SwissBlade
Well-Known Member
I won’t talk about us, we know our attitude won’t be in question, our pivotal manager will ensure that players, fans, management team, the board are all entirely United. Absolutely no question, Wilder will have us up for it.
But let’s talk of our opposition. Its been touched on across numerous threads, they’re having an awful season but as Mathew Bell pointed out on his article in the star, the form is the same over the last 9 games.
Briefly, last season they didn’t even know our players, paid no attention to United and expected that the gap would remain as wide as before on 24th Sept. We corrected that perception.
Their players under pressure, not because of their own abject performances, saw fit to mention that our form had disrupted them. Carlos continued and they were unable to put performances in that he’d demanded. They failed to follow his instruction. So Carlos was gone, in classic Wednesday style on Xmas eve. The right move they said. Well that was until he took the Swansea role and all was not as it seemed, he’d played them. GLTTL.
Bullen came in, the desperation was clear, they chanted “ee’s one of our own” however, whilst our “own” was a ball boy, player, fan and then league winning manager last season, Bullen was just a former player, a committed one at that and a decent fella as well, but to cling to him being one of their own was again desperate. There’s an emerging theme.
Now its over to Jos Lukuhay, an experienced manager in Germany, a decent CV, but arriving days before the derby, into a new country, a new working language, a big atmosphere, its forgivable if he appears overawed, an injured owl thrown into the pit of vipers. Hardly the ideal starting point for him.
Today, on the morning of the biggest game of the season for both clubs, I’ve had a number of messages from Wednesday fans that I’ve chatted a lot with over the last 12 months, again a theme
- Pre match excuses
- Justification for not responding tonight
- Their thoughts on tonight – they have lots of injuries and they’ll get stuffed
- What a difference a year makes
I never asked for this, I never sent similar myself despite some awful times in 40 years as a Blade. The fear is in the air, I can smell it through the pollution of the oil fields down here in Basra.
Their fears are justified, we came into Carlos’ dream and turned it into a nightmare, Jordan Rhodes must be wishing he’d taken a kick from 12 yards after all whilst their chance was there to keep in the limelight.
The spotlight has gone elsewhere, Wednesday are rarely talked about positively now, locally or nationally.
It’s a predictable downfall and its being enveloped in fear and desperation. Tonight really is their last chance to rescue something, anything from their season, lose tonight and the double is done, the confidence will be low and even a convincing cup replay victory over Carlisle in front of a sparse crowd in a dilapidated ground won’t be consolation.
When I shot back my opinion of their club, as a football fan, giving both barrels about how Chansiri has ruined their club and will continue to do so I was rubbing it in. It wasn’t the intention, its an opinion, just like I’d give an opinion on Chesterfield.
Back to the pit of vipers, the wounded owl won’t just lay down and die, despite the signs of weakness. The Owl will fight for its life, its got one good wing, its desperate and fearful, but it has nothing to lose. Beware the wounded animal. Unlike the downfall of their club, the wounded animal is unpredictable.
However tonight’s game goes, they enter it with all manner of problems – New CEO with a terrible record with the support base at Charlton, megalomaniac owner with a spending and budgeting issue, huge problems on the pitch, Fans so disconnected with the club that they may as well not bother going, they’re going to need a Wilder type manager to sort this and as good a record that Lukuhay has, he’s not that.
Will even a win be good enough for them? Sadly, yes, I think it would be enough for many of their fans to think “they’re back” even if they put in a Norwich type performance. Jos will be king of the sty.
I don't see a win for them though, yeah they could get a breakaway goal and park the bus, but i don't see it. They don't have it in them, one win over Leeds aside.
We have too much, too much spirit, we're prepared, we're ready, we've recruited. We have so much that they don't.
I’ve never been happier to be a Blade!
But let’s talk of our opposition. Its been touched on across numerous threads, they’re having an awful season but as Mathew Bell pointed out on his article in the star, the form is the same over the last 9 games.
Briefly, last season they didn’t even know our players, paid no attention to United and expected that the gap would remain as wide as before on 24th Sept. We corrected that perception.
Their players under pressure, not because of their own abject performances, saw fit to mention that our form had disrupted them. Carlos continued and they were unable to put performances in that he’d demanded. They failed to follow his instruction. So Carlos was gone, in classic Wednesday style on Xmas eve. The right move they said. Well that was until he took the Swansea role and all was not as it seemed, he’d played them. GLTTL.
Bullen came in, the desperation was clear, they chanted “ee’s one of our own” however, whilst our “own” was a ball boy, player, fan and then league winning manager last season, Bullen was just a former player, a committed one at that and a decent fella as well, but to cling to him being one of their own was again desperate. There’s an emerging theme.
Now its over to Jos Lukuhay, an experienced manager in Germany, a decent CV, but arriving days before the derby, into a new country, a new working language, a big atmosphere, its forgivable if he appears overawed, an injured owl thrown into the pit of vipers. Hardly the ideal starting point for him.
Today, on the morning of the biggest game of the season for both clubs, I’ve had a number of messages from Wednesday fans that I’ve chatted a lot with over the last 12 months, again a theme
- Pre match excuses
- Justification for not responding tonight
- Their thoughts on tonight – they have lots of injuries and they’ll get stuffed
- What a difference a year makes
I never asked for this, I never sent similar myself despite some awful times in 40 years as a Blade. The fear is in the air, I can smell it through the pollution of the oil fields down here in Basra.
Their fears are justified, we came into Carlos’ dream and turned it into a nightmare, Jordan Rhodes must be wishing he’d taken a kick from 12 yards after all whilst their chance was there to keep in the limelight.
The spotlight has gone elsewhere, Wednesday are rarely talked about positively now, locally or nationally.
It’s a predictable downfall and its being enveloped in fear and desperation. Tonight really is their last chance to rescue something, anything from their season, lose tonight and the double is done, the confidence will be low and even a convincing cup replay victory over Carlisle in front of a sparse crowd in a dilapidated ground won’t be consolation.
When I shot back my opinion of their club, as a football fan, giving both barrels about how Chansiri has ruined their club and will continue to do so I was rubbing it in. It wasn’t the intention, its an opinion, just like I’d give an opinion on Chesterfield.
Back to the pit of vipers, the wounded owl won’t just lay down and die, despite the signs of weakness. The Owl will fight for its life, its got one good wing, its desperate and fearful, but it has nothing to lose. Beware the wounded animal. Unlike the downfall of their club, the wounded animal is unpredictable.
However tonight’s game goes, they enter it with all manner of problems – New CEO with a terrible record with the support base at Charlton, megalomaniac owner with a spending and budgeting issue, huge problems on the pitch, Fans so disconnected with the club that they may as well not bother going, they’re going to need a Wilder type manager to sort this and as good a record that Lukuhay has, he’s not that.
Will even a win be good enough for them? Sadly, yes, I think it would be enough for many of their fans to think “they’re back” even if they put in a Norwich type performance. Jos will be king of the sty.
I don't see a win for them though, yeah they could get a breakaway goal and park the bus, but i don't see it. They don't have it in them, one win over Leeds aside.
We have too much, too much spirit, we're prepared, we're ready, we've recruited. We have so much that they don't.
I’ve never been happier to be a Blade!
