Author Topic: Sheffield United vs Newcastle United - 12/1/21 - 6pm (Live on Sky) (Read 9030 times)

Yorkie · « **Reply #25 on:** Saturday 9 January 2021, 09:49:55 PM »

Easy Newcastle win for me. People overstating how bad we are again.

Shearergol · « **Reply #26 on:** Saturday 9 January 2021, 10:04:06 PM »

Quote from: Yorkie on Saturday 9 January 2021, 09:49:55 PM

Easy Newcastle win for me. People overstating how bad we are again.

You keep saying we have zero chance of going down. Opinion change if we don’t win here?

Bishops Finger · « **Reply #27 on:** Saturday 9 January 2021, 10:09:09 PM »

Quote from: Yorkie on Saturday 9 January 2021, 09:49:55 PM

Easy Newcastle win for me. People overstating how bad we are again.

Blame Bruce, he's the one giving s*** teams far too much respect

Yorkie · « **Reply #28 on:** Saturday 9 January 2021, 10:58:13 PM »

Well I don't think we will lose to Sheffield United so I probably won't have to give it any real thought. Despite how poor we look, at the moment - and throughout the entirety of Bruce's tenure - we're still averaging three wins in every ten games.

Take any selection of 'last ten games' throughout his time here, we average 3.2 wins and 12.4 points. I really fail to see us departing from that sort of 'consistent inconsistency'. We play abysmal football and we occasionally get hammered. But most of the time, we stay in games just long enough for us to pinch just enough points. Be it through our exceptional goalkeepers, disciplined defenders or one very potent striker - we'll always have just enough.

I suppose if we lost to Sheffield United, thereby equalling our worst run of form under Bruce (six without a win), I might start to think twice. But I don't think we will. Even a draw wouldn't be the 'worst result in the world' when your aspirations are of 15th. But I think we'll win.


Wins      Last 10 games                           Points

3      L   D   L   D   L   W   W   L   L   W     11
3      D   L   D   L   W   W   L   L   W   D     12
3      L   D   L   W   W   L   L   W   D   L     11
4      D   L   W   W   L   L   W   D   L   W     14
4      L   W   W   L   L   W   D   L   W   D     14
4      W   W   L   L   W   D   L   W   D   L     14
4      W   L   L   W   D   L   W   D   L   W     14
3      L   L   W   D   L   W   D   L   W   L     11
3      L   W   D   L   W   D   L   W   L   D     12
3      W   D   L   W   D   L   W   L   D   L     12
2      D   L   W   D   L   W   L   D   L   L     9
2      L   W   D   L   W   L   D   L   L   L     8
2      W   D   L   W   L   D   L   L   L   D     9
2      D   L   W   L   D   L   L   L   D   W     9
2      L   W   L   D   L   L   L   D   W   D     9
3      W   L   D   L   L   L   D   W   D   W     12
3      L   D   L   L   L   D   W   D   W   W     12
3      D   L   L   L   D   W   D   W   W   D     13
3      L   L   L   D   W   D   W   W   D   L     12
3      L   L   D   W   D   W   W   D   L   L     12
3      L   D   W   D   W   W   D   L   L   D     13
3      D   W   D   W   W   D   L   L   D   D     14
4      W   D   W   W   D   L   L   D   D   W     16
3      D   W   W   D   L   L   D   D   W   D     14
3      W   W   D   L   L   D   D   W   D   L     13
2      W   D   L   L   D   D   W   D   L   L     10
1      D   L   L   D   D   W   D   L   L   L     7
2      L   L   D   D   W   D   L   L   L   W     9
2      L   D   D   W   D   L   L   L   W   L     9
3      D   D   W   D   L   L   L   W   L   W     12
4      D   W   D   L   L   L   W   L   W   W     14
4      W   D   L   L   L   W   L   W   W   D     14
3      D   L   L   L   W   L   W   W   D   L     11
4      L   L   L   W   L   W   W   D   L   W     13
5      L   L   W   L   W   W   D   L   W   W     16
5      L   W   L   W   W   D   L   W   W   D     17
5      W   L   W   W   D   L   W   W   D   L     17
5      L   W   W   D   L   W   W   D   L   W     17
5      W   W   D   L   W   W   D   L   W   L     17
4      W   D   L   W   W   D   L   W   L   D     15
3      D   L   W   W   D   L   W   L   D   L     12
3      L   W   W   D   L   W   L   D   L   D     12
4      W   W   D   L   W   L   D   L   D   W     15
3      W   D   L   W   L   D   L   D   W   L     12
2      D   L   W   L   D   L   D   W   L   L     9


Most points in a ten-game period: 17 - period between late October and Christmas 2019 (ending after Miggy nabbed that goal v Palace)

Fewest points in a ten-game period: 7 - period immediately following that Miggy goal, up until just before lockdown

Average points in a ten-game period: 12.4

Average wins in a ten-game period: 3.2

Current games without a win: 5

Most games witout a win: 6 - last six games of 2019/20

Super Duper Branko Strupar · « **Reply #29 on:** Saturday 9 January 2021, 11:15:45 PM »

20 minutes to Wapner!

Yorkie · « **Reply #30 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 01:03:22 AM »

Lights out at 11, Branks.

xLiaaamx · « **Reply #31 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 05:29:02 AM »

No way do we lose here. The football gods love Bruce too much to put him under the sort of pressure that does

GWN · « **Reply #32 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 09:55:08 AM »

Quote from: Super Duper Branko Strupar on Saturday 9 January 2021, 09:32:44 PM

Never mind he should be gone if we lose, he should be gone if they score.

0-0

The only way he would be gone was if we'd just had 3-4 battering . Hes here for a while yet, lose this and hes still very secure in his job , no way he is under pressure yet .You just know it.

RS · « **Reply #33 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 10:55:29 AM »

“Lads were tired after the great effort at arsenal, but hey....dust etc”. He’s standing in front of Alex right now practising it.

toon25 · « **Reply #34 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 11:58:07 AM »

He’ll fluke a draw and see it as a massive achievement

Shay's Given Tim Flowers · « **Reply #35 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 01:16:18 PM »

Quote from: Super Duper Branko Strupar on Saturday 9 January 2021, 11:15:45 PM

20 minutes to Wapner!

Bimpy474 · « **Reply #36 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 02:02:52 PM »

Sheffield United's first win, and those who don't think we're in trouble get the jolt they need.

George Bailey · « **Reply #37 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 02:05:41 PM »

Bore draw.

Paully · « **Reply #38 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 02:53:55 PM »

Don’t forget that a team with one win in 20 league matches are bookies favourites to win this!

GWN · « **Reply #39 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 02:58:45 PM »

Surely no JL in this one? Surely not.

Abra Dubravka · « **Reply #40 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 03:03:04 PM »

Think we're the team that's most suited for them to get their first win. Despite how shambolic they've been this season, we'll let them play and get into the game. We've no intensity about us at all, we can't keep the ball so won't be able to open them up at all and expose their dire defensive.

Gravy Boat will play 5 across the back again, and launch balls up to Wilson all evening that'll make Chris Basham look like VVD.

Shelvey will be back in, and Berge/Fleck will run rings around him, with any one of Hendrick/Longstaffs/Hayden next to him chasing shadows and shuffling around 5 seconds behind play. Usual fare from Joelinton, playing like he's on LCD.

Two Championship wingers (Ritchie/Murphy) at wing backs. Bruce will probably drop Clark for Arsenal mistake, so can see Hayden having to play back there, with Lascelles back in. Schar dropped.

Us not losing will be again down to the usual combination of blind luck, Darlow, and the centre backs getting in the way of everything.

Yorkie · « **Reply #41 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 03:05:11 PM »

Schar and Ferandez both missing the Arsenal game would suggest they'll both be back in for this, unless there's a fitness issue I'm missing. Lascelles was obviously f***ed by half-time yesterday so you wouldn't expect him to start again here.

Ben · « **Reply #42 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 03:08:22 PM »

Lascelles would have been sent off if he played the second half

nufcjb · « **Reply #43 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 06:10:56 PM »

1-0 home win. A late goal in the 2nd half.

Lazarus · « **Reply #44 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 06:29:57 PM »

3-3 draw.

Mattoon · « **Reply #45 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 06:48:28 PM »

Honestly, it could be anything, the only thing I know for sure is that it'll be an insult to the game of football, two horrific sides too scared to do anything, letting their keepers do all the forward passing and a pair of midfields playing grenade football

Most deserving match of a no score draw, both sides deserving to lose but one side could nick it with a moment of "magic".

bowlingcrofty · « **Reply #46 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 06:51:31 PM »

Gonna be like that game where big Jeff scored for Burnley to beat us 1-0 in the first season back up. Neither team will do anything for 90 mins and we’ll lose to the shittest goal imaginable.

CalmintheChaos · « **Reply #47 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 08:32:37 PM »

1-1 draw I reckon.

I would go

Darlow

Krafth
Fernandez
Clark
Lewis

Matty
Hayden

Murphy
Anderson
Almiron

Wilson

Pilko · « **Reply #48 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 08:36:37 PM »

No way does Anderson start this. He'll be an unused sub at most, wouldn't shock me if he's not even on the bench. Dusty Bingefield will go for tired and tested, Joelinton, Hendrick, S Longstaff etc.

Scotty66 · « **Reply #49 on:** Sunday 10 January 2021, 09:14:20 PM »

Would actually give Shelvey a game against these. We need as many creative players as possible and with wilsons movement I think the two could work well together.

Poor defensively of course but when he wants to this lad can play some defense splitting passes.