We’ve been crap for a while

[TJ blade]

Think you need to realise that because our history many Blades are quite paranoid about receiving some incredible bad luck.
We always joke about the footballing Gods thinking of a new plan to teach us a lesson.

It goes back over many decades.
In 1939 we have a great team that has just been promoted with Jimmy Hagan, probably the best player in our history.
Big excitement around the club, we start off really well in the top flght, believe we were 2nd in the league and early pace setters for the title .
What could go wrong? Hitler decides to invade Poland and the season is ended and not re-started for another 6 years.

We've lost (almost always narrowly by a single goal in a very close contest) our last 5 consecutive FA cup semi finals.
We've lost every time (twice) (again very narrowly where the result could go either way) we've been in the league cup semi final
We've lost all 5 play-off finals (usually narrowly and in cruel fashion), we've lost conceding in injury time and we were once about to take a penalty to go 3-0 up on penalties against Huddersfield, we missed then ended up losing 12-10 on penalties.

We were odds on favourites to clinch promotion from league 1 with our best player in fantastic form (Ched Evans).
Then out of the blue he receives an instant prison sentence, the morale at the club drops through the floor and we struggle in our last few matches without him
missing out on the autos and being pipped right at the end by our arch rivals Sheff Wed.

3 years ago we were 7th in the Premier League looking good to finish the season in a Europa Cup place.
What could go wrong? Covid19 breaks out and the season is temporarily suspended, then re-started played behind closed doors and we struggle.
The following season with no fans in the stadium, we somehow seem to lose every match by 1 goal and are relegated in an empty stadium.

There's many more hard luck scenarios , you have the Teves West Ham situation where we were relegated on goal difference
and many other weird conceding in the last minute relegations. It's quite bizarre really how fate plays it's hand.

So some of our fans joke that Boro might win 20 of their final 20 matches and we end up losing in the play-offs again.
It's a joke....but it would be a new way to miss out and something we can add to our hard luck stories.

The list is endless pal, ghost goal at villa, even last week at Wigan when Clark got assaulted in the area and had his shirt ripped off

 

[Nightsweats]

Yeh remember the Burnley play-off final, I was there. Forgot to tell you, in our 5 play-off finals we’ve not even scored a single goal, so nothing for the fans to even celebrate, probably explains why some of our fans aren’t that enthusiastic with the prospect of the play-offs.

The Burnley play-off final was a non event. Pretty close match, you score then I expected us to take risks, push players forward with your team sitting back desperately defending hoping to hold out.

But credit to Burnley, there wasn’t much of a reaction from us, not much action overall; you managed it out really well.

Went by coach from a pub in Pitsmoor. Got to Wembley by around 10 but in his infinate wisdom the driver took a route that got us parked up by 14.00 but only after he'd took us round the Burnley end which thanks to some muppets on our coach resulted in us getting bricked. There was only going to be one outcome.

 

[robbiez666]

Who are the 10 first team squad players we are missing. Don't bother with JOC.

See the injuries thread?

Off the top of my head

RND
Clark
Lowe
Fleck
Osborn
Arblaster
Coulibally
McBurnie
Brewster

 

[Nightsweats]

See the injuries thread?

Off the top of my head

RND
Clark
Lowe
Fleck
Osborn
Arblaster
Coulibally
McBurnie
Brewster

Mmm Clark anything bad?
Coulibaly is irrelevant to be fair, Noone has any idea if he's any use.
Brewster. Done nothing.
Arblaster. Pure peripheral.

McB , Clark and Lowe are the only ones worth a shout. RND is but he's done for the season.

 

[DaleHillBlade]

Greece were far from pretty in 2004. Am sure their fans feel their Cup was pure luck.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Who are the 10 first team squad players we are missing. Don't bother with JOC.

See the injuries thread?

Off the top of my head

RND
Clark
Lowe
Fleck
Osborn
Arblaster
Coulibally
McBurnie
Brewster

It is 10 injured as O'Connell is a squad member. 11 If you want to include Khadra..

 

[robbiez666]

Mmm Clark anything bad?
Coulibaly is irrelevant to be fair, Noone has any idea if he's any use.
Brewster. Done nothing.
Arblaster. Pure peripheral.

McB , Clark and Lowe are the only ones worth a shout. RND is but he's done for the season.

They are all 'squad members'.