Well as you have taken what I have said completely out of context let me put the context back , what I'm saying is that our fan base has a small time mentality, that's why there are people posting that a 38 year old ex player scored in the fa cup away at a non league side, i couldn't give a shit if he has , what I'm concerned about is the here and now, I understand that football is a business and that players are employees yes there are some that support the club and that's great , and as an investor the chances are they won't be a blade , so they won't give 2 shits about who billy sharp scored against last week either , but if they are prepared to put x amount of money in to get us promoted and keep us up and for that they run the club like a business rather than an old boys club for ex players then im happy with that I've spent the best part of 40 years watching us win hardly anything, and watching us sell of our best promising assets to balance the books , and its got us precisely nowhere, so im all for a bit of forward thinking and as for the Newcastle and spurs comparisons , yes harry kane may well be one of their own but he has left now for a bigger club, because spurs never win anything, and im sure the man city, Chelsea and arsenal fans / customers would give up every fa cup, league title, champions league, trophy to finish 5th with a home grown striker up front especially one that scored away at Kettering
I understood exactly what you were saying, I just highlighted one thing that stood out to me more than the rest.
But to dive more into it, you sound like a quintessential glory hunter, although you apparently are refusing to embrace it. You seem completely blind to the concept of sentiment, certainly when football is concerned, and as though nothing is important to you in regards to football, if it is not allowing you to lord your affiliation over others.
Which, considering the sheer volume of football clubs, both in this country and in general, makes your alleged supporting of Sheffield United even more puzzling.
I would imagine that the vast majority of football fans of clubs who are not among the handful to win major trophies on a regular basis, are fully comprehending of their team's position in the world of football. And, while they might harbour fantastical ambitions of their team winning the league, or some other major trophy, they are accepting of the fact that the possibility of such success is ludicrously remote. And yet, are thoroughly happy to maintain their support regardless. But you are an exception to the rule. A bizarre anomaly, that seems to follow the Blades in spite of the fact that we are "unsuccessful".
our fan base has a small time mentality
Well, strange as it may seem, but when your club hasn't won a major trophy for almost a century, you tend to begin to celebrate the smaller successes. Considering you're so opposed to this small club mentality, I'll take it that you didn't celebrate when we won League 1, or when we've been promoted to the Premier League? These aren't major trophies after all.
Every club's fans celebrate when they have moments of success. It just so happens that success is relative to the club in question. To a modern Man City fan for example, success would be interpreted as winning the Premier League/Champions League. But what about Man City 25 years ago? Was it a success when they beat Gillingham at Wembley to win the Division 2 play-off final? Or should they have just waited until they got bought out, and started competing for trophies that actually matter?
im sure the man city, Chelsea and arsenal fans / customers would give up every fa cup, league title, champions league, trophy to finish 5th with a home grown striker up front especially one that scored away at Kettering
I'm pretty sure I can hear the faint whistle, of the point flying over your head. I'm not saying that fans would give up trophies. This comes back to the concept of sentiment, which as I said you apparently fail to grasp. It's not the fact that Billy scored at Kettering that inherently garners interest. It's that he was a significant contributor to the most successful period we have had since the early 1900's. And, alien as this might be to you, being that you're all about "the here and now", but most fans care about those achievements, and remember them, and the people responsible for them, with great affection. And as such, it's pleasing to see him continue to enjoy his own moments of success, whether they be large or small.
