Che must stay with the Blades
Losing your best players is always painful, frustrating and disheartening. So it would be a great shame if Sheffield United fans were feeling these emotions on transfer deadline day. Unfortunately, falling down the echelons of the English game has seen the Blades become a selling club. Promising talents come and go in a flash. And with Nigel Adkins planning to offload in January’s transfer window, any United supporter who has seen...
Blades require new tricks for Old Trafford trip
Sheffield United have deliberately built attacks through the middle of the pitch this season, benefitting Billy Sharp, who naturally prefers a ball into his feet rather than a cross from the wing. Admittedly, the untimely departure of Jamie Murphy may have had a considerable influence. In an FA Cup third round tie with Manchester United, however, exploiting the wings with pace is the Yorkshire side’s best chance of going toe-to-toe...
Sharp shooter silences Blades doubters
Football is curiously unpredictable, and Sheffield United fans know it all too well. Little over a week ago, the Blades were sitting in an ominous mid-table position without a win in six matches. But after successive 1-0 victories, there is a strong chance that Nigel Adkins’ side will enter the New Year amongst the play-off places and their star striker may hit double-figures before even then. Billy Sharp’s most prolific spell at his...
What else do Blades need this window?
With an above average start to the campaign for Nigel Adkins men, the question now with 12 days of the transfer window remaining is which areas need strengthening to maximise our chance of promotion. The Blades have played four games since the start of the season last Saturday and have conceded five times and scored six in those games. This, on the face of it, means that maybe another couple of creative players and defenders should do...
Super Che can be Blades’ star
After an unbeaten pre-season for Nigel Adkins’ men there was one man who stood out from the rest of the team – Che Adams. The Blades started their pre-season against Adams’ former team and Northern Evo-Stick outfit Ilkeston Town. Adams was part of the second team after the interval and looked in great shape as his monstrous prowess caused his former employers hell on the left side. He could have had at least three goals to...
Blades need to think twice about buying Billy
Recently the Blades have been linked with numerous strikers with Leeds United’s Billy Sharp at the top of that list. But the question is….. do we need him? Sharp has scored 53 goals in 82 games in League One and has a decent strike rate in the second tier so he certainly knows where the onion bag. Another positive is that Adkins is the manager who plays to Sharp’s strengths after the forward scored 64 goals in 109 games under the...