Strikers

[I should coco]

let alone what style of football United play.

Hoofball.

Ask any 'well informed' journalist. They'd look it up in their Book of Cliches and sure enough, "Sheffield United like to lump it long".

Then they'd ask the kid if he wanted to go to Sheffield and he wouldn't have a clue where it was.

Stuff the Premier dandies.

 

[BushBlade]

Hoofball.

Ask any 'well informed' journalist. They'd look it up in their Book of Cliches and sure enough, "Sheffield United like to lump it long".

Then they'd ask the kid if he wanted to go to Sheffield and he wouldn't have a clue where it was.

Stuff the Premier dandies.

We're big lads, good at set pieces.

 

[I should coco]

We're big lads, good at set pieces

Yup, even Clough's midgets with only McEverley over 6' were always described as a 'big team'.

We have't been good at set pieces since the 2002/03 bumping into each other free kicks.

 

[Chief_Froley]

Danny Ward 100% for me. Championship goalscorer, pacey, direct technical dribbler, can play wing, left footed, still got room for growth, will want to still play championship football, lives close already, won't cost as much as he's worth with Rotherham being relegated.

Literally the only negative I can think is that he's not got a great deal of height (which we already have in Clarke and Hanson)

 

[FTPE]

Danny Ward 100% for me. Championship goalscorer, pacey, direct technical dribbler, can play wing, left footed, still got room for growth, will want to still play championship football, lives close already, won't cost as much as he's worth with Rotherham being relegated.

Literally the only negative I can think is that he's not got a great deal of height (which we already have in Clarke and Hanson)

After a quick wiki search I'm gobsmacked that he managed 12 goals last season in that bag of shit side.
I put a quid in their begging bucket a few years back, I think it's time they returned the favour.

 

[Chief_Froley]

After a quick wiki search I'm gobsmacked that he managed 12 goals last season in that bag of shit side.
I put a quid in their begging bucket a few years back, I think it's time they returned the favour.

I think they showed interest in Done too.

Potential swap to sweeten the deal?

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

We now have 5 on the books
Sharp
Hanson
Evans
Lavery
Clarke
All will be decent but I suspect non outstanding in the Championship.
What do people think is that it or will there be incoming or outgoings.
My guess is for one more incoming.

We can play two full backs, a centre half and two half backs again.

 

[blade too long]

still a few more to come in

 

[Dkc]

Baxter can play again cant he ?

Good call. Served his time and his silky skills will surely be better suited to a higher level.

 

[Foxy]

Dominic Solanke from Chelsea would be my #1 target. Season long loan.

Chelsea will have seen over the past few years how invaluable Championship games are.

He's off to Liverpool from Chelsea.

 

[sufcboy95]

According to wilder this morning another striker isn't on his list. He wants 2 wingers 2 centre halfs and 1 midfielder

 

[Maidenhead]

yes he only turned us from contenders to champions
did nowt

That was my moment of the season.
I knew then that we would finally get promoted.

 

[Slim Man]

He's off to Liverpool from Chelsea.

Oh did I say Chelsea... I meant Liverpool. Obviously

 

[Pinchy]

I understand what you're saying. But there has to come a time when we put our faith in our young players rather than the young players of other teams - even if they are PL teams.

No there doesn't. Bladey Boy Band thinking. We're a professional football club, not Sheffield's got talent.

We need good footballers. Age and origin are incidental.

 

[Pinchy]

Hoofball.

Ask any 'well informed' journalist. They'd look it up in their Book of Cliches and sure enough, "Sheffield United like to lump it long".

Then they'd ask the kid if he wanted to go to Sheffield and he wouldn't have a clue where it was.

Stuff the Premier dandies.

We brought that upon ourselves through lumping it long for many years I'm afraid. Not only that, many are itching to get back to it. We're not comfortable with good football in S2.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

On £15k per week, with a Range Rover and an internationally known agent who couldn't even begin to point to Sheffield on a map.

Oh, yes please!

I'm talking about some 18 or 19 year old kid in a Prem squad who is looking for a chance to go out on loan to get some experience. Not some rich established Prem player, try reading it again?

When Wilson was in charge he tried to get Liverpool to loan us one such kid. At the time it was someone few of us had heard of. His name was Raheem Sterling. I think our season may have looked a lot different if we'd succeeded in getting him on loan?

About 10 years ago now, in the Championship, lickle Hull City signed a young 19 year old on loan from Man U - another unknown at the time - a kid called Frazier Campbell. He ended up their leading goalscorer and Hull were promoted to the Premiership for the first time ever in the history of their club.

I appreciate you hadn't realised this, but there are some very good young footballers who are playing for top Premiership clubs but, because of their age, or maybe the restrictions upon first team squad size (which is 25), they are not featuring in the first team and are not well known big stars - but they may be the stars of tomorrow and they need to go out their on a stage and perform. They are bursting to go out and prove themselves and make a name for themselves. (Riley and Chapman fit this category too btw).

 

[I should coco]

Not only that, many are itching to get back to it.

Aha, Pinchy's straw men are back.

Perhaps you'd like to point me towards those many threads that say 'lump it long' and 'have it!'?

We're not comfortable with good football in S2.

I don't know one person who wasn't thrilled to bits with last season's style of play.

I'm sure you don't wish to appear like someone who makes stuff up to justify his party line, so perhaps you will help out again with the appropriate links?

 

[I should coco]

When Wilson was in charge he tried to get Liverpool to loan us one such kid. At the time it was someone few of us had heard of. His name was Raheem Sterling. I think our season may have looked a lot different if we'd succeeded in getting him on loan?

About 10 years ago now, in the Championship, lickle Hull City signed a young 19 year old on loan from Man U - another unknown at the time - a kid called Frazier Campbell. He ended up their leading goalscorer and Hull were promoted to the Premiership for the first time ever in the history of their club.

I appreciate you hadn't realised this, but there are some very good young footballers who are playing for top Premiership clubs but, because of their age, or maybe the restrictions upon first team squad size (which is 25), they are not featuring in the first team and are not well known big stars - but they may be the stars of tomorrow and they need to go out their on a stage and perform. They are bursting to go out and prove themselves and make a name for themselves. (Riley and Chapman fit this category too btw).

And which trees is Frazer Campbell pulling up these days?

For every Sterling there is a Twiss and a O'Halloran. Why would you want to buikd a team around a player you have no control over?
Look how we got shafted by Spurs, when the recalled Walker on the last day of the JTW. He'd been having a great season and they just took him back as 'cover', shitting on us in the process.

I'd happily have a lad on loan to come off the bench and chip in, but you don't build your team around someone else's players.

I'm talking about some 18 or 19 year old kid in a Prem squad who is looking for a chance to go out on loan to get some experience. Not some rich established Prem player, try reading it again?

I wan't talking about 'some rich established Prem player'. There are 18 and 19 year olds at Chelski on considerably more than our first team.
Try reading it again, eh?

 

[Pinchy]

Aha, Pinchy's straw men are back.

Perhaps you'd like to point me towards those many threads that say 'lump it long' and 'have it!'?



I don't know one person who wasn't thrilled to bits with last season's style of play.

I'm sure you don't wish to appear like someone who makes stuff up to justify his party line, so perhaps you will help out again with the appropriate links?

I'm a commentator, not a spoon-feeder. Just be wary, they're all around us... have a look at the Monty nonsense for a recent example.

We should be looking forward to taking on the Championship's best at football, not coming out with Bladey Inferiority Bollocks about changing systems and formations and bringing in CDMs (that alone will "do Tufty's head in" but the computer game amateurs love it and carry on regardless) to combat the might of Brentford, Barnsley, Burton and Bristol? Really? Why not just outplay the fuckers? No, can't do that, they're scary. Let's tremble, dumbstruck by nerves, doff our caps and go direct. It's what Neil would do. He likes the Championship, him. Bringolbignosebackasdirectorofdirectfootball. Monty available? Bringtheuselessfuckerback. He'll get a tackle in. That's what we want. Remember what Frank Lampard never said?

I happen to have complete faith (entirely evidence-based and justified) in our team in our team and it's proper football. Sorry if that's controversial. I'm sure B.I.C. will kick in eventually and I'll be upanatem in no time. What's "Morgs" doing at the moment? Between jobs? Really? Bringimback. Just what we need.

The vast majority of the above is, of course, a load of bollocks. It's not my load of bollocks, though. It's the sort of bollocks promulgated on here by Bladey, nervous, inferiority-loving, cap-doffing, upanatem, underdog, givemarun Hoofers on a daily basis.

I merely offer balance and reflection. It's a tough job but I'm committed to it. Someone has to save our club and our game from the imminent threat posed by the notorious S2 gang, led by international hooflords known cryptically as DD and Semi-Pro, otherwise known as the Anti-Football Brigade.

 

[Snowman]

I'm a commentator, not a spoon-feeder. Just be wary, they're all around us... have a look at the Monty nonsense for a recent example.

We should be looking forward to taking on the Championship's best at football, not coming out with Bladey Inferiority Bollocks about changing systems and formations and bringing in CDMs (that alone will "do Tufty's head in" but the computer game amateurs love it and carry on regardless) to combat the might of Brentford, Barnsley, Burton and Bristol? Really? Why not just outplay the fuckers? No, can't do that, they're scary. Let's tremble, dumbstruck by nerves, doff our caps and go direct. It's what Neil would do. He likes the Championship, him. Bringolbignosebackasdirectorofdirectfootball. Monty available? Bringtheuselessfuckerback. He'll get a tackle in. That's what we want. Remember what Frank Lampard never said?

I happen to have complete faith (entirely evidence-based and justified) in our team in our team and it's proper football. Sorry if that's controversial. I'm sure B.I.C. will kick in eventually and I'll be upanatem in no time. What's "Morgs" doing at the moment? Between jobs? Really? Bringimback. Just what we need.

The vast majority of the above is, of course, a load of bollocks. It's not my load of bollocks, though. It's the sort of bollocks promulgated on here by Bladey, nervous, inferiority-loving, cap-doffing, upanatem, underdog, givemarun Hoofers on a daily basis.

I merely offer balance and reflection. It's a tough job but I'm committed to it. Someone has to save our club and our game from the imminent threat posed by the notorious S2 gang, led by international hooflords known cryptically as DD and Semi-Pro, otherwise known as Anti-Football Brigade.

Imminent?

 

[Pinchy]

Imminent?

Yes. Absolutely. We need to maintain constant vigilance. They want their Hoof back. They'll stop at nothing. If football lets its guard down for a second, they'll attack and things will turn ugly...

 

[Rustyblade]

Yes. Absolutely. We need to maintain constant vigilance. They want their Hoof back. They'll stop at nothing. If football lets its guard down for a second, they'll attack and things will turn ugly...

 

[Pinchy]

We were indeed, for decades. In a Hoofy rut. That's Bassett's legacy I'm afraid, however much he was (and I've always said he was) the right man at the right time.

Thank Pele Tufty's here now and opposition have to accept they are beaten by the quality of our football rather than "we couldn't cope with their (horrible) style".

 

[Fanny magnet]

Aha, Pinchy's straw men are back.

Perhaps you'd like to point me towards those many threads that say 'lump it long' and 'have it!'?



I don't know one person who wasn't thrilled to bits with last season's style of play.

I'm sure you don't wish to appear like someone who makes stuff up to justify his party line, so perhaps you will help out again with the appropriate links?

He's full of shit and pitifully boring with it