Dem Blades v The Black Cats

[PapaLazarou]

Horrendous officiating yet again. Absolutely dreadful.

 

But we rise above it and take the points yet again.

 

Only downside is the next 2 games without Souttar & Anel.

 

Buy once again…. What a keeper!!

[Alextopman]

2 hours ago, m williamson said:

What was your opinion of their sending off? From our position - John Street stand about 20 yards out from the Bramall Lane penalty area - it looked a bit harsh. Definite foul, but we were all surprised when the red card appeared.

Our sending off was daft, he's a terrific player but on a yellow you don't pull someone back by the shirt in front of the ref.

We've now got to play West Brom away without Souter and Anel our first choice central defenders. I'd take a draw 🙄

 

I'm in the John street stand and it was a deffo red.

[Baron99]

One of those great night games at BDTBL & we did enough to justify the result with Cooper making the pen save & Davies scoring.  What a game to get your first goal. 

 

Shame about Souttar getting a red but he did look as though he tugged at the Sunderland player's shirt & that's all that's needed these day. 

 

8 clean sheet in a row now at BDTBL.  Must be some kind of record? 

 

Onwards & upwards.  UTB! 

[Alextopman]

11 hours ago, Ridgewalk said:

Super Cooper. Looks like Wilders unearthed another gem in Davies. 
 

Ref was terrible. Atmosphere on Kop fantastic.

 

 

 

The Black Cats came for the cream but it wasn't them who ended up top.

[m williamson]

11 hours ago, PapaLazarou said:

Horrendous officiating yet again. Absolutely dreadful.

 

But we rise above it and take the points yet again.

 

Only downside is the next 2 games without Souttar & Anel.

 

Buy once again…. What a keeper!!

 

Isn't it only for one game now?  Anel didn't play Tuesday or last night so has one more to go and Souter's was a second yellow so that's a one match ban isn't it, or have I got that wrong?

Bad enough losing them both against West Brom away but won't they both be back for Millwall?

[NERVY-OWL]

19 hours ago, m williamson said:

 

Fair enough, that wasn't clear from where we were sat and it looked a foul but  nothing more. Good game for the neutral, a bit

" chuffin ell what are we doing? " for the supporters. 

That goal kick short ball is doing my head in. Keeper plays it to defender in box, opponents who are stood on the edge of the area rush the man in possession, he plays it back to the keeper. The keeper then kicks it long, which is what he could have done in the first place under no pressure 🤬.

 

Having defenders in our box at goal kicks to bring their forwards to the edge of the box is a good idea, then the keeper hitting it long looking for our front players would make sense but farting about and risking losing possession twenty five to thirty yards from our goal is ridiculous!

 

 

Yea I've never understood messing about like that but making things 10 times more difficult is the done thing in football these days.