Sheffield United vs Crystal Palace

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EPL Week 2 - Sunday 18th August 2019 - Bramall Lane


Here's your match thread for the first home game of the season. Please keep all discussion related to the match within this thread.

Matchday Stats/Player Ratings - https://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?match-day/match/sheffield-united-vs-crystal-palace.466/

Officials:

Referee: David Coote
Assistant Referee: Daniel Cook
Assistant Referee: Harry Lennard
Fourth Official: John Brooks
Video Assistant Referee: Martin Atkinson
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Stephen Child

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[pommpey]

Surprised Morrison isn't on the bench. Otherwise expected really. A good bench.

About £30m of a good bench. I would expect to see McB start with L Freeman in for our mate Lumpstrum.

Trust CWAK though. As long as we can stop Zaha.

pommpey

 

[JOEYDEE]

£28 Million pounds worth of talent sat on our bench today ! WTF !

 

[Jon Bon II]

But alas in Wilder we trust.

Alas? ALAS? Did you really just say 'But alas in Wilder we trust'..???

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

Another conservative selection, seems Wilder is concerned about them on the break. Similar attack to Bournemouth so probably stuck with what worked.

 

[RegBlade]

I think stopping Zaha is key. Likelihood is Lunny will be doing a fair bit of that. No issues from me.

 

[bromtom]

How many minutes has McBurnie played for United? 60? He's not there yet, he will be. No worries.

 

[JOEYDEE]

About £30m of a good bench. I would expect to see McB start with L Freeman in for our mate Lumpstrum.

Trust CWAK though. As long as we can stop Zaha.

pommpey

Sorry pommpey..you just beat me !

 

[JOEYDEE]

Anybody in tenerife on Sunday? If so, what bars are we in?

No..sorry

 

[robbiez666]

It's going to be a long season if this is how we're going to set up at home against one of the poorer sides in the league.

 

[Toronto Blade]

They won 9 road games that is what kept them up.

 

[broomhillblade]

I think we’re all surprised to see Lundstram start!

First name on the team sheet.

 

[broomhillblade]

Was fairly confident of a win in this one until I listened to Beans podcast !

Will be another tricky game and we need to be absolutely on it - they seem to do much better away from home. Gonna go with another draw.

The moral is don't listen to podcasts.

 

[Wright1889]

Shall we just forget he played two of our best balls forward last week to create chances because his name is Lundstram?

Also allows us a different shape and a different out.

Post of the day.

 

[Akinbiyi]

I think we’re all surprised to see Lundstram start!

I tried to warn people again

 

[TaipeiBlade]

I missed lineup. Any changes?

 

[1066blade]

McG shocking miss, sorry but he is not Prem class.

 

[bromtom]

Lundstram fantastic so far and I'm not saying that to bait anyone.

McG needs to score. If he carries on like this he'll get dropped.

Freeman has been very good.

 

[Stevo]

Lundstram fantastic so far and I'm not saying that to bait anyone.

McG needs to score. If he carries on like this he'll get dropped.

Freeman has been very good.

Lunny lead boots

 

[FriethBlade]

You dont pay 20m for a centre forward to watch a different one miss from point blank range . Lundstram our best player so far

 

[drblade]

Sharp, Robinson or McBurnie and that McG chance is in the back of the net

 

[Bladesman98]

The miss vs Bournemouth and that one today should see Didzy on the bench imo. You need to be clinical in this league if you want to stay in it.

 

[Luke1993]

Didzy has been toilet, his normal touch and link up not there. Plus he's got to score.

 

[essexblade73]

Lunny been running the midfield, bet people still say hes shit tho

 

[Dutch Blade]

Freeman really made an impact, 3 promising attacks because of him.

 

[Wright1889]

Lundstram having an absolute blinder.

 

[FinchleyBlade]

Looked much better since freeman came on. Needs to be starting.

 

[raimond]

Lunny, Baldock and Norwood bloody superb that half and yep, Freeman's looked class too. Good half. Lunny though hahahaha fucking brilliant!!

 

[A Storm of Blades]

Sharp, Robinson or McBurnie and that McG chance is in the back of the net

Left instep and he scores. To make good contact with a cross that fast, using the outside of the right boot was so unnecessarily complicated

 

[TaipeiBlade]

Robinson and McGoldrick arent clinical enough up front. Gotta start Sharp or McBurnie. We also look better when Freeman is on.


Baldrock is playing great. Norwood, Lundstram also looking good.

 

[sufcboy95]

Lundstram has had the best half of football I’ve ever seen him have. Think Didsy and Stevens been poor though. Baldock immense on other side too