Match Day Thread Sheff Utd vs Saints, Tues 30th Sept 19:45

2-1 Sheffield United unfortunately....

 

We said no spoilers!

 

Nothing less than a win and at least half decent performance is good enoguht tonight.

Most of us agreed that he needs time but he has had 7 games now and we have scraped a single win against a newly promoted side.

Time to deliver now.

 

Honestly don't care about how we play if we end up with the 3 points. The winless run needs to stop and now. Don't care how it happens.

 

Question:

How many permanent managers have we had some promotion in 2012.

 

****loads.

 

I make it 11. ****ing hell.

 

Actually make it 12 including Adkins.

 

93 for the double when Branford was in charge? I haven't checked yet

EDIT: Still without checking it was in October too and a Sunday

 

Think we will play well, but struggle to break Sheffield Utd down.

If we get lucky, 1-1. But most likely a 1-0 loss.

Here for the meltdown of course.

 

I did 12 including Selles but it's 11 if he doesn't count.

Who ever did the quiz has the answer at 13 and nobody can work out how. Matt is taking it up with quiz master

 

Correct, 24th October apparently. I put 94

I did terribly at the quiz, 8/14 and Reuben Agboola gave me the answer to one of them lol.

That one was naming 6 Saints players in the 80s who had captained England. I managed two and shamefully missed one of the most obvious.

 

Ask them if they consider that the role of captain (of Saints, or of any football team) is important. Did the players listen to their captain? Were there other leaders on the field that took over, and organised players, telling them where to stand, when to run, who to mark, etc

 

13 includes Rusk and I didn't consider him permanent.

 

Mick Mills
Kevin Keegan
Dave Watson
Peter Shilton
Alan Ball
?

EDIT: Mick Channon?

 

All correct. Channon and Keegan were the two I got and Shilton was the obvious one I missed.

I hadn't realised Ball was still playing then.

 

Lol I'll give you that due to the age difference in us!

 

3 points is obviously more important but the performance matters too. Every team will pick up the odd win this season but we aren't going to do anything this season unless Still gets us playing well week in week out.

 

I'm not saying it doesn't matter but if we end up scraping an unconvincing 1-0 win I'll more than take it.

 

Also, looking at that list can you believe that little old Southampton has Keegan, Watson, Channon and Ball all playing at the same time?!!!! From memory, Shilton & Mills played together, but the others had left by then