Sheffield United battered Aston Villa 4-1 - Post Match Thread

[auntiesledd]

I just cannot fathom the absence of effort. They really did run us off the park.

Bullied completely, they were stronger in the tackle, closed us down and did generally a lot of hard work off the ball. Nothing spectacular, just fundamental stuff.

We on the other hand were utterly lethargic, weak as well, devoid of ideas and a plan organisation.

It really was utterly embarrassing.

I feel for you Ads - and the many others who were subjected to that debacle today.

As a matter of interest, would you keep Bruce?

I'd rather have time to think before answering that. The sting and embarrassment of the defeat is too raw and I'm also roasting having parked at the top of sodding hill.

Fair enough. Safe journey home (& I trust you have some booze to look forward to when you get back).

[Pat McMahon]

Last time I suffered something as bad as that it was Southampton away.

Just. Nothing.

I must take some responsibility for this. I was in Oxford that day we were hammered 6-1. Guess where I was today for the first time in 3 years?

[Villafirst]

I wonder if the team are forcing him out. Rightly so.

His treatment of Adomah is shocking. Also, he said Bree did well at Burton, but dropped to the bench today?  He didn't even get on! Nor Bjarnason??  He played well against Reading....

[achilles]

I just cannot fathom the absence of effort. They really did run us off the park.

Bullied completely, they were stronger in the tackle, closed us down and did generally a lot of hard work off the ball. Nothing spectacular, just fundamental stuff.

We on the other hand were utterly lethargic, weak as well, devoid of ideas and a plan organisation.

It really was utterly embarrassing.

Ads, do you think the players have given up with Bruce?

[PeterWithesShin]

Sky 'highlights'

[Ads]

When I get back I'm picking up the family and driving another 2 and a half hours west to North Wales! I may have a beer some time after 10.

It's hard to really know whether he lost the players, but that performance was unbelievably limp.

We're going to get beat this season and suffer poor performances, but the insipid nature of that was so similar to some.of the worst surrenders the year we went down that I think you must consider it.

[Monty]

Sky 'highlights'

My God, it looks even worse than it sounded.

[ChicagoLion]

Players can work out that playing 3 players in defense out of position is not a great idea, his willingness to throw players under the bus does not go unnoticed.
I bet if you asked the players if they think he is a really good bloke you might be surprised.

[Goldie.7]

No tactics.
No creativity.
No desire.
No urgency.
No formation.
No structure.
No game plan.
No defence.
No leadership.
No imagination.
No team spirit.
No improvement.

[paul_e]

Sky 'highlights'

My God, it looks even worse than it sounded.

Possibly an error from the keeper for the 3rd (but hard to know how late he saw it) but the other 3 were poor organisation and they just walked through us.

[Drummond]

By all means boo at the end but for the life of me I can see how chanting against the manager during the match, helps.

Because fuck all else would help when you're 3-0 down and playing a team that look like Barcelona because of how shit you are.

[Monty]

Sky 'highlights'

My God, it looks even worse than it sounded.

Possibly an error from the keeper for the 3rd (but hard to know how late he saw it) but the other 3 were poor organisation and they just walked through us.

Time after time as well. It could've been many more.

[four fornicholl]

Sky 'highlights'

My God, it looks even worse than it sounded.

Possibly an error from the keeper for the 3rd (but hard to know how late he saw it) but the other 3 were poor organisation and they just walked through us.

I seriously can't bring myself to watch it.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Sky 'highlights'

My God, it looks even worse than it sounded.

Possibly an error from the keeper for the 3rd (but hard to know how late he saw it) but the other 3 were poor organisation and they just walked through us.

I seriously can't bring myself to watch it.

Save yourself for the Extended Highlights.

[andyh]

Just heard some of his post match comments, I can’t really repeat what he said because I was too busy shouting ‘lying bastard’.

He said something like ‘itwas only a couple of weeks ago they were saying we had played the best football for years.’

Yes, we played well, FOR AN HOUR, but we were hardly Barcelona. and we didn’t feckin win.

After the Brentford game where we played well for 60 mins, he was happy to tell the world that THAT was the level of performance he expected, and that finally we are able to produce it because he has finally got the players to do it.
He was milking the plaudits like he’d won the feckin league.

It’s completely obvious that 60 minutes of football was despite him, not because of him.

He is the  master of spin, bullshit and deflection.

Like in yesterday’s prematch presser wher he told the world we had lost 5,6 or 7 players of those that had featured in the playoffs.

Seven? Fuck off.