“I will kick off with my forecast and be under no illusions use your head for this forecast
first leg can see nothing but a Sheff U win either 1-0 or 2-1
second leg Sheff U easy winners 3-0
cant see any other result probably be all over by 60th minute of return leg “
“City 2 – 2 Sheff Utd after we score two goals early and our knackered team spend 75 mins defending
Sheff Utd 2 – 0 regulation home win
Not feeling overly confident simply as we look totally goosed”
“That’s about right but think Sheff U win both legs”
“Would obviously love to be proved wrong but I can see Thursday it being Sheffield united 2-1 win and then monday in the away leg Sheffield united 3 -1 win. I just feel we look very tired and leggy atm and have injuries in key areas which is effecting our small squad. This is the risk we took by not recruiting in January! They have a top top squad and will have alot of big game experience in there ranks first half agaisnt preston we looked absolutely terrified and very timid on the ball because the players new how big the game was. We didnt start playing untill we were 2 goals down If we go into the game that way Thursday then we will get turned over.”
“I don’t see us winning either game, and if it should go to extra time I’m afraid our small squad against their recently rest rotated squad will be a step too far for us.
Hope I’m wrong though.”
“We’ve messed up. Sunderland was perfect game for us, because we couldn’t beat the out of form PNE we now have to play the strongest side.”
“I think we will draw at home at best and unfortunately lose away..they have been resting and rotating players in recent games which will give them a huge advantage…I just hope we are still in with a chance after the home game.”
“If I was a neutral then I’d probably be saying similar to the negative predictions here – ie draw or narrow win at home. Then turned over in 2nd leg by 2 or 3. I think the league games are probably irrelevant and even those we’d have lost over the 2 legs despite playing well. Injuries make our team considerably worse too. I’d like to have a goal lead at least heading up there. It’s no pressure for us really so enjoy it and you never know.”
“We’re starting to look leggy and have players playing through injuries.”
“We need to be 2 plus goals ahead I fancy to have a fighting chance.”
“Realistic is that we get a result in the home leg, perhaps even a win and then take that to Sheffield and probably come up short.”
“I can’t help but think we look knackered, and think at Brammal Lane they’ll have too much for us. But here’s hoping!”
“I think it will be 1-1 on Thurs then a narrow defeat away. I think Coventry beat them in the final.”
“I think it will be very tight – the more clinical team in the box will win and as of late, we don’t create that many chances – often playing the ball too much around the 18-yard area.
However, look over their results and they often only win by a goal, and often struggle when they go behind – the complete opposite of our recent trend of responding from being a goal down.
It is a winnable aggregate fixture, but we miss Sykes badly
Sincs could be crucial too – the way he bullied their back-line at Bramall Lane was his best performance by a mile in a red shirt.
I think we will sadly come-up short, but the fact we are even involved and can build from here gives me huge optimism for the future.”
“we more than matched them in both league games.
We are the underdogs, but I can see us taking a draw or even a slim lead up to Brammall Lane”
“I hope we are still in it for the return leg. They have some really good players that we could only dream to sign for us. The pressure / expectation on them may swing it in our favour if we just hang on in there.
Difficult to explain but being at the match on Saturday and all that went on after the match. I just felt relief that we got top 6 and I now feel much more relaxed about it all. All to play for.”
“There wasn’t much to separate us and the Blades if you look at the two games between us this season.
We were the better side up there in March and I thought we were unlucky to lose 2-1 at home last autumn.
If we had a fully fit squad, I’d be backing us over the two legs. But based on our last three performances, we need to improve significantly and that’s possible, especially if players are picked in their best positions. “
“over the 2 league games we have played them in this season we lost 3-2 on aggregate & that was down to a 98th minute winner at AG.
Of course it will be extremely tough, but we’ve very much matched them twice so far this season. “
“For me I give Sheff Utd a narrow advantage over two legs. They narrowly beat us on aggregate in the season, and they did get +22 points on us. They’re favourites clearly, but not by much and we absolutely can win this semi-final if we play something close to our best football.”
“I think we’ll beat Sheffield Utd. At this stage we’ve already surpassed all expectations so we have nothing to lose.”
“Anything is possible after all this is championship football
Always Believe is our motto whatever the outcome it has been a great season and being involved is a great result. Wembley get ready to welcome Bristol City”
“Oxford and Plymouth beat this mob not very long ago they are not invincible”
“Oliver Langford as ref
I don’t think it’s correct at all that he is appointed to such a crucial game home to Sheff Utd only a few months after Manning rightly criticised him as ‘inconsistent”
“someone at the EFL really does have it in for us. Langford, Linington, Langford in successive home games. Stuff of nightmares.”