Match Thread Real Betis v. Sheffield United - Pre-season Friendly - 12/07/19

[benn5712]

Missed !

 

[nickwr37]

Freeman looks lively.

 

[CoatesyBlade]

Best team won

 

[bromtom]

Good game Blades.

On Onefootball out of 12,000 votes 81% predicted we'd lose, so we're already causing upsets. Keep it up.

Wilder looking proper 80s in his tracksuit and gazelles.

 

[Tom Bott]

Commentators are better than radio Sheffield and I can't fucking understand them

I thought Keith Edwards was sounding a little east european, so it wasn't him them.

 

[nickwr37]

Soon be time to unleash CR

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Good work out that. The Freemen looked encouraging. Cool and clinical finish for McGoldrick. Encouraging 45 mins for Jagielka. Some solid shot-stopping for Moore. We obviously need extra players in, but I’m confident we’ll be ready come week 1.

 

[Seanshoreham]

Thought Moore had a good game - great to see Jags back in red and white stripes

 

[DifferentClass]

Think we could have quite a special team coming together. Of course, fingers crossed etc.

 

[derryblade]

Good workout, Moore had a really good game. Gave away a lot of fouls in dangerous areas, put it down to being rusty, can't do that in Premiership.

 

[Houso]

Means sod all, but good run out. Thought Didzy, Lundstram and Jo'C were real bright spots.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Good workout that.

 

[DeanLearner'sCat]

Rode our luck at times, but very good considering we didn't play the first team together.

 

[AdamSufc1997]

Lundstrum and Moore had a good game

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

I really enjoyed that, a decent warm up against decent opposition and we looked very comfortable. Well done Blades.

 

[JimmyMuir94]

MOTM for Didzy? Moore was great too.

 

[Ricky]

McGoldrick could be capable of playing the lone striker role. He's developing into that sort of player - very impressively.

I'm glad McGoldrick is playing as the lone centre forward. The more practice he has doing that the better. He might be required to do it next season, and I can see him being capable of that role as he continues to evolve as a player.

I'm confident he'll be able to do the lone role if required - with the right support, at least.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Luke Freeman spend some of that extra wages tha gerrin on some longer studs for thi boots,tha's got quick feet but tha needs to stay on em.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Only watched the 2nd half.

Thought the match was pretty even, maybe a draw would have been fair.
Betis had more technical players that were falling down on the slightest contact.
But we look better drilled and more of a team.

Was impressed with Freeman and thought Lunny was effective and tigerish in midfield.
Made me think that maybe Lunny might be our Nick Montgomery, where he’s higher rated in the PL than in the lower divisions.
Fleck was in midfield but he tended to give away plenty of fouls, it was as though Fleck couldn’t make a clean tackle, their players didn’t want any contact.

The big positive for me is that Chris Wilder has his personality stamped all over the team, even in a friendly.
We defended as a team and attacked as a team, the defence in particular seemed determined not to concede.
We passed the ball around beautifully at times, in fact midway through that 2nd half there was a 10 minute spell where `Betis must have felt they were playing Barcelona, they simply couldn’t get the ball off us.

Great scoreline and good performance against decent opposition.
I kept thinking that I wouldn’t want to be watching Betis all season, much prefer the way we play.

Also thought I’d mention that Real Bettis averaged 44,142 last season.
And their last league game was a 2-0 win away at European Champions Real Madrid.

 

[coolhandluke]

MOTM for Didzy? Moore was great too.

Enda for me .

 

[metalblade]

Considering it is our first real game I thought we were decent, you can't knock a win at any level.

 

[Antonb]

JOC was Motm for me. Like what was posted, a nice start for our preseason. Against very good opposition

 

[wavy-blade]

Hendo get back quick Moores looking good !!!

Davids a fantastic player , how the hell he was let go by Ipswich and couldn't get a club I will never know ? Thank god we got him , love the guy !

 

[Bruce Wayne]

You are the best unpaid football manager out there pal.

 

[Foxy]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

So are we in the group stages now?

 

[Foxy]

 

[tincan]

Jags showing why we need more past it CB's for the PL - read their attacks well,

 

[Blend-it-like-Harris]

Jags looks really sharp - his passing is quick and accurate and he’s winning all his heading challenges.

Caught out too slow/flat-footed and took a yellow to give a free-kick that fortunately they made a bollox of. However - as long as he sharpens up and loses the spare tyre it looks as though he could still do a decent job for us.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

Moore motm for me, surprised me how good he was.

Most good things in attack second half came through Duffy and McGoldrick as per

Freeman and Sharp looked sharp first half

Glad O’Connell got up ok

Good job fleck doesn’t play in Spain, he’d be sent off every week.

They’re diving cunts.

Lundstrum looked good and aggressive. Might need to be careful in the prem.

L freeman looked a little off the pace I thought but he’ll get up to our speed.

They looked fit and the passing was confident.