Stevenage highlights

[Pittsburg Blade]

After hearing all the criticism of Squinny and his misplaced pass (especially Keith Edwards), I expected to see a hopelessly underhit backpass.
Instead what I saw was a misread lay-off miles from the danger area.
The fault all lies with LJF making a completely pointless tackle when the guy was going nowhere. He had 2-3 defenders still in front of him.
There is also a question of whether or not it was inside the area. We've all seen those given outside (normally against Man U or Liverpool).
There's no doubt he didn't take a tumble though. Willson is talking out of his @ss about that one, and I think that worries me more than anything.

 

[Wapping Blade]

Willson is talking out of his @ss about that one, and I think that worries me more than anything.

Saw a good interview with Pulis after their 5-0 defeat to Bolton where the interviewer started to go on about the ref and Pulis just shut him up and said "it's nothing to do with the ref, we were awful"

 

[Bergen Blade]

I think it's LJF's foolish push that makes the player go down, and agree with you, don't think he dived. Lowton definitely dived when he won us the free kick which Evans scored from though.

They showed ten Stevenage attacks/chances and four from us. Was that representative of the actual chances in the match?

 

[LoughboroBlade]

After hearing all the criticism of Squinny and his misplaced pass (especially Keith Edwards), I expected to see a hopelessly underhit backpass.
Instead what I saw was a misread lay-off miles from the danger area.
The fault all lies with LJF making a completely pointless tackle when the guy was going nowhere. He had 2-3 defenders still in front of him.

There is no doubt whatsoever that Lecs makes a stupid challenge given the situation around him. However, Quinn should no better than to try and overplay in that sort of situation - if you were watching it live at the time it was plainly obvious that the Boro attack happened as a direct result of his brainless decision-making. The reason it annoyed me in particular was that it was Quinn during the Orient game that was screaming at the rest of the team after the Simmo blunder that cost us the win. So not at Simmo in particular, but those others responsible for conceding the free-kick and failing to clear it. So in this instance, like Quinny I'm not going to lay all the blame on the person that made the defensive blunder (Lecs), I'm going to level it at the players responsible for gifting that chance to them - which in this instance is Quinny alone. Needless to say had it been one of his team-mates making the same error, he'd have been straight over to them after the goal.

 

[alcoblade]

I think it's LJF's foolish push that makes the player go down, and agree with you, don't think he dived. Lowton definitely dived when he won us the free kick which Evans scored from though.

They showed ten Stevenage attacks/chances and four from us. Was that representative of the actual chances in the match?

It felt pretty even on overall chances - neither keeper had to do much. The difference was that Stevenage clearly knew what their game was. If we did, it was completely lost of me. Is this the beautiful passing game we've been waiting for? If it's part of the journey towards it, how long will a Monty and Doyle partnership be on the bus?

UTB

 

[blader]

It felt pretty even on overall chances - neither keeper had to do much. The difference was that Stevenage clearly knew what their game was. If we did, it was completely lost of me. Is this the beautiful passing game we've been waiting for? If it's part of the journey towards it, how long will a Monty and Doyle partnership be on the bus?

UTB

Might have to disagree with you there, mate. Think Simmo kept us in the game on several occasions on saturday. Stevenage definitely created more chances, we were just generally quite poor front and back.

 

[alcoblade]

Might have to disagree with you there, mate. Think Simmo kept us in the game on several occasions on saturday. Stevenage definitely created more chances, we were just generally quite poor front and back.

You're probably right. I was so pissed off with our lack of any "style" that it made little difference to me what the chances count was. I did feel Simmo did well along with Collins - which sort of says it all.

UTB

 

[Worksop II]

Willson is talking out of his @ss about that one

Never mind Wilson, how is Tomlin doing

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Never mind Wilson, how is Tomlin doing

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Tomlin admits he screwed up. Rarely hear that from a Blades manager.

 

[GlosBlade]

Having only seen the 'highlights' I too didn't think Quinn was the most to blame, ok he gave the ball away but it was an unnecessary tackle that gave away the penalty. But happy to agree that it may have looked different live at the ground.

Incidentally Worksop...Love the Ravens logo, now that was a hell of a finish from them last night against Pittsburgh, wish the Blades could finish games like that.

 

[Worksop II]

Tomlin admits he screwed up. Rarely hear that from a Blades manager.

Stayed up last nite to see the Game, and watched it again this teatime, that "delay of game" penalty was massive.

Doesn`t suprise me he took it on the chin, he demands players to take responsibility, he did the same.

Top Lad that Tomlin

I might watch it again tomorrow ..........

As for the Blades, Top to Bottom, no one takes responsibility.

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wish the Blades could finish games like that.

Commitment from both Teams, Coaches and Fans, as it should be .....

 

[GlosBlade]

Commitment from both Teams, Coaches and Fans, as it should be .....[/QUOTE]

the atmosphere at Ravens home games is out of this world....reminds me of Bramall Lane at its very best
Mind you the fans seem as divided over Flacco as we are over Monty !!!!

 

[Ollessendro]

After hearing all the criticism of Squinny and his misplaced pass (especially Keith Edwards), I expected to see a hopelessly underhit backpass.
Instead what I saw was a misread lay-off miles from the danger area.
The fault all lies with LJF making a completely pointless tackle when the guy was going nowhere. He had 2-3 defenders still in front of him.
There is also a question of whether or not it was inside the area. We've all seen those given outside (normally against Man U or Liverpool).
There's no doubt he didn't take a tumble though. Willson is talking out of his @ss about that one, and I think that worries me more than anything.

Here we go again. Defending the indefensible. Blades fans :heart: mediocrity. A completely pointless flick, aimless and straight at their player in our third of the pitch. Not the 'ginger Messi's' fault though. Of course, JFL should have predicted that Quinn was going to do his aimless flick and then should have got from behind the player and goal side of him. It was a completely brainless tackle and an unceccessary penalty. However Quinn put the ball at their players feet, in space, in the final thiord of the pitch. They should share the blame. I am flabbergasted how United fans defend their heroes for pathetic, individiual mistakes week in week out.

I think it's LJF's foolish push that makes the player go down, and agree with you, don't think he dived. Lowton definitely dived when he won us the free kick which Evans scored from though.

They showed ten Stevenage attacks/chances and four from us. Was that representative of the actual chances in the match?

Pretty much Bergs. They scored twice, forced an excellent save from Simmo, hit the bar and then had a couple of routine efforts. United rarely threatened on the other hand. Ched's goal came completely against the run of play and I remember Quinn having a header (which if Cresswell had have gambled he may have scored) and a couple of half chances for Cressy. Both keepers had farily quiet games, with Simmo slightly busier. Stevenage won the key midfield battle and controlled the game and I felt they looked more likely to score than us when attacking.

There is no doubt whatsoever that Lecs makes a stupid challenge given the situation around him. However, Quinn should no better than to try and overplay in that sort of situation - if you were watching it live at the time it was plainly obvious that the Boro attack happened as a direct result of his brainless decision-making. The reason it annoyed me in particular was that it was Quinn during the Orient game that was screaming at the rest of the team after the Simmo blunder that cost us the win. So not at Simmo in particular, but those others responsible for conceding the free-kick and failing to clear it. So in this instance, like Quinny I'm not going to lay all the blame on the person that made the defensive blunder (Lecs), I'm going to level it at the players responsible for gifting that chance to them - which in this instance is Quinny alone. Needless to say had it been one of his team-mates making the same error, he'd have been straight over to them after the goal.

Spot on as usual Loughboro. The problem at the moment is it is not just one player making mistakes, it is several. We had Quinn and JFL combining to gift Stevenage the winner, the week before it was Maguire and Long, before that Simmo and his defence, before that Simmo and his defence again etc.

 

[judge]

Ok olly so a player try's a bit of skill and you lambast him ,doesn't really fit in with your anti hoofball stance does it ?unless of course you just say stuff like that to wind up fellow blades

 

[Balham]

Ok olly so a player try's a bit of skill and you lambast him ,doesn't really fit in with your anti hoofball stance does it ?unless of course you just say stuff like that to wind up fellow blades

As the manager of my junior football team (Hallam Rangers) kept telling us, there's a time and a place for that. In your own half = easy pass to a player you can see.

 

[grafikhaus]

Saw a good interview with Pulis after their 5-0 defeat to Bolton where the interviewer started to go on about the ref and Pulis just shut him up and said "it's nothing to do with the ref, we were awful"

When the camera panned to Pulis after that first goal, he was going mental about the ref. It was easy to be magnanimous after four more goals had gone in. (I'd have been more angry about my £10m 'striker' scuffing one from six yards at 1-0.)

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Ok olly so a player try's a bit of skill and you lambast him ,doesn't really fit in with your anti hoofball stance does it ?unless of course you just say stuff like that to wind up fellow blades

Were it their half rather than ours, I'd be more sympathetic. Gifting it away in our half when we'd struggled to defend against them down our left hand side all game was a big error. I think NW said last season that he'd fine players that passed to Taarabt when he was in their own half, as he had a tendency to try something that often led to gifting the ball to the opposition in a dangerous area of the pitch. Quinny doesn't normally try that sort of stuff in that area of the pitch - it was a rare instance of him being careless. You could tell he was annoyed with himself and rightly so - hopefully he will learn from the mistake. Somehow suggesting that this was the right thing for him to try in that situation can only lead to more errors in the future.

 

[Bergen Blade]

Were it their half rather than ours, I'd be more sympathetic. Gifting it away in our half when we'd struggled to defend against them down our left hand side all game was a big error. I think NW said last season that he'd fine players that passed to Taarabt when he was in their own half, as he had a tendency to try something that often led to gifting the ball to the opposition in a dangerous area of the pitch. Quinny doesn't normally try that sort of stuff in that area of the pitch - it was a rare instance of him being careless. You could tell he was annoyed with himself and rightly so - hopefully he will learn from the mistake. Somehow suggesting that this was the right thing for him to try in that situation can only lead to more errors in the future.

If you win the ball in the opposition half you need on average 32 attacks to score a goal. If you win it in your own half you need 234 attacks. Stevenage were very aggressive and constantly tried to regain possession high up the pitch. Not everybody realise it, but that's also a key element to Barcelona's style.

 

[judge]

As the manager of my junior football team (Hallam Rangers) kept telling us, there's a time and a place for that. In your own half = easy pass to a player you can see.

Were it their half rather than ours, I'd be more sympathetic. Gifting it away in our half when we'd struggled to defend against them down our left hand side all game was a big error. I think NW said last season that he'd fine players that passed to Taarabt when he was in their own half, as he had a tendency to try something that often led to gifting the ball to the opposition in a dangerous area of the pitch. Quinny doesn't normally try that sort of stuff in that area of the pitch - it was a rare instance of him being careless. You could tell he was annoyed with himself and rightly so - hopefully he will learn from the mistake. Somehow suggesting that this was the right thing for him to try in that situation can only lead to more errors in the future.

You're both spot on ,but the comment wasn't aimed at either of you it was directed towards someone who constantly belittles other posters as loving hoofball ,accepting mediocrity and espouses beautiful progressive football that apparently only 4 united fans want to see while all Others yearn hoofball

 

[Ollessendro]

If you win the ball in the opposition half you need on average 32 attacks to score a goal. If you win it in your own half you need 234 attacks. Stevenage were very aggressive and constantly tried to regain possession high up the pitch. Not everybody realise it, but that's also a key element to Barcelona's style.

This is true. Commented on this at the time and included it in my match summary. They were well organised and pressed us really hard. Key (for them) is that thye pressed us high up the pitch and gave our defenders/midfielders little time on the ball. We were not allowed to build from the back and play our passing game. They closed down space too and the result was we went long. They controlled possession (over 60% first half) and when they did not have it, they hassled and harried. It worked really well. Their manager had clearly done his homework, as this is the way to play against us. My concern is that teams have worked out how to play against us. If they press us high up the pitch, close off space and give us little time to build then we struggle. Playing Monty and Doyle together did us little favours and also gifting them a goal lead. Like Barca, one you go behind it is difficult to come back.

You're both spot on ,but the comment wasn't aimed at either of you it was directed towards someone who constantly belittles other posters as loving hoofball ,accepting mediocrity and espouses beautiful progressive football that apparently only 4 united fans want to see while all Others yearn hoofball

judgey owd spadge. You still cannot resist follwing me round like a fart under a blanket can you? I bet you sit there all excited waiting for my posts to come in. Has there ever been a thread (even commment) that you have been able to let pass by? You need to take a look inside and stop denying that you are an Olle lover. But don't worry pal, I'm here for you. Funny that 2 people post basically what I was saying and you agree, yet you take 'issue' with mine. I can read you like a book judgey my toilet mouthed apprentice. Are you missing the shed thread or sumert?!

 

[judge]

So I was right then you are deliberately hypocritical to try and get a rise out of other blades on a blades forum
Now that we have established that , I will no longer comment on your bullshit posts or threads

 

[Ollessendro]

Oh contraire judgey. Not trying to get a rise. I was stating my opinion. I was at the match and hence commented on it.

Will be a real shame if you stop posting on my threads (I don;t think you can though). You have kind of grown on me. A bit like that verucca I have on my foot. Plus when you go into your toilet mouthed tizz woz it is one of my favourite moments on the forum

http://www.s24su.com/forum/showthread.php?23459-in-my-life

you and your gobshite mate olle are as much as a reason ivehad enough as mccabe
sick of being sat near know it all wankers like you two spoiling my day at the lane and then coming on here and reading post after post of you gaining an erection from anything sufc related that can be construed as negative

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