Sheffield United v Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[jwarry]

 Bizarrely the stats say we had more shots than them but it didn’t bloody feel like it!

[phantom limb]

Complete and utter fucking rubbish, from start to finish. Three absolute massive games now, with us bang out of form and no guarantees of much needed reinforcements in January.

Merry Christmas.

[SoccerHQ]

This is beginning to feel a litle like the season we went down. On the pitch anyway. Where we were all cautiously optimistic with the summer signings. Veretout on the pitch, Gana, Ayew. And while all those players had talent as has been proven since, it just didn't happen at all when playing for us. We looked disjointed and the manager simply didn't have the first clue on how to fix it. Now of course things were a lot worse off it which gives me some hope that this can be corrected, even through a drastic step like change of manager. But right now, as it stands our decline is steep and incredibly alarming. I don't see three worse teams than us and morale everywhere is dropping fast.

We simply don't have enough in the final third just like in 15/16.

You can have all the good defenders and midfielders (and I think we do) but if you don't have a capable striker and a good wide player or two you'll be found out in time.

It's a minor miracle we've scored as much as we have this season but now McGinn is off form that's a major goal threat gone. We have little on the bench to mix things up either.

I always thought we signed a defender too many in the summer and not enough attackers and this is the stage of the season where it's biting us on the backside.

[Axl Rose]

Didn't enjoy that.

Don't like any of our players or management team today. Inept isn't the word.

McGinn, Wesley, Targett and Lansbury were all candidates for biggest waste of space on the pitch.

Crap.

Please don't lose to Liverpool under 5's.

[Richard]

Looking more and more like a bog standard championship team which is where we will be next season if we don't effing sort this out quick.

[brontebilly]

Wes or Kodj, now you see it doesn’t matter as they are isolated. We could put Aguero up there and it would make no difference. Deans pressing game seems to have disappeared and I fear he’s beginning to panic and not stick to his principles

Out of his depth it seems along with a number of players. We were a complete rabble out there . Fitness levels alone in comparison to Sheff Utd are embarrassing. Lack of spirit, quality and a coherent plan of what to do with ball.

Heaton 7, Guilbert 6, Engels 8, Hause 6, Targett 4, Nakamba 6, McGinn 5, Lansbury 4, AEG 4, Wes 4, Grealish 4.  Luiz 4, Kodjia 4, Trez 4

[Dave P]

We’re going to win the cup and go down aren’t we?

[levico]

Smith seems powerless to change things.

Only going in one direction.

[villadelph]

takeaways..

We get killed by the 3-5-2.

The club bought a 25mil Brazilian brick shithouse who hasn't scored in 9 games, and we're yet to have a headed goal all season.

We have way too many central midfielders on at once.

We're bad.

35 million pounds is only half a percent of their combined wealth. Lets have an active january.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Not just today but for most of this season, I'm struggling to see what we're trying to do. Today was no surprise. Outplayed again.

[kippaxvilla2]

I said on the match thread.  I know talk of sacking Dean is seen as lynching territory but you only have to look at today’s opposition to see what a well drilled, tactically aware manager can get from a promoted team.  And they’ve spent £100m less than us.

[hilts_coolerking]

Second game in a row in which we were abject.  No positives to be taken from either of them.  Smith is struggling very badly.  Our good players are out of form (except Heaton), our average players aren't good enough to change games, and some of our buys look downright poor.  We have almost no strength in depth, we seem to have lost all belief, and the manager appears unable to effect any meaningful change.

Yes, on paper we have some less challenging fixtures coming up, but our opponents for those games will be thinking exactly the same thing.  Bar big spending in January I don't see how things are going to turn around quickly.

We're in a bit of a pickle.

[Nii Lamptey]

If we don't win impressively on Tues AND pick up 3 points against Southampton on Saturday, he's got to go. No signs of a revival - In fact, we're getting progressively worse.
Can't afford to drop anything over our next 4 games at least.

For some reason, I've got a gut feeling that the Liverpool youth team will do us! Hold out for a draw and beat us on Pens. And then, next weekend of course, we're bound to succumb to a Danny Ings goal or two.

In fact, fuck it. Smith out. NOW!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Southampton only need a point at home to West Ham and we're in the bottom three.

Watch them take 3.

[Risso]

I said on the match thread.  I know talk of sacking Dean is seen as lynching territory but you only have to look at today’s opposition to see what a well drilled, tactically aware manager can get from a promoted team.  And they’ve spent £100m less than us.

At the moment I couldn't care less if he was potted.  You can't go on making the same mistakes and not changing things.