Praise and grumble

[1973Blade]

My Obs

Att the board - please don't let Adkins pay more than a pittance of a wage to secure Dean Hammond in the summer.

Att Adkins - please ask yourself WHY you keep hooking Hammond on 60/70 mins before you spunk a significant percentage of the wage budget on him. We could do so much better.

We need to keep hold of Adams and Sharp. It would be naive in the extreme to think that there will not be Championship interest in both this summer. As the only really saleable commodities at the club, I fear the worst !

WTF has happened to John Brayford ? A shadow of his former self. Buck your ideas up fella.

As has been said, overall that has to go down as yet another poor performance against a woeful Crewe side. We were more than a bit lucky today.

Our tempo in the transition is piss poor. I do get that there will be worries about getting done on the counter, but fuck me, it's Crewe not Arsenal !

What was needed today was a dominant performance and a comfortable / large win to build confidence for the run in. What we actually got was a performance that raised more questions than gave answers. Which at this stage in the season is unacceptable.

But I guess 3 points is 3 points !!!!

UTB

Brayford needs a pre-season to get fully fit. He has come back from a care about threatening injury and it will take time to get back to where he was.

 

[Harry's Game]

Just out of interest what is isolating a lack of pace and how did they do that?

Get three men tight together move the ball quickly between two of them and get the third free man in the space behind, Then your holding man if he is struggling for pace then drops deeper to cover this pushing the entire formation further back.

 

[UpTheClough]

Get three men tight together move the ball quickly between two of them and get the third free man in the space behind.

Thanks not been today due to bloody work I'm taking it Adkins played 3-5-2 experiment and they cottoned on and got amongst us more in second half?

 

[grafikhaus]

The ref tried his best by giving em half an hour injury time.

He played the indicated 6 minutes to the second. When will people realise that substitutions are added on, and there were six of them? Plus there was the trainer on for Coutts and Long began wasting time. Thought the ref. had a decent game and could have easily given Crewe a penalty early in the second half.

The first half flattered us. Crewe were truly woeful but we couldn't take advantage and often overplayed it. Somebody decent - Wigan or Burton for example - would have been out of sight by HT. But this is United and one goal is never enough. Once again, our 'style' is so predictable that the opposing manager obviously told Crewe to 'up their game' at HT (something we've seen many times this season) and United shat themselves. A lot of our defending was utterly embarassing - Basham being the main culprit. Make no mistake, we got out of jail today, but for what? Any half-decent team (Southend and Walsall next up, for instance) will expose our utterly inept team.

Che looked up for it from the start but badly needs tactical coaching, I was pleased with Flynn and Sharp and Done worked tirelessly. McGahey and McEveley were solid but Brayford continues to disappoint - seemingly not having the will or confidence to take a man on.

There were two landmarks today. Over eighteen-and-a-half thousand crowds will soon seem a distant memory at this rate of regression and the sight of United pulling all eleven back, not just into our own half, but our back third as we clung on against bottom, winless-in-eighteen-games Crewe was pathetic.

They say 'a win is a win' but United showed yet more reasons today to be very fearful of the future. For once, McCabe was in attendance and with the match at 2-2 with Crewe looking by far the likeliest winners, Adkins got away with it by the skin of his teeth. For now.

 

[DronnieBlade]

Brayford needs a pre-season to get fully fit. He has come back from a care about threatening injury and it will take time to get back to where he was.

Maybe you are right. I hope so as, like most of us, regard the beard as a talisman.

But he has been back in the side for 4 months now. How much more time will he need ? Are we talking a Higdon amount of time, only to realise it's never gonna happen ??

UTB

 

[blade67]

Flynn played really well in the first half and was a threat going forward. His defensive player is poor and he was responsible for their goal, backing out of a challenge against their man.

Yes he bottled that challenge. Frustrating be cause I feel he can be a decent player at this level. On the evidence of the last few games, White man gets a shirt, with two others

 

[Tyler Durden]

There's nothing to praise. 2-0 up against one of the worst Crewe sides in years and we have to hang on at extra time. Slow, stupid, apathetic and throughly undeserving of victory.

This team are fucking cretins of the highest order.

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

The best thing for United, Burton Alb. take promotion.
They come back in the summer to take Brayford, back under the wing of his surrogate father.
£1m flat fee. No concessions.

 

[Guesty]

He played the indicated 6 minutes to the second. When will people realise that substitutions are added on, and there were six of them? Plus there was the trainer on for Coutts and Long began wasting time. Thought the ref. had a decent game and could have easily given Crewe a penalty early in the second half.

The first half flattered us. Crewe were truly woeful but we couldn't take advantage and often overplayed it. Somebody decent - Wigan or Burton for example - would have been out of sight by HT. But this is United and one goal is never enough. Once again, our 'style' is so predictable that the opposing manager obviously told Crewe to 'up their game' at HT (something we've seen many times this season) and United shat themselves. A lot of our defending was utterly embarassing - Basham being the main culprit. Make no mistake, we got out of jail today, but for what? Any half-decent team (Southend and Walsall next up, for instance) will expose our utterly inept team.

Che looked up for it from the start but badly needs tactical coaching, I was pleased with Flynn and Sharp and Done worked tirelessly. McGahey and McEveley were solid but Brayford continues to disappoint - seemingly not having the will or confidence to take a man on.

There were two landmarks today. Over eighteen-and-a-half thousand crowds will soon seem a distant memory at this rate of regression and the sight of United pulling all eleven back, not just into our own half, but our back third as we clung on against bottom, winless-in-eighteen-games Crewe was pathetic.

They say 'a win is a win' but United showed yet more reasons today to be very fearful of the future. For once, McCabe was in attendance and with the match at 2-2 with Crewe looking by far the likeliest winners, Adkins got away with it by the skin of his teeth. For now.

One of them was made at Half Time, before the second half kicked off, and wouldn't have been counted towards the total injury time (assuming a competent referee).

 

[Harry's Game]

Thanks not been today due to bloody work I'm taking it Adkins played 3-5-2 experiment and they cottoned on and got amongst us more in second half?

Pretty much, if you have a Young Staurt McCall type you can counter this tactic yourself by getting in and breaking their play up in there formation and then moving the ball quickly.

Those type of players don't grow on trees though.

 

[Dkc]

Bloody hell, six goals and six points in our last two home games, but all people can do is moan

 

[alcoblade]

He played the indicated 6 minutes to the second. When will people realise that substitutions are added on, and there were six of them? Plus there was the trainer on for Coutts and Long began wasting time. Thought the ref. had a decent game and could have easily given Crewe a penalty early in the second half.

The first half flattered us. Crewe were truly woeful but we couldn't take advantage and often overplayed it. Somebody decent - Wigan or Burton for example - would have been out of sight by HT. But this is United and one goal is never enough. Once again, our 'style' is so predictable that the opposing manager obviously told Crewe to 'up their game' at HT (something we've seen many times this season) and United shat themselves. A lot of our defending was utterly embarassing - Basham being the main culprit. Make no mistake, we got out of jail today, but for what? Any half-decent team (Southend and Walsall next up, for instance) will expose our utterly inept team.

Che looked up for it from the start but badly needs tactical coaching, I was pleased with Flynn and Sharp and Done worked tirelessly. McGahey and McEveley were solid but Brayford continues to disappoint - seemingly not having the will or confidence to take a man on.

There were two landmarks today. Over eighteen-and-a-half thousand crowds will soon seem a distant memory at this rate of regression and the sight of United pulling all eleven back, not just into our own half, but our back third as we clung on against bottom, winless-in-eighteen-games Crewe was pathetic.

They say 'a win is a win' but United showed yet more reasons today to be very fearful of the future. For once, McCabe was in attendance and with the match at 2-2 with Crewe looking by far the likeliest winners, Adkins got away with it by the skin of his teeth. For now.

McCabe might also have thought;

" fuck me, I've sold our best player for £2,500,000, trimmed £3,000,000 off the wage bill, and we're still only 3 points worse off than this time last year. If anyone's to blame it's not the manager".

UTB

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

Bloody hell, six goals and six points in our last two home games, but all people can do is moan

Moaning a bit less, like. All things being relative, I reckon that's progress

To be fair, we were pretty rubbish for much of the game today.

 

[Aston max]

You can climb a mountain, you can swim the sea
You can jump into the fire but you'll never be free

thanks for making me feel old

 

[Blade56]

Is Jason Pompey_Blade ?

 

[Harry's Game]

Bloody hell, six goals and six points in our last two home games, but all people can do is moan

It's not moaning it's pointing out where we are when we let a team, on a terrible run who for 45 minutes looked one of the worst sides to vist the Lane in living memory, over run us in the second half by making a simple formation change that 17 year olds learn about in youth football.

It's why any half decent side will beat us when we come up against one for the rest of this season and why so many are worried about next season.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

and why so many are worried about next season.

If we play 3-5-2 and have the likes of Hammond, Flynn & Coutts in centre midfield, we WILL be relegated.

Our club has the same feeling when we got dumped 5 years ago from the division above.

If we have those 3, coupled with Bash, McEv, Edgar and even the none performing Brayford, we are in serious trouble.

Crewe outplayed us 2nd half with an easy change of system/formation.............and they are now bottom of the league.

UTB

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

He played the indicated 6 minutes to the second. When will people realise that substitutions are added on, and there were six of them? Plus there was the trainer on for Coutts and Long began wasting time. Thought the ref. had a decent game and could have easily given Crewe a penalty early in the second half.

The first half flattered us. Crewe were truly woeful but we couldn't take advantage and often overplayed it. Somebody decent - Wigan or Burton for example - would have been out of sight by HT. But this is United and one goal is never enough. Once again, our 'style' is so predictable that the opposing manager obviously told Crewe to 'up their game' at HT (something we've seen many times this season) and United shat themselves. A lot of our defending was utterly embarassing - Basham being the main culprit. Make no mistake, we got out of jail today, but for what? Any half-decent team (Southend and Walsall next up, for instance) will expose our utterly inept team.

Che looked up for it from the start but badly needs tactical coaching, I was pleased with Flynn and Sharp and Done worked tirelessly. McGahey and McEveley were solid but Brayford continues to disappoint - seemingly not having the will or confidence to take a man on.

There were two landmarks today. Over eighteen-and-a-half thousand crowds will soon seem a distant memory at this rate of regression and the sight of United pulling all eleven back, not just into our own half, but our back third as we clung on against bottom, winless-in-eighteen-games Crewe was pathetic.

They say 'a win is a win' but United showed yet more reasons today to be very fearful of the future. For once, McCabe was in attendance and with the match at 2-2 with Crewe looking by far the likeliest winners, Adkins got away with it by the skin of his teeth. For now.

McCabe must have been at BDTBL for a reason, but it couldn't have been the football or opposition , that made him do the long journey all the way from Belgium . He ought to read your post for a true insight IMO.

UTB

 

[Harry's Game]

McCabe must have been at BDTBL for a reason, but it couldn't have been the football or opposition?

He's going to the Kell Brook fight.

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Moaning a bit less, like. All things being relative, I reckon that's progress

To be fair, we were pretty rubbish for much of the game today.

We were poor for less than half the game - and in that time we scored two goals. First half we created better chances than we did at Rochdale but only scored one. Finishing. It's an issue.

 

[Harry's Game]

We were poor for less than half the game - and in that time we scored two goals. First half we created better chances than we did at Rochdale but only scored one. Finishing. It's an issue.

Please don't tell you didn't find me the near capitulation in the second half against the Leagues worst side worrying?

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

There the sight of United pulling all eleven back, not just into our own half, but our back third as we clung on against bottom, winless-in-eighteen-games Crewe was pathetic.

Can we nail this to Nigel's forehead?

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

McCabe must have been at BDTBL for a reason, but it couldn't have been the football or opposition , that made him do the long journey all the way from Belgium . He ought to read your post for a true insight IMO.

UTB

Better than being blown up.

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

Better than being blown up.

Joking apart Grumpy , we have to thank the Lord that Mr McCabe was not caught up in the atrocities that occurred and pray for all the innocent people who have lost there lives or injured.

It puts the shit and abuse the McCabe family get about football in to perceprctive and perhaps make us realise where we would be without the families investment into the club.

UTB

 

[HillmortonBlade]

2-0 was against the run of play.

I don't think it was at all.

3-2 though...

 

[Isar]

Bloody hell, six goals and six points in our last two home games, but all people can do is moan

We have won two out of our last six games, or three out of last eight. Yes moan

 

[Dkc]

Anyone spot Ollie's prediction?


OLLIE PREDICTS: 0-1 (Sky Bet odds 9/1)

Sheffield United v Crewe, Friday 3:00 - (Super 6 fixture)

This season has been unacceptable for a club like Sheffield United. The natives weren't happy when I went up there on the 10 in 10 bus - it seems not much has changed either. It's a huge club and the fans deserve better. Some of those players need to sort their lives out. When you wear that wonderful striped shirt, you are supposed to give everything.

The fans will be desperate for a win this weekend to keep their play-off hopes alive but Crewe probably have more to play for. They are fighting for their lives and I can see a shock here.

 

[Living In a Fantasy World]

Bloody hell, six goals and six points in our last two home games, but all people can do is moan

Against two of the worst teams in the division. People are moaning because we threw away a 2 goal lead and was lucky to get a late winner. Its good to see us score goals recently but we still have big problems we can't ignore.

 

[Snipersdream13]

He played the indicated 6 minutes to the second. When will people realise that substitutions are added on, and there were six of them? Plus there was the trainer on for Coutts and Long began wasting time. Thought the ref. had a decent game and could have easily given Crewe a penalty early in the second half.

The first half flattered us. Crewe were truly woeful but we couldn't take advantage and often overplayed it. Somebody decent - Wigan or Burton for example - would have been out of sight by HT. But this is United and one goal is never enough. Once again, our 'style' is so predictable that the opposing manager obviously told Crewe to 'up their game' at HT (something we've seen many times this season) and United shat themselves. A lot of our defending was utterly embarassing - Basham being the main culprit. Make no mistake, we got out of jail today, but for what? Any half-decent team (Southend and Walsall next up, for instance) will expose our utterly inept team.

Che looked up for it from the start but badly needs tactical coaching, I was pleased with Flynn and Sharp and Done worked tirelessly. McGahey and McEveley were solid but Brayford continues to disappoint - seemingly not having the will or confidence to take a man on.

There were two landmarks today. Over eighteen-and-a-half thousand crowds will soon seem a distant memory at this rate of regression and the sight of United pulling all eleven back, not just into our own half, but our back third as we clung on against bottom, winless-in-eighteen-games Crewe was pathetic.

They say 'a win is a win' but United showed yet more reasons today to be very fearful of the future. For once, McCabe was in attendance and with the match at 2-2 with Crewe looking by far the likeliest winners, Adkins got away with it by the skin of his teeth. For now.

30 is seconds added on for each substitution -

As a rule of thumb, although if a player is doddering, meandering, then extra time can be added. And it's the same for red cards, yellow cards as well.

 

[wizadry]

Reminded me of the Shrewsbury game. That started like it was going to be easy. We dropped a gear. Then they tore through our right at will.

Wasted chances. Again.

2-0 was against the run of play.

So we wasted chances but 2-0 up was against the run of play Do you realise how stupid that sounds? Someone point this out to him please because he'll have me on ignore for pointing other things out to him.