Sheffield United 1-1 Watford FC - 26/12/2019

Discussion in 'Match Day' started by Davidmsawyer, Dec 23, 2019.

  1. Davidmsawyer

    Davidmsawyer Statto Statto Statto

    Well, we can all relax a bit on Christmas Day with 3 precious points having been picked up against Man Utd.

    Many have said if we don’t back that up with more points again Sheffield United it will be worthless, which would be a shame as it would drop us back down to 9 points.

    Here are the key things that will influence the result:

    How good are the teams?
    Sheffield United are surely the surprise package this season and are sitting pretty in 5th place with 28 points. We are sadly languishing at the bottom, 6 points from safety.

    Sheffield Utd will certainly be looking for the win, but should be wary after our last two games.

    Who has the steel for the fight?
    Many have lauded Pearson for the extra fight he has brought into the team.

    However, during pre-season Chris Wilder actually infused all of his players with the finest Sheffield Steel. Think Wolverine but a bit more steely.

    This has largely been attributed as the cause of their rise up the table.

    Interestingly some players have also taken on other abilities similar to Wolverine. Most famously Billy Sharp can sprout Sheffield Steel butter knives out of his hands. It is for this reason he is called Butterine. This means he isn’t as dangerous as Wolverine, but is much more yourself at breakfast time to get the squads toast buttered quickly, freeing up more time for training.

    Architecture
    We all know the surroundings of an area can impact the result of the game. I randomly googled an image from both Watford and Sheffield, and can categorically say Watford edge this one.

    Sheffield:
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    Watford:
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    Cheese
    Who has the best cheese?

    Sheffield win this one hands down. Watford is in a cheese desert when it comes to traditional cheese locations.

    Sheffield has Stilton and Dovedale on its doorstep. We have to travel for a couple of hours to even get a whiff of a Sussex Charmer.

    [​IMG]

    Conclusion
    For your Boxing Day spread you should source you cheese from further afield than Watford.

    Oh yes this game is also on Amazon live. It’s Prime!
     
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  2. Supertommymooney

    Supertommymooney Squad Player

    Cheese desert? Not cheese after dessert?
     
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  3. I'm not gonna lie, it's a little disturbing that you managed to source a picture of me outside my house for your write up?!
     
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  4. carboy98

    carboy98 Reservist

    QSF back if we don't pick up 3 points here imo.
     
  5. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Must win game. So important to show the MU result wasn't a fluke. The impact for the rest of the season on morale and self-belief of another win vs a defeat can't be underestimated.
    2-0 to SU.
     
  6. Davidmsawyer

    Davidmsawyer Statto Statto Statto

    More like a desert meaning a lack of cheese, similar to the ‘food desert’ where people are not near fresh food.
     
  7. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

  8. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    Cheesecake?
     
  9. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

  10. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    Give him a break it must have taken hours to colour that picture in as I'm sure it's all still black & white up there.
     
  11. Cassetti's Beard

    Cassetti's Beard First Team

    Another piss easy game for the Hornets, second easiest victory we'll get all season.

    Sheff United 0 4 Watford

    The orns are staying up!
     
  12. Sahorn

    Sahorn Reservist

    21st December was the shortest, darkest day.

    The first half of the season reflects everything that was wrong. Half our shirt reflects the black darkness of that first half of the season -

    - like a moonless night in our small town, starless and bible black, the supporters silent on the cobblestones as our team limped almost invisibly down, down to the sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, depths at the darkest position at the bottom of the league..
    Only your eyes are unclosed to see the black and folded town fast, and slow, asleep.

    22nd December was like a new dawn.

    The darkness is lifting, the days are getting longer. The sun will shine longer, we have Nige the escape artist.
    The second half of our season will be like the other half of our shirt, and our season will now be yellow, bright, and sunny.

    1-2 win coming up.


    (funny what a good day at the Vic and a good few beers does to the mind :confused: - and apologies to Dylan Thomas)
     
  13. 3000

    3000 Reservist

    Didn’t we reach 4th after beating Liverpool in December 2015?

    Sheff Utds moment in the sun will come to an end and it starts on Boxing Day.
     
  14. carboy98

    carboy98 Reservist

    I've just looked at their recent results and they've had a remarkably easy December - Wolves, Newcastle, Norwich, Villa, Brighton and now us.

    Could they have been sweetly lulled into a false sense of security by this feast of mediocrity, ready to be rudely awakened by a fired-up Deeney's incredible bulk pinballing around their back four?

    Probably not. A draw would be good. COYH.
     
  15. Markoa$

    Markoa$ Squad Player

    Confident of another win providing Pearson refuses to let our players go out on the pop. I hope he has strict guidelines on drinking this Christmas and New Year. We are bottom and the players need to take this season seriously. No time for them to put their feet up. Any player that gets wasted Christmas should immediately be fined and dropped.

    Providing our players take is seriously then I actually think we will go there and thrash them 4-1.
     
  16. SkylaRose

    SkylaRose Administrator Staff Member

    It's crazy how close together these next couple of games are. Match previews are going to be up and down faster than Sarr racing down the
    flanks.

    Anyway, this is a game I expect us to get something from, or I hope we can. Sheff Utd are last season's Wolves. Impressive, hard to beat and
    under a good leadership. Going there is not easy task, and I expect a battle. It will not be the same calibre we faced at Anfield but pretty hard
    to beat never the less. Anything we can get away from home will be a bonus, and nobody should be expecting us to up there and ease to a win.
    They will see us as an easy win, despite our recent good displays, and we have to make sure we don't roll over and all the good work so far
    under Pearson is undone.

    I would take a draw here, especially with Villa coming up two days later. Going into that on the back of four points would be decent, and even better
    if Villa lose their corresponding Boxing Day fixture. I would love a win, but on current form and our still lack of goal scoring ability, a draw and a
    clean sheet would be a pretty good result.

    Sheff Utd 0 Watford 0
     
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  17. IRB

    IRB THe artist formally know as ImRonBurgundy?

    Hearing Doucs is suspended for this one

    Big boost for the orns if true
     
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  18. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    Can't see nothing but an away win. Let's be honest we should have had two possibly three at home against the Blades. Remember we even had the negative Spanish kuk in charge. Honestly can't remember if they even bothered Fozzie in goal because I was still furious at Grays miss. Another clean sheet and a boring 0-1. Happy days.
     
  19. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    Stop fishing
     
  20. Davidmsawyer

    Davidmsawyer Statto Statto Statto

    I stuck for moe
    You should be more disturbed it took me two weeks of stalking you to get it...
     
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  21. Luther Bassett

    Luther Bassett Reservist

    It’s a long time since I had one of those.
     
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  22. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    Cheese is not a dessert. Ever.
     
  23. miked2006

    miked2006 Premiership Prediction League Proprietor

    And did those feet in ancient time,
    Walk upon England's mountains green?
    And was the holy lamb of god
    On England's pleasant pastures seen?
    And did the countenance divine,
    Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
    And was Nigel Pearson’s team winning here
    Among these dark satanic mills?

    Bring me my bow of burning gold!
    Bring me my arrows of desire!
    Bring me my spear, oh clouds unfold!
    Bring me my chariot of fire!
    I will not cease from mental fight,
    Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
    Til we take three points back home
    To England's green and pleasant land
     
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  24. It is weird when I come back down and everything's in 3D!
     
  25. I KNEW THAT WAS YOU!

    Seriously, if you're gonna dress as a woman at least shave your beard and tuck your meat and 2 veg between your legs!

    That was not a good look.
     
  26. Davidmsawyer

    Davidmsawyer Statto Statto Statto

    Some of the locals quite liked it.

    Here I was incognito...

    [​IMG]
     
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  27. wfcSinatra

    wfcSinatra Predictor Choker 14/15

    Anyone know why we are playing Sheffield United twice before playing Villa once?

    How’s it work?


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
  28. I think one of my workmates pulled you on Friday night?!
     
  29. Davidmsawyer

    Davidmsawyer Statto Statto Statto

    Barry?
     
  30. That's the chap. 7 fingers on his left hand and walks with a slight limp!
     
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  31. Supertommymooney

    Supertommymooney Squad Player

    Exactly.

    It's a course in it's own right.
     
  32. V Crabro

    V Crabro Reservist

    This happens from time to time - in 2017/18, we played Brighton twice before we played Leicester........
     
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  33. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    I genuinely think we will win our next 3 games and will be out of the bottom 3 come the evening of Jan 1st.
    You heard it here first...

    2-1 on Boxing Day.
    3-0 against Villa.
    2-0 against Wolves.
     
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  34. Davidmsawyer

    Davidmsawyer Statto Statto Statto

    The best cheese course I ever had was in France, with a friends family.. And they mocked us English for not having cheese at the start of the meal, and also for eating it with biscuits, rather than bread.

    I had no answer. It was a cheese feast of joy.
     
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  35. Davidmsawyer

    Davidmsawyer Statto Statto Statto

    I like the cut of your jib.
     
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