Five games unbeaten, 13 goals in the last four.
It does feel a bit better.
This was a very pleasant 90 minutes. Almost unexpectedly so.
But I’ll take it.
Right… back to Stranger Things – still catching up. No spoilers, please.
Tag: sheffield united
We keep going
Another win, and this one after we’d been really poor in the first half. And then we went and scored three goals. I don’t know what happened, but it looked like the same old, same old when we got to half time, and then someone put a firecracker under our collective arses in the second period.
Still, I’m not complaining. My only gripe is that the excitement and adrenaline prevented me from sleeping for quite a lot of the night. And that’s left me a bit broken today.
On the plus side, I’m off to emulate some of the heroics from last night by playing a bit of the old togger tonight, for the first time in ages.
As I type, it’s only 33C out there, so I’m sure it’ll be an extremely uncomfortable a fun and pleasant experience.
Life is tough sometimes
I know that this correlates badly with yesterday’s post, but wow.
It’s not like we’re a million miles away. It’s just not quite happening.
As I’ve said before: the teams that win the league are the ones who can play badly and get away with it. We’re playing ok, and we’re losing. And that doesn’t fill me with confidence.
I do think that we’ll turn it around, but it’s difficult to work on fixing stuff when it’s not absolutely clear just what it is that needs fixing.
Onwards and upward (because there’s no other direction in which to go at the moment).
Up and running
Finally.
A goal.
A clean sheet.
A WIN!
All aboard the express train to the Premier League.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Guess who’s back?
I’ve been watching football for long enough that I understand a lot of it. Business, though? Not a clue.
That’s why I leave running the club to the people who do understand the business bit. But it seems like they might not quite have understood the football side of things.
And if you want to run a successful football business, well, you need to know both.
But look here. Maybe our American owners have learned a bit about the football side of things from this whole affair. That there’s more to managing a football team than just an allegedly pretty face and a seductive accent. And while the strict facts and figures approach might work for a biggest clubs, we aren’t them. And when you need to grind out results, week in, week out, then you need grit, passion and someone who understands the club.
Chris Wilder is absolutely that.
Fan, ball-boy, player, manager (manager, manager).
Is he the right man for the job long-term? I’m not 100% sure. But already – thanks to his usurper/predecessor – this season is just about establishing ourselves again, steadying the ship, and not getting relegated. Making up that lost ground on the teams at the top of the league will certainly be the aim, but that might already be too big a job.
Sure, it’s a marathon, not a sprint, but who starts a marathon 13 points and 19 goals behind the leaders?
That’s not even how marathons work.
And so I think this two season deal is just perfect. Consolidate and build this time around, and mount another charge for Premier League glory next time around. It seems absolutely ridiculous that we’ve basically lost a whole season thanks to this weird, unwanted, wholly unsuccessful 3 month intrusion, but here we are.
So. Onward and upward. And pity help Charlton Athletic this weekend*.
* T&Cs always, always apply.