Sheffield Utd (H) | Pre-Match Thread

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

3-0 City.....Jess (offside tap in), Gundog (dubious penalty), Cancelo (30 yard screamer)

 

[Mancity1980]

Looking a bit dodgy this game, they are currently beating the mighty rags...;)

 

[yankblue]

Sheffield are quite fortunate they had such an easy midweek fixture. Allows them to rest up and conserve energy before playing us this weekend

 

[BringBackSwales]

Looking a bit dodgy this game, they are currently beating the mighty rags...;)

Beat the cunts. But the difference between us last night and the scum tonight is fucking MASSIVE

 

[MAG]

The Title Race

We are half way through our season and it's all about counting down now ... 19 games to go ... and over those next 19 we keep an eye on our rivals as well ... as it stands we're seven points clear of Liverpool ... why is that better than six (or five) ... because seven means we need to screw up in three games now (vs two if it was six points) for them to catch up on us while matching our results for the other (16) games ...

No, I'm not going to mention United or Leicester here as title contenders ... because I don't consider them title rivals (at least not just yet). And not sure why anyone would be worried about them two (especially United) ... we all know why the media is big-ing them up, so let them ... what everyone seems to be forgetting is that they both are in Europa League and have two extra ties coming up in February and March as opposed to other title rivals who are in the Champions League ... wait till Thursday nights kick in and they get the Thu-Sun schedules in, then we'll see how they navigate those.

Thing about being in Europa League isn't the extra couple of games ... or playing on Thursday nights that puts a team off is not the no. of days gap in between games ... as that is exactly the same as Wed-Sat ... it is the fact that they then inevitably end up playing last in every gameweek, either on Sunday or even Monday nights because they have played on Thursday ... this just makes them always be in a chasing position against their other title rivals as they never get to play first and put any sort of pressure by putting points on board first ... this is why I’m not worried about them at all as far the title race is concerned at this stage. If they manage to keep up for another nine or ten gameweeks (which I doubt they will) then we might take them seriously in the final stretch.

Told you not to worry about them two ;)

Leicester’s dropped points tonight = 2
Man United’s dropped points tonight = 3

Now don’t worry about Sheffield United on Saturday either ... they’re not going to win twice in a row, especially two away trips to Manchester ... they’ve used up their quota of all the luck and worked themselves into ground tonight!

 

[BLUEMATT23]

Should we worry a bit about Saturday after tonight?

 

[worsleyweb]

Should we worry a bit about Saturday after tonight?

no

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

Sheff Utd and Burnley, no longer gimmees incredible result for the Blades tonight and our game with the Clarets a clash of two teams bang in form.

 

[Mancity1980]

Should we worry a bit about Saturday after tonight?

They are bottom of the league for a reason, we are top for a reason. The rags lost tonight for another reason.

 

[PaleBlue]

Chuffed the Blades beat the Rags, but both sides were pretty appalling. Keep our heads and our quality and shouldn't be a problem against Blades. Burnley seem to be scoring goals again......