Reasons to feel satisfied

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

In order of most obvious;

1. Winning 1 nil away, putting on a disciplined, organised, spirited performance.

2. Seeing imaginative set pieces being deployed and attempted well.

3. McCall & Freeman on the bench in high spirits, Ndiaye seeking out Heck to celebrate & Lester air punching at full time. Marvellous.

It all just feels so 'United' again, doesn't it?

 

[1973Blade]

A good solid performance (except for the blip near the end!)

 

[Mumbo]

In order of most obvious;

1. Winning 1 nil away, putting on a disciplined, organised, spirited performance.

2. Seeing imaginative set pieces being deployed and attempted well.

3. McCall & Freeman on bench in high spirits, Ndiaye seeking out Heck to celebrate & Lester air punching full time. Marvellous.

It all just feels so 'United' again, doesn't it?

I’ll just add a clean sheet to that list.

 

[bertieblade]

Reasons to be cheerful

parts 1, 2 and three

great performance, we have our Blades back

 

[247Blade]

Yeah great ... 2 or 3 intelligent signings in January and were sorted

 

[Westran]

A win against top of the league

 

[Rufus Smalls]

And let’s not forget those Blades who made the long trip on a cold Monday night …… you were brilliant !!

 

[CornwallBlade]

And let’s not forget those Blades who made the long trip on a cold Monday night …… you were brilliant !!

Absolutely unbelievable singing people - fantastic!

 

[Working Class Hero]

In order of most obvious;

1. Winning 1 nil away, putting on a disciplined, organised, spirited performance.

2. Seeing imaginative set pieces being deployed and attempted well.

3. McCall & Freeman on the bench in high spirits, Ndiaye seeking out Heck to celebrate & Lester air punching at full time. Marvellous.

It all just feels so 'United' again, doesn't it?

It also highlights how "un-united" it felt under Jokanovic. It was just never gona be right that appointment was it?

 

[DifferentClass]

Wee Willie Harris.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

Our game plan this evening was absolutely magnificent.

We pressed high with purpose and the front 3 did it well all evening.

The back 3 were very solid and Egan has been back at his very best in a 3 - he isn't the quickest but we play a 3 better than virtually any other team.

Norwood can play in front of Egan as Norwood knows Egan will bale him out if needed.

Basham - just a legend.

Billy, up top - rejuvenated........again.

Our formation worked and for me we're going to see different ways of playing against different teams.

We're back on it now - we just need to stay calm, focused and one game at a time.

Wilder used to say " I want to be there or there abouts at Xmas" - well, we're a tad behind, but who knows.

Off to Preston ! Can't wait............once again for games to come around.

UTB

 

[Hagan's boot]

A win against top of the league

And away, couldn't ask for more. Well done lads. Onwards and upwards we go.

 

[wizadry]

And let’s not forget those Blades who made the long trip on a cold Monday night …… you were brilliant !!

They were loud and proud all the way through, truly brilliant they were.

 

[Boxer Blade]

Defence were brilliant, but am I the only one who was disappointed at how we couldn't hold the ball? I called at half time I would take Gibbs White off and bring Berge on, I thought MGW was poor, it's OK flicking the ball on but sometimes you need to hold the ball and play it to another player, let's hope Davies and Diddzie are OK for boxing day, but what a fuckin result!

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

I’ll just add a clean sheet to that list.

I think the 'nil' bit beat you to it mate

 

[Eels]

Sander Berge winning headers in our penalty area.!!!

 

[mattbianco1]

That was our Wba and Leeds games in last promotion season. Top, top defending

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Yeah great ... 2 or 3 intelligent signings in January and were sorted

Left back, centre mid & a striker.
Would be nice go see a dominant centre half too.

 

[Bergen Blade]

Our game plan this evening was absolutely magnificent.

We pressed high with purpose and the front 3 did it well all evening.

The back 3 were very solid and Egan has been back at his very best in a 3 - he isn't the quickest but we play a 3 better than virtually any other team.

Norwood can play in front of Egan as Norwood knows Egan will bale him out if needed.

Basham - just a legend.

Billy, up top - rejuvenated........again.

Our formation worked and for me we're going to see different ways of playing against different teams.

We're back on it now - we just need to stay calm, focused and one game at a time.

Wilder used to say " I want to be there or there abouts at Xmas" - well, we're a tad behind, but who knows.

Off to Preston ! Can't wait............once again for games to come around.

UTB

Formation was tweaked to 3-4-1-2 tonight. I think it was partly to do with Fulham having two defensive midfielders who usually protect their defence well. Our two strikers got in behind them and troubled their back four. If we had kept 3-4-2-1 it may have been more of a man vs man scenario in the last third.

Second half we changed to 3-5-2, then 3-5-1-1 at the end.

Good to see some of our not hugely popular players putting in solid performances - Robinson and Hourihane showing they can do a job. We had a pretty experienced line up, but I'm glad we have some youngsters giving us a bit of extra flair and energy. MGW didn't have his best game, but Ndiaye was class, delighted he got that goal.

Not seen Bogle win as many headers before.

Very impressed with Wes. Looks agile and confident, happy to go for high balls and his handling is great.


Thought Berge did well too. Some good attacking contributions and helped Bogle on that side, preventing Antonee Robinson getting forward too much.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Add also .. playing with spirit , tempo & belief ..4 wins on the spin 3 of them away from home & unbeaten in 5 . Plenty of points to play for .. game on

 

[Yewsman]

Good to see Berge put a shift in. Thought he was great if perhaps a little rusty. If he can stay fit could be a big big player for us in the second half of the season.

 

[wizadry]

Good to see Fleck on the pitch so soon after what happened, he put in one great tackle too, one of those tackles that made him so popular. Hopefully he stays healthy and rekindles some kind of form that made him a fans favourite. It was a very good night in every aspect.

 

[Revolution]

In order of most obvious;

1. Winning 1 nil away, putting on a disciplined, organised, spirited performance.

2. Seeing imaginative set pieces being deployed and attempted well.

3. McCall & Freeman on the bench in high spirits, Ndiaye seeking out Heck to celebrate & Lester air punching at full time. Marvellous.

It all just feels so 'United' again, doesn't it?

Winning away at the top of the league is not a very "United" thing to do at all in my experience!

Joking apart, great night and excellent performance. No bad games and we coped very, very well with a strong team with the division's best striker. What a difference from the Blackburn game where we could not cope with the division's second best striker.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

It also highlights how "un-united" it felt under Jokanovic. It was just never gona be right that appointment was it?

winning erases a lot of woes.

in a parallel universe it wouldn’t have been a surprise if a couple of wingers and a defensive midfielder being brought in generated some results and saw us challenging at the top of the table.

Think Slav ball would have felt very United at that point. But I agree that there were far too many passive / nothing performances to generate much good will

 

[guancheblade]

It also highlights how "un-united" it felt under Jokanovic. It was just never gona be right that appointment was it?

Brexit Blades

 

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

in a parallel universe it wouldn’t have been a surprise if a couple of wingers and a defensive midfielder being brought in

Good point, but the likelihood of bringing 3 players in January would've been hamstrung by getting the outgoings sorted first.

I wouldn't be surprised if we shift Olsen (cancel it, please), Freeman, Burke, Berge (depending on...), McBurnie & Mousse whilst losing Davies & MGW (...this) to recalls. That's a lot of outgoings to arrange in 30 days. I can also see us recalling Jebbo if we're confident of moving on at least one of Burke or McB.

Heck faces a tricky window and he'll need to make some bold decisions. I hope he isn't let down by a similar transfer window performance like the previous one by Bettis & Co.

 

[blackydog]

Defence were brilliant, but am I the only one who was disappointed at how we couldn't hold the ball? I called at half time I would take Gibbs White off and bring Berge on, I thought MGW was poor, it's OK flicking the ball on but sometimes you need to hold the ball and play it to another player, let's hope Davies and Diddzie are OK for boxing day, but what a fuckin result!

No mate, me too. I thought we gave the ball away very easily all night.

 

[CPB]

A really good away performance. We didn't dominate but looked a threat on the counter and defended well.
N'Diaye showed some real classy touches and turns too. I actually thought MGW had a poor 1st half, gave the ball away far too much but he's not superman and I hope he's fit again v.soon!

Let's not get carried away of course, this win moves us up to 11th which would achieve nothing. It all means nothing too if we don't keep performing and picking up results.

Heckingbottom is still a young manager and as McCarthy said last night he's had some good experiences in his career so far. Sometimes bad spells like at Leeds do you good as well and it's worth remembering that Leeds until Bielsa were consistently a basket case going through managers inc. Warnock and just not really doing anything.

As for Slav. Feel a bit sorry for him as I think it was clear he expected more signings so he could change our formation and style better.
However you have to work with what you have too especially in between windows and I always felt that we were essentially restricting ourselves with many of the players we have at our disposal. It's interesting he chose to go 3-5-2 in his last game makes you wonder if he decided himself to revert back a bit or if he had even been informed to do so?

 

[guancheblade]

Defence were brilliant, but am I the only one who was disappointed at how we couldn't hold the ball? I called at half time I would take Gibbs White off and bring Berge on, I thought MGW was poor, it's OK flicking the ball on but sometimes you need to hold the ball and play it to another player, let's hope Davies and Diddzie are OK for boxing day, but what a fuckin result!

We were hanging on by the finger nails for the last 15 minutes because all we did was gift the ball back to Fulham over and over again. All well and good praising the backs to the wall efforts but a lot of that was self inflicted.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

In order of most obvious;

1. Winning 1 nil away, putting on a disciplined, organised, spirited performance.

2. Seeing imaginative set pieces being deployed and attempted well.

3. McCall & Freeman on the bench in high spirits, Ndiaye seeking out Heck to celebrate & Lester air punching at full time. Marvellous.

It all just feels so 'United' again, doesn't it?

What did Freeman do?