• ST strap 21 Oct 2017 · 6:48pm

  Not me, my boy who was scouting Sheff Utd for upcoming game v LUFC, (he's an RFC fan and former ST holder) "Woeful. Men against boys. Only shining light was Swift who made a huge difference. No other positives whatsoever. Pathetic." Rather think I trust a professional's view on the performance rather than the cr@p Stam spouts.

• BO bobby1413 21 Oct 2017 · 6:57pm

  Not me, my boy who was scouting Sheff Utd for upcoming game v LUFC, (he's an RFC fan and former ST holder) "Woeful. Men against boys. Only shining light was Swift who made a huge difference. No other positives whatsoever. Pathetic." Rather think I trust a professional's view on the performance rather than the cr@p Stam spouts. It does sound bad. All I would say is that it may be worth remembering that SUFC are no push overs. 3rd in the league and promotion contenders. Also it does seem our away form is particularly pathetic. Either way it's not been a good couple of months!

• KI Kitsondinho 21 Oct 2017 · 7:13pm

  Been back a little while, the short trip home was possibly the best thing about it! Anyway, we looked ok for the first 10 or so, a couple direct attacks (that came to nothing) and Barrow’s pace chasing long balls looked to be an outlet......then they scored. After that there was only one team in it. That was the most frustrating thing. As soon as we went 1-0 down, we never looked remotely like getting back in to the game (even at 2-1, that just papered over the cracks). An example of this is Aluko. I thought he had a decent showing, if his job was to chase down their midfielders, make tackles and hold the ball up by the corner flag…

• NE NewCorkSeth 21 Oct 2017 · 9:40pm

  Ok. Here we go. Much of this is obvious for the attendees and Ifollow viewers but I shall proceed none the less. Our shape is working against us. We have too many players in our own half for too long during the games. Usually we are great at pondering about on the ball without doing anything meaningful but we struggled to do that this game. In fact we struggled to much at all until the final quarter of the game. Sheffield were a perfect match for our chosen tactics today. They pressed high and played with real intensity. They took full advantage of their set pieces and were unlucky not to score 2 more minimum for free kicks…

• BL blueroyals 21 Oct 2017 · 9:56pm

  We always struggle against big, strong teams so the result was not a surprise for me Performance was concerning but again if you don't play a striker you're not going to score goals? Feels like the season is a write off unless BT has something up his sleeve for Jan

• NE NewCorkSeth 21 Oct 2017 · 10:06pm

  We always struggle against big, strong teams so the result was not a surprise for me Performance was concerning but again if you don't play a striker you're not going to score goals? Feels like the season is a write off unless BT has something up his sleeve for Jan Yeah.. Its not like Spain won the Euros with a false 9.... Queue everyone saying "we're not Spain" I know we don't have the same quality players as Spain but we're not playing international quality teams. It's not an excuse. Playing tactics that require a striker while not having a striker on the pitch is an issue.

• RJ Royal_jimmy 21 Oct 2017 · 10:13pm

  The reason why we've been struggling this season and why we were awful for 80 minutes today are so evident. We're playing a team with no balance in midfield and we signed 2 midfielders more than we needed. We're so much better in midfield with Swift, Kelly and Evans. Swift links into forward areas well. Evans breaks up play and Kelly is quick and mobile who plays good long balls forward. Maybe Van Den Berg, Swift and Edwards can work, time will tell but we looked far better when Swift was on. We need to stop 5 at the back right now. It's negative and invites teams to come on to us. 5 at the back only works if our full backs are…

• CO CountryRoyal 22 Oct 2017 · 3:33am

  FAO those bemoaning our away form. We've won more games away than at home this season :lol: God we're shit.

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