Why do we always collapse?

[BladeFisher]

As a stalwart since the late 1960's I always wondered why do Utd always (well nearly) collapse when they have a bad season.

The only time I remember them getting out of jail was Bassett in Div 1, but every other time it's like we relish getting relegated.

I know when NW came in to replace Heath we were crap but it wasn't February or something and relegation was a virtual certainty. He had months to turn it around.

Other clubs who seemed to win many of their relegation battles include the Pigs (countless times I have seen them struggle and they get away with it), Carlisle, Palace, Coventry spring to mind. But we seem determined to sink like a stone. Weird.

 

[ListerBlade]

You've just summed up the thoughts that will go around my head all night tonight stopping me from sleeping.

 

[sheffielder]

I am hoping Dave Bassett is going to hold some kind of christmas or easter party before Saturday.

 

[Latters]

I am hoping Dave Bassett is going to hold some kind of christmas or easter party before Saturday.

Christmas or Easter Party? He ought to hold a pissing seance and try to get in touch with our pride, fight and determination because they're dead as a dodo at the moment.

 

[Ballinpigpubs13]

Don't think we collapse, we simply make it as hard as possible and don't do the easy stuff.
1, In second half the impressive Cresswell at an impossible angle to the left of the net, thought it would be better to shoot than to pass to a number of united players in and around the penalty spot. The said shot went high wide and skywards.

2, The maestro that is Yeates who Barcelona are chasing. Again in the second half on the edge of the six yard box to the right of the net thought it would be better to shoot than to pass to colleagues to his right with far better shooting positions. The said shot was about as hard a shot as any 2 year old could have done and it wasn't even on fecking target.

These are just two incidents that I saw of players with no awareness of their fellow team-mates or what was going on around them, and or just plain greedyness.

 

[Muttley]

These are just two incidents that I saw of players with no awareness of their fellow team-mates or what was going on around them, and or just plain greedyness


A bit like their boss Mr McCabe then!!

 

[grafikhaus]

We always collapse because of the culture of mediocrity that has been around the club for years.

We see the set pieces and corners and wonder if we ever practice them.

We see the total lack of any recognisable formation or shape to the team.

We see untalented planks like Ellis, Kidd, Speed etc. who think they have some tactical nous.

We see the utter amateurs at the top reward previously unemployed managers with 3 year contracts. Why not pay-per-position?

We see these same amateurs offer any player the unique Sheffield United contract: 'Course you're free to piss off at a moments notice, leaving us in the shit', 'Sell-on fee? What's that?', 'Couldn't stand in his way', 'No clause to invoke insurance in the case of serious injury, even though he probably won't play again'.

And we see the so-called 'managers' who, with very few exceptions, have not got the ability to raise players above their normal ability. Other so-called 'lesser' teams can do it, why can't we? Scunthorpe (average in anybody's book) have just got 7 out of the last nine at home...

Never mind, at least the many who won't be renewing next year will have one last chance to see Cardiff, Forest and Leeds - teams with strong chairmen, good managers and who all didn't shit it if they fell just short and break the team up, but who kept their best talent and ensured the team got stronger year on year. Thereby ensuring they were 'there or thereabouts' the next year, with the big crowds it all brings.

Maybe I'm being simplistic, but I'm not a successful businessman.

Unlike Mr. McCabe.

 

[JJ Sefton]

I think we made a bit of a last day fight of it in 1968 and in 1981 it went to the last kick of the season.

 

[Selly]

The one thing that has struck me about what appears to be an almost inevitible relegation is that we seem to be going about it in the most un-United way possible.

It is not the United way to be down by April. The United way involves stringing out the hope and agony for the longest possible length of time. Our promotion to the PL in 05-06, as harrowing as Feb - April were, was fairly unique in the last 30 years as us not leaving it to the last minute.

In fact if the last 30 years have tought us anything about United, it is that we will probably go to Swansea knowing a win keeps us up, and concede a last minute equaliser in a contraversial fashion, which at the same time will be met with Palace getting a last minute winner sending us down.

Failure right at the end, its the United way...

 

[JJ Sefton]

This will be a re run of 1976 - doomed early doors followed by a perverse upturn in form.

 

[super_pig]

>This will be a re run of 1976 - doomed early doors followed by a perverse upturn in form
me and puppet were on about this the other day..it is an eerie rerun of the 76 season.. in the first game we battered derby (the then champions) yet only drew 1-1.. then a centre back got injured (eddy, colquhoun?? can't remember ) who we never replaced.. we must have set a world record for post hits that season.. the upturn in form occurred when we'd had it and the pressure was off.. so much so that we began to actually catch up again.. but remember this .. as long as it is mathematically possible then it is possible.. how many games left?.. 13 (checks table.. shit we're second bottom!).. that's a possible 39 points.. if you had NO points at all at this time of the season and won every game you'd still only just go down.. (i'm not holding my breath but weirder things have happened eh?)

 

[Selly]

>This will be a re run of 1976 - doomed early doors followed by a perverse upturn in form
me and puppet were on about this the other day..it is an eerie rerun of the 76 season.. in the first game we battered derby (the then champions) yet only drew 1-1.. then a centre back got injured (eddy, colquhoun?? can't remember ) who we never replaced.. we must have set a world record for post hits that season.. the upturn in form occurred when we'd had it and the pressure was off.. so much so that we began to actually catch up again.. but remember this .. as long as it is mathematically possible then it is possible.. how many games left?.. 13 (checks table.. shit we're second bottom!).. that's a possible 39 points.. if you had NO points at all at this time of the season and won every game you'd still only just go down.. (i'm not holding my breath but weirder things have happened eh?)

We are in deep do-do, and unless a couple of World Class Argentinians arrive at BDTBL on dodgy contracts, I can`t see us getting out of this...