Where does Billy Sharp rank?

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Wonderfully unappreciated by many an armchair expert.

And several more from the cheap seats 😉.

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I think the lack of appreciation of Billy Sharp was neatly summed up by the Newcastle match .

Came on , earned a penalty using his positional sense , body strength , ability to outpace a younger defender and a touch of old fashioned professionalism (the shirt tug) .

He then dispatches said penalty under enormous pressure like the true professional he is , to gain us our first win of the season.

The reaction to that by many on here ? “ Yeh , but apart from that he was pretty crap , right “?

Yeh right , as in “What did the Romans ever do for us “? Billy Sharp is still by some distance the most accomplished all round striker on our books and , contrary to the rumours which were circulating when I first joined this forum some four years ago , his legs still haven’t gone .
 
Isaw Joeshaw said:
I think the lack of appreciation of Billy Sharp was neatly summed up by the Newcastle match .

Came on , earned a penalty using his positional sense , body strength , ability to outpace a younger defender and a touch of old fashioned professionalism (the shirt tug) .

He then dispatches said penalty under enormous pressure like the true professional he is , to gain us our first win of the season.

The reaction to that by many on here ? “ Yeh , but apart from that he was pretty crap , right “?

Yeh right , as in “What did the Romans ever do for us “? Billy Sharp is still by some distance the most accomplished all round striker on our books and , contrary to the rumours which were circulating when I first joined this forum some four years ago , his legs still haven’t gone .
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Isaw Joeshaw said:
I think the lack of appreciation of Billy Sharp was neatly summed up by the Newcastle match .

Came on , earned a penalty using his positional sense , body strength , ability to outpace a younger defender and a touch of old fashioned professionalism (the shirt tug) .

He then dispatches said penalty under enormous pressure like the true professional he is , to gain us our first win of the season.

The reaction to that by many on here ? “ Yeh , but apart from that he was pretty crap , right “?

Yeh right , as in “What did the Romans ever do for us “? Billy Sharp is still by some distance the most accomplished all round striker on our books and , contrary to the rumours which were circulating when I first joined this forum some four years ago , his legs still haven’t gone .
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This, 1000%

I say about half of this fanbase can't stand to say anything positive about him, and when they do, it's the faintest of praise. I've never known what their problem is, maybe they're dead inside,

Anywhere else and his legend status wouldn't even be in question.
 
Isaw Joeshaw said:
I think the lack of appreciation of Billy Sharp was neatly summed up by the Newcastle match .

Came on , earned a penalty using his positional sense , body strength , ability to outpace a younger defender and a touch of old fashioned professionalism (the shirt tug) .

He then dispatches said penalty under enormous pressure like the true professional he is , to gain us our first win of the season.

The reaction to that by many on here ? “ Yeh , but apart from that he was pretty crap , right “?

Yeh right , as in “What did the Romans ever do for us “? Billy Sharp is still by some distance the most accomplished all round striker on our books and , contrary to the rumours which were circulating when I first joined this forum some four years ago , his legs still haven’t gone .
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Have to be agree - if anything he looks even more lean and fit than a couple of years ago.

I wouldn't be shocked if our most effective pairing next season is Sharp & McGoldrick again.
 
would be half tempted giving Billy a run in the side in a front 3... he always seems to be there when it matters, and if that applies any time it is now. We could play him alongside Burke/Didzy/Brewster - he pairs well with any of our strikers
 
I think there's a few more goals in him for us; the fact we'll be playing in the Championship next season should mean more minutes and hopefully more opportunities to score.

Says a lot about him that even now, after we've invested so much in our forward line, that his composure in front of goal is pretty much responsible for 4 of our 5 points this season, off of the bench.
 
The goals on the YouTube channel really do show championship defense isn't great but even so the amount of times he's able to find just a little room even in a crowded box is his biggest asset. If he can teach younger strikers how to do it that would be lovely.
 
if mousset stays next season which is by no means a certainty i doubt any championship clubs will have the strike force we will have just need 2 midfielders that can create something for them
 

ancientblade said:
if mousset stays next season which is by no means a certainty i doubt any championship clubs will have the strike force we will have just need 2 midfielders that can create something for them
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Mousset! Please let him leave, he has offered so little for the majority of time he has been with us.
 
hindsight alert

How do you reckon we'd have done this season if Chris has been starting Billy with McGoldrick?

I mean, look at the goal tallies this year:

McGoldrick 15 starts (4 sub) 6 goals
Sharp 2 (6) 2 goals
Burke 11(3) 1 goal
McBurnie 8 (6) 1 goal
Brewster 6 (9) 0 goals
Mousset 3 (4) 0 goals

We all know Billy has certain limitations but he is a good finisher. He'd have been handy vs WBA that's for sure.

I wonder if at times Wilder just jettisons him each season for his own new signings her none have really done better.

Of the 5 points we've mustered, his finishes in high pressure situations have got us 4 of them!
 
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Champagneblade said:
hindsight alert

How do you reckon we'd have done this season if Chris has been starting Billy with McGoldrick?

I mean, look at the goal tallies this year:

McGoldrick 15 starts (4 sub) 6 goals
Sharp 2 (6) 2 goals
Burke 11(3) 1 goal
McBurnie 8 (6) 1 goal
Brewster 6 (9) 0 goals
Mousset 3 (4) 0 goals

We all know Billy has certain limitations but he is a good finisher. He'd have been handy vs WBA that's for sure.

I wonder if at times Wilder just jettisons him each season for his own new signings her none have really done better.

Of the 5 points we've mustered, his finishes in high pressure situations have got us 4 of them!
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Bill with Dids ?

That sounds like a good idea 👍😉.

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Billy moves up a notch on the all time list...He's now tied with Alf Ringstead, our right winger for most of the 1950s who won 20 caps for Ireland.

Harry Johnson 201
Alan Woodward 158
Keith Edwards 143/144
Jimmy Dunne 143
Doc Pace 140
Fred Tunstall 129
Billy Gillespie 127
Jimmy Hagan 117
Jock Dodds 113
Joe Kitchen 105
Jack Pickering 102
Alf Ringstead 101
Billy Sharp 101
Arthur Brown 100
 
If he cost £60million on the books at Chelsea or Man City on £250,000+ a week and from Spain or something the goal he scored against WBA would have been judged striker instinctive genius a split second touch and he scores. But because he is a lad from Sheffield he is too normal and boring for the Premier League. Billy given the right service is as good a striker as anyone both in a positional sense and actually scoring. A "world class" keeper in De Gea couldn't cope with his pressure leading to our opener. The experience and passion is there for all to see. People critise and say he only scores from close in but that is sometimes all you need a striker that can bang in goals
 
Blimey, I knew Keith Edwards was prolific but I didn't realise he banged in as many as that. (Forgive my youthful ignorance).
 
I think he has got better over the years. He is so strong now and for a short bloke he can hold the ball up really well. He is a pain in the arse to defenders as he is always sniffing around, they cant let up for 1 minute. Some people dont get it and think a striker has to be all speed and tricks. But the wiser people out there understand that there are many different types of striker and a team needs to cover all of those bases. We have speed in Burke, sublime skill in McGoldrick, a general lanky pain in the arse in McBurnie and a pure goalscoring fox in Sharp. Dunno what role fits Brewster yet, still waiting to see.
 
Nine Inch Nalis said:
I can't bear to listen to his commentary either. I'm grateful for his service and everything but bloody hell 😴
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He's a proper borefest mate. Ties himself up in knots with contradiction and waffles so much we're left wondering whether there is actually a game being played😕
Truly phookin awful.
 

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