Well done Heckingbottom

[Drunk blade]

Got them up for it again, best we've played in a long long time. Unlucky not to come away with at least a draw after that 2nd half

 

[Brewster Cost £70 million]

The blades pashun is back

 

[Keef Chedwyn]

It's looking like Wilder didn't lose the players since lockdown 1, the players lost Wilder.

Glad they found some motivation today.

 

[JPBrods]

HECKYBALL is the new Wilderball

 

[Blade.com]

The blades pashun is back

Yep. Just need to get a bit of self believe back and confidence with that round thing called a ball and stop treating it like a hot spud.

 

[Eza Blade]

Enjoyed watching them in second half. But, you can be well coached, up for it and play more as a team but today wasn’t about luck. We are the masters of our own downfall and have been all season. Don’t take chances and you lose. Don’t put quality in the box and you lose. Don’t score and you lose.
Fingers crossed we find the magic formula to put that bag of wind in back of net!!!! UTB

 

[dillis]

First Blades game I’ve enjoyed since we beat Chelsea last season! Players looked bang up for it, shape was excellent. Hopefully a positive sign of things to come. Going into the next league game quietly confident...

 

[Belvedere Blade]

That was by far one of the best performance for some time. The big problem is the finish off missing and wasting those goal scoring chance. Should of a least scored one today. Good performance from the players especially in 2nd half.

 

[Stegosaurus]

Hi Stegosaurus here

Should have got him in earlier. Maybe we'd have beat the drop. Instead, dallied too long with Wilder hitting every iceberg as he tried to steer the ship to safety

 

[ScottBlade]

In Hecky we trust.

 

[BobblesBlade]

Same tactic and the same story.

 

[The Vicar]

Excellent 2nd half, if only we had a goal scorer. Well one that scored in the opposition net!

 

[JackSUFC]

How we took the game to them in the second half was pleasantly surprisingly. Been a long time since we’ve wanted to be competitive away from home.

 

[Bladesman]

Better chances created, more shots and unlucky not to get something from that.

Chelsea? for most the game they spent falling down and then timewasting. Sadly, when they do get a half chance they take it.

 

[Chezzy Blades]

First time for a long time I've enjoyed watching us in that second half. Dominating the ball, pushing Chelsea back and generally having me wanting to watch and kicking every ball through the TV screen.

The outcome is another defeat and no goals scored, but playing like that we'll give all the teams we have left to play a game and hopefully pick up a few points along the way.

 

[Toronto Blade]

We had 4 shots on target to their 3.
Take away Norwood's own goal his 1st goal of the season and who knows.
We did recover from the early goal and finished with a very good 2nd half.
Jags had a great game he put in 100% effort good for him.
Just carry this effort today for the remaining games.
With a bit of luck we could have beaten Chelsea today hold your heads up Blades!

 

[BrayfordsBushyBeard]

IMO we have got a goal scorer in Brewster , the problem has been we have never given him a run in the side and didn’t create many real goal scoring opportunities. I would personally play him every game between now and the end of the season and I reckon if we carry on playing like we did in the second half he will score 2 or 3
As ever UTB!

 

[Ginger Gnome]

Only real criticism of Heckingbottom would be the subs, straight out of Wilder's playbook of removing a player having an influence for a striker, only giving it two minutes, then throwing on another striker and changing shape again and completely easing off the pressure we were building.

 

[bongleblade]

If we commit to every game like that for the remainder of the season, where we show some real passion and motivation, and i would be for: Heckinbottom/Knill (aka PHAK) x DoF as a permanent setup

 

[metalblade]

We were shite if you listen to those on the shoutbox. I thought we were much better today.

 

[Penny Black tart]

Yep. Just need to get a bit of self believe back and confidence with that round thing called a ball and stop treating it like a hot spud.

I think the second half had as much self belief as we ever had, proud of that display even though we lost. I’ve predicted 6 more points we will get I hope I’m wrong

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

Played well second half very unlucky, Brewster looked threatening when came on u lucky not to score- he can strike a ball tho can’t he!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Same tactic and the same story.

And a 1000% performance improvement on anything we have seen in a long time.

 

[Penny Black tart]

First Blades game I’ve enjoyed since we beat Chelsea last season! Players looked bang up for it, shape was excellent. Hopefully a positive sign of things to come. Going into the next league game quietly confident...

Agree imagine this team with Berge, Bash, Egan, and Jack pushing them, oh and Ampadu.

 

[BobblesBlade]

And a 1000% performance improvement on anything we have seen in a long time.

Yep 0-2.

 

[S40BLADE]

Give him a new extended contract to continue work with the u23s really like how he comes across and his work with them has been very promising. If that continues who knows...

 

[Mercedes]

Hi Stegosaurus here

Should have got him in earlier. Maybe we'd have beat the drop. Instead, dallied too long with Wilder hitting every iceberg as he tried to steer the ship to safety

Wow, Chris he's one of are own,to crowing about how well we've done against Chelsea,Chelsea never got out of second gear and just to remind you we lost 2.0

 

[Mercedes]

HECKYBALL is the new Wilderball

Hope not we LOST 2.0

 

[SouthportBlade]

Generally first half was pretty woeful, but second half was a breath of fresh air and an enjoyable watch against one of the big boys.

Whilst it still ended a two nil loss and only was 45 mins of football, there's clearly life after Wilder.

I'm not having a go at Wilder, nor that Hecky is the second coming.

Think its a show of much needed perspective. Yes Wilder performed miracles over the prior 4 years, but at the end of the day he's just one man.

For me next season was going to be just as uncertain under Wilder, as it will be whoever we appoint. Could do a Norwich or could struggle. There was no guarantees.

Get a decent manager in, freshen up the squad and we'll be fine...

 

[Balham]

Hope not we LOST 2.0

Remind me what happened last time we went to Stamford Bridge?