Overthehills
Give Quiche A Chance....
Some might disregard that first half performance and concentrate solely on that later second half push. And I get it to an extent, I totally do.... because we all long for a bit of something going forwards and to score goals.
But for me that first half was the most important of the two, despite how unnatractive and frustrating it was.
You will have to forgive me for not knowing her name, but a female commentator hit the nail on the head for me during the Bournemouth match... "This Sheffield United team are incapable of doing more than one thing".... "They cant defend and attack"... "They look lost"........
She was right.....
We've been like headless chickens in terms of the basics. We've had no shape and little understanding of how to play against top flight teams.
But for me it was the effort, determination and discipline of that first half.... that ultimately paved the way and allowed for the way that we played the second half. Not only thayt, but I would go as far as saying that I believe it to be a potential season changing half of football.
Why?
The lads are getting it again... and whilst it might be unttractive, backs against the wall stuff. It restores confidence again and repairs a great deal of what we were doing wrong under Hecky.
One of the positives of the CWAK partnership, is that they make us hard to beat. I actually think that Wilder comes back to us a little steadier as well.... bu that I mean no gimmicks of overlapping CB's etc....
But we are starting to see foundations once more. We retain shape, we ensure discipline and keep bodies behind the ball... we frustrate players who exploit space by not allowing them any room...
This is the CWAK way.... Nullify the opponent, frustrate the hell out of them and in the process learn that they cant hurt us if we keep disciplined and stifle the hell out of them... then when they become desperate and push on, we exploit them....
Old school smash and grab, counter attack, or whatever you want to call it. It isn't orthodox premier league football.... but it works with the tools that we have to do the job.
I said to another blade tonight that we had to appreciate the discipline and hard work shown in the forst half... and that we would have a spell in the second half. He said "we won't have a spell though"...... and he was right if Hecky was still in the hotseat. But we saw it time and time again under Wilder and it worked effectively.
It might not be the most prettiest, but it will bring the basics back and it will grab points along the way.
But for me that first half was the most important of the two, despite how unnatractive and frustrating it was.
You will have to forgive me for not knowing her name, but a female commentator hit the nail on the head for me during the Bournemouth match... "This Sheffield United team are incapable of doing more than one thing".... "They cant defend and attack"... "They look lost"........
She was right.....
We've been like headless chickens in terms of the basics. We've had no shape and little understanding of how to play against top flight teams.
But for me it was the effort, determination and discipline of that first half.... that ultimately paved the way and allowed for the way that we played the second half. Not only thayt, but I would go as far as saying that I believe it to be a potential season changing half of football.
Why?
The lads are getting it again... and whilst it might be unttractive, backs against the wall stuff. It restores confidence again and repairs a great deal of what we were doing wrong under Hecky.
One of the positives of the CWAK partnership, is that they make us hard to beat. I actually think that Wilder comes back to us a little steadier as well.... bu that I mean no gimmicks of overlapping CB's etc....
But we are starting to see foundations once more. We retain shape, we ensure discipline and keep bodies behind the ball... we frustrate players who exploit space by not allowing them any room...
This is the CWAK way.... Nullify the opponent, frustrate the hell out of them and in the process learn that they cant hurt us if we keep disciplined and stifle the hell out of them... then when they become desperate and push on, we exploit them....
Old school smash and grab, counter attack, or whatever you want to call it. It isn't orthodox premier league football.... but it works with the tools that we have to do the job.
I said to another blade tonight that we had to appreciate the discipline and hard work shown in the forst half... and that we would have a spell in the second half. He said "we won't have a spell though"...... and he was right if Hecky was still in the hotseat. But we saw it time and time again under Wilder and it worked effectively.
It might not be the most prettiest, but it will bring the basics back and it will grab points along the way.
