Solid start to the season (5 Viewers)

[Cally Fedora]

He’s scored in both away games. You don’t go to games though so probably haven’t even noticed

Did he? Hadn’t noticed. Arse.

 

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[Lamps]

By this logic any comparison is a waste of time.

How many sides that have played Sheffield United this season beat them in the corresponding games last season?

 

[blunted]

Pearce wasn't brilliant for the City tho'.
Borderline average.

Yeah that's why the Forest, a top club at the time bought him. I'm talking Stuart Pearce the England right back not the centre half.

 

[shmmeee]

How many sides that have played Sheffield United this season beat them in the corresponding games last season?

Not sure how this disproves that any comparison is invalid if you take that line.

 

[CCFC96]

By this logic any comparison is a waste of time.

No it isn’t - comparing us at home vs Wednesday last year to what it will be this year is a completely pointless endeavour.

However comparing both say, ours and Bristol City’s starts (played similar sides) is a fair thing to do.

 

[shmmeee]

No it isn’t - comparing us at home vs Wednesday last year to what it will be this year is a completely pointless endeavour.

However comparing both say, ours and Bristol City’s starts (played similar sides) is a fair thing to do.

In what sense are you classing sides as similar?

 

[blunted]

Clough saw the potential & developed the player.

Bobby Gould said at the time he had asked his players if any of them knew a good right back. Pearce was recommended. Terry Venables wanted him. Can't remember if he was managing QPR or Spurs. Gould said he couldn't believe how good a player he was for a bloke who had been on a building site.
The only player I remember taking Pearce to the cleaners for us was Kevin Gallacher. Incidentally, Gallacher was another player who came in and was brilliant right away. Apart from Grimes, I struggle to think of another player who has come in and has been really good from day one.

 

[CCFC96]

In what sense are you classing sides as similar?

We’ve both played Derby and Hull.

you get no benefit comparing us playing a Selles Hull side to this season hull

 

[blunted]

More that we got 9 points from these 4 games last season. So while the football has been great at times, results wise we’re behind on last year, which isn’t great.

However, if we draw against Norwich we’re back level and if we win we’re two points up. Next three will tell us a lot about whether we’ve improved on last year. I don’t think we came close to a top three side in any game last season under Lampard really. Beat a Sunderland team on the beach but didn’t really lay a glove on them when it mattered. I want to see us competing against the likes of Norwich Leicester and Birmingham before I decide we’ve moved up a level.

Have to disagree with your Sunderland play off matches observation. Most third party observers thought we were not only the better side over two legs, but had the best chances and were unlucky as well.
The bounce of the ball twice for Rudoni in front of goal were really unlucky preventing him scoring. They parked the bus twice and we gave them two soft goals. The one from MVE was a school boy error which happens when the pressure is on. See Maatsen in the Euro final.
I completely agree we never got near Leeds in two matches and only gave Burnley a match at home where goalkeeper errors undermined us. Sheff Utd took us to the cleaners at their place and we got lucky with the sending off at home, or it is likely we would have lost that match as well.
Add West Brom and Bristol to clubs we must compete with.

 

[wingy]

Sunderland were on the beach?!!
They went on to get promoted, did they cut their holiday short?!

They were coasting as they couldn't achieve second spot by the time they played us?