“It just doesn’t make sense to me that the players can’t get themselves up for a game like today. Should we of won and managed to go up, their whole lives would’ve changed 50% increase in wages I imagine etc etc…
Some teams want it more
Some owners want it more.
Will be the same for a long time, a shadow of the club we used to be. “
“Our best ever chance. I don’t think we’ll come as close again”
“Unforgivable to draw really. If we don’t lose the match then we clearly haven’t attacked enough at the end”
“I know what you are saying but Sheff U would have thrashed us if they were able to shoot. I think we gave just about as much as our limited team could. Close. But so far away.”
“Sheffield United missed some right sitters”
“If we cant win a game against a 2nd rate Shef Utd team, we have nothing to look forward to in the Playoffs”
“A second rate Sheffield United team on 92 points?”
“Just so disappointing that all the results fell in, if we had just won the match. A decent team with squad strength but they did make 7 changes and unlike us, didn’t have any great incentive and so for my money, the players / managers have let it slip away today.”
“Seven changes. A keeper that hasn’t played all season. We created very little.”
“The reason they’ve finished so far ahead of the pack if because all of those 7 changes would walk into our first team.
They brought Hamer back, ffs. He’s their player of the season. “
“Despite Sheffield U not having anything to play for I’m not upset with the performance today against a club with far better players”
“You have to understand from 1-11 (and 12-17), Sheffield United had better players across the park.
You can’t go gung-ho because they’ll tear you apart with the pace and ability they have.
We gave a very good account of ourselves – a draw at Bramall Lane is a good result, it’s losing to the likes of Plymouth, Cardiff, Derby et al that have shafted us (on the pitch at least).”
“I really think that if we could have held on for another five minutes we would have won. The 50th minute was just too early to go a five man defence and just defend for our lives rather than throwing on attackers in search of another goal after Sheffield equalised. Although Sheffield had some chances after that we undoubtedly finished stronger and with a bit of luck could have scored to send us into delirium.”
“1-1 away to a team that finished on 90 points is not a disgrace.”
“wasn’t that sheff Utd defender that scored against us on the verge of joining us and then hastily joined them even though they didn’t actually have the money to do so. Wee bit bitter about that. Still I’d rather they went up than Coventry who are my number 1 hated team these days”
“Sheffield time wasting is disgusting, what is even the point for them?”
“i`ll be rooting for bristol city against sheff utd ,wilder is an obnoxious human being,id`e love to see him crestfallen after getting knocked out”
“Bristol City in the play offs makes me sick”
“Not that I think we would’ve tippled Sheffield United across two legs, but I look at Coventry finishing 5th and taking on a badly out of form Sunderland and I think what a missed opportunity.”
“Of course I wanted us to win today, the tremendous support deserved that much, but we’d have been hammered in the playoffs by Sheff Utd, who in my opinion will go up.”
“Sheffield looked superior to us in every way, and it’s unlikely we would have been able to beat them another 2 times if we reached the playoffs anyway.”
“I’m taking solace in the fact that I think Sheff Utd comfortably have us beaten in a semi final anyway”
“Can’t help but think whoever goes up in the playoffs is going to get obliterated in the PL next season. None of them even close to the required standard and would need seriously heavy investment to avoid being totally embarrassed, never mind staying up.
First time two teams in the Championship have reached 100 points. Grim as far as the gap between the leagues is concerned. “
“Leeds, Burnley and Sheffield United are by far the best teams in the division – and two of them got embarrassed in the PL last year.”
“It’d be the same if we went up, for the record. Sheff Utd/Sunderland may make it above 11 points as I imagine they’d spend big. Coventry or Bristol City though? Could be a proper bloodbath.”