Not really. I felt we were the better side technically, but we always are against that lot who still seem to think football's played in the clouds. But today we matched them physically, and cynically. No inch was given. Each lad gave their all in my opinion, again. Yes, one or two of our forward players weren't quite at it but we had what looked at the time and what still looks now, a perfectly good goal chalked off for.... I dunno. I'm assuming their player who threw himself to the ground was adjudged to have been tripped. It looks harsh to me. Well, it would do because I can't see a foul. At that point in the game we were all over them, without being at our best. It's a shame we couldn't get a deserved goal while we were in the ascendancy. United long balled their way back into it a little, as we seemed to be tricked into playing their brand of football. We then saw a good 10 minutes of head tennis, long ball to long ball (both sides), scrapping on the touchlines leading to throw after throw. It became **** as a spectacle. They did get off a good shot from just outside the box which Davies saved onto the post. Fair play, it was a fine hit with venom. But it was practically the only thing I recall of note from United in the first half, and came totally out of the blue. Second half was more of an even affair. Again the football on show was turgid. You were looking to your go-to players to pull something off for us but it wasn't their day on that score. No lack of effort on their part, it just didn't happen for them. So many crosses were either over-hit or under-hit. Lads were dribbling when a pass/shot/cross was on, and vice versa. The effort was there throughout. In spades. And the back four to a man stood up to everything dem blades had to offer. Which wasn't much on the face of it. But we've all seen Fat Billy con refs or foul his way through in the past. Not today. I'm guessing he's still in Robbo's pocket now. I was going to try not to single players out negatively or positively, because it's a team effort. Not just today, but since we drew with these wallies in November. They've made us proud. To a man. But I have to give special praise to Robbo and Scowen. Unfair on a few others I know. But their displays HAD TO be that good today. That was the only way United were getting owt. Down the left with Matty Don't or chucked into Sharp to do his cynical **** on the edge/in the box. Scowen and Robbo nullified all that. They kept on hitting that diagonal into Josh's area, and every time but once (when Robbo bailed him out) he bossed the situation. Terrific ******* little basterd he is. I've missed him. I think we edged a scrappy local derby, but I'm not going to complain about the result. Other than the wrongly disallowed goal, we didn't do enough to win it I'm afraid. But we were never losing it. Another point, another clean sheet, another step closer to extending this mental season. Good to see some familiar faces today, hope everyone wiped their feet on the way out, and got home to Elysium safely. Elysium is basically anywhere but Sheffield. Sorry to those of you who live there. For your sins. See you on Saturday. Not literally. Well, I might do. You'll see me though. If you go. Think us charity wannkers are ont pitch again at half time or summat. Please don't stare/spit. #YouReds By the way, how ******* quiet are dem blades? 20,000 of the smelly tramps and all I heard was a few seconds of noise at the start and end of the game. That's tinpot.
Very good report and agree with pretty much everything you said. Sheff utd are like most of the teams in this league. Direct. Aggressive and without a great deal of technical ability. We do seem to struggle against that aggressive side but yesterday we matched them. Shame it seemed to take away from our more creative side. Our bigger players like Hammill didn't quite do it yesterday and its a great point about the crosses. Virtually every cross was poor yesterday. But overall a good performance and if anyone as going to win it, it was going to be us. 5 more wins and we are in the championship! Massive game on Saturday
Listened on radio yesterday and they thought also that our free kicks were poor and after seeing Peterbro and Burton games it just looks like a continuation of this.
Good post But Can't mek mi mind up if it's a controversial minority report or a controversial majority report.. Ar tha saying we want to go up or are we better off staying in kick n spit league ?
Set pieces weren't great. Conor's delivery was unusually off key. The crosses were all poor bar one, which Fletcher fluffed late on. Two or three times we had Winnall, Isgrove or Fletcher through on goal if the pass was timed/weighted correctly. But it was always under/over hit, and to be fair, both strikers were towing their ******** off in the last 20, no pace to latch onto owt. I'm surprised we didn't see Chapman or Tuton, or Toney a bit earlier. I understand Winnall and Hammill are capable of producing summat from nothing, and we valued a point instead of losing it, but some fresh, quicker legs in the last ten may have made all the difference. It's only a slight grumble though. And I think the way we cheered the lads and Hecky/Tommy at full time as they came over to us tells you everything - we were proud of them. Great point, especially if we beat Colchester.
