Nottingham Forest vs Sheffield United

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Championship Play Off Semi Final 2nd Leg - Tuesday 17th May 2022 - 19:45 - City Ground
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Assistant Referee: Stuart Burt
Assistant Referee: Dan Cook
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[bakeblade]

Uremovic would have been ideal for this game

Said that yesterday instead of Basham

 

[Nagima]

Loss of composure on the sideline and on the field. In spite of spence being a dick. Hecky should not have done what he did. Its unsporting behaviour and we need the players to get back to playing like the did in the first 20 min. Since they scored its like watching a fight between a lad with a blunt fencing sword against a lad with a cutlass. We are throwing lots of shapes but getting cut open every now and then.

 

[adamawdhali]

No character in this team

 

[RWE]

Love that from Hecky, rather it be a game like that at the minute. Too soft on that cunt Johnson.

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Loss of composure on the sideline and on the field. In spite of spence being a dick. Hecky should not have done what he did. Its unsporting behaviour and we need the players to get back to playing like the did in the first 20 min. Since they scored its like watching a fight between a lad with a blunt fencing sword against a lad with a cutlass. We are throwing lots of shapes but getting cut open every now and the

 

[Champagneblade]

Dreadful performance ? Really ? We have been the better side for the majority of that half

My thoughts too. They've hardly been in it. Poor tracking to let them counter. They have crested fuck all. Sadly once more it just isn't falling for us.

 

[Nah den]

They are young, quick and have decent quality on the ball. We aren't really any of those things, particularly midfield. I'm not sure how Fleck keeps getting picked, particularly when we have a left footed midfielder on the bench. Not sure he's offered anything all season, bar perhaps one decent performance.

 

[LS5 Blade]

Who are his favourites?

Basham and Fleck judging by last 135 minutes!

 

[saw516]

This semi-final has been a mess but how quickly people forget the work the team put in to even be here at all

 

[Duffy21Blade]

What's Brennan Johnson doing shushing our fans? Talented player but plays with no class I'm afraid. The diving, the throwing himself around, goading Heckingbottom when the situation was between him and Spence.

Has his dad revved him up or somthing, because he was in tears coming off the pitch 19 years ago in the famous 4-3!?

 

[JayGreen17]

That’s me done, have a great summer everyone…see you in August…(we go again)

 

[Smirth]

Is Hinchliffe the commentator? I genuinely hope he falls down the stairs at half time and never commentates again

It’s not hinchcliffe.

 

[saw516]

we aren't getting torn apart but their style of play is ultimately the perfect counter to our style and we don't have the pace in defence to keep up when they do turn us

 

[HD8 Blades]

That’s me done, have a great summer everyone…see you in August…(we go again)

That’s the spirit!

 

[bakeblade]

They are young, quick and have decent quality on the ball. We aren't really any of those things, particularly midfield. I'm not sure how Fleck keeps getting picked, particularly when we have a left footed midfielder on the bench. Not sure he's offered anything all season, bar perhaps one decent performance.

Because Hourihane is even worse

 

[Selly]

Technically we are in a better position than we were in 02-03.

We have longer to get two goals than we did in that game. We only had 32 mins that night...

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

What I wouldn’t do is just pump the ball up to our 5ft6 striker

We need to play the ball but this team isn’t brave enough or good enough


I would get Berge in CM we need our best player on the ball not Jimmy fleck and Oli no tackles

 

[Alan Roberts' Jinking Run]

This semi-final has been a mess but how quickly people forget the work the team put in to even be here at all

Bang on lad. Hecky has worked miracles with a huge injury list and sod all money

 

[HD8 Blades]

Good performance despite the scoreline. Niggly and on the wind up too, just need to keep 11 on the pitch 2nd half

 

[Bearlie]

A shit Neil Warnock. They are sad little cunts, no fucking idea who else has managed us like for example the son of that old cunt who once managed them.

No need to disrespect Brian clough one of the greatest managers of all time

 

[RWE]

Have to take a Defender off and bring one of Osula/Jebbison on for me. Can’t watch that back 3 get countered at every opportunity.

 

[Hillsboro Blade]

I can see us struggling big time next season. An ageing midfield that’s slower than a sloth on Ketamine, a defence that gets turned inside out more than a prossies knickers, Gibbs White gone never to return, strikers that look like they’ve been trained by Tony Philliskirk and a Manager with the tactical nous of Chemical Ali. Fucking grim times ahead.

 

[TJ blade]

Defence is a nightmare. A total mess again. All 3 of the CBs all over the shop. Robinson was sleeping for the goal but wtf is Egan doing? Basham has to keep coming over to cover leaving a man all alone. All 3 as being pulled apart by very little at the moment.

For all those having a go at me for questioning giving Bash two more years, how slow and out of position will he be at 35?!!

Sorry but it's got to be clear out time at the lane, fleck, Stevens, Baldock, Norwood, and Robinson can fuck off as well! And on tonight's showing Basham looks finished. Build round the young players, but I suppose we'll flog them and keep the shit!!

 

[AWetFlannel]

Umerovic got pulled for playing nowhere nearly as badly as our back 3. Let's see if Heckys got the bollocks to sub some of his favourites

He didn't get pulled. He came in as second choice, Basham came back and took his place. He is a better player and suits the role better, especially if we need to make things going forward.

 

[Chingo]

Defence is a nightmare. A total mess again. All 3 of the CBs all over the shop. Robinson was sleeping for the goal but wtf is Egan doing? Basham has to keep coming over to cover leaving a man all alone. All 3 as being pulled apart by very little at the moment.

For all those having a go at me for questioning giving Bash two more years, how slow and out of position will he be at 35?!!

They have had 3 attacks !
We are going to get caught short at the back , we need to score 2/3 goals and have to commit men forward!

 

[BelperBlade]

Fleck really isn't showing for the ball. the amount of times Norrington-Davis has passed to where he should be and it's gone to a Forest player.

 

[Scarebus]

This picture

 

[Not_a_Cheat]

Lot of mardiness going on and I've probably had as many pints as a number of Blades. We knew this was troublesome. It's what it is, and in the whole we've done OK.

Bruno Mars, got his second goal over the ties, weird looking fooker he is, but then again, there's Cooper

 

[St Albans Blade]

Hecky's frustration finally comes to the surface.

He's inherited an average squad, half of which doesn't know what it actually takes to get out of the Championship; the other half knows it takes more than we've got.

That said, let's now have a second half with extra time and penalties if necessary to put the Peschisolido come-back well and truly in the shade.

UTB

 

[Ludgblade64]

The reason why forest are better than us at scoring it's due to younger athlete's, the movement they are causing against our aging back line.

Also I don't understand why we are playing the system with no focal point, a centre forward, we need to play one of the centre forwards that are on the bench, with illman as a two and move gibbs white into midfield,