Football All things Football

[F1Brits_90]

how are we feeling ahead of the new season

 

[cider_and_toast]

Four Four Two magazine has hated us for years so if they say we'll finish 9th then we'll probably be champions with 5 games to spare.

I'd take a top 10 finish and challenging for the top 6 all day long.

 

[Dartman]

FFS is it that time already, where's the summer gone it's still 36 deg C here, definitely not football weather, just postpone it for a month at least

 

[F1Brits_90]

very pleased with that, as i wasnt really sure what to expect from blades this yr, i was hoping for the best & thought playoffs were very achievable.

but that 1st half was great & only once did Preston worry us around 30 mins in. more of that & this could be a great season

 

[FB]

I think that's a little harsh on Portsmouth. I suspect a season which will end mid-table, which for a first season back in the Championship will be more than good enough. I'm also going to predict that more than half the current managers in the Championship are gone before the January transfer window.

 

[cider_and_toast]

half the current managers in the Championship are gone before the January transfer window.

With Wayne Rooney being the first.

Given the debacle around the way our manager was appointed last season he's surviving on a wafer thin level of support.

If the results are ok and we're in or around the top six he'll be fine but any sign of another season competing between 10th and 17th and the supporters will have him for breakfast.

I'm clinging to the hope that every single one of the teams Nigel Pearson has managed in a full time capacity have tasted success (promotion or a league title) in the first full season after the season he was sacked

This season marks our 10th consecutive in the Championship which I know some clubs would give their right arm for but apart from 1 brief highlight in the league cup and one small flirtation with the top two for a couple of months we are the definition of mid table mediocrity.

 

[F1Brits_90]

FB i agree on that there are plenty of failing clubs in championship & your promotion momentum should be enough i would say 13th-15th more likely. because QPR, Cardiff, Stoke, Watford. Plymouth who it seems to be very long season. even longer now the Blades are going to buy there goalkeeper

sackings already started preston who never understood this type of sacking, if you clearly lost faith in the manager. or manager lost faith in the board. you part after final game in may. after the 1st game im august helps nobody

Wayne Rooney i highly doubt will be in charge when we play them in december. they made our neighbours look like man city, but there should be a grace period if you start the season with a manager, you cant sack them for 1st 3 months of the season

 

[F1Brits_90]

knew this yesterday news was soon, but still a sad day when it broke. a great man & polite despite being treated disgracefully by the newspapers. as england manager I'd say laid the foundations of what we take for granted as qualifying as a given & expecting to be in the latter stages of major tournaments. as it was final day drama, play offs & not even being there before him

although sven may feel he underachieved as england boss. he was far better than 3 Quarter final suggest, he was unlucky to run into brazil with an inexperienced team 4 years later we probally beat them & i feel that euro 2004 was a missed opportunity sven should added international trophy to his glittering club career

 

[F1Brits_90]

Rice 1-0 & Grealish 2-0 that 1st half was every Irish fans worst nightmare

its amazing how few times england have played Ireland recently. the last time england played competitive game in dublin. thatcher resigned as Prime Minister a week later

 

[F1Brits_90]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1834984697249534431

 

[F1Brits_90]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1839228501573927043

sky sports caring more about their schedule than fans. they dont care its remembrance sunday, or that 30mins makes sod all difference to those who want to go to armistice day events

all they care about is their schedule & viewing figures, not much will stop them getting people in front of the tv between 12 - 7pm on that sunday.

 

[cider_and_toast]

According to Google maps it's a 19 minute walk from the Sheffield War Memorial to Bramall Lane, you'll be able to do both in plenty of time

 

[F1Brits_90]

just realised 1st CTA derby of the year on Saturday v FB Portsmouth. looking forward to it. not going as im back at the silverstone museum again & Portsmouth is too far

but so far chris wilder is exceeding all expectations. last season depression feels years ago not 4 months ago. we are playing great attacking football & havent conceded since 24th August. on paper i should be confident & expect 10-12pts until international break. but we've only once at fratton park since 1988 & i remember the last visit 2013 very well, blades going for automatic promotion facing an already relegated Portsmouth & we got battered 3-0 it was embarrassingly 1 sided, in hindsight i dont think the squad ever recovered as season declined very quickly

& have to mention 1 of my favourite advisories for away fans ive seen

 

[FB]

Even if you are over 5ft 4, all you will be able to see is the players feet.

 

[F1Brits_90]

3 - 4pm i was watching a part of a peugeot 107/Citroën C1 3hr endurance race & in silverstone shop. so i all i know is what 5 live said & "even game, & good point for injury hit Portsmouth"

but from few people i know. they say it was a bit of a crap game 0-0 & neither deserved to win

https://twitter.com/x/status/1840057296195305678

 

[FB]

Pompey still to take their first win. However, they have played some of the strongest teams in the league and come out with some points.

 

[F1Brits_90]

Pompey still to take their first win. However, they have played some of the strongest teams in the league and come out with some points.

our manager was highly complimentary of you.

"we knew it would be tough, ive watched their games, & these should have beaten Leeds & Burnley"

“If they play like that for all their home games & their away games, they will get results & they will win games.

“They will make it as difficult for other teams as they made it for us. Teams will get beaten here if Pompey play like that all season.”

 

[F1Brits_90]

chasening night FB

https://twitter.com/x/status/1841568534498869637

 

[FB]

Very bad night. Home to Oxford this weekend, which will be another tough game.

 

[F1Brits_90]

absolutely devastated at the George Baldock news. what a man. if ever a man summed what it was to play the blades. it was him, a fans dream of a player, the amount of times if he was substitute. his passion just on its own turned games & won us games. by him coming on lifting the players & crowd on his own. with his own brand of passion. there's a reason why he was called furious george

his walk to the crowd at Full Time after blades win v wolves & him screaming at us. us screaming back. showed what we all loved about him & 1 of few memories i cherish of the PL season (i counted 4 ) being just 3 rows back. i still smile when i think of that. he will be a huge loss.

espically but for injury he should be at wembley tomorrow