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Saturday 29th August. Swindon Town 0 Sheffield United 2

http://www.sufc.co.uk/fixtures-results/match-report/index.aspx?matchid=3832909

<< The Blades made it four wins on the bounce in Sky Bet League One with a thoroughly professional display against Swindon Town >>

This was the last time that we looked like getting promotion.
Nigel Adkins was a confident manager, playing his preferred attacking style of football.
We had come through pre-season unbeaten in six matches.
We had put the shock opening day defeat to Gillingham behind us and were powering up the table.

The Blades Team that day:-
__________Howard
Freeman Collins Edgar McCeveley
JCR___Basham__Reed__ Adams
_______Sharp Sammon

With the exception of Freeman, all those players are currently fit and available to him.
It's an attacking 4-4-2 line up with the traditional big man/poacher partnership up front.
Two skilful and fairly pacey, attacking wide players.
Two hard working and mobile central midfielders.
A decent amount of height in the side with 5 six-footers but not sacrificing all creativity to compensate.

If Adkins is to keep his job into next season, he has to go back to basics and regain our trust.
He has to back himself and his preferred methods. Attack, create, excite, score and win.

I'm not saying that he has to pick exactly the same team as Long for one doesn't deserve to be dropped.
But the basic attack-minded template is there and it was getting him consistently, good results early on.

I would like to see him go with:-

______________Long______________
Brayford__Baptiste__Edgar__McCeveley
JCR_______Basham__Reed____Adams
__________Sharp__Sammon_________

Or at very least back his attacking instincts. Pick one formation and stick with it!

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I think we'll line up again in the (352 WB) with the following:

Long,
Brayford,
Edgar,
Basham,
Baptiste,
McEveley,
Hammond,
Reed,
Cuvelier,
Adams,
Sharp.

But tbh there is not much we can do with the player's at our disposal which makes me believe we can get some positive performances & results. I just cannot wait until the 1st July.
 
It would be interesting to see how many times that line up was repeated (with the exception of switching brayford for freeman)

All the chopping and changing of the team since that mini run hasn't helped. When he finally got a settled team we had another mini run around Xmas and now all the chopping and changing and messing around with formations over the past two months has ended our season.

no wonder the players don't look bothered, there's no consistent system, players being played out of position, no clear style of play just generic 'build out of the back, play through the thirds' talk.

I don't buy into all the players are shit talk. They're not being set up to get the most out of them. I'm not saying that would be top two, but if a decent manager could get the best out of this group of players they have the ability to be in the top six.
 
COME BACK CHED said:
Sammon ? surely your having a larf .
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With a slightly heavy heart and in the absence of a better option, no I'm not.
Sammon and Sharp is the only forward pairing we've had that managed to achieve consistent results.
Adkins and the team have lost their way and need to get back to basics.
For me, that means a big man / poacher front two and traditional wingers.
Get it in the box! Create chances!
 
Borbokisfreekick said:
All the chopping and changing of the team since that mini run hasn't helped. When he finally got a settled team we had another mini run around Xmas and now all the chopping and changing and messing around with formations over the past two months has ended our season.
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Squad rotation has worked well for Mourinho, Wenger, Mancini and others. Nothing wrong with switching things up depending who the opposition is. But I agree that at this level a settled side is probably more important.
 
Didn't think that we'd be 12th in the 1st March after that game. 2nd in the league averaging over 2 points per game and goal difference of +8 in previous four games. I wonder what would have had happened if we hadn't cancelled that Colchester game. The international break killed the momentum we had built and just as players were gelling too. We've never really recovered from the back to back home defeats that followed and moral had been on its arse ever since. No way of knowing for sure of course.
 
Borbokisfreekick said:
no wonder the players don't look bothered, there's no consistent system, players being played out of position, no clear style of play just generic 'build out of the back, play through the thirds' talk.

I don't buy into all the players are shit talk. They're not being set up to get the most out of them. I'm not saying that would be top two, but if a decent manager could get the best out of this group of players they have the ability to be in the top six.
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steeled myself to watch the second half of the Burton game on Bladesplayer today. Not the same as being there I know but my personal impression from some of the body language wasn't so much "not bothered" as baffled and pissed off. Saw it on Basham's face and on Done's a couple of times, once with a slight shake of the head that he tried not to show, as if he thought what the fuck is going on?
 
Long
Brayford Baptiste Edgar McEv
JCR Basham Reed Adams
Sharp Done
 
.....................Long
.......Edgar Basham Baptiste
Brayford...........................K. Wallace
........Coutts Cuvelier Adams
.................Sharp Done
 
I would not be starting Baptise after his comedy cameo
 
Adkins has lost the plot, the dressing room and his marbles. Would take a miracle to turn this round now. If he played his geese video, the players would look at him the way most people look at old women who feed pigeons.
 
WincobankBlade said:
steeled myself to watch the second half of the Burton game on Bladesplayer today. Not the same as being there I know but my personal impression from some of the body language wasn't so much "not bothered" as baffled and pissed off. Saw it on Basham's face and on Done's a couple of times, once with a slight shake of the head that he tried not to show, as if he thought what the fuck is going on?
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Just watch the 10 minute highlights and count how many times Coutts puts a meaningful tackle in. He lets players pass and run by him with feeble attempts at stopping them. No wonder he was subbed. His fault for the goal as well with a shite attempt at a pass forward.

Can't see him playing today unless Adkins has worked miracles with his 1:1 meetings.

If fleetwood score first today then the best we can hope for is a 1-1 draw. We simply can't score goals atm.

My team:

Long

Beard
Baptiste
Edgar
Jay

Flynn
Hacker Hammond
Bash
JCR

Sharp
Adams/DCL

UTMB
 
My starting lineup for today will be
*********************************************Alan Kelly*************************************************
Kyle Walker*********Phil Jagielka****************************Chris Morgan*********Roger Nilsen

Peter Ndlovu*******Michael Brown**************************Nick Montgomery**'****Luton Shelton

************************Brian Deane********************Ched Evans******************************

Up Up The Mighty Blades!!!
 



Jostein's Bandage said:
Adkins has lost the plot, the dressing room and his marbles. Would take a miracle to turn this round now. If he played his geese video, the players would look at him the way most people look at old women who feed pigeons.
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I am not sure he ever had the plot frankly.
 
Might as well try 11 geese..... Can't be any worse than the so-called professional footballers we allow out unaccompanied by their carers every Saturday.
 
Old Skool said:
Might as well try 11 geese..... Can't be any worse than the so-called professional footballers we allow out unaccompanied by their carers every Saturday.
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Starting XI at Fleetwood: Long, Brayford, Basham, Flynn, Done, Baptiste, Calvert-Lewin, Adams, Cuvelier, Edgar, Hammond

Today’s subs at Fleetwood: Howard, Coutts, Sammon, Campbell-Ryce, McGahey, Whiteman, Kelly

Sharp ill
 
No left back there so I expect...

Long

Baptiste Edgar Basham

Brayford Flynn Hammond Cuvelier Done

Calvert-Lewin Adams


Shocking team.
 



Serious question. Has anyone seen Calvert-Lewin do anything decent? He looks miles away from being good enough to me.
 
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