Sheffsteel
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I too don't like that sort of representation - BUT......for me there's quite a bit of truth in that statement.
I think those feelings go back to the old days and i've come across it a bit myself as I have travelled round the country with my job.
Much less so in the past 20-25 years as the relevance of the pigs has just dropped through the floor.
The old football league model of finances helped them to be massive as they like to think they are, but times have changed and people opinions of them have changed also.
If we play our cards right and we can hopefully invest in a grade 1 academy, the phrase "This City is ours" could have a lot better meaning outside our area than it does to us. Their continue perception of massiveness has counted against them for a while now and it continues.
I had a very interesting conversation just yesterday with with a very intelligent piggy fan (yes, some do exist and I do admit enjoying our conversations) and he points to the ground & training facility as now being the major stumbling block to their progression out of the mire. One that Chansiri has all on his own, put them in, and with now no real prospects of immediate recovery which may actually hasten their continued demise. In effect to him, Wednesday's past is holding them back and they need a complete bottom up rebuild. It was of course music to my ears, but I genuinely agree with his sentiments.
Another 20 years wouldn't go amiss for me though
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Agree...that's how it was in the 80's. Blades seemed to have the poorer more volatile fans where as Wednesday had loads of happy glory hunters jumping on the band wagon. Also in the early 90's I met people in different parts of the country and they also said they had the opinion that Sheff United had more working class down to earth fans. The Sheffield football scene is unusual because neither Sheffield club has been able to dominate for more than 10-15 years. So I support these general stereotypes are dependent on age group.
Think things have changed in the past 10 years. Our support has definitely grown, where as the Wednesday support has fallen.
We seem to now have loads of young supporters, especially girls. Also our fan base doesn't seem as fanatical as it once was, it's been fairly quiet this season at BL.
