This is not about football

[BlairBlade]

No, thank you.

20'000 fucking posts and finally I know what I'm talking about.....................

It is my pleasure.

 

[XM657]

Do you remember Jusoda?

Yes but some what after my formative years, in fact about thirty but no doubt bought it for the kids.

 

[BlairBlade]

Yes but some what after my formative years, in fact about thirty but no doubt bought it for the kids.View attachment 109233

I remember Jusoda as a youg’un.
Bottles of it, along with Dandelion & Burdock, Tizer and Magnet (a strange dark, red, non-alcoholic brew that tickled the palate in a delightful way).
That was in the days of John Harris.

 

[S6 Blade]

another one who’s rather see us flounder in obscurity than progress with a foreign owner. I’d rather have the Prince in control than McCabe (who was about to sell us up the river if he won the court case)

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

I’m all for foreign ownership and investment. But move from BDTBL and I’d be done.

A 60,000 stadium at Orgreave sounds truly horrific.

I agree

As a user of public transport to get from my home in North Leeds to Orgreave, your talking about a 2 1/2 hour trip and leaving my favourite pre-match watering hole at about 2 pm instead of 2.40 - no thanks

I can get to London in under 3 hours

Why do you say Orgreave?

Has it been mooted by someone at the club?

 

[XM657]

ARRRRR....... Magnet, by John Smith, much enbibed in the John Harris days.

 

[alcoblade]

I agree

As a user of public transport to get from my home in North Leeds to Orgreave, your talking about a 2 1/2 hour trip and leaving my favourite pre-match watering hole at about 2 pm instead of 2.40 - no thanks

I can get to London in under 3 hours

Why do you say Orgreave?

Has it been mooted by someone at the club?

Unless I read it wrong, it was the suggestion that I was replying to.

 

[JJBlade]

Bit narrowminded to boycott every single Saudi because of their governements human rights record. Suggesting that we should not have a Saudi owner is no less racist than suggesting we should not have an Afghani owner because "they're all terrorists".

Just out of curiosity which countries do you not view as morally bankrupt? No country is squeaky clean and focusing on nationality rather than the individual is bizarre

Yes, we can include the good old US of A in that too, won't fight anybody after Vietnam kicked their arses, but will drop a thousand bombs on anybody and anything.
And they own no end of clubs

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Unless I read it wrong, it was the suggestion that I was replying to.

You're right, someone else said it.

In jest I hope.

My apologies

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Of course all the Mancs spit the dummy out and said they would never go again, only now they all go again because they have one of the world's best teams after watching utter dogshite in the old 2nd division at Maine Road.

It's like us. After watching us lose 1-0 at home against someone like Shrewsbury in the piss pouring rain of course we would rail against a break with tradition and under no circumstances do we want any changes, but a 60,000 stadium at Orgreave with some of the world's best footballers poncing about and pinging in goals in the old red and white would soon bring us round.

It's a different game now. We might hate some parts of it but the decision is still ours. Run with it, or go watch the ice hockey

Is the reference to Orgreave purely illustrative or have you heard something?

There's certainly plenty of room there

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

I don't care who owns the club as long as he respects our club and our history, IMO most of the Owners/ chairmen we've had while I've been a supporter have been more interested in furthering their own business / careers as cheaply as possible, than the Blades.
But, I believe the present owner wants to make a name for himself in the footballing world and he is genuinely trying to make the Blades a success by taking us that step further,
He may not have been born in Sheffield, but then neither have most of our players, and by watching the fans and our success over the previous 4 seasons, he may well have caught the bug....

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

Hey. Never post. But felt the need. This is beyond football. I always thought Macabe didn’t necessary make the right footballing decisions but I always felt he cared about the blades and had the community at heart.
CW leaving to me is about the the city and community more than football. We are Sheffield United. We have never been premier league. But we have alway been proud and routed in our community I genuinely think as fans we try and do things the right way.

The current owner doesn’t deserve to own us. He isn’t one of us. He is a Saudi. He is skint and doesn’t give a fuck. And I personally don’t like my club being owned by someone from a morally bankrupt country like Saudi Arabia. It doesn’t reasonate with the values I have I have and Sheffield has, regardless of whether you are a Blade or a pig.

Wilder really was one of own. And that matter. The Prince isn’t and we need to fight back and get him out of our club

Ok, cheers Chris

 

[bypassblade]

ARRRRR....... Magnet, by John Smith, much enbibed in the John Harris days.View attachment 109237

Do you remember the little social club we had Tudor Rooms IMS, and sure they served Webster's Green label.

 

[WeAreBlades1889]

I'm genuinely surprised with the amount of thick racists we have as fans. They think they disguise it but it's just fucking blatant. It's happening on most threads about Wilder and its shaming on the club to see.

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I'm genuinely surprised with the amount of thick racists we have as fans. They think they disguise it but it's just fucking blatant. It's happening on most threads about Wilder and its shaming on the club to see.

 

[yorkshirecoast]

Is the reference to Orgreave purely illustrative or have you heard something?

There's certainly plenty of room there

Orgreave is in Rotherham. Absolutely no way we would move there. Can’t see us moving anywhere thankfully.

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Can we return to vintage soft drinks and Corgi Limited Edition Commercial Vehicles?

It's frothy, man.

 

[GrayBlade]

Hey. Never post. But felt the need. This is beyond football. I always thought Macabe didn’t necessary make the right footballing decisions but I always felt he cared about the blades and had the community at heart.
CW leaving to me is about the the city and community more than football. We are Sheffield United. We have never been premier league. But we have alway been proud and routed in our community I genuinely think as fans we try and do things the right way.

The current owner doesn’t deserve to own us. He isn’t one of us. He is a Saudi. He is skint and doesn’t give a fuck. And I personally don’t like my club being owned by someone from a morally bankrupt country like Saudi Arabia. It doesn’t reasonate with the values I have I have and Sheffield has, regardless of whether you are a Blade or a pig.

Wilder really was one of own. And that matter. The Prince isn’t and we need to fight back and get him out of our club

Just let it go Kevin, you lost.

 

[Eskimo]

Can we return to vintage soft drinks and Corgi Limited Edition Commercial Vehicles?

It's frothy, man.

 

[BushBlade]

Can we return to vintage soft drinks and Corgi Limited Edition Commercial Vehicles?

It's frothy, man.

I used to be a secret lemonade drinker.

As a kid I remember watching someone like Petrochelli always drinking ‘root beer’ and wondering why we didn’t have it here. Apparently it’s Dandelion and Burdoch, which my grandad would always have a bottle of, from the “pop man”.

 

[MalmoBlade]

Is the reference to Orgreave purely illustrative or have you heard something?

There's certainly plenty of room there

No mate don't get me started on why I know a bit about infrastructure projects and the suppression thereof in that area BUT of course if you are PA and you look at the city connections and M1 proximity it's just ideal for the location of a major new stadium facility just not, hopefully, ours.

Of course if they dismantle BDTBL brick by brick and re-assemble it exactly how it is, with 8 boozers on the complex all run by independent craft breweries and 3 fantastic chip shops with a massive free car park............sorry I was off on one there

 

[MalmoBlade]

I used to be a secret lemonade drinker.

As a kid I remember watching someone like Petrochelli always drinking ‘root beer’ and wondering why we didn’t have it here. Apparently it’s Dandelion and Burdoch, which my grandad would always have a bottle of, from the “pop man”.

Bushy, Root Beer is "like" D&B but nowhere near as good. It's a bit more like sarsaparilla, same concept, just different herb extracts

We used to get the Pop Man. When in Pitsmoor in the 60s it was Ben Shaws, and when out at Halfway/Mosborough/Killamarsh it was Alpine. "American Cream Soda" anyone?

What about the Beer Man? Davenports used to deliver to us. The jingle from the original Davenports "Beer At Home" ads is on you tube. Couldn't believe it when I found it. Must be 45 years since I heard it

hahahaha - "It's frothy man" - that was Cresta wasn't it? With the Polar Bear?

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Bushy, Root Beer is "like" D&B but nowhere near as good. It's a bit more like sarsaparilla, same concept, just different herb extracts

We used to get the Pop Man. When in Pitsmoor in the 60s it was Ben Shaws, and when out at Halfway/Mosborough/Killamarsh it was Alpine. "American Cream Soda" anyone?

What about the Beer Man? Davenports used to deliver to us. The jingle from the original Davenports "Beer At Home" ads is on you tube. Couldn't believe it when I found it. Must be 45 years since I heard it

hahahaha - "It's frothy man" - that was Cresta wasn't it? With the Polar Bear?

Correct

 

[MalmoBlade]

Correct

Awesome Greenwich mate, thanks for that. there was one where he started his reaction with "Rimsky-Korsakov" which is every bit as random as a polar bear in shades drinking pop

 

[BushBlade]

Bushy, Root Beer is "like" D&B but nowhere near as good. It's a bit more like sarsaparilla, same concept, just different herb extracts

We used to get the Pop Man. When in Pitsmoor in the 60s it was Ben Shaws, and when out at Halfway/Mosborough/Killamarsh it was Alpine. "American Cream Soda" anyone?

What about the Beer Man? Davenports used to deliver to us. The jingle from the original Davenports "Beer At Home" ads is on you tube. Couldn't believe it when I found it. Must be 45 years since I heard it

hahahaha - "It's frothy man" - that was Cresta wasn't it? With the Polar Bear?

I vaguely remember American Cream Soda. I didn’t dislike it but it was a bit weird. Fuck knows what it was made out of, probably chemicals that are now banned. Same with D&B I suppose, it certainly wasn’t made from dandelions and burdoch.

It’s odd how we’ve gone back to deliveries, there used to be all sorts when I was a kid; fruit man, fish man, bread man ...

 

[MalmoBlade]

I vaguely remember American Cream Soda. I didn’t dislike it but it was a bit weird. Fuck knows what it was made out of, probably chemicals that are now banned. Same with D&B I suppose, it certainly wasn’t made from dandelions and burdoch.

It’s odd how we’ve gone back to deliveries, there used to be all sorts when I was a kid; fruit man, fish man, bread man ...

yeah Fletchers Bakeries, the Chip Man ............ Hill Top Dairies had the mad woman who would do you a 2D "special" which was an ice lolly stuck in the top of a cornet, and then sneeze on it every fucking time! Like she was allergic to ice cream or other people's enjoyment!

 

[MalmoBlade]

Yes but some what after my formative years, in fact about thirty but no doubt bought it for the kids.View attachment 109233

My memory of Jusoda was when they brought it out in a vaguely triangular pack and you froze it and ate it like a lolly. We called it a JUBBLY (from jubilee I suppose) and it died a death only to be resurrected as the "Jubbly" some years later

 

[MalmoBlade]

Texan

Takes a long time to chew

 

[I should coco]

Where is the queue of South Yorkshire based millionaires who want to take over. Get real the past has gone and the future may not be what you want.

If you ever try to defend McCabe for his long term serious financial commitment, you will find that our forum financial experts know full well how many others could have stepped up to the plate.

The fact that nobody else actually did, is NEVER accepted as proof that nobody else was daft enough to chuck £50m into the black hole that was SUFC.

 

[MalmoBlade]

Admirable sentiment.

Unfortunately, one that’s seen us consistently punch below our weight for the last half a century.

Cracking comment Alco

First of all KM never gave a rat's arse about your "community"

Secondly, there are hundreds of "community" clubs in Sheffield for anyone that way inclined to go and support.

To suggest we are shite because we are just good old sheffield united and that's how it always has been/should be completely removes the entire basis of our support for Sheffield United. We go BECAUSE there is a chance that we might do something. We might just hit a sweet spot and we might just knock a few egos amongst the fancy dans and prima donnas yes, BUT we secretly also hope, pray and even believe that we deserve our shot amongst the elite, the chance to BE one of the top clubs in the country.

Sorry, but if you want to keep doffing your cap at "Mester" McCabe and saying "oh no, we're not worthy", you're simply following the wrong club and i mean no disrespect to anyone but surely Sheffield FC is the perfect home for anyone with the sentiments of the OP?

 

[CornwallBlade]

The thing is, most of the billionaires don’t put their own money in, or at risk. The champions league final a few years ago between Man U and Chelsea had a billion pounds of debt on the pitch.

I’m with you.

This. I do wish people would disabuse themselves of any ideas that owners put their own money in. They leverage whatever financial vehicles they have used to build their wealth in the first place. If it all goes tits up and we get flushed down the drain, it will cost them not a penny piece and they will move on in gold plated luxury to their next project with all their trappings intact