Sheffield United away match day thread

[CotswoldRed]

2 minutes ago, lenred said:

You’ve got an agenda against NP as your per your thread a few weeks ago, so I couldn’t give two Tom tits what you think. Where were you on Wednesday night by the way? Not on here iirc. Amazing that you’ve showed up again today…..

Placed next to our average performance, Weds is worth getting excited about. 

But it was still pretty naive and lucklustre in midfield and attack. Just count the number of times we lost possession through unforced errors. 

[maxjak]

1 minute ago, Street red said:

Yes I have and I understand what your saying and yes we wouldn't be anywhere near the championship without his backing but I still think something needs to change either that he gets more backing or investment into the club because if its the ambition to get to the premier League we won't get it as the structure currently stands.

I wouldn't disagree

[steviestevieneville]

Just now, maxjak said:

Charming............but then again,....   .I've noticed you often comment,  when you have had absolutely nothing to say, you pedant       

embarrassing yourself now. What sort of comment is that  

your commenting on a situation you haven’t even seen . Surely you can see the problem with that

[maxjak]

Just now, steviestevieneville said:

embarrassing yourself now. What sort of comment is that  

your commenting on a situation you haven’t even seen . Surely you can see the problem with that

Yawn.......as i said.....pedant

[ray savino]

Lets face it. If we stay up this season it will be a miracle the way we are playing. Actually we will stay up by the skin of our teeth because there are some slightly weaker teams than us. Again if we had all our better, more aggressive, disciplined players available, eg Williams, James, Baker, Tanner then we might fair better. Mentally we are so flakey. Our forward play is terrible.

The amount of money wasted on the likes of Palmer and Wells in particular is a disgrace. For a player to not be aware when he broke forward is bad. Once can be a bad mistake, but he’s done this before and I think its pretty inexcusable. I’ll give him that service isnt great, hes shown the odd good finish, but compare him to the likes of Sharp, McGoldrick. They’re more aware, streetwise etc. We’ve got too many players that look technically good in training videos but come a match they look lost, lacking basic skills to read a situation.

Thew manager? I think Pearson knows it. This is a shitshow of a playing squad. But I really don’t think he thought that things ran that deep. Must say I thought he would have done a Warnock by now and at least got us solid, organised but it aint happening bar the odd scraped result. I want him to succeed more now because I can’t for the life of me who would come in with the lack of resource available to do anything. We are where we are and quite frankly I don’t trust Steve Lansdown with any football recruitment decisions at this club.

[steviestevieneville]

Just now, maxjak said:

Yawn.......as i said.....pedant

It’s not though is it. It’s not pedantic at all . You obviously don’t know what the word means. 
answer the question . Do you think it’s right to comment on something you haven’t seen ? 

[Red white and red]

10 minutes ago, David Brent said:

You can cry about it if you want 

Excellent, sound reasoning. 

[Marina's Rolls Royce]

5 minutes ago, lenred said:

You’ve got an agenda against NP as your per your thread a few weeks ago, so I couldn’t give two Tom tits what you think. Where were you on Wednesday night by the way? Not on here iirc. Amazing that you’ve showed up again today…..

Check the MD thread and I was. I dont go missing win lose or draw - can you say the same?

And why does not believing in a Manager equal an agenda? An "agenda" is not not supporting a Manager irrespective of results.

[Redrascal2]

10 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

Only problem is he's been told there's no money for new players unless we sell first. Who have we got who other clubs would be interested in Bentley, Kalas possibly, but then we have to replace them. It's Catch22!

Well if that is the case and we do not strengthen in January then we going to be very close to relegation. With Williams .King  and James all getting injuries now and Williams only capable of a few games at a time. Along with the minimal impact that Pearson has had, we are really in the shite. 

 

[lenred]

Just now, CotswoldRed said:

Placed next to our average performance, Weds is worth getting excited about. 

But it was still pretty naive and lucklustre in midfield and attack. Just count the number of times we lost possession through unforced errors. 

That’s a fair comment CR in some respects but as has been reiterated time and time and time again we are where a lot of us expected us to be this season. We’re not going to be pulling up trees.  Staying up, hopefully safely, is the aim and then build from there. This constant slagging is just tiresome as we are where many of us expected us to be this year given the circumstances we find ourselves in.  Losing 2/0 to Sheff U away is not a result that should send people into meltdown. Yes it could’ve been better but it is what it is at the moment.  

[Red white and red]

13 minutes ago, lenred said:

You know we won on Wednesday though, right? 

Ah I forgot we dominated that game from start to finish. My apologies. 

[Waconda]

4 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

embarrassing yourself now. What sort of comment is that  

your commenting on a situation you haven’t even seen . Surely you can see the problem with that

[Galley is our king]

1 minute ago, steviestevieneville said:

It’s not though is it. It’s not pedantic at all . You obviously don’t know what the word means. 
answer the question . Do you think it’s right to comment on something you haven’t seen ? 

Most people on here do

[Waconda]

2 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

It’s not though is it. It’s not pedantic at all . You obviously don’t know what the word means. 
answer the question . Do you think it’s right to comment on something you haven’t seen ? 

[steviestevieneville]

Just now, VT05763 said:

Hello manual manipulator. Obviously loving that we lost so you can spill your wisdom upon us you’re another one who can’t answer a question . ***** 

[lenred]

1 minute ago, Red white and red said:

Ah I forgot we dominated that game from start to finish. My apologies. 

You expect us to dominate games from start to finish in this division given the current circumstances at the club? Figures.  

[Numero Uno]

1 minute ago, lenred said:

You expect us to dominate games from start to finish in this division given the current circumstances at the club? Figures.  

Don’t bother

[Jefferz]

Just now, lenred said:

You expect us to dominate games from start to finish in this division given the current circumstances at the club? Figures.  

Prediction: All petrol and diesel cars will be banned on UK roads before Bristol City reach the Premier League

[bexhill reds]

1 minute ago, lenred said:

That’s a fair comment CR in some respects but as has been reiterated time and time and time again we are where a lot of us expected us to be this season. We’re not going to be pulling up trees.  Staying up, hopefully safely, is the aim and then build from there. This constant slagging is just tiresome as we are where many of us expected us to be this year given the circumstances we find ourselves in.  Losing 2/0 to Sheff U away is not a result that should send people into meltdown. Yes it could’ve been better but it is what it is at the moment.  

I think that most people are fed up with the performances, yep this isn’t a great team, but  getting out done by in the effort stakes time and time again is getting tedious. One of our continually lacklustre midfielders have recently been given a contract extension…What does that say? Swan about for 80 mins, bottle every tackle then get a new contract. Probably sums up this lot, life is far too comfortable for them. 

[maxjak]

6 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

It’s not though is it. It’s not pedantic at all . You obviously don’t know what the word means. 
answer the question . Do you think it’s right to comment on something you haven’t seen ? 

I haven't seen you......but it doesn't take much imagination to conclude what type of person you are?

[Bar BS3]

26 minutes ago, David Brent said:

Got outplayed again. It happens every game. 

On to the next one. So we can be outplayed again. 

Corrected for you. 

[steviestevieneville]

1 minute ago, maxjak said:

I haven't seen you......but it doesn't take much imagination to conclude what type of person you are?

Ah bless. I don’t agree with you so I’m in the wrong . **** off . I couldn’t give a flying **** what you think of me. 
still no answer to the question I see 

Edited November 28, 2021 by steviestevieneville

[David Brent]

Just now, Bar BS3 said:

I’m a clown

Honest of you

[lenred]

2 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

I think that most people are fed up with the performances, yep this isn’t a great team, but  getting out done by in the effort stakes time and time again is getting tedious. One of our continually lacklustre midfielders have recently been given a contract extension…What does that say? Swan about for 80 mins, bottle every tackle then get a new contract. Probably sums up this lot, life is far too comfortable for them. 

Don’t disagree there’s a lot of players that need moving on. But again we are where we are with the squad at the moment. There’s no quick fix and when we have injuries to key players on top of it all then it just compounds it. 

[Waconda]

2 minutes ago, David Brent said:

Honest of you

Chuckle.

5 minutes ago, maxjak said:

I haven't seen you......but it doesn't take much imagination to conclude what type of person you are?

Nope it does not.

[bexhill reds]

1 minute ago, lenred said:

Don’t disagree there’s a lot of players that need moving on. But again we are where we are with the squad at the moment. There’s no quick fix and when we have injuries to key players on top of it all then it just compounds it. 

And that’s the frightening thing…there’s no quick fix. Relegation is a real possibility on form alone. A return to L1 will do us no favours, and I fear it will result in an extended stay.

[Waconda]

1 minute ago, lenred said:

Don’t disagree there’s a lot of players that need moving on. But again we are where we are with the squad at the moment. There’s no quick fix and when we have injuries to key players on top of it all then it just compounds it. 

Exactly, we need to get the best out of what we have and in the last 2 (even 3) home games we have done that. It is possible.

[The Bard]

35 minutes ago, David Brent said:

Got outplayed. It happens

On to the next one.

We lost 2-0 at Sheffield Utd.  Hardly a surprise was it?   The amount of bedwetting about it is amazing

 

 

[bexhill reds]

1 minute ago, The Bard said:

We lost 2-0 at Sheffield Utd.  Hardly a surprise was it?   The amount of bedwetting about it is amazing

 

 

I don’t think many are surprised at the result, Bramall Lane has never been our most successful place to go. I think people are generally fed up with the performance and game management that accompany it…. 

[Waffleflap]

Without the 3 midfielders out injured, we are screwed. I bet fans rub their hands together when they come up against us. Too easy to play against 

[lenred]

8 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

And that’s the frightening thing…there’s no quick fix. Relegation is a real possibility on form alone. A return to L1 will do us no favours, and I fear it will result in an extended stay.

Again don’t disagree.  But losing today away at Sheff U isn’t going to define our season and whether we stay up or not.  

[Dan Robin]

Despite the weaknesses in the team and the unsatisfying level of play...I honestly think that a City side with a little number of injuries could avoid relegation quite easily: being without Tanner, Williams, King, James, and having some players who probably are not at their best yet (Massengo, Semenyo, Baker) complicate things. 

Hopefully some of them will return/find their form soon and give us a boost.

Edited November 28, 2021 by Dan Robin

[David Brent]

We were never going to have much of the ball today but our decision making was so poor when we did have it. Can’t think of many occasions where we made more than 5 successful passes in a row.

Yet all I see is people blaming Nigel

[Waconda]

2 minutes ago, David Brent said:

We were never going to have much of the ball today but our decision making was so poor when we did have it. Can’t think of many occasions where we made more than 5 successful passes in a row.

Yet all I see is people blaming Nigel

Was it Holdens fault last season ?

[johnheadbcfc]

Massengo seems really off his game at the moment!, he's quite obviously capable so hopefully his form turns around soon

[Aberdeen Pete's Dad]

Came up yesterday. Went to see Sheff Wed v Wycombe. Their best players are Jack Hunt (!) and Bannon. There is a big difference between Championship and League 1

Effort WAS there but Sheff United are better. Of course, our midfield is weak 

[David Brent]

Just now, VT05763 said:

Was it Holdens fault last season ?

We didn’t play Sheffield United last season.

Ultimately it was Holden’s fault but I’m talking about an individual game whereas you aren’t.

[Glen hump]

Just now, johnheadbcfc said:

Massengo seems really off his game at the moment!, he's quite obviously capable so hopefully his form turns around soon

Really doesn’t help him being in and out of the side.

[Waconda]

2 minutes ago, David Brent said:

We didn’t play Sheffield United last season.

Ultimately it was Holden’s fault but I’m talking about an individual game whereas you aren’t.

OK the Managers fault last season

[cityexile]

However much we were second best today, it still comes down to moments. Hard to rationalise our defending for the first goal, or Wells inability to square a ball. 

[Sir Geoff]

2 minutes ago, David Brent said:

We didn’t play Sheffield United last season.

Ultimately it was Holden’s fault but I’m talking about an individual game whereas you aren’t.

FA Cup

[Bar BS3]

7 minutes ago, David Brent said:

We were never going to have much of the ball today but our decision making was so poor when we did have it. Can’t think of many occasions where we made more than 5 successful passes in a row.

Yet all I see is people blaming Nigel

People will always hold the manager accountable. 

That can be harsh, if it's a one off bad day, but when a manager (any manager) has returned a 20% win ratio from 35 or so games - of course people are putting it at the managers door. 

Our last managerial failure won double the amount of games that NP has won and he also lost less games..! 

[David Brent]

2 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

FA Cup

Cheers Geoff

[Waconda]

5 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

People will always hold the manager accountable. 

That can be harsh, if it's a one off bad day, but when a manager (any manager) has returned a 20% win ratio from 35 or so games - of course people are putting it at the managers door. 

Our last managerial failure won double the amount of games that NP has won and he also lost less games..! 

Precisely.

 

[Numero Uno]

12 minutes ago, johnheadbcfc said:

Massengo seems really off his game at the moment!, he's quite obviously capable so hopefully his form turns around soon

I’m starting to wonder how good Massengo is. What does he actually do? When has he scored a goal or created a goal? What passing range has he got? Can he shoot? Does he look after the football? Does he dominate a midfield or even sink a few tackles? Scott has more effect on the game and he’s a kid.

[Numero Uno]

11 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

People will always hold the manager accountable. 

That can be harsh, if it's a one off bad day, but when a manager (any manager) has returned a 20% win ratio from 35 or so games - of course people are putting it at the managers door. 

Our last managerial failure won double the amount of games that NP has won and he also lost less games..! 

You can hold him accountable all you like but if Mr Owner isn’t prepared to dip his hand in his pocket he won’t be replaced and that’s that.

Edited November 28, 2021 by Numero Uno

[Bar BS3]

Just now, Numero Uno said:

You can hold him accountable all you like but I’d Mr Owner isn’t prepared to dip his hand in his pocket he won’t be replaced and that’s that.

He bails us out year after year. 

Pearson should be getting more than he is. Simple.

We look disorganised, with no game plan, style or tactics. 

The odd points we grind out are massively fortunate and can you really say the last time where we generally controlled most aspects in a game..? 

Our possession & passing stats are embarrassing..! 

[Waconda]

4 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

You can hold him accountable all you like but if Mr Owner isn’t prepared to dip his hand in his pocket he won’t be replaced and that’s that.

Think you are correct there.

[The Bard]

9 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

I’m starting to wonder how good Massengo is. What does he actually do? When has he scored a goal or created a goal? What passing range has he got? Can he shoot? Does he look after the football? Does he dominate a midfield or even sink a few tackles? Scott has more effect on the game and he’s a kid.

100%.

 

Scott is a superior player 

[Numero Uno]

1 minute ago, Bar BS3 said:

He bails us out year after year. 

Pearson should be getting more than he is. Simple.

We look disorganised, with no game plan, style or tactics. 

The odd points we grind out are massively fortunate and can you really say the last time where we generally controlled most aspects in a game..? 

Our possession & passing stats are embarrassing..! 

Bailing us out is different to paying gardening leave and the wages of yet another manager who he is setting up to fail. I suspect he’s had a guts full of paying gardening leave out of his own sky rocket. Whether you agree with that stance is irrelevant imo.

I don’t necessarily think the answer is what you think it is but I cannot disagree with you that we are shite, the football is shite and years of not enjoying matches and celebrating “shithousing” as a badge of honour are ruining my love for the game.

1 minute ago, The Bard said:

100%.

 

Scott is a superior player 

I was wondering whether I would be in a minority of one but you obviously see it the same

[Major Isewater]

59 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

A return to L1 will do us no favours

No one wants that but it hasn’t hurt a lot of clubs , today’s opposition included , to go down have a reset and on the back of promotion to the Championship ,with players used to winning , gone on to the Prem.

 I believe Pearson knows what is needed and will get us there eventually. This club has been badly run for years and it’s not going to change overnight. 
I hope SL sticks with him and he sticks with us. 

[Laner]

24 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

We look disorganised, with no game plan, style or tactics. 

Everything I thought we would be under Nige.

[pillred]

1 hour ago, The Bard said:

We lost 2-0 at Sheffield Utd.  Hardly a surprise was it?   The amount of bedwetting about it is amazing

 

 

Hardly a surprise ? as If that makes it all better, so that's all right then this acceptance of utter incompetence staggers me give it another 40 years let's see if you have the same attitude.   

[SouthS22]

1 hour ago, The Bard said:

We lost 2-0 at Sheffield Utd.  Hardly a surprise was it?   The amount of bedwetting about it is amazing

 

 

This ‘bed wetting’ thing is like the toddlers retort of ‘you smell’.  I imagine that you have progressed in literacy beyond pre-school, especially with a username of ‘bard’, unless of course that is ironic?  

That was another disappointing performance, whatever way you look at it. I didn’t see the whole game, so I might be accused of not having the right to comment, but for the 55 mins I did see, we didn’t look competitive today.   Such a shame after 3 half decent performances and the opportunity to build a bit of momentum and confidence.

It is worrying that we are so reliant on two key midfield players - one of whom seems to be unable to play more than two successive games.  Without either James or Williams, we seem to lose all ability to play in any kind of coherent way.   Massengo and Bakinson haven’t worked out to play together as yet and seem to make each other look like average players when they’re on the same pitch. Worse than that though is the bigger impact  on the team’s ability to do the basics.  
 

On a positive note, my kids’team had a good win today - I think I might have seen better football watching them play. 
 

Now, where were those clean sheets…

 
 

[bexhill reds]

23 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

No one wants that but it hasn’t hurt a lot of clubs , today’s opposition included , to go down have a reset and on the back of promotion to the Championship ,with players used to winning , gone on to the Prem.

 I believe Pearson knows what is needed and will get us there eventually. This club has been badly run for years and it’s not going to change overnight. 
I hope SL sticks with him and he sticks with us. 

Parts of this I don’t disagree with, Pearson has got to be given time to build a team with players that accept, appreciate and are capable to play in the way that he wants. My concern is that some of this lot are a soft as shite, and L1 is notoriously tough and difficult league to get up from. L1 promotion teams are rarely Championship challenging these days. L1 requires a total reboot, is the club ready to really embrace that?

[054123]

2 hours ago, Red white and red said:

We get outplayed every game though. Can’t keep saying ‘on to the next one’. 

Everyone seems to have forgotten the 4 points against Stoke and Blackburn. My biggest gripe is that it should’ve been 6 points save a ridiculous individual error by Kalas.

If we ‘progressed’ every game would we not end up winning the league?

[Midlands Robin]

From my Sheff Utd supporting mate:

"I will say I expected better, your marking was poor & you gave us the time space that we needed. Also, what was with the "dark arts" wasn't it 4 players booked for knocking the ball away?"

[Globe Trotter]

15 minutes ago, 054123 said:

Everyone seems to have forgotten the 4 points against Stoke and Blackburn. My biggest gripe is that it should’ve been 6 points save a ridiculous individual error by Kalas.

If we ‘progressed’ every game would we not end up winning the league?

It’s a fair point you make about progressing every game, it’s disappointing though that we weren’t able to maintain anywhere near the level of performance or intensity that we showed against a superior Stoke side on Wednesday. 
 

The thing I enjoyed most against Stoke was the commitment, effort, work-rate and performances of Scott and Benarous (and the 3 points!).
 

Today we were limp and passive. I don’t mind losing to a better side when we give our all but today we were so submissive, getting the basic fundamentals of football wrong.  

[054123]

14 minutes ago, Globe Trotter said:

It’s a fair point you make about progressing every game, it’s disappointing though that we weren’t able to maintain anywhere near the level of performance or intensity that we showed against a superior Stoke side on Wednesday. 
 

The thing I enjoyed most against Stoke was the commitment, effort, work-rate and performances of Scott and Benarous (and the 3 points!).
 

Today we were limp and passive. I don’t mind losing to a better side when we give our all but today we were so submissive, getting the basic fundamentals of football wrong.  

Of course it’s disappointing mate, completely agree with  that, who in their right mind wants the club to get itself into such a financial pickle that it’s staring down the barrel of consecutive 50m loss seasons. That’s including the 12m saved over the summer!

Its no fun watching shit city teams, we’ve all seen them.

Ultimately I believe we have enough about us to stay up (as the last 3 home games showed) after that, who knows. As @Davefevs rightly points out, we are likely to breach FFP and who knows what happens then.

 

Edited November 28, 2021 by 054123

[The Bard]

1 hour ago, SouthS22 said:

This ‘bed wetting’ thing is like the toddlers retort of ‘you smell’.  I imagine that you have progressed in literacy beyond pre-school, especially with a username of ‘bard’, unless of course that is ironic?  

That was another disappointing performance, whatever way you look at it. I didn’t see the whole game, so I might be accused of not having the right to comment, but for the 55 mins I did see, we didn’t look competitive today.   Such a shame after 3 half decent performances and the opportunity to build a bit of momentum and confidence.

It is worrying that we are so reliant on two key midfield players - one of whom seems to be unable to play more than two successive games.  Without either James or Williams, we sGroweem to lose all ability to play in any kind of coherent way.   Massengo and Bakinson haven’t worked out to play together as yet and seem to make each other look like average players when they’re on the same pitch. Worse than that though is the bigger impact  on the team’s ability to do the basics.  
 

On a positive note, my kids’team had a good win today - I think I might have seen better football watching them play. 
 

Now, where were those clean sheets…

 
 

FFS.  My point was that we are not realistically in a position to expect to win at Sheff U.  It wasn't a good performance obviously but the overreaction on this forum after every defeat is ludicrous and frankly embarrassing.  There's nothing wrong with being critical but large numbers of people have no perspective.  

Do you actually think I consider myself to be some kind of literary giant?  Of course I don't.  I'm on a flipping football forum same as you.  

[BS4 on Tour...]

5 hours ago, maxjak said:

If I could bet on Baker spending more time in the treatment room than the pitch throughout any season.....I would be a rich man?   Seriously what is the point of Baker?  If he hardly ever plays?

Very poor post and utterly clueless - Bakes played in every game bar two this season up until his serious injury at WBA - and one of those he was on the bench. Then three matches later after he’d recovered he was straight back into the team and stayed there - today’s injury was another serious one - you obviously don’t know how long he was given treatment on the pitch - so you thought you’d post a lazy, ill informed and presumptuous load of guff 

[maxjak]

3 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

Very poor post and utterly clueless - Bakes played in every game bar two this season up until his serious injury at WBA - and one of those he was on the bench. Then three matches later after he’d recovered he was straight back into the team and stayed there - today’s injury was another serious one - you obviously don’t know how long he was given treatment on the pitch - so you thought you’d post a lazy, ill informed and presumptuous load of guff 

Your very late to the diss Maxjak party...I have made my apologies elsewhere on the site for my hasty mistake...........so why don't you F Off and Troll someone else?

Edited November 28, 2021 by maxjak

[BS4 on Tour...]

6 hours ago, Sweeneys Penalties said:

I remember Owls fans stranded in the ground at HT during a Blizzard at AG years ago

I remember that - December 1990 - Ron Atkinson was their manager and for us it was Martin Scott’s debut - I clearly recall the hushed silence that fell over the Owls’ usual superb away following when it was announced over the tannoy that the M32, M4, M5 and M1 were all shut due to the weather - and City fans just laughing at the announcement wouldn’t have helped their mood - the Sheffield Wednesday squad had to check into a Bristol hotel that night as they couldn’t get home and a fair few Owls’ fans headed straight to Weston super Mare to seek solace at being marooned in the West Country

Edited November 28, 2021 by BS4 on Tour...

[BS4 on Tour...]

14 minutes ago, maxjak said:

Your very late to the diss Maxjak party...I have made my apologies elsewhere on the site for my hasty mistake...........so why don't you F Off and Troll someone else?

Childish and pathetic as always - I’ve only just logged in so forgive me for not devoting hours catching up on loads of posts featuring other posters picking you up on the guff you posted - I read your initial post and decided to reply - that’s the function of a forum - it certainly doesn’t warrant your response ... no worries, I’m off to converse with adults now ...

[frenchred]

4 hours ago, lenred said:

Again don’t disagree.  But losing today away at Sheff U isn’t going to define our season and whether we stay up or not.  

What will define our season

 

[RedM]

3 hours ago, Midlands Robin said:

From my Sheff Utd supporting mate:

"I will say I expected better, your marking was poor & you gave us the time space that we needed. Also, what was with the "dark arts" wasn't it 4 players booked for knocking the ball away?"

I agree they were stupid bookings. After Bentley was booked Callum and Martin should be old and wise enough not to do exactly the same thing. The three of them put themselves needlessly on a booking and with this Ref they could have been heading for the dressing room. Small margins of error, didn’t cost us the game but why give the opposition a helping hand.

[walsh left foot]

Went today and the worst part was in a local pub after the game and a Sheffield united fan asking me when did we become such a weak team, he said he always saw us as a team that would give them a game and was surprised how poor we were. 

[mozo]

I think some people are letting themselves get too enraged. I know I foolishly anticipated that we would steal a draw, but hey, Wells only had to square the ball and we had a different game.

We were outplayed by a better squad of players. We quite clearly were going to struggle without any fit senior midfielders and it was very brave for us to give players like Scott and Benarous the opportunity. But it might pay off in the long run as they learn more lessons.

The weather was atrocious, the referee was appalling and our players weren't at their best. But let's not get too upset. These games will happen. If we reach 25+ points before Christmas then we are well on track to avoid a dogfight. 

Edited November 28, 2021 by mozo

[Numero Uno]

18 hours ago, mozo said:

I think some people are letting themselves get too enraged. I know I foolishly anticipated that we would steal a draw, but hey, Wells only had to square the ball and we had a different game.

We were outplayed by a better squad of players. We quite clearly were going to struggle without any fit senior midfielders and it was very brave for us to give players like Scott and Benarous the opportunity. But it might pay off in the long run as they learn more lessons.

The weather was atrocious, the referee was appalling and our players weren't at their best. But let's not get too upset. These games will happen. If we reach 25+ points before Christmas then we are well on track to avoid a dogfight. 

I am totally in the same camp as you BUT I do understand people who look at the performances of our players sometimes, like Bakinson's atrocious "effort" yesterday, only days after getting a contract extension, and think "what a bunch of obnoxious, carefree, selfish, largely uncommitted and just simply dislikeable shithouses many of them are". You've got the likes of Baker on one hand who probably gives too much to get a result to the detriment of his own future health and then you look further up the pitch and up pops our "marquee Centre Forward signing" - a stupidly overpaid, absolute stinking shithouse who couldn't even put the team first and execute the most simple of passes yesterday when it counted. I really am hoping that Nige sorts the scumbags in our squad out and there are still way too many of them for my liking but if he is doing that there are very few obvious signs and it seems to be a very slow process. January will literally define our medium term future imo.