What a joke of a club we are

[BladeFisher]

Nothing. I have nothing to say to him. United legend, yes. Not my era though. In fact i've actually walked past him a few times in Sheff. He seems a nice guy. You obviously missed my point. He has nothing to do with this situation at all. You might be stuck in the past grandad, but i'm not. I should be saying to you f*cking Worksop. What a sh*thouse that place is! What's wrong with supporting your local team, Worksop Town? F*ck off to sandy lane you cretin.

Marco, I share your anger but hang on a minute with the insults.

What pisses me off is the way the clappers just take any old rubbish and here I agree with the sentiment you portray but equally one has to be realistic as they try to be, but often turn out too optimistic.

If McCabe is the big boss then frankly he has screwed up SUFC no argument. SUFC as a business has failed big time and this is down to him largely. He employed the managers most of which were poor but they worked under an unrealistic Chairman who appointed the Chief Execs. If SUFC were a trading company like say B&Q or WH Smith we'd have been taken over by Mumbai DIY or Hang Fong stationery or someone. The club's performance has been awful.

As for Blackman it is obvious. He was not a Tony Agana, Brian Deane, Edwards or anything else buy he was one of if not the best we had. By selling him now the club have behaved in a totally pathetic and spineless fashion but they have been true to form. Just happy to play football at BDBL but no interest in winning anything at all anymore , just playing. It may be of course that behind the scenes the club is in such a parlous state (ie buggered financially) that they had to sell him. If so who's fault is that? The fans?

No we are run by a pillock who is the majority share holder and he should sell up and bugger off. The big problem is is there a person of credible stature who loves SUFC so much that they could effectively put a consortium together to take over? Sadly I am not so sure there is. And that is the problem.

This Nigerian guy. Sounds like it was investment by default. Leaving McCabe to make the same old mistakes he has always done. A way of assessing McCabe is this. Ignoring the PL season how much better or worse have we been under his stewardship? At best it is about neutral and at worse it is below that.

He may support the Blades I don't doubt but he is a pretty inept football club owner. And that IMO is why we are we are.

It would not surprise me at all if McCabe and Mandy did a deal to sell BDTBL and Swillsboro and share a new rebuilt stadium at Don Valley capable of holding semi-finals Euro games etc as well as two shite city clubs thinking of better days! And when that doesn't work we'll be merged.

 

[Marco Van Barsteward]

ooh another tough guy ,born and bred sheffield ,within sight of the floodlights we used to have , 43rd season ticket in a row so fair enough I am a cretin ,but not a grandad yet. Btw Bill Fuckin Dearden still works for Sheff Utd.

I don't profess to be big or tough. I don't profess to be Sheff Uniteds greatest ever fan. I'm also not sad enough to state how many years i've supported the club or had a season ticket for in a pathetic effort to prove i'm somewhere close to being Sheff Uniteds greatest fan. It's not a competition. I will say i'm very passionate about the blades and have been since i was a kid. I care what happens to the club. The state we're in at the moment concerns me greatly. So in a nutshell, irrespective of Mr Deardens employment with the club, we're still in a state in the here and now, and that's all that matters. What Billy Dearden did or didn't do is irrelevant, in the here and now. That's all i was getting at. I also suspect he doesn't have much influence in the day to day goings on at boardroom level, which is the main crux of the problem.

I will say however, i did grow up not far from those beautiful old floodlights at Bramall Lane! What fantastic memories. Shame you missed out. I suspect it wasn't as exciting knocking about sandy lane!!

 

[Balham]

What pisses me off is the way the clappers just take any old rubbish and here I agree with the sentiment you portray but equally one has to be realistic as they try to be, but often turn out too optimistic.

While you make some good points with the rest of your post, this bit is ridiculous. I'm sure SwissBlade, sitwell and whoever else your veiled comments are aimed at would say that rather than being "clappers" they're just supporting their team.

I don't think anyone is wholly happy with the transfer activity at the moment, regardless of their overall view. I'm in the camp, however, where I'm willing to give the new signings a chance. The jury's been out for me on Danny Wilson since Christmas 2011 but I'll still support my team as best as I can.

Personally, I think Forte isn't as bad a signing as people are making out. Take away Blackman's penalties and he scored 5 goals from open play in 28 league games - not a bad return for a winger but hardly prolific.

My concern though is how we replace the threat which came from his direct running and trickery down the right. If Robson takes his place then it'll be to the detriment of the team as a whole but if Flynn and Murphy are on the flanks I'd be fairly happy.

UTB

 

[sitwell]

What a great fan you are then ,shame you didnt read a fucking word i said.

 

[Marco Van Barsteward]

Marco, I share your anger but hang on a minute with the insults.

What pisses me off is the way the clappers just take any old rubbish and here I agree with the sentiment you portray but equally one has to be realistic as they try to be, but often turn out too optimistic.

If McCabe is the big boss then frankly he has screwed up SUFC no argument. SUFC as a business has failed big time and this is down to him largely. He employed the managers most of which were poor but they worked under an unrealistic Chairman who appointed the Chief Execs. If SUFC were a trading company like say B&Q or WH Smith we'd have been taken over by Mumbai DIY or Hang Fong stationery or someone. The club's performance has been awful.

As for Blackman it is obvious. He was not a Tony Agana, Brian Deane, Edwards or anything else buy he was one of if not the best we had. By selling him now the club have behaved in a totally pathetic and spineless fashion but they have been true to form. Just happy to play football at BDBL but no interest in winning anything at all anymore , just playing. It may be of course that behind the scenes the club is in such a parlous state (ie buggered financially) that they had to sell him. If so who's fault is that? The fans?

No we are run by a pillock who is the majority share holder and he should sell up and bugger off. The big problem is is there a person of credible stature who loves SUFC so much that they could effectively put a consortium together to take over? Sadly I am not so sure there is. And that is the problem.

This Nigerian guy. Sounds like it was investment by default. Leaving McCabe to make the same old mistakes he has always done. A way of assessing McCabe is this. Ignoring the PL season how much better or worse have we been under his stewardship? At best it is about neutral and at worse it is below that.

He may support the Blades I don't doubt but he is a pretty inept football club owner. And that IMO is why we are we are.

It would not surprise me at all if McCabe and Mandy did a deal to sell BDTBL and Swillsboro and share a new rebuilt stadium at Don Valley capable of holding semi-finals Euro games etc as well as two shite city clubs thinking of better days! And when that doesn't work we'll be merged.

Great post Fisher.

I don't mean to come across as offensive. That's not my intention. The guy just keeps winding me up about Billy Dearden! My point of view was that too many of the clappers bang on about the past and stuff when we've have so many problems in the here and now. I guess we just have to realise that we're all from different eras and have different experiences of following the blades, and what comes with that are different favourite players and heros.

 

[sheffielder]

ooff what have I walked into. fuck knows what will happen if we go a goal down tonight... wish people would have some foresight

 

[mattbianco1]

Where do you get 'should be' from - he is 'ordinary' and has always been 'ordinary'

And also if Lee Hughes is Dog Shit (quote) it just goes to show how low we have sank and praise the lord Robson the Messiah is here to lead us to the Promised Land.

We have sank low. We all know that.

An "ordinary" Championship player should do well in the depths of League 1

 

[super_pig]

We signed a young striker in Blackman and complimented him with Cofie assuming him to be back up. Blackman has gone and scored 14 goals at almost a goal every 2 games, which I think is good enough to ensure a start most weeks. We sell him and replace him with an older player who isn't ours and get in a 34 year old bloke to compliment the other 34 year old at the back and 33 year old up front.

same owd same owd.. this 33 year old on a three year contract will cost as much as the million we got for Blackman anyway.. we ALWAYS DO THIS
good young player.. sold in the transfer window.. it's good business (sorry i've just puked).. get some old c**t in (Doyle, Cresswell, Beattie(2), Marcus Bent etc) and watch them rape us from the treatment table (should i have added Kitson??)

 

[Marco Van Barsteward]

What a great fan you are then ,shame you didnt read a fucking word i said.

You just keep banging on about Billy 'f*cking' Dearden! You related?!? You having a relationship with him or something?!? What's all this about BILLY 'F*CKING' DEARDEN?!?!?

 

[mattbianco1]

who is this "we" you speak of?

"We" is Sheffield United. The owner of Sheffield United is therefore classed as "we". You are included in "we" as a fellow fan of SUFC. Hope that's cleared things up?

 

[mattbianco1]

its amazing how you can see things if you try. from my seat all i can see is that weve sold our top scorer and signed some old duffer who isnt good enough for a canadian team (do they even play football in canada???)

He played alongside Kenny Miller at Vancouver. In the same division as Thierry Henry, Robbie Keane & David Beckham. Are they all toss old duffers too?

 

[super_pig]

You just keep banging on about Billy 'f*cking' Dearden! You related?!? You having a relationship with him or something?!? What's all this about BILLY 'F*CKING' DEARDEN?!?!?

calm down lads.. at least Billy fucking Dearden was a legend.. these c**ts aren't fit to lace his boots
i used to stick up for our esteemed leader but i've fallen out with him now

McCabe has failed.. end of
when he took over we were mid table championship outfit .. quite poor but hanging on..
now we are nearly fucking bankrupt third division outfit.. if he was running a plc he'd have been fired.. unfortunately his entire empire is mortgaged by the asset of the land value of BDTBL so we are stuck with him and him us

ANY amount of respect i had for Kevin McCabe evaporated yesterday after what he said on RS on saturday.. he is a ***** *******.. sorry mate but it has proved to be so.

ps i edited this.. i actually called him something else but knowing my luck i'd have probably got sued.. make up your own words.. i'm sure you'll manage

 

[Fiery Blade]

Sitters ALWAYS gets defensive if anyone dare criticise the Blades, the players, the manager or anything to do with Sheffield United FC
Unfortunately, I go further back than Sitters and can remember the good times, the great nights, the cup runs, the promotions, the relegations thats all part of being a Blade - but it's here and now not 1961 or 2003 it's 2013 and we are in a Pub League, a team full of has beens, never has beens or never going to be a been, a weak lilly-livered manager who hasn't got a clue how to motivate the team, a chairman who tells lies and is constantly stripping the club of any assets left and we are supposed to be pleased????
Get real Sitters, stop acting like a spoilt Wednesdayite in I'm a bigger blade than you, I've watched them for over 40 years, I know best etc etc - Grow Up it's not big, not clever any idiot can spout rubbish -if I wanted to listen to that claptrap I would visit S6 now and again
We are in the shit and I for one care about it - Because I don't go around coming out with 'Support the Blades in everything they do because they are Sheffield United FC - thats all that matters!
I think we are better than that, we are Blades and Division Three is just not good enough!

 

[sitwell]

no Matt its much more fun to ignore facts ,you get a much better chance to slag Sheff Utd off.

 

[Marco Van Barsteward]

at least Billy fucking Dearden was a legend.. these c**ts aren't fit to lace his boots

Ha ha! From what i'm told he wasn't a bad footballer, most of our current crop are very bad. Maybe we should ask him to play tonight?!?!?

 

[sitwell]

What the fucks it got to do with you ,I was defending myself as a Sheffield united fan and defending a Blade legend and current employee against unjust insults. Keep to your own anti wilson and slag Utd off at every opportunity adgenda.

 

[mattbianco1]

As for Blackman it is obvious. He was not a Tony Agana, Brian Deane, Edwards or anything else buy he was one of if not the best we had. By selling him now the club have behaved in a totally pathetic and spineless fashion but they have been true to form.

So if we had held onto Blackman and not signed Robson & Forte then you think we would be in a better position?

Blackman has been shoehorned onto the right wing as we have nobody else to play there. We have now got strength and depth in midfield and a variation of forwards.

Robson RM/CM
Forte LM/RM/CF
Murphy LM/RM/CF

Blackman - CF / Greedy RM

We have brought in 3 players there to challenge for RM + Flynn. All season we've said we need wingers, jeez we've got 4 now.

And, we've still got competition upfront.

Kitson
Murphy
Ironside
Forte
and if you really wanna scrape the barrel Cresswell can play LM/CF

 

[super_pig]

ps i edited this.. i actually called him something else but knowing my luck i'd have probably got sued.. make up your own words.. i'm sure you'll manage

the asterisks stand for 'great leader!' guffaws

 

[super_pig]

What the fucks it got to do with you ,I was defending myself as a Sheffield united fan and defending a Blade legend and current employee against unjust insults. Keep to your own anti wilson and slag Utd off at every opportunity adgenda.

read it again
edit: sorry it had compressed the order
Billy could probably play tonight no problem.. he's probably still fitter than Kitson.. most underrated player we've ever had IMO

 

[Fiery Blade]

He played alongside Kenny Miller at Vancouver. In the same division as Thierry Henry, Robbie Keane & David Beckham. Are they all toss old duffers too?

Forgive me but, they have a wage cap in Canadian football same as MLS so any team with a 'Star' player on mega contracts had to be supplemented by the rest of the team that played for very modest wages ie average run of the mill players - so I think you will find many players claiming they played in the same team as Henry, Miller, Beckham etc - here theywould be hard pressed to get a game with Worksop Town!

 

[Patrick Suffaux]

Sorry....I love the Blades always will but I agree with sp and fiery for the most part (apart form the bit about Wilson, I like the manager). The club and it's owner deserves to be slagged off. The supporters have been lied to.....AGAIN!

 

[mattbianco1]

I don't profess to be big or tough. I don't profess to be Sheff Uniteds greatest ever fan. I'm also not sad enough to state how many years i've supported the club or had a season ticket for in a pathetic effort to prove i'm somewhere close to being Sheff Uniteds greatest fan. It's not a competition. I will say i'm very passionate about the blades and have been since i was a kid. I care what happens to the club. The state we're in at the moment concerns me greatly. So in a nutshell, irrespective of Mr Deardens employment with the club, we're still in a state in the here and now, and that's all that matters. What Billy Dearden did or didn't do is irrelevant, in the here and now. That's all i was getting at. I also suspect he doesn't have much influence in the day to day goings on at boardroom level, which is the main crux of the problem.

I will say however, i did grow up not far from those beautiful old floodlights at Bramall Lane! What fantastic memories. Shame you missed out. I suspect it wasn't as exciting knocking about sandy lane!!

Can't see there's any need for this. I don't know sitwell but respect to him for going for so long. He has seen real low times at the lane in those years. This isn't all that bad. Yes it's not long since we were premiership but surely we should be getting behind the team to try and get them back.

Fairytales do happen. Swansea, Wigan, Fulham, Stoke, Southampton & Norwich can all tell you about that.

 

[super_pig]

Robson RM/CM
Forte LM/RM/CF
Murphy LM/RM/CF

Blackman - CF / Greedy RM

We have brought in 3 players there to challenge for RM + Flynn. All season we've said we need wingers, jeez we've got 4 now.

And, we've still got competition upfront.

Kitson
Murphy
Ironside
Forte
and if you really wanna scrape the barrel Cresswell can play LM/CF

'kin ell lads.. Yeovil are quaking in their boots with that line up.. it's got bad hasn't it?? we're fooked.
behave everyone

 

[Balham]

Forgive me but, they have a wage cap in Canadian football same as MLS so any team with a 'Star' player on mega contracts had to be supplemented by the rest of the team that played for very modest wages ie average run of the mill players - so I think you will find many players claiming they played in the same team as Henry, Miller, Beckham etc - here theywould be hard pressed to get a game with Worksop Town!

True but teams are allowed "designated" players outside the salary cap - Robson was one of Vancouver's.

super_pig who's the 33 year old on a 3 year contract? Robson's 34 and has signed for 5 months...

 

[Fiery Blade]

True but teams are allowed "designated" players outside the salary cap - Robson was one of Vancouver's.

Wasn't aware of that Balham - Thanks

 

[Patrick Suffaux]

So if we had held onto Blackman and not signed Robson & Forte then you think we would be in a better position?

I think the issue for most people is not who we've brought in, rather the implication that there would be funds available regardless of whether Blackman goes or not.....when there clearly wasn't.

What we get instead is a loan player, a player on a short term contract and a token bid for a player they knew was never going to be accepted.

 

[super_pig]

True but teams are allowed "designated" players outside the salary cap - Robson was one of Vancouver's.

super_pig who's the 33 year old on a 3 year contract? Robson's 34 and has signed for 5 months...

sorry i got it wrong.. Cresswell is 35

 

[JohnDenver]

Fairytales do happen. Swansea, Wigan, Fulham, Stoke, Southampton & Norwich can all tell you about that.

They do indeed. But they don't happen without strategic management and stable finances.

 

[sitwell]

How does that work Balham ? what makes a 'designated' player and how many can you have ?

 

[BladeFisher]

While you make some good points with the rest of your post, this bit is ridiculous. I'm sure SwissBlade, sitwell and whoever else your veiled comments are aimed at would say that rather than being "clappers" they're just supporting their team.

UTB

Not aimed at anyone. These guys you refer to are stalwarts, and personally don't find them offensive at all. I enjoy reading their posts. One day I'd like to meet these guys. They are clearly like us all dedicated fans and hats off to them.

However, there is with SUFC the clapper fraternity who seem to be totally happy with mediocrity. I am not. I am with Fiery and Metal and KenMc, mpjaco who clearly are fed up with this ineptitude. It is pants! I don't expect to be like Chelsea but big club my arse. Getting more like Port Vale and Bradford City every day (except we can't get to a cup final or win a play off).

I wouldn't mind, but for instance Sitters and I are of similar vintage, but no doubt from vastly different backgrounds, yet we have both, by dint of age have followed (suffered) SUFC and experienced the pain of falling out of Div 2 for the first time in our history and then Div4. Are the clappers just happy to see this happen again?

No I don't think so either. But the impression is given they are, that's all and all dissent met with "go to Meadowhall or Hillsborough"

I agree with you wholeheartedly. Lets give the new lads a chance. Not fair otherwise.

In my post I think it might well be the "we're more in the clart than we realise" being the truth behind the Blackman sale than anything else. If that is the case, despite his motovational failings DW has my sympathy as I think he is on a hiding to nothing. The jury is out.