Sheffield United vs Norwich City

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Championship Week 17 - Saturday 22nd October 2022 - 15:00 - Bramall Lane
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Assistant Referee: Sam Lewis
Assistant Referee: Matthew McGrath
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[United Aren't Back.]

Well I expect a great performance here. Much better, that much is the expectation. The reality, however, remains to be seen.

 

[Ecco1889]

Norwich fan on social media calling it “El Crapico”…two out of form teams and yet ticket sales suggest a 29k crowd

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Norwich fan on social media calling it “El Crapico”…two out of form teams and yet ticket sales suggest a 29k crowd

Exactly. There'll be 500 social media loudmouths and 28.5k normal fans there.
UTB

 

[Harry's Game]

Draw would be a good result.

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Draw would be a good result.

Win would be better

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Draw would be a good result.

If you offered me 2-0 now, I'd take it.

 

[St Albans Blade]

This, only recently, was expected to be the clash of the top two.

How things change.

Winners could still go top if other results are favourable too.

This result could be a real indicator of strength of squad, strength of coaches and players' minds and a barometer for the rest of the season.

It's the hope that kills you!

UTB

 

[robbiez666]

Happy with a draw and a good performance from this. We need to arrest the slide and move in the right direction. Going to be tricky with the number of injuries and players lacking match fitness.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Exactly. There'll be 500 social media loudmouths and 28.5k normal fans there.
UTB

500…really?

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

A big performance and a win wouldn't surprise me here, its overdue. It would keep Heckeh in a job for another 6 months. Dean Smith is a really average manager though so should have far too much for him

 

[AnstonBlade1]

A point would be a good result, although fully expect defeat, 0-1.

 

[Jan Age]

I want to believe otherwise but I can only see us getting a sound thrashing… I’ve seen nothing recently to suggest otherwise… could turn toxic today at the Lane

 

[Belvedere Blade]

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

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Boooo! Only one set of players today have earned their stripes.

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

Sorry..another loss today. Team not gelling, not a "team" if you like. Injuries, changes, confidence or whatever, the Blades are not doing well. God knows the answer, but he's busy so its up to The Heckster....oh boy. 1-0 defeat, penalty missed again. Fkin h, I'm defeatest...I need a good result and I need it today

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Blades 3 Windmill Crunching Time Wasting Marsh Dwellers 2.

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

0-4 at half time, forum meltdown, Hecky out chants prompt a hostile atmosphere that pushes us to win 5-4.

 

[Stretch]

Just getting a clean sheet feels crucial at the minute. If that comes with a win then terrific.

 

[robbiez666]

Just getting a clean sheet feels crucial at the minute. If that comes with a win then terrific.

Agreed. We need to sort the defending out and then progress from there. 0-0 not the worst result today.

 

[Dkc]

Just a question of how many we lose by and who gets injured. My prediction: 0-2 and Norwood stretchered off with a suspected broken arse.

 

[Panini]

Just getting a clean sheet feels crucial at the minute. If that comes with a win then terrific.

Agreed. We need to sort the defending out and then progress from there. 0-0 not the worst result today.

Disagree. In my opinion, focussing on defence to try and make up for the injuries to defenders / errors at the back is part of the reason we've dipped.

Go 4 at the back because we don't have the players for 352, pick the 4 most solid available defenders (Baldock, Anel, Egan, Robinson imo) and instruct those defenders to not cross the halfway line unless going up for a corner.

Give the attackers license to create.

You can only keep one clean sheet per game. When that objective goes up in smoke, what happens next?

Scoring twice is more likely to win a game of football than a clean sheet. We're at home and should be looking to take the game to the opponent, whoever it is.

No issues if we draw or lose a game we tried to win. Huge problems if we lose a game we tried to not lose.

 

[sheff_blade90]

who knows what on earth we are going to get today. isnt it a top of league clash with 2 teams with bottom of the league form, hope we dont get any more injuries. but coventry was disappointing playing bottom of the league, yet we were so poor & negative until the hour marrk. it just didnt make sense

although considering the last 2 Saturday's have ending in angry scenes, norwich at home doesnt bode well. but hopefully this time angus gunn doesnt wind the kop up for 90 mins & then play the victim. when bonfire he poured petrol on gets out of control

 

[FinBlade]

Maybe the few last games are just Heckys mind games and Norwich now thinks we are weak, but instead we strike them with full force leaving just the socks rollin on their feet. Or maybe the reality is what it is and we will have another injury on a key player, do 1 sub at 85th min and let the whole fan base (not just forum) wonder "What the Heck is going on!?"

Pukki will score, but do we score and how many?
I try to be positive and say it's 2-1 for us, Brewster and Ndiaye scoring!

 

[robbiez666]

 

[Iffy Onuora's Shiny Head]

60% of the outfield would have been starting 4/5 years ago

 

[Bladey_blade]

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Jesus Christ he's either a genius or desperate for his P45

 

[Panini]

I wouldn't have picked this team if I had 1,000 goes at it. Definition of insanity.

 

[john Mathison]

Doyle has to start for me.

 

[bakeblade]

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Bash still in, doyle out. I think Heckys lost it