“Jeckyll & Hyde Boro, which team turns up, to be hobest, which team turns up between both halves
I’m sticking my head on the block here & going for a Boro win. Didnt see anything from their game v Pompey to be worried, but then again I could say that about us
I actually fancy Burnley to bore us al to 2nd place”
“I have a feeling The Blades are gonna have a wobble. It’s up to us to give them that nudge.”
“I am of the opinion that Sheffield are the worst of the top 4 and I have more faith in getting a result there than anywhere else.”
“Sheff Utd last 2 home games, they’ve been well and truly outplayed.
Against Portsmouth on Saturday, they should’ve been 2 down before they went 1-0 up. And even after they scored, they were outplayed and should’ve failed to pick up 3pts.
And against Hull prior to this, they got well and truly schooled.
I’m not scared of Sheff Utd. I know they’re 2nd, but I think that’s because the league this season is extremely weak in comparison to previous years and they’ve had some luck on the way with some favourable results.The biggest worry I have, is not Sheff Utd, but us and our defence.”
“Second toughest away game of the season behind leeds abd Wilder will want to do a number on us no doubt add in our form and it all points to another dissapointing night with pressure building on Carrick as we grapple to keep touch with the play offs.
That said we know the typical boro can turn up on nights like these and hopefully we do just that “
“Tough place to go is Brammal lane at any time. We’re in rotten form, Carrick looks dejected and Wilder will be so up for this.
I think we will lose 3-0 BUT this is normally where Carrick pulls off a shock result out of nowhere, so here’s hoping”
“I’d normally say this is exactly the kind of game we’ll go and win. But this slump feels worse than other slumps we’ve been in. “
“I can’t see anything but a fairly comfortable United win. It’s the worst timing possible for us given poor form and playing away at a side in good form, at a ground where our record is poor”
“Given Sheffield’s form has generally been far more consistent and they will be on home turf, I really can’t see Boro getting anything from this. I can see us maybe nicking a goal against the run of play, or just catching them cold early on, but given the horrendous state of our defence, if the hosts are on anything close to their best form, we will have a torrid time. Boro have scored 9 times in their last 10 visits to Bramall Lane, but conceded 16. Reckon the gap will be a bit wider after Wednesday. Fully expect us to concede a minimum of 3 goals.”
“Ah man. Please don’t let us get pumped by Sunderland and then Wilder in the space of 10 days. Don’t think I could take it.”
“There’s a few interesting threads on the Sheffield United message board bemoaning their style of play and how terrible they are to watch. One thread even predicts a 5-0 battering off us.
Yet we’d all swap their position for ours wouldn’t we?”
“Sunderland and Burnley fans the same.
This is why I’m desperate for Carrick to crack it, for all the faults defensively we’ve been a good watch under him. And it’s not like we’re only good to watch because we’re carelessly just throwing loads of bodies forward.
It should be possible to play our style of football and defend better. Most of the goals stem from individual errors.
In possession we’re a very well coached side. Out of possession were often very poor. But to quote another thread it does feel like we’re really not far away. Which probably adds to the frustration for a lot of fans.”
“We set our team up to overload the opposition.. we are creating a machine of extreme overloads.. you have to work tremendously hard to make these extremes work.. which they will.. but you can’t just decide to do them every now and then.
It does feel like a kick in the teeth when we are taken apart by a simple dink over the top and a cracking long range effort.. but we’re playing it by the numbers. “
“We could beat Sheffield United away and get beat by Plymouth at home. It’s infuriating.”
“at least we know sheff utd will have a go at us, that means the low block probs not going to be there, should be a good game I reckon”
“Does a Wilder team ever have a go?”
“Wilder will probably play the way he thinks will give his team the best chance to win
He doesent seem the guy who belives he has to “entertain” the crowd….”
“People keep saying we’re inconsistent but we’re not. We’re actually consistently good or bad depending on whether we have the majority of the ball or not. If we let the other team have the ball and play on the counter with a defensive structure we’re actually really good. If the other team let us have the ball and force us to attack, we’re terrible.
I can’t see any way to look through our results when we have 50%+ of possession or not but we have tended to do best this season when we concede possession from the get-go. So, playing away at Sheff Utd the one thing we know is that they will demand the ball and we will set out defensively.
For this reason, I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see us get a decent result there”
“That’s not really true as results are mixed. For example when we beat Sheff Utd earlier in the season we had more possession than them. Sheff Utd don’t have a particularly high possession percentage – they are 10th overall in the Championship, and 9th at home. We average more possession away from home than they average at home. We have the 4th highest average in the Championship and we actually average more possession away from home than we average at home as well, which is unusual tbh, I can’t see another team in the Championship who does the same. Our issues aren’t about having the ball or not having the ball, it’s more about the mistakes we make with and without the ball. It’s also a rather annoying fact that we have the second most shots per game in the Championship, and we concede the second fewest shots per game as well – we are level with Burnley who have the best defensive record in the league.”
“Sheffled United have a better squad, we haven’t got players like Harmer who cost £15m? Our most expensive signing in the current squad was around £4m until last week, now £6m. We clearly needed a left back in August, but had very limited funds and that position has proved leaky this season. Right back we took on a free transfer again I suspect because of limited funds. Our most expensive defender/keeper has cost £1m? it felt like we had the raid the piggy bank to get Edmundson for a mighty £500k?
our xG is top 2. Even in January possibly our poorest spell we are creating more than our oppostion or as much.”
“Leeds, Sheffield Utd and Burnley have by far the more expensive squads and guess what, they occupy the top 3 positions!”
“Leeds and Burnley should be clear winners of the Championship this season.
Sunderland and Sheffield United favourites for the play off final? We are making progress without huge amounts of investment.. it’s a stinger to see.. but we should no way be top based on the players that we have available.”
“We’re beating Sunderland home and away then Sheffield united at Wembley . The perfect end to the season”