Sheffield United vs Sunderland

EFL Championship Matchweek 18 - Friday 29th November 2024 - 20:00 - Bramall Lane
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[Alex Cheeseright]

It was a while ago but Cooper kept us in this game

 

[Jan Age]

Sky commentators showing a complete lack of knowledge saying we had squad depth that Sunderland didn’t … dickheads

 

[Bobby b]

That's a big win but christ that wasn't any fun watching, 7 wins at home on the trot 7 clean sheets on the trot, that's excellent.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

What a nice moment that was for him!

Other than the pen save did Cooper make a save?

10 v 10 football is way more open and entertaining than 11 a side! The future.

 

[Thrice]

Gilchrist did well at CB I think. He'll probably replace Souttar against West Brom.

 

[Fatlad666]

I saw nothing in the first 20 minutes that led me to believe that Sheffield United were on top. you've been second best all half.

Off you pop twat

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Sky commentators showing a complete lack of knowledge saying we had squad depth that Sunderland didn’t … dickheads

Only squad younger than us and more injuries I think.

 

[edwartchen]

Sunderland might have been the better team with the ball tonight, but they only have 2 shots at goal. One of them is a missed penalty. We had 4. So its not really who is best with the ball if they cant finish. But I have to say, we had some problem stringing passes together today.

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

Come on Blackburn!!!!

 

[MBH]

Off you pop twat

LOL - very sporting of you.

Best team won and we have some thinking to do.

I've enjoyed the craic today and I'll be back later on in the season for the return game.

Best of luck.

 

[Broomhall Blade]

My view on the game from a Sunderland perspective,

SAFC the better team in the first half and Sheffield United the better team in the second period.

Sunderland cant expect to miss a penalty and give up other clear cut opportunities and not pay the price and in the end you always pay the price for missing gilt edged opportunities.

You now have to go back 7 games for our last win and I wouldn't oppose anyone saying that we haven't got the legs or the squad for the long drawn out affair that this league is. We have some serious thinking to do or we will fade away and find ourselves on the edges of the top 6 if we aren't careful. Draws and losses get you nowhere.

I've got no complaints with the result and the top 3 will march on. Whether we will see you again later on in the season remains to be seen.

A sobering night for Sunderland.

If it's any consolation you are the best side we have played this season, certainly at the Lane anyway.

 

[ADeP]

Being that defensively solid again, yes please.

 

[Dave9777]

Really enjoyed that!! Great game, SOOPER COOPER won it for us! A loss or draw for Leeds tomorrow would also be ideal…..

 

[Need4speed]

But we got stronger and Wilder has made some good calls with subs this season which I never recall him being great at. RND when Burrows looked out on his feet Sam McCallum came on and gave us an out ball for two goal kicks in time added on But the Serki substitution was the game changer. Gilchrist look quite good at Centre Half

 

[Colombia Blade]

I'm so happy, not just for the result but for the scorer as well! It's 5pm here so extra time to celebrate!

 

[Stannington Blade]

Love that it's Seriki and Peck picking Davies up to celebrate at the end. Seriki holding him like a baby to start with. Careful not to injure him tho

What a win.
Did we play well? No.
Right now do we give a fuck? Absolutely not.

 

[Belvedere Blade]

Super COOPER Sky Sport MotM. Deserves it for that super penalty save that won us game.

 

[swgla1]

We were easily better team in 2nd half, got stronger and sharper as the half went on

 

[Fatlad666]

If it's any consolation you are the best side we have played this season, certainly at the Lane anyway.

And still go home with nil points

 

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

Anyone else go "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING" when they started throwing Tom Davies in the air?

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Heroes sometimes come in the most unlikely of guises....

 

[Younger Dryas Blade]

My view on the game from a Sunderland perspective,

SAFC the better team in the first half and Sheffield United the better team in the second period.

Sunderland cant expect to miss a penalty and give up other clear cut opportunities and not pay the price and in the end you always pay the price for missing gilt edged opportunities.

You now have to go back 7 games for our last win and I wouldn't oppose anyone saying that we haven't got the legs or the squad for the long drawn out affair that this league is. We have some serious thinking to do or we will fade away and find ourselves on the edges of the top 6 if we aren't careful. Draws and losses get you nowhere.

I've got no complaints with the result and the top 3 will march on. Whether we will see you again later on in the season remains to be seen.

A sobering night for Sunderland.

Fair enough summary, however you have blown your best chance to beat us under the current circumstances. Arguably our best CM is out for the season, missing Anel at CB and then losing Soutter to a red tonight has left us threadbare. Add in Moore and Brewster are still out upfront and you have never had a better opportunity to beat us.
Hopefully both teams have a fully fit squad for the return fixture and we get a better game, and I hope you finish above them tramps from Teesside.

 

[Belvedere Blade]

 

[Jon Bon II]

Us conceding goals at home is rarer than a Thylacine having sex with a Dodo.

 

[gordoncharles]

The joy of actually winning aside surely nobody can honestly believe we deserved to? Football is not a game that understands the concept of justice but we were outplayed in the first half and although we were a whole lot better afterwards they still looked to have a lot more cohesion and threat than we did.

Our only attacking outlet was having someone run forward with the ball, which Seriki did to great effect, but we're not going to keep getting results like that against better sides playing like this - in fact we already haven't, this was the first time in three games we've wrestled points from one of our main rivals.

I know it's not great to be putting a dampener on things already but though we look a class above mid-table cannon fodder we haven't looked any more than battlers against good sides.

Feck it, though, I'm happy enough.

 

[robbiez666]

Great result considering we were second best for most of the game. Great strength and stamina to get 3 points from that. Chuffed for Tom Davies.

Some very tired performances out there. Souttar has looked shattered since the international break. I guess now he gets a rest, but really stupid sending off again. Robbo walking a tightrope as well.

Cooper kept us in it. They ran us a bit ragged first half, at times, but more even after the break. We dealt with 10 men better. Thankfully, they don't really have a cutting edge.

I thought Gilchrist did well. Definitely the right decision to start him. Hamer kept going and always looked dangerous. Our midfield was outclassed for much of the game.

Once again, we have nothing up top. Without Moore there's no outball and we just end up passing it around and then giving it away. We're managing to keep winning despite this at the moment. Not sure that's going to keep being the case.

I'd have bene shocked if you'd told me in summer that we'd be top of the league at the beginning of December. Credit where it's due to the manager, coaches and players. Let's hope we can bring IN reinforcements in the JTW.

 

[Ron_Justice]

Wilder looks to be having words with Le Bris around 9 seconds in:

 

[Thrice]

Heroes sometimes come in the most unlikely of guises....View attachment 198276

He's come a long way.

Looks like an absolute warrior on the pitch.

 

[Younger Dryas Blade]

Is that the offspring?

 

[robbiez666]

The joy of actually winning aside surely nobody can honestly believe we deserved to? Football is not a game that understands the concept of justice but we were outplayed in the first half and although we were a whole lot better afterwards they still looked to have a lot more cohesion and threat than we did.

Our only attacking outlet was having someone run forward with the ball, which Seriki did to great effect, but we're not going to keep getting results like that against better sides playing like this - in fact we already haven't, this was the first time in three games we've wrestled points from one of our main rivals.

I know it's not great to be putting a dampener on things already but though we look a class above mid-table cannon fodder we haven't looked any more than battlers against good sides.

Feck it, though, I'm happy enough.

We're getting a fair bit of luck, which makes a nice change. Been a while!