Sheffield United (A) | PL | Post-Match Thread

[mosssideblue]

But others probably do.

That, we don't know

 

[CC1]

Millwall?

Thinking of his user name - John Terry???

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Phew, made hard work of that.
Jack got some serious stick but was very good in the 2nd half
Ederson had feck all to do and didn't do it when required...flapped at a corner, then kicked it straight to their player 5 seconds later...not his best showing I felt, should have come for that cross that they almost equalised from, had plenty time to come for it
Rodri comes up with the goods again when required
Kova and Gvardiol both excellent
Their last 10 minutes hoof ball unsettled us at the back a bit
Phil comes on and boom....made things happen
Well done City
This injury time rule is daft, one team time wastes all match then gets 7-10 minutes to get an equaliser at home with the crowd baying...that's fair

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Brilliant 3 points in the end, much better second half performance which deserved a few more goals.

Great response to Kyle’s brain fart.

Another week long rest and get ready to go again.

 

[CC1]

Couple of hundred miles from London actually. What a pathetic response. But it's true that a lot of the worshipping of Phil is clearly bc he's a local lad. It's tedious. (I have nothing against Phil, of course he's a great player, but he gets overly bigged up by many in our fanbase.)

Tedious? Yep some fans are - aren’t you. Patronising too

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

I don’t think Walker did anything wrong, it was fluky for the blunt blades, but the character he and his team-mates showed in response showed our class

 

[SamBlue]

What happened to a ban against using towels to dry the ball? I think they used it twice at least.

 

[jimharri]

Not really unlucky but stupid. Don't back-heel a ball when you're off balance in your own penalty area.

Agreed. It wasn't bad luck, it was stupid. Thankfully, he made amends a couple of minutes later.

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Not according to hinchcliffe, one of the underrated members of the squad or something along those nonsense lines

Couldn’t believe it when he came away with that nonsense. Shouldn’t be surprised though, he spouts shit every week.

 

[Haaland94]

I thought we did well overall. Sure, we are missing some big players at the moment (including Phil, who was not fit enough to start), and we were wasteful, but they could barely get out of their penalty box. It was a typical 11 men behind the ball type of game. They frustrated us, and the referee played his part in allowing them to do so. Overall, 3 points, happy days.

 

[Blue Tooth]

We could have gone 0-1 up about fives times.

But if any one of those goes in, the others don’t happen as everything would have happened differently.

I am wishing I hadn't made my post because then yours would not exist ;)

 

[PragueBlue]

That, we don't know

I think we can be pretty certain of that given how many chances we actually did create.

Anyway, when people say we should have scored 5, what they really mean is we had at least 5 really good scoring opportunities.

 

[bigbluekev]

Hard work. Great cameo from Phil. Lack of a number 10 hindered us. Marvellous result.

Agree but do we know why he didn't start?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I think we can be pretty certain of that given how many chances we actually did create.

Anyway, when people say we should have scored 5, what they really mean is we had at least 5 really good scoring opportunities.

Yeah, and some of the chances involve an exceptional save from the goalie or a defender just launching himself and hoping he gets in the way!

 

[stan bowles]

I can`t wait for the end of season ... to see these twats back in the Championship. Horrible to play against and even worse to try and get past an eleven man wall and rely on us fucking it up for ourselves, well that nearly worked.
Blades just fuck off back to where you belong.

Whoever takes their place (assuming they go down) will be no different in their approach when we play them.

 

[WallyA]

Utter domination, just have to put those chances away.

Walker wont make that backheel pass ever again lol.

Without Pep we did struggle a little bit kn those last 10 mins when the opposition switches from full defense to full attack, our players serm surprised by it and it took them a while, maybe only last few mins to remember to just pass backwards and bait their press as if they are a top team.

 

[BlueAnorak]

The fact we are top of the league is bonkers.
Not at our best against Burnley, superb against Newcastle, then too slow in the build up against Sheffield United.
We really have to step up.
Even so, it took 3 superb saves by Foderingham and a pen miss to keep them in with a chance.
It would appear that bear hugs on Eerling are now legal. If he tries to push them away, then the officials have an excuse not to give a pen. PGMOL are bent.

 

[OntarioBlue]

Three games in, nine points and only one goal conceded.

Be afraid, rest of the league, we haven’t even got out of third gear yet.

 

[Ducado]

Went exactly as I predicted it, Sheffield gave their all defending got lucky for their goal, the worry for Sheffield is the amount of energy they needed can they summon it up against the teams around them? Great win for City nevertheless

 

[OB1]

Exceptional ball retention for most of the game, aside from Kyle glaring error.

Game should have been over long before they equalised but City seem to have gone to a new level in terms of mentality and restored the lead in short order.

30 shots today but not enough of them were of the required quality. Also, too many crosses didn't find the danger area.

Patience and persistence will be important once again because almost every team gets so many men behind the ball that getting a clear shot at the target is very hard. Goals will almost always come in the end due to the weight of possession and number attempts on goal but the team has to make sure they do not give the ball up in dangerous (to City) areas as that is the main hope most opponents have of scoring against us.