View from Sheffield.

[HappyHamza]

10 hours ago, Deucalion said:

I think I understand where they are coming from. 

 

When Leicester were promoted back to the top flight after our decade absence, I expected some respect to remain from the O'Neill years and our top ten finishes and cup successes.  

 

This wasn't the case. Football fans are very tunnel visioned when it comes to their club, and hardly any PL fans had took any notice of what Leicester were doing while outside the top flight.

 

Instead, you hear the cliches about physical Championship football (which I think SU displayed tbh), long ball and injuries to small squads over the winter months.  I remember it being pretty infuriating.

 

I also think they have a point about how 'Billy Big-Bollocks' some of our fans are. Our success in 2015-16 is unprecedented in our history, and thinking we have some divine right for this to continue and thinking our PL status is secure is pretty delusional.  Although I think we are stable in the PL for a good few seasons to come, I also expect to see us back in the Championship at some point too.   In the same way that Leeds and Blackburn could not turn winning the league into becoming top-flight regulars in the long-term.

 

But back to the point. No-one shows respect to newly promoted sides in the PL. The respect has to be earned. And while I understand their frustration that their view of their club is not shared by the wider world, at the end of the day they have to suck it up and prove they deserve better.  

 

One irritation at their comments. How can one criticise Leicester on the one hand for embracing the new, ie, clappers, and in the next breath criticise Leicester for still chanting, 'you're shit - ahh', in other words, the chants we have done for donkey's years?  Make your mind up!

The "your sh*t aaaaaaaaaaaargh" thing at goal kicks has always been embarrassing imo.

[1972 Fox]

4 minutes ago, HappyHamza said:

The "your sh*t aaaaaaaaaaaargh" thing at goal kicks has always been embarrassing imo.

This.

[BluethroughtheMiddle]

I've been on this forum long enough to have seen very many similar threads on here about opposition teams following a poor result. 

People in glass houses and all that.

 

Oh well never mind, on to the next game. Why bother caring what other teams fans think of us?

 

[Mark_w]

3 hours ago, Koke said:

 

Wednesday fans are a million times more unbearable. 

[Guest Manini]

Don’t like us at all do they? 

 

I know a few Sheff U fans and to be honest they’re just angry, about everything, all the time - so those comments don’t surprise me. 

[z-layrex]

Why are they all so bitter and angry? They're in the premier league this is supposed to be some of the best times.

[HighPeakFox]

1 hour ago, BluethroughtheMiddle said:

Oh well never mind, on to the next game. Why bother caring what other teams fans think of us?

Quite.

[Suzie the Fox]

A very interesting and balanced report of the game from a SUFC fan on their forums. 

 

https://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/united-1-leciester-2-report.74683/

 

Wont copy and paste as its quite detailed and long (prob will be a good 5 mins read) 

[ajthefox]

12 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Deluded.

 

As many of you will know, I'm "pessimistic" and certainly not biased towards us at all but we controlled the game. There was 10 min spell where they were okay, in which they scored, but other than that we had more ball and better chances. Even in Wilder's post match comments he summed it up.

 

I don't think I've ever seen a team knock the ball out of play so much.

 

 

Everyone is a little bit biased.

[HighPeakFox]

9 minutes ago, Suzie the Fox said:

A very interesting and balanced report of the game from a SUFC fan on their forums. 

 

https://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/united-1-leciester-2-report.74683/

 

Wont copy and paste as its quite detailed and long (prob will be a good 5 mins read) 

Thanks, a good read with fair comments.

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

2 hours ago, HappyHamza said:

The "your sh*t aaaaaaaaaaaargh" thing at goal kicks has always been embarrassing imo.

I hate that with a vengeance. 

[HighPeakFox]

1 minute ago, Cadno'r Cymoedd said:

I hate that with a vengeance. 

Funnily, I find the new Maguire/Soyuncu effort worse...the former is just mindless silliness, the latter is backwards looking, bitter and an excuse for irrelevantly singing about our player's manhood.

 

It doesn't embarrass me, but you weren't going to have me belting that out when I had a 13 (ish) year old girl stood in front of me.

[adam95581]

Hahahahaha so salty

[ealingfox]

Tinpot, small-time club with bitter and weird fans. Where have they got this idea that they've ever been relevant

 

[HighPeakFox]

1 minute ago, ealingfox said:

Tinpot, small-time club with bitter and weird fans. Where have they got this idea that they've ever been relevant

 

Did you read the link, at all?

[Lionheart10]

Even though they are in the Prem now, they have and always will, live in the shadow of Wednesday thats what makes them bitter.Must be difficult being the smaller side in the City.

[LCCFox96]

Spoke to a few Sheff Utd fans on the train and to and from the ground, they all seemed reasonable and friendly enough. I thought they look solid defensively and their team will cause enough sides problems with the overload out wide provided by the fullbacks going forwards. They did vs. Palace last weekend but I think we handled that element of their game very well. Attacking wise they looked much better when McBurnie and Sharp came on, they need to play those two from the off. 

[Jamiebux]

4 hours ago, HappyHamza said:

The "your sh*t aaaaaaaaaaaargh" thing at goal kicks has always been embarrassing imo.

Yep! Cringe worthy ! 

[Collymore]

If you've got Billy Sharp and ex forest flop David McGoldrick in your side then sorry, you've got a one way ticket back to the Championship.

 

Said the same early on about Cardiff last season too (although they were extremely unlucky with what happened with Sala) but you need more than just grit and togetherness at this level, you need some proper quality, especially upfront. 

 

 

[los dedos]

4 hours ago, HappyHamza said:

The "your sh*t aaaaaaaaaaaargh" thing at goal kicks has always been embarrassing imo.

Maybe I'm looking at it through blue tinted glasses , but at filbo it was always good for confusing the away fans with the extra long aaaaaaaarghs which were nearly always followed the whole of the Spion Kop singing an extra loud "Leicester, Leicester, Leicester Leicester " for that reason I'm in .

[Dan]

They're a bit like Burnley in that they're a well organised side that play above the sum of their parts. Different style of football to Burnley though.

[The Horse's Mouth]

I like both the Sheff clubs tbh, fans I've meant in person have always been sound like. Big fan of Wilder too, hope he gets the England gig 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Why are they still crying? They'll lose plenty more times this season, are they going to be this bitter every time? 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

7 hours ago, HappyHamza said:

The "your sh*t aaaaaaaaaaaargh" thing at goal kicks has always been embarrassing imo.

Hahah no way. It's an institution and however hard people try to gentrify the support it will remain

[Bryn]

I thought they looked a decent outfit, I was surprised Wilder came down on them so hard. They're not awash with resources but they were well set-up and whilst I would argue they did play a fairly direct style it was with good reason because we looked really vulnerable to the high ball into the box.

 

We outclassed them in the end but that shouldn't be surprising to them given what we've spent in recent years. I don't know why football fans always want to be so polarised in their views.