Pre-Match View From Birmingham

[Carlton Blade]

Worried about this game. They comprehensively outplayed us at BL but couldn’t score.

Bonus is Norwood can only be better against them than he was last time. Because he was fucking rubbish

 

[Tony]

Is there a sell on clause.Apparently Everton sniffing around.

 

[Beans]

Not feeling too confident about this one, has Wilder ever beaten a Garry Monk team yet?

Can't find it again now, but I saw a tweet the other day that said he never has beaten a Garry Monk team, and Monk is the manager with the longest unbeaten run against Wilder (think it was five games).

I'm pretty relaxed about this one. Worst case scenario is 2 points behind Leeds with arguably our three hardest remaining fixtures ticked off (Bristol City H, Preston A, Birmingham A). I honestly think I'd have taken that 2 weeks ago.

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

Not feeling too confident about this one, has Wilder ever beaten a Garry Monk team yet?

No

 

[s4-blade]

Che is a disrespectful entitled bellend and I don’t want the fucker anywhere near our side. Don’t care how many he’s scored

 

[Silent Blade]

Isntit 2009 since we beat them at all ? Very worried about this one and still have nightmares about last season when we were one up and they completely destroyed us. Also think about the 1st match of the season a few years ago when we played well but Philips scored in injury time

My first visit to St Andrews

 

[YorkBlade]

Not feeling too confident about this one, has Wilder ever beaten a Garry Monk team yet?

From Beeb:

• Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has faced Birmingham boss Garry Monk more often without winning than any other manager in the Championship (P3 W0 D1 L2).

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Worried about this game. They comprehensively outplayed us at BL but couldn’t score.

Bonus is Norwood can only be better against them than he was last time. Because he was fucking rubbish

You know me, I always attempt to see the silver lining in the cloud, and I’m currently trying desperately hard to be positive about our chances of promotion, but........

Tomorrow night, I fear a 2-1 or 3-1 defeat. Birmingham at Birmingham, with Monk in charge. Leeds back up to 2nd.

 

[Bobby Boo]

From Beeb:

• Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has faced Birmingham boss Garry Monk more often without winning than any other manager in the Championship (P3 W0 D1 L2).

I was hoping to be proved wrong. Oh well there's a first time for everything

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Che is a disrespectful entitled bellend and I don’t want the fucker anywhere near our side. Don’t care how many he’s scored

I’d be surprised given how quickly Madine was able to repair his standing among our fans if Adams wasn’t swiftly able to win everyone over in the event he returned.

This is of course all fairly academic, as with the money he’s likely to command and the interest in him already we probably won’t be going anywhere near him.

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

Che, exceptional player but possibly (and this is amongst some strong contenders) the thickest footballer in the game today.

Apart from Marvin Johnson.

 

[Davalon]

".....Wilder's Arsenal"

Knew it was only a matter of time before the Prem took him away from us

 

[ChemEngBlade]

Adams is one of those players who seems a miles better prospect than he is because he's a young English player. He's had a good season but I think he'd be absolutely dog meat in the prem.

I can't imagine we English massively hyping up young English players as soon as they show promise, and by doing so applying massive amounts of pressure on them to perform at such a young age?!

 

[coaxingstar71]

We were slightly fortunate to come away with a 0-0 draw at the Lane early in the season. Think they hit the woodwork on at least one occasion. I recall they weren't particularly pretty to watch but were very well organised with some physically big players. Other words that spring to mind are obstinate and awkward.

We'll do very well to win there.

 

[Liverpool blade]

Cheers Roy. Since when did che Adams suddenly turn into Lionel messi??.
Talk about over hyping a player just because he’s English!!!. UTB

 

[Grappler]

https://roysviewfrom.com/2019/04/09/pre-match-view-from-birmingham-4/

Cheers Panchero!

 

[originaltrueblade]

He’s a good player is Adams but that’s all he is, he’s not a great player and we have better players in our team. With Madine back can only pile more pressure on their back line. They are more worried about us so play our normal game

 

[Moan? Nope-I saw Longhorn]

From Beeb:

• Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has faced Birmingham boss Garry Monk more often without winning than any other manager in the Championship (P3 W0 D1 L2).

Kin' ell
3 ole games wi art beatin 'im
Wilder yoo useless twat
Gerarta my club & take that incompetent sidekick Knill wi you

 

[Sheffsteel]

We were slightly fortunate to come away with a 0-0 draw at the Lane early in the season. Think they hit the woodwork on at least one occasion. I recall they weren't particularly pretty to watch but were very well organised with some physically big players. Other words that spring to mind are obstinate and awkward.

We'll do very well to win there.

They were very similar to Middlesboro for the first 60 minutes. We were all over them for most of the game.
They sat back and parked the bus, our players were camped in their half but we struggled to create a single chance.
They seem to have loads of giant defenders who were physical, every time we crossed the ball or had a corner we had no chance.

Then, around the 60-70 minute mark we ran out of steam and looked clueless.
Birmingham came alive and went into attack mode, seemed a deliberate tactic by Monk to let us have all the ball and wait for us to run out of ideas against their well drilled defence. Then they pushed players forward, quick on the break and had 2 or 3 great chances, think they hit the woodwork twice. We looked really tired towards the end and were desperately holding on in the last 5 minutes.

 

[metalblade]

Che Adams what can you say he came to us as a raw youngster playing non league after Forest had fucked him off and he looked a very good prospect. Then he was called up to go play with the young England team, he came back from that little break with the young premiership starlets thinking he was the next big thing having learned how to dive as soon as a defender got near him. Reality was he was a diving cheating little bastard who thought he could go out on the piss and miss training. He ended up an overweight young lad who had lost his pace and could no longer take the ball past a defender, we were right to sell him when we did he was of no use to us. His first season at Brum after slagging off is old club was not very productive either but fair play to him he seems to have got his head right now and his career is back on track. He is capable of giving us problems if we don't watch him. At the other end I think we can cause them lots of problems too they gifted Leeds some great chances which fortunately fell to that wanker Bamford, I can't see Billy letting them get away with it if they gift us chances.

 

[cooperblade]

We started with Leon Clarke and Conor Washington up front when we played them at the Lane. With all due respect to those two, I think we'll be starting with a better front 2 tomorrow night.

 

[GrayBlade]

Well one thing's for certain, if Adam’s has read some of the OTT comments about him on this thread he’ll be well up for it tomorrow night.

 

[GrayBlade]

Kin' ell
3 ole games wi art beatin 'im
Wilder yoo useless twat
Gerarta my club & take that incompetent sidekick Knill wi you

That’s EXACTLY what I was thinking. All this talk abahht never ever beating Monk’s teams, I though it was going to be nowt in a dozen games at the very least. What’s the next headline? Monk’s only managed to beat a Wilder team twice....EVER!

 

[ucandomagic]

My first visit to St Andrews

Why can’t we manage striped shirts with a white panel for the number like we did on here 50 years ago, instead of being Leeds lookalikes from behind?

John Tudor would have been a great name for an England Captain!

 

[ucandomagic]

Well one thing's for certain, if Adam’s has read some of the OTT comments about him on this thread he’ll be well up for it tomorrow night.

Adams - Read?!

 

[John Street West Terrace]

So we’re pining to bring back Adams , the player who was banging down Wilders door asking for a transfer / pay increase , renowned for work ethic .. did this info emirate from a story beginning once upon a time in Makebeliveville ?
Yeh will be a tough game but we’re a little better equipped now than our last meeting , so who knows maybe us under dogs from Sheffield might sneeekna result ?

 

[IAmBlaDE]

“Sorry to say blades fans he will destroy you! Mwuaaaahhahah”

We'll see ya tit.
Thanks Roy.

 

[Rojoyblanco]

Not my type to be honest but if it floats your boat go for it, prefer the younger Hendo myself, with the lovely hair.

Got to be Gorgeous George for me!

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

A win here would be massive but I would be happy with a point - especially if Weeds lose or draw tonight

It will be a very difficult game and a close one at that. I'm going for a feisty 1-1 (Adams & Sharp)

UTMB!

Surely that would be a 2-0 win to us wouldn't it?

Edit: Aaahh sh*t. I never could keep up with all that transfer bollox.

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

https://roysviewfrom.com/2019/04/09/pre-match-view-from-birmingham-4/

That's more like it, much prefer it when oppo fans are a bit cocky about playing us. That said f***ing St Andrews isn't the best of hunting grounds for United. Been 7 times, lost 6, won 1 (Baldy Kendall's Blades, won 1-0, Andy Walker). Lost semi final there in '61, could only draw in '75 when a win in the last game might have got us into Europe.