Where would sending Wednesday down next week rank?

[Legal Blade]

As said above for me Sunday is just the final act in the demise of the S6 lot that started on the afternoon of 24 September 2017 when they finally realised we were on a path they could only dream of.

 

[sportinguista]

“we saw your crying on Shoreham Street/Bramhall Lane”

BramHull Lane

 

[I should coco]

Irrespective of form etc l’m still approaching the game with the same trepidation as every other time we’ve played them. Can’t help it. Can’t relax in the days leading up to the game until kick off, when different nerves kick in.

After saying that, you’ve got to be a proper Eeyore to try to convince other Blades it’s a dead rubber because of their position. I just want the win as always. Hammering then is a bonus, relegating them would be the icing on the cake.

A proper Blade summary.

Derbies are shit and scary. If anyone says otherwise, I immediately assume they didn't go to school in Soth Yorkshire.

The win, is top bastard cake.
Hammering them, is proper icing.
Relegation would be icing on icing. Given that I was born in Gleadless, it wasn't ever a culinary delight that I partook of.

Ler's just beat the twats.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Which division?

I’m fairly sure you know.

I was referring to them being ‘shit’ relative to us. At that point they were seen as the favourites.

 

[Salmon Pastures]

Very accurate post. That 3-1 at the sty is my all time favourite match, as you say Blades in every corner of the sty. The 4-2 bouncer did run it close due to the stupendous Duffy goal, timing, skill, pandemonium and totally outplaying the pork all match.

This for me. So was I. Duffy bouncing day was second imo. The significance of Bobby Davision night cant be understated. It was in the top division not a third division Christmas non entity game. They were riding high and had an outside chance of the title. Our six points stopped them getting the runners up spot. They had much better players of international standard. We were struggling near the bottom. The game at BDTBL we rode our luck but Deane who had literally got off his sick bed struggling with glandular fever scored the second and the shock waves in S6 started. They couldnt believe we'd won. Palmer started the narrative wait till we get you back to our ground. Pigs everywhere repeated it saying the defeat was a one off.

Fast forward to Bobby Davison night and Basset got his tactics spot on. Shame it was his team selection a year later in the Wembley semi cost us the game. Paul Rodgers had Palmer in his pocket all night. We outplayed a far better team all game. For me it has to be the best derby performance I have ever witnessed having watched my first in 1966. Add in Blades were in all four sides of the ground and the atmosphere was electric.

Pigs will never admit this game put Boxing Day to bed. That low division result is engrained in their DNA. We have to win by four or more goals for that to happen such is their warped logic. Deep down those who were there know it really hurt. A double and ultimately the end of their title dreams. More important they didnt lay a glove on us and to see Blades everywhere celebrating in the stands was the stuff of nightmares. Typically in true pig fashion they were on the radio scapegoating Woods within seconds of the final whistle. They had to endure it again an hour later as Yorkshire tv played the game. Bobby Davison and those flourescent away shirts are part of Derby folklore.

I've watched too many derby games in the past to presume this will be a walkover. They will be up for it and will run through brick walls to try to prevent an embarrassment. Add in the PGMOL are likely to appoint an EPL ref for the game and we will get nothing in the way of decisions. Worse still they could give the game to the likes of Donohue or Doughty. CW would explode if its Langford.

So nothing is taken for granted next week. I'm already getting the slew of text message bollocks from the other halfs pig part timers. Its a meaningless result because the EFL have screwed them. Mike Ashley is waiting in the wings to take them to the promised land. They will rise again and dominate Europe in 5 years. Every time they open their mouths they confirm in my mind I married beneath myself lol

 

[JayGreen17]

Can we just win the game… all this talk like we’ve already won the game, how’s about they win or draw and fuck up our slight play off hopes..

If the do draw it would be amassing e kick in the nuts and piss on all our bonfires, and in Foyt all, stranger things have happened.

Let’s just win the chuffing game.

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

I think far too many are down playing the potential of sending them down.

It's huge. It'll be talked about for generations.

If it happens, fucking enjoy it

 

[Montymagic]

They are not bothered....

But they are, very much so.

We need some only one chansiri chants to get them going

Let's relegate them to the history books they all so much love.

 

[Roygbiv]

Nothing will ever beat Bouncing Day.

Sending them down next Sunday would be funny but it wouldn't rank particularly high for me unless we annihilated them by a massive scoreline.

Beating a team with one win all season who were relegated by October doesn't hold much eminence even if it is Wednesday.

Context does matter.

I'll be stunned if it gets close to Bouncing Day. That was the definitive match of the last 40 years because it actually changed things. They haven't been above us since. It was a proper changing of the guards moment. A genuine moment.


Sunday just has the potential to be absolutely hilarious

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I'll be stunned if it gets close to Bouncing Day. That was the definitive match of the last 40 years because it actually changed things. They haven't been above us since. It was a proper changing of the guards moment. A genuine moment.


Sunday just has the potential to be absolutely hilarious

The dichotomy of this fixture is that the sweetest victories come when the opposition are good. Or at least when you're not expecting to win.

But you don't want them to be good because you want to win.

That's why the two best memories for them are Boxing Day and the FA Cup semi final.

Depending on your age it's either the Bobby Davison game or Bouncing Day for us.

If we win the game next Sunday it won't be remembered as fondly as any of those in years to come because it doesn't have that element to it.

 

[Blackheath Blade]

I was at Boxing Day - which cast a long shadow - but Bouncing Day totally dispelled it for me.

Me too partially. Aged 19, I was on their kop on Boxing Day and still remember the bear pit atmosphere and feeling absolutely gutted at how we capitulated so easily.
The Bouncing Day mullering in 2017 was part redemption. They've never recovered from that game and it set them on the downward spiral that we're enjoying now.
However, since 1979, I've always hoped that one day in my lifetime, we'd return the favour and hammer them 4-0. I'm being greedy because i want us to win by that score next Sunday and sending the fuckers down would put the icing on the cake for me.

 

[Kenilworth]

I'll be stunned if it gets close to Bouncing Day. That was the definitive match of the last 40 years because it actually changed things. They haven't been above us since. It was a proper changing of the guards moment. A genuine moment.


Sunday just has the potential to be absolutely hilarious

Yep. Prime piss take potential

 

[Kenilworth]

The dichotomy of this fixture is that the sweetest victories come when the opposition are good. Or at least when you're not expecting to win.

But you don't want them to be good because you want to win.

That's why the two best memories for them are Boxing Day and the FA Cup semi final.

Depending on your age it's either the Bobby Davison game or Bouncing Day for us.

If we win the game next Sunday it won't be remembered as fondly as any of those in years to come because it doesn't have that element to it.

Unless it’s a slaughtering

 

[John Street West Terrace]

As someone’s whose first derby attended was Boxing Day if I had choice of beating them & relegating them or just hammer them , then I’d take the latter . They will be up for it on Sunday it’s the one only of any relevance in the remainder of their calamitous but highly enjoyable season for me .
If we do hammer them they’ll get two fkg barrels off me for the rest of my days .. I still hate the deluded cunts as much as I did then … UTB I’ll get down off my soap box now

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Unless it’s a slaughtering

I thought that at first but even if we won 5-0 or 6-0 it still wouldn't top Bouncing Day for me.

There's got to be some threat or jeopardy to get fully emotionally involved.

 

[itsinyerblood]

To play United knowing their fate is sealed (or about to be sealed) will be the cherry on the cake to their nightmarish season.
In collapse for ages, the S6 losers have attempted to bluster their way through the inevitable drop, the humiliation runs deep through their ranks yet being able to accept just how poor they've become even now seems to be softened by overdosing on deludemol, giving them an exaggerated sense that reality simply won't happen.

A long time coming, next season has been a case of when not if, sometimes you really do get what you deserve.

 

[Champagneblade]

This for me too. 3 points would be really handy at the moment. There is a bit of banter to be had out of tipping them over-the-counter edge but that's it

In the event we do manage to win, I’d much rather Wilder, than doing 15 minutes on Radio Sheffield, just gives a dismissive “job done. Another 3 points. Most important game now is the next one.”

I think that not only downplays how significant they seem to think they are to us, especially in their current guise they shouldn’t be, but it also focuses minds on a potentially bigger picture at stake.

This has to be a first (or second after Pompey) step to something bigger.

 

[nopigfansintown]

It would stand alone as the one time the one relegated the other. No amount of copium and spin or faux perspective/contextualisation would ever undo that. The we were/are on our knees schtick means nothing. All their good periods have come when United were on our knees or when the odds were stacked against us. Their pathetic revisionism sometimes always seems to elide those facts. Funny that. Their possible relegation would just be another way United have dominated this fixture. One of many. "We had a bad chairman for once in our history when you've had them for practically all of your existence and still had to play us" argument should be treat with the contempt it deserves. As a matter of fact the below underlines the shiteness of the argument. United are:

1) The only Sheffield team to beat the other and go on to win a cup

2) Pretty much already guaranteed extending the domination of the HTH for yet another decade

3) Biggest home result is already banked 7-3 (with a missed pen). We don't need to batter them as it's already secured. It'd be nice though. FYI: Don't compare 7 with 4 in football terms. We all know which one is worse and more humiliating

4) Highest away goals scored had been banked since 2017. 4-2 and the further historical 3-0 beatdowns.

5) If we win Sunday it'd be yet another embarrassing double for them. Lest you forget: - they celebrated their one double in 90+ years against a beleaguered Blades outfit like they'd won the lottery and the World Cup. Derby doubles are a regular occurrence for us

6) The humiliating Lane domination of them would continue. There's precious few wins for them on our patch.

7) Blades fan and Wednesday hate figure Wilder would continue to humiliate them, buttressing an already hilarious record he's established. The funnier thing? If they won their record would remain humiliating.

8) All the pressure is on them. If we lose it's 1-1 and they're still down. It's their cup final


They're in that position of underdogs which United have been for periods when successfully establishing the above derby dominance. Their team rarely gets spanked and United are hardly flying so a result is more than achievable for them. It's a feather in our cap that we've never acted in this bizarre masochistic way they have before this fixture. I'm embarrassed for them.

 

[ForgeBlade]

IF we slaughter them, I'm talking by 5 or 6, it will utterly erase something that happened almost 50 years ago. Circumstances be damned, after bouncing day they all whinged on about "it's only a massacre if it's by 4."

If we win 1-0 by a scrappy last minute scrambled goal off the end of Bindon's knob, but that sends them down, it will still be utterly hilarious.

Personally I doubt very much we will get a statement huge win. They'll set up to try and claim another one of their famous 0-0 wins at the lane, and it'll be hard to break them down. Won't be like a normal game where a team goes 1 down and opens up trying to equalise. If we go 1 up they'll continue to sit back and block cos they see anything short of 5-0 as a win for them.

 

[wak1889]

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[Millhousesblade1889]

Boxing Day has long been “put to bed”. It only lives on in their minds, obsessing about a scoreline from nearly 50 years ago. It’s as relevant as us banging on about the 7-3 in the 50s.

It will be great to beat them and seal another double and will be hilarious to send them down at our place but it won’t compare to any genuine success.

This would be a far bigger deal for them if the boot was on the other foot given what a footballing non-entity they’ve become.

The people that mention Boxing Day probably wasn’t even alive when it happened. I’m 35 and couldn’t really give a shit about what happened back then. The one I’d say hurts me the most was the Ched Evans season when they pipped us to 2nd

 

[ForgeBlade]

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The same people that made the "thankyou dejphon chansiri" banner by the way.

Silly fuckers.

 

[BocciaBlade]

I don’t understand the notion that relegating them would be irrelevant. In the grand scheme of things, perhaps so but football is so much more than winning or the end of season standings.

Having grown up around them, listening to their unfathomable sense of self-importance, listening to years of jibes about ‘little brother’ or Boxing Day or whatever else the deluded arseholes banged on about for decades, to have the opportunity for a first in the 130 odd year history of the Sheffield Derby is a delicious thought. Yes they’re shit, yes they’re going to get relegated anyway, but to have the opportunity to confirm it at Bramall Lane is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

I’m relishing the chance to see them fall in front of 30k+, laughing in unison at them and will never let them hear the end of it for as long as I exist.

UTB & FTP

I’m definitely of the same mindset as you on this.Feel for my owls supporting family and friends but that instantly disappears when I see the embarrassing love in from other fans,pundits and the media alike jumping onboard the delusion of the Wednesday fans telling everyone how big they are and how big a fan base they’ve got without being able to back it up.The propaganda machine has been in full flow all season and to see the entrance of the Wednesday fans into their seats at Leicester whilst getting a standing ovation was embarrassing.They gave us absolute pelters when we were in league one and would be loving it if it was the other way round so YES if it happens on Sunday I will be absolutely delighted and will feel no shame whatsoever.Here’s to a 6-0 thrashing and a beer to celebrate whilst reading all the excuses from over at S6.Let history be made

 

[CrookesBlade]

Boxing Day was put to bed in 2017. It was also 47 years ago. Most of the fans who sing about it don't remember it and a lot weren't even born. It was a third division game too. I get why they'd brag about beating us at Wembley but a third tier game from almost 50 years ago is the definition of tin pot.

We won't know where it ranks until we do it. There's lots of backslapping going on for something that hasn't happened yet. They don't get hammered often and we've got some brain-dead players who could quite easily get sent off early doors. We obviously should win but until we do, we won't know how good it will feel. The manner of any potential victory will determine how high it ranks. A boring 1-0 won't feel the same as a 4-0 hammering. A last minute winner to send them down would be a great story for the history books.

We'll see next week how it compares to other derbies. We need to win first

Agreed.

As fun as all the speculation is we really should know better than not keeping our powder dry.

We live in the real world, save the fantasising for the deluded.

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

22/2/26 Very easy to remember , almost worty of a song if we win, Come on budding ALW`s Where are you ?

Jay-Z had 22-2's didn't he. Bit of a tongue twister to build a chant around, though

 

[Tongeincheek]

Bouncing Day was the last time I shared an office with a Wednesday fan, before work and my wife's feminine wiles lured me South to Nottingham.

The Wendy in question called in sick the day after, to avoid the laughter and scorn from me and the other Blade in the office. A move that I understand, but do not respect.

I'd love to be in amongst some of the swine this season, to see the red-hot shame on their faces, their piss-poor attempts to pretend it doesn't sting.

I'll still enjoy us sending them down enormously though if that is how things play out, might even try to re-activate my Facebook account and message some of the pigs I've had to suffer the presence of over the years with my faux condolences.

Enjoy it Blades (if it happens) - there is precious little to get excited about in modern football.

 

[GeorgeDonis1889]

It would be hilarious in so many ways. It's almost better they have been relegated all season but it may fall on this exact fixture. The way they have to pretend not to be bothered. It would be glorious and we should taunt them about it forever if it happens. Big week ahead to make it reality. God bless Charlton, Preston, Millwall and Cov this week

 

[Rochdaleblade]

Am I the only one who isn't particularly arsed whether we relegate them or not. The main thing for me is to win the game. They are obviously doomed. The only question is whether they still exist in a few years time.

 

[Captain Obvious]

Their relegation at Bramall Lane would be poetic but I’d rather see us wipe the floor with them and win 6-0.

 

[MTBlade]

Am I the only one who isn't particularly arsed whether we relegate them or not. The main thing for me is to win the game. They are obviously doomed. The only question is whether they still exist in a few years time.

I think it depends on the interaction you have had with S6 in the past.

Im with you, i just want the 3 points and a good performance.

With the very few S6 supporters i do interact with, they dont come across as many of the deluded, so i cant say it winds me up.

I am a little older now and the rivalry has reduced (for me).

They are dog s##t this season and were always going down.

I try not to look back, so when I think about them lot always talking about history, I remind myself not too also.

Its a long shot, but i just want us to win to hopefully keep the very slim play offs chances alive.

Sorry, I guess im just boring.

Having said all that, i do understand there are Blades fans that are a hell of a lot more passionate than i am, so thinking back to my 19yo self, i get the joys in sending them down for some.