| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report 08:46 - Mar 3 with 2790 views | Northernr |
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| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 09:13 - Mar 3 with 2637 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Thanks Clive.
Missed this one, so great to get the report. |  |
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| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 09:28 - Mar 3 with 2568 views | thehat |
Thanks Clive great report as always.
Yeah agree we played well - Lots of commitment and endeavour and deserved a point. We all thought Varane played well and gave him MOTM in the car on the way home just ahead of Saito who as you say was excellent when he came on. If only that header was two foot lower he would have brought the house down.
Bad news on Field but I thought Colback did well and a big chance for him now to try and earn another year contract over the next eleven games.
Overall we left disappointed but not to downhearted. |  | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 09:36 - Mar 3 with 2521 views | DeanoMD |
We're actually only a decent striker away from being a top 6 team on our day.... | | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 09:58 - Mar 3 with 2429 views | E17hoop |
💯 about the refereeing. |  |
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| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 10:09 - Mar 3 with 2382 views | Sharpediver |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 09:58 - Mar 3 by E17hoop |
💯 about the refereeing. |
Great report - spot on. There was always that feeling towards the end that we might get lucky and squeeze a late equaliser. 2-2 would have been a phenomenal result and we weren't that far away from getting it.
Was a lovely day out in the early Spring sunshine, everyone seemed in a happy mood on Saturday. It's great not to have to worry too much about the table. I'm confident we'll be playing in the Championship again next season and I'm happy with that. | | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 10:12 - Mar 3 with 2368 views | terryb |
Cheers Clive.
Was Steve Cook always lacking in pace as he was on Saturday, or has this been affected by his injury? The way he was outpaced early on brought back memories of Rob Dickie!
It was probably due to the ability of their forwards, but I felt that Cook & Edwards struggled to contain them throughout the game. I also thought that we (I can't believe I'm writing this) sorely missed Paul Smyth. We badly needed his industry & pace. Saito on the left with Chair in the middle is our best option of scoring goals & hopefully we will resort to this. | | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 10:45 - Mar 3 with 2239 views | robith |
I brought my wife along to this one. On the walk to the boozer afterwards she said "I dunno why you're always moaning, they seemed much better than you're always telling me" |  | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 11:15 - Mar 3 with 2123 views | Third_Division_South |
I’m also getting fed up with Varanes passing. I started shouting ‘forward’ when he gets the ball and does his little pirouette to pass back. This has now caught on a bit with the people around me who are now joining in every time he gets the ball. It’s not making any difference though as it’d be such an improvement in his and the team’s game if he could play the ball forward | | | |
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| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 12:32 - Mar 3 with 1897 views | Harbour |
Thanks Clive enjoyed the report and the match despite losing. Be interesting to see how we do rest of the season..another 16th beckons? But going forward not sure how we get the quality to challenge for top 6th and compete with clubs with parachute payments…Think we have done ok with our budget but can’t see anything than another 10 years in the championship. | | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 13:13 - Mar 3 with 1749 views | Northernr |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 12:32 - Mar 3 by Harbour |
Thanks Clive enjoyed the report and the match despite losing. Be interesting to see how we do rest of the season..another 16th beckons? But going forward not sure how we get the quality to challenge for top 6th and compete with clubs with parachute payments…Think we have done ok with our budget but can’t see anything than another 10 years in the championship. |
You need a big sale/Eze sell on really.
There's still progress to be had - Blackburn are in the bloody play offs as it stands - but I think really I look at Coventry and Brentford before them who were able to scout and recruit Gyokeres/Hamer types, sell, reinvest in more players like them, and that's how you get moving beyond this middle group and into contention.
Bristol City closer to the 6 than they've been for a while despite selling best player last year - because that £20m enables you to buy better players, better squad depth, better attackers. | | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 13:18 - Mar 3 with 1712 views | TheChef |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 13:13 - Mar 3 by Northernr |
You need a big sale/Eze sell on really.
There's still progress to be had - Blackburn are in the bloody play offs as it stands - but I think really I look at Coventry and Brentford before them who were able to scout and recruit Gyokeres/Hamer types, sell, reinvest in more players like them, and that's how you get moving beyond this middle group and into contention.
Bristol City closer to the 6 than they've been for a while despite selling best player last year - because that £20m enables you to buy better players, better squad depth, better attackers. |
Well yeah I'm not too optimistic about next season unless something like an Eze sale happens (and even then, can we spend that money well? I'm not totally convinced).
In any case there'll be a certain amount of recruitment required, probably mostly for the backline, and we'll still need to be treading along the FFP tightrope.
Hmmmm.... |  |
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| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 14:40 - Mar 3 with 1440 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
Can't argue with that report. A lot of huffing and puffing but lacking quality in the crucial area of central midfield and striker. Probably the two most expensive areas to recruit. | | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 14:49 - Mar 3 with 1387 views | Myke |
Cheers Clive, well-balanced report. I also feel Nardi has been well found out now in terms of not being able to deal with any kind of cross. He is starting to cost us points now; Coventry and again on Sat Surely that is coachable? I know the old chestnut; if he was perfect he wouldn't be here, but that cross for the first goal was his all day long. He is an excellent stopper, but a lot of work needs to be done on crosses. | | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 15:11 - Mar 3 with 1335 views | TheChef |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 14:49 - Mar 3 by Myke |
Cheers Clive, well-balanced report. I also feel Nardi has been well found out now in terms of not being able to deal with any kind of cross. He is starting to cost us points now; Coventry and again on Sat Surely that is coachable? I know the old chestnut; if he was perfect he wouldn't be here, but that cross for the first goal was his all day long. He is an excellent stopper, but a lot of work needs to be done on crosses. |
Maybe put Nardi on the naughty step and give Walsh another go?? | |
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| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 17:37 - Mar 3 with 989 views | mart_Goblin |
Cheers Clive. Very fair that. |  | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 17:37 - Mar 3 with 986 views | Dorse |
Only giving the ref 4...? 
Made me laugh out loud, that. Nice work! Shame about the result but a good showing from the team, especially in the second half. |  |
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| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 18:42 - Mar 3 with 834 views | simmo |
Varane looks the next best option for that - clear MoM and the only player that looked at the same level of the best Sheff U lads.
I'd like him to turn out into play more too, but he did some of that and took the ball from Nardi even under heavy pressure, alongside his main job which is to break up play and recycle possession. I'm not sure why all other CM's seem to get more of a pass over Varane for being ineffective in transitions when he's still young / new to the league and has otherwise shown massive improvement relatively quickly. |  |
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| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 19:10 - Mar 3 with 739 views | NewYorkRanger |
Great report as always - thanks.
It was noticeable to me in the ground at the final whistle how relatively upbeat the mood seemed. Sure, we're all disappointed to lose at home, but compare that with the run at the start of the season and how the atmosphere was after that dreadful run of home results and it's like night and day.
Despite the result, an enjoyable afternoon at the football which, after all, is why we go |  |
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| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 20:16 - Mar 3 with 624 views | NorthantsHoop |
Great report, we are getting there but falling short in being able to take our chances. Really hoping we can turn Leeds over again in front of the Sky love in for them. |  | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 22:26 - Mar 3 with 401 views | rbee |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 15:11 - Mar 3 by TheChef |
Maybe put Nardi on the naughty step and give Walsh another go?? |
Dunne and Paal to blame as well, neither shouted KEEPERS it seems, not that they should have to in that situation.
Two defenders, a keeper and Brereton still managed to score, awful goal to concede. I think Clive let them off too easily in his report, lol. |  | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 23:26 - Mar 3 with 283 views | A40Bosh |
Mrs B has the arse as apparently I chortled so hard it woke her here beside me when I got as far as the scoring for the referee.
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| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 04:01 - Mar 4 with 133 views | QPROslo |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 19:10 - Mar 3 by NewYorkRanger |
Great report as always - thanks.
It was noticeable to me in the ground at the final whistle how relatively upbeat the mood seemed. Sure, we're all disappointed to lose at home, but compare that with the run at the start of the season and how the atmosphere was after that dreadful run of home results and it's like night and day.
Despite the result, an enjoyable afternoon at the football which, after all, is why we go |
Watching on QPR+ I did appreciate our good attacking play creating so many goal scoring chances, but by the time we were into the 2nd half I had the depressing feeling that we had failed to take so many we weren't going to score at all. I was uplifted briefly by Frey's pen but again we didnt really create that much after that and couln't convert what we did. SU looked so much more effective in both penalty areas, scored from their only 2 shots on target so I read, and for all our good football it barely looked like we could scrape a point which we didn't. | | | |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 04:43 - Mar 4 with 94 views | nix |
| Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report on 18:42 - Mar 3 by simmo |
Varane looks the next best option for that - clear MoM and the only player that looked at the same level of the best Sheff U lads.
I'd like him to turn out into play more too, but he did some of that and took the ball from Nardi even under heavy pressure, alongside his main job which is to break up play and recycle possession. I'm not sure why all other CM's seem to get more of a pass over Varane for being ineffective in transitions when he's still young / new to the league and has otherwise shown massive improvement relatively quickly. |
I thought it was just me.
As you say Varane's key job is breaking up play and recovering possession. Especially with no Field to help with this. Looking at stats this season Varane carries the ball forward more than e.g. Colback, who incidentally seemed to pass the ball backwards a lot too despite being in a more attacking role. Not sure why Varane gets the heat. |  | | |
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