Pasta Man's Suggestions Thread

[ITALIANO BLADE]

posting eases the pain i post on blades kop legends i love

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

posting eases the pain i post on legends i love coming on s2 forum is a tonic to me thankyou admin for letting me post 24/7 it does help.

 

[KenT]

one of my blades kop heros in 1970s was alex sabella he was a different kind of gravy in this era.what did you think of him >?..utb..

So much expectation.
Alas as brilliant as he was a period that brought us to the 4th.
Mind you that was the best ever season I can recollect.

 

[KenT]

What did you think of keith edwards he was a striker of quakity a true kop legendView attachment 203664no9 gemView attachment 203664

Think he scored in 7 matches on the trot.
Stats.

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

What did you think of keith edwards he was a striker of quakity a true kop legendView attachment 203664no9 gemView attachment 203664

What about a thread on Tony Philliskirk?

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

Because you keep starting pointless wank threads.

No Blade would talk like a pussy

Because you keep starting pointless wank threads.

im a blade me its in my blood its hurts when i 1st came on here in 2019 i was hated but i forgive you all because now im welcome,thankyou

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

dam tumour

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

Just fuck off and keep your spamming garbage on Facebook.

If you want to know what people think then just read the forum and don't post on it. That would be to everybody's benefit.

i wasnt popular in 2019 ,arrrr

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

great man blade chris basham

 

[Grey Blade]

One of my all time favourites - as you can see

 

[iBlade.]

I was never a big Sabella fan. Not going to deny he was a skillful player but he was very lightweight and went into hiding when games became physical. I will remember him mostly for his diving in the box, a lot of the time the ref would see through this but he did con a good few refs on his way to swindling many a penalty.

 

[diode_blade]

Wouldn't it have been Maradona instead if we stumped up a little extra? I don't know the exact history of that time

Think they wanted another 10 grand, if not mistaken.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Before my time but us signing those two lads with apparently poor English the other day made me look up this video from back in the day. Real shame he got the Argentina job so didn't manage here that one time.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Wouldn't it have been Maradona instead if we stumped up a little extra? I don't know the exact history of that time

Yeh remember seeing it on the back page of the Sheffield Star we were getting this wonder kid called Maradona.
Apparently it was agreed with the club and the player. Then one of their directors who was absent at the early meetings, said they wanted more money.
We couldn’t afford the increased fee so went for our 2nd choice Sabella instead.

To be fair based on pure skill Sabella was on a similar but slightly lower level to Maradona…..yes he was that good…almost like a circus act.
However Maradona was quicker……Sabella was incredibly slow…couldn’t sprint…hence his knickname in Argentina of “The Sloth”
Also Maradona was built like an ox, a street fighter with great determination to win. Sabella was small and lightweight.

The skill that I remember about Sabella was his pre match knockabout….he stood out from all the rest….passing the ball from shoulder to shoulder
Then flicking it up and catching the ball on the back of his neck….as a kid i’d never seen anything like it….mesmerizing ball juggling.

Another skill was he had a low centre of gravity (quite small and skinny) so had lightening quick feet and a great body swerve and balance.
So although he was really slow he could dribble past players really easily, defenders would try to tackle him but he was too quick footed and had already moved the ball. Hence he must have been fouled about 20 times every match. He used to draw fouls so much that refs would often not give a foul and sometimes he would dive.

A negative of Sabella was that he’s was terrible without the ball, never tackled, low workrate and didn’t come back to defend.
In some games when it was cold, windy and rainy, especially with muddy pitches….it was like playing with 10 men…he kind of disappeared.
Great memories though, a fantastic talent, doing in-game tricks and flicks on the pitch that you rarely ever see.

 

[McGrath]

What did you think of keith edwards he was a striker of quakity a true kop legendView attachment 203664no9 gemView attachment 203664

His was the first autograph I ever got.

Was my hero for years

 

[Down the Channels]

one of my blades kop heros in 1970s was alex sabella he was a different kind of gravy in this era.what did you think of him >?..utb..

Loved him.
Had the Cantors top. I was 14 when we signed him, although my Dad used to take me in the early 70's when I was a little kid, he had fallen out of love with it so I had stopped going.
Age 14, signing Sabella I got back into it hugely, bought my first season ticket, started going on my own with my mates (stood behind the goal just behind the 'moat' and the rollercoaster life of a Blades fan begins!
Sabella was the catalyst for it all really.

 

[Bl4desutd]

Sabella lived in Waterthorpe (near to Emmanuel school). When I found out Leeds United were trying to buy him I wrote him a letter begging him to stay and hand delivered it………he signed for Leeds 3 days later

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Great player and quality shirt.

My first, and only, purchased Blades top.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

King Keith maybe didn’t have the all round game of Deano, but for me he’s the best finisher inside the box I’ve seen in a Blades shirt.

 

[Down the Channels]

What did you think of keith edwards he was a striker of quakity a true kop legendView attachment 203664no9 gemView attachment 203664

Following on from your Sabella thread.
Keith was my first real 'footballing hero' at Sheffield Utd. I think everyone who went at the time loved him and Colin Morris.
In the 4th Division we had just lost 2-1 at Hull and 1-0 to Stockport, so had lost 2 out of our first 5 games in div 4 and the downward slide looked like it would never stop for us.
Porterfield signed Edwards and he started soring straight away and never stopped.
Probably the best natural finisher I have ever seen at Utd.
Without him I dread to think where we would have ended up that season.
I used to go to the old Central League games, he would go to watch the reserves a lot and many times he would come and sit with us on the old John Street and just chat 'football'.
Back in the day when you didn't need fancy songs for players with chorus's, pre-chorus and bridges! Just 'Keith Edwards, Keith Edwards, Keith Edwards' That'll do.

 

[Down the Channels]

Loved King Keith, naturally gifted goalscorer, Golden Boot winner, and an absolute legend.

The Pele style dummy he did to round the keeper was absolutely magical.

Liked to listen to his commentary on RS as well. Don't know what happened. Hope he's ok.

His autobiography is a great read if you want to know more about his career

That 'Pele dummy' would have been viewed millions of times if there were cameras there. Lucky enough to be behind the goal on the Kop when he did it. Poetry in motion as they say.

 

[Down the Channels]

Sabella lived in Waterthorpe (near to Emmanuel school). When I found out Leeds United were trying to buy him I wrote him a letter begging him to stay and hand delivered it………he signed for Leeds 3 days later

Some letter that then

 

[Down the Channels]

Great player and quality shirt.

My first, and only, purchased Blades top.

Same here. I handed it down to a relative over 25 years ago, I was only a kid when I had it.
Some more recent tops I love but I am 61 now and personally think it is a little weird blokes my age with match shirts on.

 

[diode_blade]

First home game of the season I think, when he bagged 4 v Gillingham, Sold the same dummy twice to the same defender.
The one I will always remember is the bank holiday monday away day at old Bolton ground.
Keef scored, headbutted the post as well as the ball, ground was rammed with blades all over.
A lot of rucking both inside and outside ground.
We lost 3-1, but that headed goal got us promoted by GD, we had to wait though till Tuesday on the result of the Burnley v Hull game.

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

its to much im off to doctors thursday i need help

 

[Blade45]

i wasnt popular in 2019 ,arrrr

You're popular now pal, all that matters.

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

anyone know what he is doing now because ive heard hes not well.his he ok,>?

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

What did you think of keith edwards he was a striker of quality a true kop legend i really like him i saved up all week in 1978 to watch him when i was 14 i was so excited to be on the kpkop to see king keith score View attachment 203664no9 gemView attachment 203664

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

i want to meet keith edwards on my return to the lane arrange to meet my hero at THE KOP i love him hes a legend

 

[ITALIANO BLADE]

i wont be on for a while off to bed i feel really crap being on here really saved me i love you all.i love you kop love you SUFC ,winners