Sheffield United vs Burnley

EFL Championship Matchweek 23 - Thursday 26th December 2024 - 15:00 - Bramall Lane
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[paidsy]

As I’ve said before, in the big games have we seen any step up in managerial ability from wilder from last season?

 

[Sharp_as_a_Blade]

Terrible performance, shown no urgency even at 2-0 down. Just pass it around the back and play an aimless ball to give possession away constantly.

 

[SUFCinks]

Wilder has lots of work to do still.

 

[WestYorksBlade]

Proper shit, but at least I don’t live in Burnley

 

[Barnette]

They showed us up big time.....a reality check of how far short of Premiership material we currently are.

 

[paidsy]

Wilder has lots of work to do still.

He’s shown he can’t do it in the vital games as per.

 

[fifty shades of blade]

They showed us up big time.....a reality check of how far short of Premiership material we currently are.

We play in scotland?

 

[Jon Bon II]

Choking in the big games again, as usual.

 

[WestYorksBlade]

Worrying signs when we come up against semi decent opposition in Leeds/Boro/Burnley and struggle to create. We scraped the win against a Sunderland side that couldn’t win for toffee at the time. Can expect much of the same next season IF we get promoted

 

[Belvedere Blade]

Still top of table

 

[originaltrueblade]

Need to buy a lot of quality in January

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

We are in a false position, today showed that. Leeds and Burnley are a million miles ahead of us and will open up a gap now.

 

[themaninblack]

That was a tough game, two well-matched teams but with Burnley showing that bit of class to score the first and then keep us mostly at arms length. Them’s the breaks sometimes; need to get our shit together and go again.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Typical Blades performance against a top team, that’s Leeds, Boro and Burnley that we’ve not bothered scoring against.

We have a team capable of grinding out wins against poorer teams, however when a bit of quality is needed we are sadly lacking.

 

[paidsy]

Choking in the big games again, as usual.

But the manager will no doubt be above criticism which is definitely a positive for the club moving forward. Limitations laid bare repeatedly.

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Never looked like we were going to score today. Great away performance by Burnley. They are a solid side.
We all know we’re missing a couple of quality additions.
I expect us to bounce back and tonk West Brom now.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Good management is finding a formation and tactics to suit what you have at your disposal.

Bad management is picking a formation that you don't have players for and playing others out of position to accommodate it.

This has been the story of our season and why the performances have been consistently poor on the ball. Off the ball we are generally solid. With it we are lethargic, predictable, negative, static and constantly outnumbered from no one committing forwards, or not committing forwards quick enough.

We need bodies in urgently as our bench today was a joke for a team top of the table.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

A really disappointing performance. Not combative or creative enough. Didn't really bother Burnley at all. Way to impress the new owners!

 

[robbiez666]

We really didn't play much differently to the last half dozen games but up against much better players and manager.

No system, no plan, created next to nothing. But against the best organised team in the league we always looked second best. They controlled the game from start to finish.

Playing Brewster was pointless. We would have been better going to 5 at the back given our lack of attacking options on the bench.

We need more players to chose from and now Souttar is out we're down to two fit CBs again.

 

[Rochdaleblade]

Still top of table
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Today was not great, but we are going to be in the automatic spots half way through the season, despite having a points deduction and a horrendous run of injuries. The players deserve credit for gutting out so many results. Quality signings up front are a necessity for me, plus a CB if Souttars injury is as bad as it looked.

 

[Maltby_blade]

Don’t usually post on here but feel I’ve got to reading some of the reactions to this. Yes we have obviously lost to a rival but wasn’t much in the game really, the second goal was a very lucky deflection. We aren’t in a false position we have played every team and accumulated 48 points which is a great return which ever spin you want to put on it. We will bring in a few in January and kick on again in my opinion.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

For me we need another right back (history repeating last season with left back), a replacement for Peck as he is not the answer. He doesn't look Championship standard and not consistent enough and he's negative in possession either passing back for a safe pass then giving it away whenever he tried anything positive with it. Add to that two actual wingers, one for each side as Hamer, Brewster and Rak-Sakyi are not the answer.

 

[ReeceofBDTBL]

A right hand side of Callum O Hare and Alfie Gilchrist. Rhian Brewster as a number 10.

Fuck me. That was appalling

 

[programmechap]

Bad day. But bit ot perspective. We're half through the season, are top, have lost only 3 games and were averaging over 2 points a game, even with the deduction.

That was beyond our wildest dreams at the start of the season.

 

[utd4ever]

Wilder is not going to take us forward. Same ilk as Warnock and Hecky.

Great for grinding out results against lower standard teams but can’t get past the big boys.

 

[moody1889]

As I’ve said before, in the big games have we seen any step up in managerial ability from wilder from last season?

I am sorry to say when it comes to these matches against the big teams he sets up negatively every time.

His first thought is to try and stop the opposition rather than concentrating on what we can do.

We play better when taking the game to the opposition soon as we sit back it costs us every time.

He never learns in the big games.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Wilder is not going to take us forward. Same ilk as Warnock and Hecky.

Great for grinding out results against lower standard teams but can’t get past the big boys.

Which is very worrying if we're going to go up again

 

[paidsy]

I am sorry to say when it comes to these matches against the big teams he sets up negatively every time.

His first thought is to try and stop the opposition rather than concentrating on what we can do.

We play better when taking the game to the opposition soon as we sit back it costs us every time.

He never learns in the big games.

He’s absolutely terrified of being completely exposed. I think these setups are a safety blanket for him. We aren’t exactly rolling over the dregs of the division either. A year on I’m still far from close to understanding the long term sense in bringing him back.

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

A really disappointing performance. Not combative or creative enough. Didn't really bother Burnley at all. Way to impress the new owners!

Might be the best result long term as it shows very clearly where we need strengthening. They’ll be keen to address this.

 

[sheff_blade90]

disappointing result. for majority of the game, i dont think we did much wrong. you can put in a great performance do very little wrong & be behind, as luck just conspires against you

burnley just got the rub of green today they took there 1 chance 1st half & in a way burnleys 2nd is just football & it knocked the stuffing out of us. as deflections can go anywhere. ours went straight into the Keepers arms. & theirs went top corner.

the referee didnt help ridiculously inconsistent & felt like he was biased as any decision he was unsure of he gave to burnley. handball doesnt exist & burnley's 2nd, comes from the ref not bringing play back for advantage