Sheffield United vs Preston North End

EFL Championship Matchweek 45 - Saturday 25th April 2026 - 15:00 - Bramall Lane
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Referee: Andrew Kitchen
Assistants: James Wilson & Carl Fitch-Jackson
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[Berkshire Blade]

How did that not go in

Much better second half but again like midweek absolutely done in by the piss poor first half

 

[Berkshire Blade]

And again...

Still lost though.

One more to go

 

[Sharp_as_a_Blade]

Need to try and get Seriki and Brooks on longer contracts and build around them, don't care about anyone else going

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

Has a blades team ever been booed during the end of season lap of honour, memory thinks they have, maybe Adkins?

 

[Wetwang blade]

Hoover ain't good at hoovering up the goals. 2 sitters missed although the first one would have given him an headache.

 

[harrry1990s]

Has a blades team ever been booed during the end of season lap of honour, memory thinks they have, maybe Adkins?

Yes, Adkins year. And the time Morgan told he’s sort it out at Yeovil. He was fired afterwards.

 

[Blade In Flame]

Hoover Jesus fucking wept

 

[DeanLearner'sCat]

Yet another game where we miss great chances and give away cheap goals.

 

[espoo blade]

We will what?

We'll win again, some sunny day.

 

[54yrblade]

Need to try and get Seriki and Brooks on longer contracts and build around them, don't care about anyone else going

I hope their agents are looking for new clubs with progressive, modern managers who oversee a professional fitness regime

They deserve better than Wilder and this set up.

 

[calcalcal]

Defensively wank
Tanganga - get rid
2-3 new centre backs
Mix of height and pace

 

[SLB]

Need to try and get Seriki and Brooks on longer contracts and build around them, don't care about anyone else going

Unless their agents have their best interests at heart

 

[SLB]

How did that not go in

Much better second half but again like midweek absolutely done in by the piss poor first half

Next year CW may come up with the revolutionary idea of playing on the front foot in both halves.

 

[Bladedog]

Has a blades team ever been booed during the end of season lap of honour, memory thinks they have, maybe Adkins?

Lap of honour?? Walk of shame.

 

[SuperSonicBlade89]

Has a blades team ever been booed during the end of season lap of honour, memory thinks they have, maybe Adkins?

Yeah Warnock end of 2004/5 season. The season before he got us promoted.

 

[54yrblade]

Has a blades team ever been booed during the end of season lap of honour, memory thinks they have, maybe Adkins?

Adkins team after the Scunthorpe debacle
I was one of those booing

 

[Constantly Optimistic...]

Fortress Bramall Lane .
I can't understand the experimenting with changes of team and tactics? Doesn't Wilder realise our best formation and team selection yet? Play to win every game. It breeds the winning spirit.
Very poor end to the season.

 

[prescotblade]

I don’t understand don’t understand why Wilder is seen as a dinosaur. He uses formations that other teams use.
Not a hater or lover of Wilder, but looking at how we were facing relegation in the early season, we’ve had a successful season.
Who takes over and what resources we will have to achieve a promotion push or rebuild and will fans be patient.

 

[Shadota]

I don’t understand don’t understand why Wilder is seen as a dinosaur. He uses formations that other teams use.
Not a hater or lover of Wilder, but looking at how we were facing relegation in the early season, we’ve had a successful season.
Who takes over and what resources we will have to achieve a promotion push or rebuild and will fans be patient.

Because it isn't enough to select a formation and say "off you go".

How have we been so woefully unprepared for both opponents this week, that we had an aggregate HT score of 0-5?

Why do we get into the final third, and just knock the ball around, hoping for a chance to score to just fall into our laps?

Why have we been changing our team so frequently, to make it seem like we just draw straws to decide who starts each game?

The players deserve some admonishment for sure, but the manager and his staff, whoever they are, are responsible for giving the players direction on how to play. A huge part of the criticism of Selles at the start of the season, was that there often seemed to be little/no actual tactical direction being imparted upon the players, compounded by the awful results. Should Wilder not be subject to the same criticism? As we've looked utterly lost in both first halves this week.

 

[SB_90]

just cut & paste from blackburn, mostly dreadful until we got the 2nd goal & you wonder where on earth that quality we saw in the last 15 has been all week

cant defend to save our life

 

[PrestwichBlade]

Watching Southampton now, their players are fit, athletic, incisive, run off the ball and pass with purpose. Everything we aren't/don't do

 

[andy m]

Starting Chong and McGuinness is like starting with 9 men.

 

[ATL Recs]

Starting Chong and McGuinness is like starting with 9 men.

And Tanganga

 

[Willglynning]

I don’t understand don’t understand why Wilder is seen as a dinosaur. He uses formations that other teams use.
Not a hater or lover of Wilder, but looking at how we were facing relegation in the early season, we’ve had a successful season.
Who takes over and what resources we will have to achieve a promotion push or rebuild and will fans be patient.

A genuinely mind-numbingly poor take.

 

[bakeblade]

GOAL! G. Hamer 71' (pen) | Sheffield Utd 1-2 Preston

I was just about to flounce out in a huff and bloody Gus scores

 

[ATL Recs]

Yeah Warnock end of 2004/5 season. The season before he got us promoted.

Don’t worry that lightning isn’t going to strike twice

 

[ATL Recs]

Yet another game where we miss great chances and give away cheap goals.

We didn’t have a shot on target until the penalty

 

[Shawy24]

A genuinely mind-numbingly poor take.

A take from somebody who has not played to any decent standard and thinks formations determine matches and can’t be altered to suit circumstances.

 

[Foxy]

I was just about to flounce out in a huff and bloody Gus scores

The One

 

[Silas]

One simple pass ripped the entire defence apart. This team needs almost a complete rebuild.