in the squad to ride out these injuries

Silly errors at the back - and not being able to go back to our best centre back three due to the injuries to Freeman and Baldock

Other teams working out how to play against us - and us not having much of a plan B (as yet)

The players playing of their skin for a few months, which is difficult to maintain, especially given the above points.

Wilder will know all this and will remedy, but he can’t do much about injuries when the window is shut.
 
HillmortonBlade said:
Yes. Or there's not a great deal of point being in a competition.
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Or maybe that's all part of the myth about the PL? I'm sure everybody who lines up in a race against, say, Mo Farrah will kid themselves that they've 'got a chance', but they know they haven't. I can't see any fun in being regularly humiliated by the likes of Man. City, and it's happening to far bigger teams than us - Newcastle, Everton etc. Every year, the play-off final to reach the PL is described as 'the richest game on earth' but is it? All it means for the fans is ludicrous ticket prices, daft kick-off times and more disappointment than joy.

Ambition is great, but don't be like the kid who has his nose pressed up against the Ferrari window. More and more teams in the Championship are putting themselves in serious financial risk by spending money they don't have.
 
Davalon said:
We haven't got a big problem FULL STOP

Too much whingeing about Coutts, and a few who got ahead of themselves, especially those who got carried away pre-season and then took pleasure in telling people how right they were (not talking about posters on this board btw just a few Blades generally).

Realistically we're likely to enter 2018 in the top 6. I like Wilder's high standards and expectations very much, but if that position isn't good enough for people under the circumstances I fucking give up.
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Best post I have seen for a long time
 
Combination of things for me; loss of Couttsy, Freeman / Baldock and our game levels have dropped 5 or 10% which for a high intensity team like us, means a huge difference. Duffy has been below par and we look shaky at the back at the moment. I’m Sure bar Couttsy, everything else will rectify itself in the coming games.
 
One big problem being overlooked is that in 5 out of the last 6 games we’ve conceded first, the opening goal in any game is key to shaping what follows.

Defence needs to tighten up.
 



SandyMcBlade said:
It was bound to happen sooner or later, how we get out of this run of bad luck will show us just how good a management team we really have, and how serious the club is about staying at this level

UTB
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Staying at this level is the last thing on Wilders mind.

Onwards and upwards.
 
The problem(s)

Fuck all to the right of the defence

A defender whose only impact this season has been to injure two players with his ineptitude.

Nonchalant passing of the ball and shit decision making from ordinarily decent players (Brooks, Fleck and Duffy have all been guilty of this on recent occasions)

Nobody who can cross a ball.

Nobody on the end of it when they do.

And my personal gripe is the cult (and cunt) like attitude from our ever-degrading fan base over Paul Coutts and using his absence as a weapon to use against John Lundstram who has stepped in under already difficult circumstances.
 
Losing Coutts and expecting us to be as effective as a team is delusional. Coutts is our ECU; he is irreplaceable. We might sign someone in January who can maybe help to get us back towards where we were, but the side-effects of losing Coutts are far-reaching. Less dramatic yet still damaging were the injuries to Baldock and Freeman. It was a double-whammy because we miss both them and Basham in his proper role. I watched the opening exchanges of the Millwall match and switched off when it was obvious we were hopelessly exposed down our defensive right flank. When we pressed forward we were outnumbered in the final 3rd, as we were for much of the game against Birmingham. The consequences of losing key men in our defence/midfield undermines our ability, effectiveness and confidence moving upfield. This will take some sorting out, even for a manager as brilliant as Chris Wilder. To ease my pain I will lower my expectations (did that the moment Coutts broke his leg) - if we finish top 6 now I'll be delighted, whereas before losing Coutts I would have been disappointed finishing 3rd.
 
Tyler Durden said:
The problem(s)

And my personal gripe is the cult (and cunt) like attitude from our ever-degrading fan base over Paul Coutts and using his absence as a weapon to use against John Lundstram who has stepped in under already difficult circumstances.
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The Lundstram hating is ridiculous. One of the better players yesterday. I would argue that yesterday we should have changed formation to 4-2-3-1 after about ten minutes. They doubled-up in wide areas and just whacked it into the box and it worked.

My thoughts on the big problem:
- No plan B, think we should be able to change to a 4 at the back when required
- The tactic of throwing 4 strikers on when there's one goal in it is not always sensible

All in all, no huge problem. We have played out of our skins to be in this position and I think we'll be fine in the long run.
 
Filey Blade said:
What is it? As a contributor to this forum how do you see it?

For me, in reality and in the bigger scheme of things we are performing way out of the expectations of fans and pundits alike.
Yes we have this amazing winning habbit at present, however I’d like to see what individuals think?

My view is, today it felt like last year when we played Milwall. Outfought and outdone. In perspective compared to Bolton away, last year, we have no problems.

However, as a fan I expect better today because of Wilder and his achievements thus far, and the players also. I just get the feeling that we are slightly figured out on the basis teams respect us for are achievement thus far this season. Also, we miss Coutts and his ability to retain the ball and possession.

So fellow Blades? What’s are current/possible big issue? Let’s keep it clean, open and honest.
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I think confidence
I missed a couple of home matches due to illness and when I came back it stood out a mile, I also noticed a slight hesitation of giving the ball to lundstrum, we just need a win n we'll b alright! UTB
 
grafikhaus said:
Or maybe that's all part of the myth about the PL? I'm sure everybody who lines up in a race against, say, Mo Farrah will kid themselves that they've 'got a chance', but they know they haven't. I can't see any fun in being regularly humiliated by the likes of Man. City, and it's happening to far bigger teams than us - Newcastle, Everton etc. Every year, the play-off final to reach the PL is described as 'the richest game on earth' but is it? All it means for the fans is ludicrous ticket prices, daft kick-off times and more disappointment than joy.

Ambition is great, but don't be like the kid who has his nose pressed up against the Ferrari window. More and more teams in the Championship are putting themselves in serious financial risk by spending money they don't have.
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If we all thought that if we cannot win then there is no use taking part, then there would be very little competition. Surely we are not saying that it is all about where we end up in May 2018 and that everything else is irrelevant?

As I said in my sermon this morning we need to enjoy the journey with all its ups and downs, in fact it is the journey that moulds us and shapes us, and hopefully improves us ready for the next game.

We have overachieved so far, so a bit of readjustment was always going to come. Injuries happen and all clubs have to deal with them, but the stats show it is the defence that is letting us down conceding 12 goals in the last 6 games, with some very poor ones at that. Getting the RWB situation sorted will be a big help and maybe some help in the JTW, but let’s enjoy it.

Daft statements like this don’t help the situation, I am not sure what planet some people are on.

whereas before losingCoutts I would have been disappointed finishing 3rd.

3RD, 3RD............there was very little chance of finishing third, not unless Messi is moving to Sheffield on a free! Even then it only slightly improves the odds.

Top 6 is a possibility but not a probability! So can we just enjoy this and stop making every defeat or bad run into a drama, some people need to get a life.

MTLBWY

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Filey Blade said:
What is it? As a contributor to this forum how do you see it?

For me, in reality and in the bigger scheme of things we are performing way out of the expectations of fans and pundits alike.
Yes we have this amazing winning habbit at present, however I’d like to see what individuals think?

My view is, today it felt like last year when we played Milwall. Outfought and outdone. In perspective compared to Bolton away, last year, we have no problems.

However, as a fan I expect better today because of Wilder and his achievements thus far, and the players also. I just get the feeling that we are slightly figured out on the basis teams respect us for are achievement thus far this season. Also, we miss Coutts and his ability to retain the ball and possession.

So fellow Blades? What’s are current/possible big issue? Let’s keep it clean, open and honest.
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Shot Shy!
Too many times we want to walk it into the goal from 2 yards or create the perfect goal from our strikers.
Lots of teams have long range shots and against us they go in. We never have any!
 
Tyler Durden said:
The problem(s)

Fuck all to the right of the defence

A defender whose only impact this season has been to injure two players with his ineptitude.

Nonchalant passing of the ball and shit decision making from ordinarily decent players (Brooks, Fleck and Duffy have all been guilty of this on recent occasions)

Nobody who can cross a ball.

Nobody on the end of it when they do.

And my personal gripe is the cult (and cunt) like attitude from our ever-degrading fan base over Paul Coutts and using his absence as a weapon to use against John Lundstram who has stepped in under already difficult circumstances.
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It's okay, Lundstram can relax until Friday. It's definitely all Blackmans fault now. Apparently the worst keeper one poster has ever seen.
 
............is that we seem to be incapable of keeping a clean sheet,what i would give for a solid 1-0 win.
 
There is no 'big' problem, just a couple of minor setbacks. Coutts injury and injuries to both right wing backs meaning we're not balanced.

I firmly believe that this won't last and we'll be back on track very soon. Even if we can't maintain the levels we've achieved so far and end up mid-table, that's fine by me. All I ask is that we give 100% and play on the front foot after the years of negative nonsense we were served up under the previous two managers.

We have a manager we can believe in and knows what he's doing.

Keep the faith.
 
The Vicar said:
We have overachieved so far, so a bit of readjustment was always going to come. Injuries happen and all clubs have to deal with them, but the stats show it is the defence that is letting us down conceding 12 goals in the last 6 games, with some very poor ones at that. Getting the RWB situation sorted will be a big help and maybe some help in the JTW, but let’s enjoy it.

Daft statements like this don’t help the situation, I am not sure what planet some people are on.

whereas before losingCoutts I would have been disappointed finishing 3rd.

3RD, 3RD............there was very little chance of finishing third, not unless Messi is moving to Sheffield on a free! Even then it only slightly improves the odds.
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Spare us the pontifications of Preachers and Vicars!!
Saying the Blades had over-achieved, or we have little chance of finishing 3RD without the likes of Lionel Messi are two of the daftest statements I've heard this season (apart from some statements from Owls fans - Is this Vicar an Owl?). Every single point we earned we earned of right; I haven't seen any team outclass or outplay us at the Lane, and apart from Cardiff and Wolves I still don't rate any club I've seen higher than SUFC.
 
Problem is we had a cracking start to the season as a carry on from last season and it raised expectations. Now I'm hoping the bubble hasn't popped. Onwards to Friday and Bristol
 
Tommoblade66 said:
Problem is we had a cracking start to the season as a carry on from last season and it raised expectations. Now I'm hoping the bubble hasn't popped. Onwards to Friday and Bristol
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Not quite, we were a bit patchy to start, then went on a good run. Now we're having a bit of a bad run. At some point we'll have a good run again. That's just how football works. It's alright saying 'we should be beating xxx' but the championship is notorious for being competitive, anyone can genuinely beat anyone and losing to Millwall away should be no bigger surprise than beating Wolves at home.

Let's hope we start the next good run on Friday and keep it up until January.
 



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