Match Day Thread Sheff Utd v Hull City

[springtiger]

On a different tack first half they snuffed Christie out knew he was a threat.Coyle and him improved a bit but got shoved off it. And had to turn and play back a fair bit .
Our delivery into the box was dire for us but dangerous if they did the same to us. Sorry to say when Jones plays at the back we are weaker or appear disorganised , but he’s not a bd player .

 

[dennisboothstash]

On a different tack first half they snuffed Christie out knew he was a threat.Coyle and him improved a bit but got shoved off it. And had to turn and play back a fair bit .
Our delivery into the box was dire for us but dangerous if they did the same to us. Sorry to say when Jones plays at the back we are weaker or appear disorganised , but he’s not a bd player .

I thought there was a problem with Coyle and Christie being too close and going into the same space at first.
Maybe understandable

 

[PLT]

Our biggest mistake this season was never replacing Smallwood like-for-like. If you play like we do, you need a combative, physical midfielder to protect the back four who is also quite tidy on the ball. Woods, Slater and Seri aren’t really suited to it. Doc is more suited to it but isn’t really a defensive midfielder himself. Alfie Jones could do it I suppose but he’s not good enough on the ball to be a long-term CDM; he’s arguably the weakest at playing out from the back out of all our centre-halves. It needs to be addressed in the summer. Invest in a quality CDM and I believe this squad starts looking more comfortable in the way they play.

People keep saying this, but our control of midfield is good. It's creativity and a bit of guile we lack. A Smallwood type isn't going to help us be more clinical with the final ball and finish, which is what we actually need to change.

 

[AlRawdah]

People keep saying this, but our control of midfield is good. It's creativity and a bit of guile we lack. A Smallwood type isn't going to help us be more clinical with the final ball and finish, which is what we actually need to change.

Person keeps saying it, to be fair. One person.

The idea that our midfield is woefully deficient is laughable just now. It might be short on quality, we are a lower half Championship side so that’s inevitable, but we close down sides pretty well right now. We shepherd and nudge and block, we don’t rely on thunderous crash tackles.

 

[Kalman]

People keep saying this, but our control of midfield is good. It's creativity and a bit of guile we lack. A Smallwood type isn't going to help us be more clinical with the final ball and finish, which is what we actually need to change.

Currently Seri and Doc are both sitting deep to make up for the fact we don’t have a defensive midfielder whose dedicated role that is. It does affect how we play.

 

[Gone For A Walk]

Apologies if already posted. From this clip it looks like McBurnie should have been off too - elbow and initial head to face. Of course Tetteh shouldn't have responded like that, but McBurnie should have been off too. Once again we get shafted.

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[HulltoHellandback]

Can't stand the chavvy twat (no surprise he's from Leeds) so I refuse to watch it

 

[Kalman]

Apologies if already posted. From this clip it looks like McBurnie should have been off too - elbow and initial head to face. Of course Tetteh shouldn't have responded like that, but McBurnie should have been off too. Once again we get shafted.

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Don’t get how Robinson didn’t get booked for throwing Connolly to the ground. It wasn’t even two players tussling; he just grabbed him and chucked him to the ground.

 

[Howdentiger2]

Apologies if already posted. From this clip it looks like McBurnie should have been off too - elbow and initial head to face. Of course Tetteh shouldn't have responded like that, but McBurnie should have been off too. Once again we get shafted.

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Tbf neither of them should have been sent off, the games to soft

 

[Steven Toast]

Person keeps saying it, to be fair. One person.

The idea that our midfield is woefully deficient is laughable just now. It might be short on quality, we are a lower half Championship side so that’s inevitable, but we close down sides pretty well right now. We shepherd and nudge and block, we don’t rely on thunderous crash tackles.

If we played 4-3-3, with three central players (which would put a lot of pressure on the two wide men), I think it might alleviate some of the issues. If Christie is deployed as a RW, then you've got that natural defensive cover dropping in. On the other side you could have Connolly/Ebiowei as more of a direct attacking threat with Oscar through the middle. But then, I feel like we tried that with Grant and got done over too often because our full backs were exposed.

 

[AlRawdah]

If we played 4-3-3, with three central players (which would put a lot of pressure on the two wide men), I think it might alleviate some of the issues. If Christie is deployed as a RW, then you've got that natural defensive cover dropping in. On the other side you could have Connolly/Ebiowei as more of a direct attacking threat with Oscar through the middle. But then, I feel like we tried that with Grant and got done over too often because our full backs were exposed.

Plus Christie looks lost playing further forward. He wants to be a high energy full back, and he’s the best we’ve got in that position.

 

[springtiger]

Aren’t sure if anyone’s seen the video of city fans throwing a smoke bomb at a car but really starting to get sick of some of the away crowd. Putting me off going.

Where is it curious? Had a good deal of grief there over the years

 

[Idi Amin]

Plus Christie looks lost playing further forward. He wants to be a high energy full back, and he’s the best we’ve got in that position.

I'd just play him over Coyle. Full stop.

 

[ThunderCityAFC]

Aren’t sure if anyone’s seen the video of city fans throwing a smoke bomb at a car but really starting to get sick of some of the away crowd. Putting me off going.

Ollie McBurnie & Tetteh pretended to slap each other and feigned 'nutting' each other which looked the most violent action of the day.
Does that put you off going?
Maybe tennis is your thing.

 

[steverico]

Aren’t sure if anyone’s seen the video of city fans throwing a smoke bomb at a car but really starting to get sick of some of the away crowd. Putting me off going.

Good job you weren’t around in the 60’/70’s and 80’s mate, you would have never been again at a match, fanny.

 

[Benjo]

Thought we played really well against a much more settled team in a far loftier position. Glad I didn't come on to read some of this last night though. We've had that many players scapegoated over the course of half a season it's as if none of them were good enough to pull on the shirt last night.

This thread has had pops at Coyle, Jones, Mac, Slater, Doc, Tufan, Longman, Connolly, Oscar and Christie and I don't think any of them played particularly badly. It was a solid effort against a team that showed why they're so far above us. We still suffer these moments however where we switch off and it costs us. They're getting fewer but we're clearly playing miles better as time goes on and there are so many points left up for grabs.

 

[ThunderCityAFC]

Thought we played really well against a much more settled team in a far loftier position. Glad I didn't come on to read some of this last night though. We've had that many players scapegoated over the course of half a season it's as if none of them were good enough to pull on the shirt last night.

This thread has had pops at Coyle, Jones, Mac, Slater, Doc, Tufan, Longman, Connolly, Oscar and Christie and I don't think any of them played particularly badly. It was a solid effort against a team that showed why they're so far above us. We still suffer these moments however where we switch off and it costs us. They're getting fewer but we're clearly playing miles better as time goes on and there are so many points left up for grabs.

True, we've stopped shipping goals, I think everyone likes how we're playing. We aren't scoring. Latest news, we're looking at bringing in Newcastle's redundant Goalkeeper.

 

[Shark Sports]

Like what? Doc had a good game even though he’s technically-limited, Slater did nothing again. Didn’t break up play like Doc and Seri, didn’t link up play, didn’t do anything. He didn’t do the unfashionable stuff; he did nothing.

When you look at the stats for the season they really make for grim reading too for Slater.

Doch, Woods, Tufan & Seri have all made more tackles per 90, interceptions they all make more per game apart from Woods, passes they all make more, and key passes they all make more.

The one thing he does well is keeping the ball, and he doesn't lose it often. He doesn't do much with it on the whole mind either.

 

[Nikica Jellyfish]

Good job you weren’t around in the 60’/70’s and 80’s mate, you would have never been again at a match, fanny.

Made me audibly laugh out loud, problem for me is a load of posing arrogant little cock wombles. Annoying if anything else…

 

[dennisboothstash]

Aren’t sure if anyone’s seen the video of city fans throwing a smoke bomb at a car but really starting to get sick of some of the away crowd. Putting me off going.

Is it the one where there’s a smoke device going off on the road, he picks it up presumably to move it, tosses it away but by then a car has arrived and it lands on the bonnet. He realises, possibly mid throw to be fair, and admittedly doesn’t remove as he should have done, but two City fans behind him do remove it from the car.?
That video?