United 6/1, Wednesday 11/2..

[FATTYFOULKE]

..for promotion to the Premier League with Skybet next season. 25/1 for us to win it.

If I knew Wilder was staying and the boardroom wrangle was sorted I’d put a little wager on United to go up.

Think I’ll wait a little bit though and see how it pans out.

 

[Bladezz]

..for promotion to the Premier League with Skybet next season. 25/1 for us to win it.

If I knew Wilder was staying and the boardroom wrangle was sorted I’d put a little wager on United to go up.

Think I’ll wait a little bit though and see how it pans out.

Wilder will only stay if we have money to spend.

The pigs will probably spend big again.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

The pigs will probably spend big again.

But can they? Aren't they still up against the FFP limit?

UTB

 

[Lmaobob]

putting bets on your own club to win only ends up in us losing. its a curse

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

But can they? Aren't they still up against the FFP limit?

UTB

Surely they'll just invent some new sponsors.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

100/1 is more like it. Other clubs in our division will already have firm plans for recruitment next season, we are going to get left behind.

 

[Blade58]

..for promotion to the Premier League with Skybet next season. 25/1 for us to win it.

If I knew Wilder was staying and the boardroom wrangle was sorted I’d put a little wager on United to go up.

Think I’ll wait a little bit though and see how it pans out.

6/1 is poor value imo

We won 3 of our last 12 games

We need to strengthen is everyone's opinion, including CW

It is looking likely that the boardroom turmoil will spill onto the pitch with the possibility of another bottom 6 budget combined with a Manager threatening to walk away

With the current situation, I just don't see it unfortunately

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

putting bets on your own club to win only ends up in us losing. its a curse

I've won more money on Sheffield United winning than every other football club in the world combined.

 

[Tray]

Odds are almost identical for us to go up as they were at this time last year. These will probably shift significantly if Wilder does indeed walk or we sell a few players. On the other hand, if we keep Wilder and he gets his transfer kitty, these odds are likely to shorten. Either way, wouldn't touch 6/1 on us getting promoted.

 

[sheffielder]

Wilder will only stay if we have money to spend.

The pigs will probably spend big again.

No they won’t

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

Odds are almost identical for us to go up as they were at this time last year. These will probably shift significantly if Wilder does indeed walk or we sell a few players. On the other hand, if we keep Wilder and he gets his transfer kitty, these odds are likely to shorten. Either way, wouldn't touch 6/1 on us getting promoted.

Totally agree, they're crap odds.

Above us I'd have Brentford, any of the unsuccessful playoff teams AND West Brom/Swansea/Stoke and Norwich if they sack that shite German.

So 9th faves at best, which kinda sits with how we've finished. 6-1 is an awful offering.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Def short odds when you consider that only 1 from Fulham ,Villa ,Derby & Boro will go up & will have bigger budgets than ours & add Stoke , West Brom & Swansea with 2 years parachute payments I’d have us nearer the 12-1 mark tbh

 

[Tommoblade66]

gambling is a mugs game

 

[COME BACK CHED]

gambling is a mugs game

Not if you have a dog called Rosie

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

gambling is a mugs game

I've always said that the best thing that can happen when you place a bet is for it to lose.

 

[Bellypork]

No they won’t

Don't think they need to, unless it's on a new physio.

 

[blade too long]

gambling is a mugs game

it is if bookies fancy the owls more than us

no idea what they base it on

 

[blade too long]

100/1 is more like it. Other clubs in our division will already have firm plans for recruitment next season, we are going to get left behind.

yes Wilders on holiday colouring in some pictures ad Knill is playing sodoku

 

[blade too long]

Wilder will only stay if we have money to spend.

The pigs will probably spend big again.

why ? have they changed fair play rules

 

[DiggerBlade]

But can they? Aren't they still up against the FFP limit?

UTB

They'll take the Corbyn approach and spend other people's money.

 

[Houston_Blade]

it is if bookies fancy the owls more than us

no idea what they base it on

Today’s Sheffield Star articles where all of their players grunt on about how good they are and how they’ll piss the league next season.

 

[blade too long]

Today’s Sheffield Star articles where all of their players grunt on about how good they are and how they’ll piss the league next season.

the same players that lost to us 4-2 one week then 1-0 at brum the week after
theyve had 3 goes at it and got gradually worse, how are they going toimprove so much
beating a piss poor reading team then a norwich team on its holidays is not really a good form guide

the draw at wolves lost its sparkle after sunderland
thrashed an over celebrating wolves team

 

[Houston_Blade]

the same players that lost to us 4-2 one week then 1-0 at brum the week after
theyve had 3 goes at it and got gradually worse, how are they going toimprove so much
beating a piss poor reading team then a norwich team on its holidays is not really a good form guide

the draw at wolves lost its sparkle after sunderland
thrashed an over celebrating wolves team

The S6 hype machine is getting into full swing again, sometimes I worry but then I think that the trampy cunts failed when they actually had Chansiri’s backing, he’s now reined in his spending, has an ageing squad, some unproven youngsters and overpaid wantaways.

I’m happy to predict mid table again for us with a faint hope we’ll over achieve and let them let cream their pants about pissing the league like they do every year.

 

[blade too long]

i hope and pray Coutts recovers fully, and Freeman gets to play reguarly , we will compete then , whether we can rustle up enough to buy or loan a bit of quality we will be chasing teams spending bundles.
Not too concerned over the 3 relegated clubs , dont think any of them should be feared
but whoever of villa boro derby and fulham dont go up they will keep throwing money at it

 

[Bruce Wayne]

yes Wilders on holiday colouring in some pictures ad Knill is playing sodoku

May as well be, nobody seems to be talking to him about his plans.

 

[Bellypork]

The thing with Wednesday is this.
Three years ago Gray got the Owls to 13th, so the assumption was that they were a "mid-table" side.
They weren't. I reckon they finished several places higher than they should have done, based on squad, finance, etc. It was down to Gray's tactics that they finished in the middle, which is why he should never have been sacked.
Chansiri starts to spend lavishly, at least by Wednesday's standards, but it was going to take a lot of expenditure to get an 18th-ish placed team up the top end. The fans are sick of Gray's defensive football, and they want open, attacking football (as well as a new pitch and scoreboard). Chansiri gives the fans what they want, and the emphasis is on entertainment. There's no pressure, and the team can play with brio. Think the Blades up to X-mas. The Owls over-achieve, are the weakest team in the play-offs, and duly get beaten by an ex-PL outfit.
The next season it's all about promotion, and Carlos goes into his shell. He correctly realizes that pragmatism is the best way for a non-parachute club to get promoted (notes 'Boro), but the snag is that the players the club have bought are not exactly suited to that style (the team's thin on the ground in defence, and there's no midfield enforcer). Nevertheless the club finishes fourth, then in true Sheffield style an irreplaceable player is lost at just the wrong time (as with Evans, so with Hooper). Does Carlos stick with the same system which has brought all those victories, but now minus Hooper, or does he go for it. It's a 50-50 call and he calls it wrong.
This season it's clear from the outset that the players, or a majority of them, have lost faith in him. It's a hangover, big time, and to make matters worse the club is then walloped by the worst injury crisis I have seen in Sheffield football. The club's bob, both on and off the field, right down to the shirt on the players' backs, and had Swansea not come in for Carlos then it could have meant relegation.
Can next season be as bad or even worse than this one? You tell me.

 

[sheffielder]

Don't think they need to, unless it's on a new physio.

Well they sacked all the ones they had.

 

[Johnstreet John]

I'm more concerned why we're talking about Wednesdays odds than ours.

 

[northsomersetblade]

Not if you have a dog called Rosie

Or if you know a goalkeeper and centre forward who like a bit of extra pocket money

 

[blade too long]

May as well be, nobody seems to be talking to him about his plans.

well someones beavering away in the catacombs under the stand