Remember Rocky lll

[Maurice Maurice]

When Rocky lost the eye of the tiger? That's our manager. Clubber Lang and his merry band of relegation threatened journeymen came to Bramall Lane this evening and sauntered to their easiest win in years. As soon as we saw the team sheet you could see white flags getting hoisted all around. That midfield of Jairo and Rothwell would struggle for pace in the over 35s league. Jairo is fucking terrible, he gets deeper and deeper, goes sideways and backwards and offers absolutely fuck all. I have no idea what Rothwells contribution is supposed to be, he does nothing.

At the back we have Tanganga who can't read the game, can't win a header and is only good at last ditch tackles because he's fucked up his positioning, his distribution is dire and why he's captain is a mystery. Burrows is as bad as any defender we've ever had. I don't care if he's supposed to be a wing back, he should still be able to do at least the basics in defence, sadly he can't.

As to Sir Chris, Our Lord and Saviour, Our Chrissie, Sir Christopher of Wilder etc. well he's proving to be a right fucking let down. He picks shit teams, he sets us up poorly and it's never his fucking fault. He doesn't have the courage to make meaningful changes and he only did today because there was fuck all at stake and he was treating it as a run around. Cowardly from the start but he'll still be telling us he only sets us up to win, we don't sit back when we're a goal up and all the other bullshit some of you still believe.

Meaningless game that would have been good to give the hardy souls there something to cheer about but no. For a big Blade he doesn't seem all that bothered about gifting other teams results against us.

UTBFTP

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

For a big Blade he doesn't seem all that bothered about gifting other teams results against us.

Yep

 

[Bladesman]

When Rocky lost the eye of the tiger? That's our manager. Clubber Lang and his merry band of relegation threatened journeymen came to Bramall Lane this evening and sauntered to their easiest win in years. As soon as we saw the team sheet you could see white flags getting hoisted all around. That midfield of Jairo and Rothwell would struggle for pace in the over 35s league. Jairo is fucking terrible, he gets deeper and deeper, goes sideways and backwards and offers absolutely fuck all. I have no idea what Rothwells contribution is supposed to be, he does nothing.

At the back we have Tanganga who can't read the game, can't win a header and is only good at last ditch tackles because he's fucked up his positioning, his distribution is dire and why he's captain is a mystery. Burrows is as bad as any defender we've ever had. I don't care if he's supposed to be a wing back, he should still be able to do at least the basics in defence, sadly he can't.

As to Sir Chris, Our Lord and Saviour, Our Chrissie, Sir Christopher of Wilder etc. well he's proving to be a right fucking let down. He picks shit teams, he sets us up poorly and it's never his fucking fault. He doesn't have the courage to make meaningful changes and he only did today because there was fuck all at stake and he was treating it as a run around. Cowardly from the start but he'll still be telling us he only sets us up to win, we don't sit back when we're a goal up and all the other bullshit some of you still believe.

Meaningless game that would have been good to give the hardy souls there something to cheer about but no. For a big Blade he doesn't seem all that bothered about gifting other teams results against us.

UTBFTP

The punters as he likes to call us still expect to see some effort in these dead rubber matches. We managed it Saturday but decide to phone it in tonight.

I thought he didn't want anymore Wrexham and West Brom performances?

 

[Bladesman101]

We really need the season to end, these bed wetting posts are getting longer and more repetitive

 

[Bladesman]

We really need the season to end, these bed wetting posts are getting longer and more repetitive

A fair bit of bedwetting for sure but people are still giving up their evening and going to the game, not a lot of to ask for players to put a bit of effort in?

 

[Maurice Maurice]

We really need the season to end, these bed wetting posts are getting longer and more repetitive

Keep clapping, one day someone will throw you a fish.

 

[Grappler]

When Rocky lost the eye of the tiger? That's our manager. Clubber Lang and his merry band of relegation threatened journeymen came to Bramall Lane this evening and sauntered to their easiest win in years. As soon as we saw the team sheet you could see white flags getting hoisted all around. That midfield of Jairo and Rothwell would struggle for pace in the over 35s league. Jairo is fucking terrible, he gets deeper and deeper, goes sideways and backwards and offers absolutely fuck all. I have no idea what Rothwells contribution is supposed to be, he does nothing.

At the back we have Tanganga who can't read the game, can't win a header and is only good at last ditch tackles because he's fucked up his positioning, his distribution is dire and why he's captain is a mystery. Burrows is as bad as any defender we've ever had. I don't care if he's supposed to be a wing back, he should still be able to do at least the basics in defence, sadly he can't.

As to Sir Chris, Our Lord and Saviour, Our Chrissie, Sir Christopher of Wilder etc. well he's proving to be a right fucking let down. He picks shit teams, he sets us up poorly and it's never his fucking fault. He doesn't have the courage to make meaningful changes and he only did today because there was fuck all at stake and he was treating it as a run around. Cowardly from the start but he'll still be telling us he only sets us up to win, we don't sit back when we're a goal up and all the other bullshit some of you still believe.

Meaningless game that would have been good to give the hardy souls there something to cheer about but no. For a big Blade he doesn't seem all that bothered about gifting other teams results against us.

UTBFTP

Met Mr. T in Los Angeles, about 25 years ago, or so. Great bloke, totally mad, got pictures of me and him with fists under each others chin.

 

[Maurice Maurice]

Met Mr. T in Los Angeles, about 25 years ago, or so. Great bloke, totally mad, got pictures of me and him with fists under each others chin.

Rocky lll was the best by far and Mr T played his part to perfection

 

[Grappler]

Rocky lll was the best by far and Mr T played his part to perfection

Agree with that, and with Stallone not being very tall, it made Mr T look bigger (I would guess he was about 5ft 10 in real life). It also made Hulk Hogan look a giant in the early part of the film!

 

[John Street West Terrace]

This I’m gonna give everyone a game rotation shit is doing my head in .. first half absolutely fkg terrible half hearted effort .. 2nd half better but not great … if your gonna name all the bench warmers the next two then I’ll not fkg bother … as said above have some respect for the paying ‘punter’ and not treat it like a fkg testimonial match or pre season friendly

 

[Slug]

If Wilder had any bollocks, he would have made them 4 changes (I called for 3 of them) at 0-2 rather than the easy cowards way at HT.

Watching that last 15 minutes of the first half and doing nothing was criminal. We literally had no athleticism or midfield.

We then inevitably went 0-3 down before the break and it makes it very easy for him to make 3/4 changes at HT as some billy big bollocks bravado.

If he was really as despondent at that first half performance as we all were, he should have made it apparent and made the changes early (Ideally he would never have started Hoever, Chong and Cannon in the first place).

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

If Wilder had any bollocks, he would have made them 4 changes (I called for 3 of them) at 0-2 rather than the easy cowards way at HT.

Watching that last 15 minutes of the first half and doing nothing was criminal. We literally had no athleticism or midfield.

We then inevitably went 0-3 down before the break and it makes it very easy for him to make 3/4 changes at HT as some billy big bollocks bravado.

If he was really as despondent at that first half performance as we all were, he should have made it apparent and made the changes early (Ideally he would never have started Hoever, Chong and Cannon in the first place).

Waiting till half time in those circumstances is always a lazy selfish thing to do

 

[Blade In Flame]

Met Mr. T in Los Angeles, about 25 years ago, or so. Great bloke, totally mad, got pictures of me and him with fists under each others chin.

Fisting Mr T. Now that's some anecdote.

 

[Slug]

Waiting till half time in those circumstances is always a lazy selfish thing to do

It's sadly where Wilder is now as a manager.

No way would he have waited that long 8 years ago when he was the front footed, take no shit gaffer, that we all loved.

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

Met Mr. T in Los Angeles, about 25 years ago, or so. Great bloke, totally mad, got pictures of me and him with fists under each others chin.

We could do with Mr T now, the jewellery around his fizzog is worth more than the value of our squad.

 

[Ecco1889]

We could do with Mr T now, the jewellery around his fizzog is worth more than the value of our squad.

The collective motto of the players tonight…”I ain’t gonna try,sucker”

 

[bornablade]

Quality stuff once again from our manager to come over and acknowledge the 10,000 (?) of us that remained in the ground at full time.

 

[Bladesman101]

Keep clapping, one day someone will throw you a fish.

keep moaning, one day you’ll be right

 

[Bladesman101]

A fair bit of bedwetting for sure but people are still giving up their evening and going to the game, not a lot of to ask for players to put a bit of effort in?

I didn't really doubt their effort, but I do think a team fighting for survival against a team who has many players who know they won’t be here next season should probably have a little bit more desperation and desire than the other team, surely you can understand that?

 

[Lane Ender]

When Rocky lost the eye of the tiger? That's our manager. Clubber Lang and his merry band of relegation threatened journeymen came to Bramall Lane this evening and sauntered to their easiest win in years. As soon as we saw the team sheet you could see white flags getting hoisted all around. That midfield of Jairo and Rothwell would struggle for pace in the over 35s league. Jairo is fucking terrible, he gets deeper and deeper, goes sideways and backwards and offers absolutely fuck all. I have no idea what Rothwells contribution is supposed to be, he does nothing.

At the back we have Tanganga who can't read the game, can't win a header and is only good at last ditch tackles because he's fucked up his positioning, his distribution is dire and why he's captain is a mystery. Burrows is as bad as any defender we've ever had. I don't care if he's supposed to be a wing back, he should still be able to do at least the basics in defence, sadly he can't.

As to Sir Chris, Our Lord and Saviour, Our Chrissie, Sir Christopher of Wilder etc. well he's proving to be a right fucking let down. He picks shit teams, he sets us up poorly and it's never his fucking fault. He doesn't have the courage to make meaningful changes and he only did today because there was fuck all at stake and he was treating it as a run around. Cowardly from the start but he'll still be telling us he only sets us up to win, we don't sit back when we're a goal up and all the other bullshit some of you still believe.

Meaningless game that would have been good to give the hardy souls there something to cheer about but no. For a big Blade he doesn't seem all that bothered about gifting other teams results against us.

UTBFTP

Quality post so true

 

[Blademan89]

When Rocky lost the eye of the tiger? That's our manager. Clubber Lang and his merry band of relegation threatened journeymen came to Bramall Lane this evening and sauntered to their easiest win in years. As soon as we saw the team sheet you could see white flags getting hoisted all around. That midfield of Jairo and Rothwell would struggle for pace in the over 35s league. Jairo is fucking terrible, he gets deeper and deeper, goes sideways and backwards and offers absolutely fuck all. I have no idea what Rothwells contribution is supposed to be, he does nothing.

At the back we have Tanganga who can't read the game, can't win a header and is only good at last ditch tackles because he's fucked up his positioning, his distribution is dire and why he's captain is a mystery. Burrows is as bad as any defender we've ever had. I don't care if he's supposed to be a wing back, he should still be able to do at least the basics in defence, sadly he can't.

As to Sir Chris, Our Lord and Saviour, Our Chrissie, Sir Christopher of Wilder etc. well he's proving to be a right fucking let down. He picks shit teams, he sets us up poorly and it's never his fucking fault. He doesn't have the courage to make meaningful changes and he only did today because there was fuck all at stake and he was treating it as a run around. Cowardly from the start but he'll still be telling us he only sets us up to win, we don't sit back when we're a goal up and all the other bullshit some of you still believe.

Meaningless game that would have been good to give the hardy souls there something to cheer about but no. For a big Blade he doesn't seem all that bothered about gifting other teams results against us.

UTBFTP

We are / our manager is more like Apollo creed, once a great team, fancy ahead of the times played attractive football front foot winning all time, revolutionary tactics, beatingteams at ease, fresh ideas, clever freekicks and corner routines, top of the world mixing it with the big boys, been spoke about drawing praise globally... and 2nd season prem came (Ivan drago) and killed us & the manager, punch after punch a beating that season our manager has never recovered from.

Ever since that, hos tactics have gone boring, dire, stagnated - shit the bed, worry & respect opposition too much even though its league below, slow, uninspiring, unattractive, devoid of any ideas to change, wrong subs, wrong timings, out fought, out run. And thats not judt with us since.. that from 2 other teams hes managed as well.

 

[Chimpan-A]

Rocky lll was the best by far and Mr T played his part to perfection

Finally, someone who agrees with me. The uneducated always choose Rocky IV, but I maintain Clubber Lang is a much better villain than Drago.

 

[Chimpan-A]

I would disagree to the extent that Blackburn aren’t the equivalent of Clubber Lang, who was at the top of his game. They are more like Spider Rico, the down and out, not very good, bloke he fights at the start of Rocky 1 in the spit and sawdust arena, who headbutts Rocky. Only difference is that Rocky managed to beat him!

 

[Grappler]

We could do with Mr T now, the jewellery around his fizzog is worth more than the value of our squad.

When I met him he had a solid gold plate and a solid gold knife and fork (amongst other things) on gold chains around his neck. I asked him why and he said it was a daily reminder that as a kid his family was so poor, they couldn't always afford to eat.

Talks about himself in the third person as well, he is (or was at the time) always in character, he would say stuff like "can someone get Mr. T a coffee?"

 

[PageHallBlade]

 

[Maurice Maurice]

keep moaning, one day you’ll be right

Ooh, such a lazy reply. Come on then, tell me the bits that are wrong.