What 'Blades-Mad' Have to say...no surprises

<table class="articlebodyblack" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="textjustify"><font color="#ffffff">Blades-mad take a look at the 24 teams who will compete in the 2009/10 Coca-Cola Championship; in this edition we preview our South Yorkshire rivals Barnsley...</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="articlebodyblack" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="textjustify"><font color="#ffffff">

<font face="Verdana" size="2"><table cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle" align="center"><table bordercolor="#000000" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1" border="0"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="arial8wht" bgcolor="#000000"><div style="padding-right: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px"><font color="#ffffff">Sodje celebrates his goal against Ferencvaros.

<div style="text-align: center">Image copyright of SportBox.TV</div></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><font color="#000000">The Tykes secured their Championship survival on the final day of the 2008/09 season with a win at Plymouth Argyle and thus sending Norwich City into League One along with the unfortunate Southampton and woeful Charlton Athletic.</font></font></p>

<font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="2">However Barnsley boss Simon Davey hasn't been quick in the transfer market this summer; they have allowed keeper Heinz Muller to leave in a cash sale whilst Kyle Letheren, Marciano van Homoet and Diego Leon all left on a free. York City striker Onome Sodje has joined the Oakwell club on a free transfer.</font></p>

<font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="2">They played a pre-season friendly against Ferencvaros at Oakwell in July and looked unappetising in there 3-2 victory. Both Keyode Odejai and Sodje scored for the Reds but fear that they will struggle this season.</font></p>

<font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="2">Davey will no doubt look to his youth academy to find the next talent available; Luke Potter came on for Robert Kozluk at left-back in that win over the Hungarian club and looked a useful outlet, strong in the air and allowed himself to get forward. Jamil Adam in midfield is also another player who they could turn to.</font></p>

<font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="2">With seven substitutes allowed on the bench this time round in the Championship the South Yorkshire club may struggle to put together a full strengthen squad in what is only a small unit with what comprises of no real quality. Midfielder Hugo Colace and 'Player of the Season' Bobby Hassel should be the catalyst in the team but unless they can find that quality I fear they may struggle to stay out of the bottom three this time around.</font></p>

<font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#000000">Blades-Mad Predicted Finish: 22nd (relegated)</font></font></p></font></td></tr></tbody></table>

 

Amazing how everybody tips us for relegation year after year...

I bet the same people were saying the same thing in that July not too long ago when we went on to rattle off five successive wins at the start of the season, never drop out of the top four all season, and end up second to Bolton and promotion to the Premier League.
I'm not suggesting this is going to happen again but it does get boring reading the same old stuff over and over. Obviously our squad is not strong enough - not yet anyway - but it will be. This team will do well this season DESPITE the manager, not because of him. And if they do well, the manager will do well with them and only get better himself. Let's face it, he has made some unfathomable decisions on a fairly regular basis but he's still there so, until he goes, why can't we just accept that fact and give the TEAM 100% support. The team is those guys in red on the pitch and the rest on the sidelines - they all have the same aims, or at least they should do. I won't be at every match - far from it - but they get my support no matter what, from whatever distance I am away from the town. It has always been so, and there is no reason to change that now.

 

Probably not far wrong though apart from the bit about Colace and Sir Bobby

 

can't see much wrong about that article

although our main catalyst is JCR..

 

Well written

Was it the winner of the Sheffield U11's English competition who wrote that?

 

at least.....

he know's how to u'se apostrophe's.