The Sheffield United curse

[Fromola]

Okay so in 22 years following the Blades i've witnessed the following:

4 play off final defeats at 3 different venues without even scoring beyond the horrible Huddersfield penalty shootout
3 play off semi final defeats
2 last day relegations from the Prem when we only needed a draw to stay up
relegation from the Championship
4 agonising FA Cup semi final defeats.
2 agonising League Cup semi final defeats

What we've won:
A promotion to the Premier League. Although we were second and got promoted without playing.

Are we cursed as a club? Not many clubs outside the top few have got to as many finals and semi finals as we have in the last 25 years but we haven't won anything. We've got to go up next season.

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

Okay so in 22 years following the Blades i've witnessed the following:

4 play off final defeats at 3 different venues without even scoring beyond the horrible Huddersfield penalty shootout
3 play off semi final defeats
2 last day relegations from the Prem when we only needed a draw to stay up
relegation from the Championship
4 agonising FA Cup semi final defeats.
2 agonising League Cup semi final defeats

What we've won:
A promotion to the Premier League. Although we were second and got promoted without playing.

Are we cursed as a club? Not many clubs outside the top few have got to as many finals and semi finals as we have in the last 25 years but we haven't won anything. We've got to go up next season.

The right man in charge and we will walk it . The curse is , have we the right man.

UTB

 

[blade.i.am]

Wait til you get to 45 years, you might be able to throw in a relegation to the 4th tier and a defeat on penalties in a tin pot competition I can't even remember the name of (Watney Mann Cup?)

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Wednesday fans my age haven't had half the fun I've had.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

And it could always be worse.

Coventry haven't been promoted for 50 years.

 

[raul]

And it could always be worse.

Coventry haven't been promoted for 50 years.

Are you considering a move to Spain Nudge?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Are you considering a move to Spain Nudge?

Not yet.

Gonna wait until after we romp our way to the League One title next season.

 

[davidpinder]

Not yet.

Gonna wait until after we romp our way to the League One title next season.

We said that last year

 

[davidpinder]

Okay so in 22 years following the Blades i've witnessed the following:

4 play off final defeats at 3 different venues without even scoring beyond the horrible Huddersfield penalty shootout
3 play off semi final defeats
2 last day relegations from the Prem when we only needed a draw to stay up
relegation from the Championship
4 agonising FA Cup semi final defeats.
2 agonising League Cup semi final defeats

What we've won:
A promotion to the Premier League. Although we were second and got promoted without playing.

Are we cursed as a club? Not many clubs outside the top few have got to as many finals and semi finals as we have in the last 25 years but we haven't won anything. We've got to go up next season.

Or you might say

4 good seasons when we won more than we lost and made it all the way to the playoff final
3 good seasons when we won more than we lost and made it all the way to the playoff semi final
2 last day relegations from the prem after fighting all season and doing better than expect on at least one occasion
Relegation from the championship after our manager decided to join his national side to manage
4 FA cup runs 3 of which we were below the top tier ending with a much respectable semi final defeat
2 league cup semi final defeats when again we were playing against teams in the top tier and lost a 2 legged affair by 1 goal.
Winning promotion to the prem

I'd say it was fun although painful being a blade.

 

[itsinyerblood]

I've got it!

Isn't the Sheffield United curse that bit of home truth that comes naturally to every Blade? Need you ask, it's.....Bollocks

 

[Bladesman]

Okay so in 22 years following the Blades i've witnessed the following:

4 play off final defeats at 3 different venues without even scoring beyond the horrible Huddersfield penalty shootout
3 play off semi final defeats
2 last day relegations from the Prem when we only needed a draw to stay up
relegation from the Championship
4 agonising FA Cup semi final defeats.
2 agonising League Cup semi final defeats

What we've won:
A promotion to the Premier League. Although we were second and got promoted without playing.

Are we cursed as a club? Not many clubs outside the top few have got to as many finals and semi finals as we have in the last 25 years but we haven't won anything. We've got to go up next season.

Yes we are cursed.

 

[WhiteHawk]

Okay so in 22 years following the Blades i've witnessed the following:

4 play off final defeats at 3 different venues without even scoring beyond the horrible Huddersfield penalty shootout
3 play off semi final defeats
2 last day relegations from the Prem when we only needed a draw to stay up
relegation from the Championship
4 agonising FA Cup semi final defeats.
2 agonising League Cup semi final defeats

What we've won:
A promotion to the Premier League. Although we were second and got promoted without playing.

Are we cursed as a club? Not many clubs outside the top few have got to as many finals and semi finals as we have in the last 25 years but we haven't won anything. We've got to go up next season.

I've been watching us for about the same amount of time so have seen that same list and although it hurts like hell to always lose these games, at least we get them. It's exciting.

I'd rather have had all those games and lost them then never had them at all.

 

[itsinyerblood]

I've been watching us for about the same amount of time so have seen that same list and although it hurts like hell to always lose these games, at least we get them. It's exciting.

I'd rather have had all those games and lost them then never had them at all.

Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.....similar sentiments WH, and wise words transferred to the team we all support.

 

[sheffielder]

I've been watching us for about the same amount of time so have seen that same list and although it hurts like hell to always lose these games, at least we get them. It's exciting.

I'd rather have had all those games and lost them then never had them at all.

Problem is that we have to go down the leagues to be in them..

 

[WhiteHawk]

Problem is that we have to go down the leagues to be in them..

But would you rather be 15th in the Premier League achieving nothing every single season?

 

[sheffielder]

But would you rather be 15th in the Premier League achieving nothing every single season?

Would you rather go down to the conference to get a promotion?

 

[WhiteHawk]

Would you rather go down to the conference to get a promotion?

Perhaps not the Conference but I'd rather yo-yo up and down the leagues and have good cup runs that be in the Prem doing absolutely nothing.

 

[wardonia_blade]

Okay so in 22 years following the Blades i've witnessed the following:

4 play off final defeats at 3 different venues without even scoring beyond the horrible Huddersfield penalty shootout
3 play off semi final defeats
2 last day relegations from the Prem when we only needed a draw to stay up
relegation from the Championship
4 agonising FA Cup semi final defeats.
2 agonising League Cup semi final defeats

What we've won:
A promotion to the Premier League. Although we were second and got promoted without playing.

Are we cursed as a club? Not many clubs outside the top few have got to as many finals and semi finals as we have in the last 25 years but we haven't won anything. We've got to go up next season.

Throw in the Evans saga, plus twice relegated as a result of football corruption.

 

[FATTYFOULKE]

And it could always be worse.

Coventry haven't been promoted for 50 years.

But they did have a 30 odd year spell in the top flight for a good part of that time.

 

[Bladesince59]

But would you rather be 15th in the Premier League achieving nothing every single season?

Yes

 

[COME BACK CHED]

What does it matter what we have won ? We are Blades .

 

[HillmortonBlade]

We're not cursed, we're blessed because we are Blades.

Not just a bit unlucky though...

 

[Bladebri]

We have to make our own luck and ride the storms, look at the pigs just hanging around in the championship, going nowhere, doing fuck all, our last two seasons have been a roller coaster not many teams in div 1 can say that.

 

[SwissBlade]

Perhaps not the Conference but I'd rather yo-yo up and down the leagues and have good cup runs that be in the Prem doing absolutely nothing.

I think because of all the heart ache, we'll enjoy the promotion all the more when we eventually get it...

At 37 I'm starting to wonder whether we'll see another promotion in my lifetime

 

[WhiteHawk]

I think because of all the heart ache, we'll enjoy the promotion all the more when we eventually get it...

At 37 I'm starting to wonder whether we'll see another promotion in my lifetime

With the resources we've got, we'll piss the league next season......

 

[Russ]

Wednesday fans my age haven't had half the fun I've had.

Maybe you can put that down to your good looks?!!

 

[SwissBlade]

With the resources we've got, we'll piss the league next season......

Double Lolz

We need to replace Davis, two centre halves, a Doyle esque midfielder and Brayford... Plus if the baxter thing ends up true we need a creative central midfielder...

I hope Clough does his business very early this time and gets players who are fit.

 

[metalblade]

With the resources we've got, we'll piss the league next season......

Only if we sack Clough

 

[blade too long]

we do seem to be in the footballing gods bad books

the only luck we ever ever get seems to be of the fucking awful type


losing Brayford when we were 1-0 up done for us in a shambolic 2nd half and away non defensive display

one year we might actually catch a break

 

[Gavlar]

We said that last year

and the 3 years before that