Sheffield United 2 Watford 0

[S36Reject]

Date: 15th August 2009

Venue: Bramall Lane

Attendance: 24638

Man Of The First Half: Jamie Ward
Man Of The Second Half: Ched Evans
Man Of The Match: Keith Treacy

Referee: M.Oliver (4/10)

Blades Line-Up:
Bunn,
Walker, Taylor
Treacy
Ward Evans

Subs:
France, Reid, Bromby, Little

First Half:

A few Changes to a United Side who, in Mid Week, Failed to shine against a League 2 Port Vale with Morgan, Walker, Evans, Treacy and Ward along Side £3M Striker Evans both Making there first starts to the Season, and First start and Home Debut for Evans.
It was clear from the outset, that Wards Pace was going to be Key to the Blades Attack, with him tracking back to cover McAnuffs runs While also getting into a Goal Scoring position, from the Right
It took Ward just 3 Minutes to show the tactics were working after great play from Evans, linking well with Treacy, And Finding Ward, who lashed a Great shot straight at Goalkeeper Loach Straight after the save, Loach found McAnuff making a run with Graham over lapping, a quick 1-2 around the Blades Box and Graham was unlucky not to hit the target with a fierce Drive that went just Wide
Just 7 Minutes later, The break through was made DeMerit, tackled hard into Evans but took more of the Man than, Referee Oliver was going to allow Kilgallon sent a great Pass to Unmarked Treacy, who ran straight at the Watfords Ebbing Defense and picked out WARD, again, Unmarked, He shot left footed Passed a helpless Loach
1-0 (12) Jamie WARD
Watford, opened their mean streak and Decided to press for an Equalizer from the restart but were just unable to break down a Formidible Partnership of Howard, Kilgallon, Morgan and Montgomery All played there part except for a rare slip, from Morgan, that let Jenkins pass, but he shot Tamely High and Wide. United saw this as a Warning and duely piled the pressure on, Bunn with a route one pass straight to Evans who danced his way clear with Howard, But the Lively (and Frankly, Exciting ) Ward failed to connect with a great low cross across the box
United still piled on the pressure, throughout the team, A level of hunger which left the Fans mouth watering with the classy performance they were watching. Evans being the Architect doing what Henderson Couldn't (Mainly going for High Balls and winning the Free Kick rather than Conceding one ) Again, Kilgallon finds Evans with a sub-lime Pass to beat his Man and sent a fierce cross-shot, which Henderson couldn't manage to direct on Target
Still 1-0, a dangerous lead, Watford still had another opportunity, Taylor doing well to concede the corner, The ball was floated in from (a Gauled by the Home Fans) Smith, Bunn came out to take but ended up taking out Ellington with his Fist only for the ball to drop to DeMerit He unleashed a short Swing Shot but Walker, the Saviour, Cleared off the line as the referee blew for Attention for Ellington
A Second Warning to United The Home Side, reacted Positively Treacy, Evans and Ward again linking well this time Treacy finding himself with space and an opening for goal Presented itself , tapped to his Right Foot, Pot Shot, High and Wide Then An old Style free Kick just outside the Box, Howard and Montgomery Shielding the ball, Treacy runs up to take, But Howard turns with the ball and sends a great cross over to Kilgallon, but he nods Narrowly Over Just before the break
HT 1-0 (45+1) Ward(12)

Second Half:
Watford came out for the second period the stronger. Maybe seeing a Scalp after the amount of missed chances United had had in the First Half But it was Ward, Again, that had the better chance in the opening Exchanges, Shooting a weak shot straight to Loach, While Henderson and Howard were running in (he really should have Passed)
Watford, still came forward though, Great movement from (A smaller than I thought) McAnuff, and Jenkins making a chance for Severin to fire Over into the top tier of the Bramall Lane End United weathered a bit of sustained pressure from Watford until The Hosts Again showed why they made it into the Play-Offs last term. Great build-up play from the United Midfield, Montgomery getting better as the game wore on and Howard playing his heart out, A great switch from Walker found Treacy making a, Yet Another, Piercing run into the left Channel, before seeing EVANS, Unmarked. Evans ran the ball Past 3 Defenders, tracked back leaving 2 defenders sprawling and Fired a delightful Nutmeg Under Loach
2-0 (63) Ched Evans
Shortly After, United were guilty of wasting good chances, 2 Shots from Ward and Henderson went tamely Clear as Uniteds Wide Midfield Ripped into the Watford Side with Comparable (to a Hot Knife through Butter) Ease
Ward was Brought off after his last Action was to run onto a Great through ball, Leaving 3 Defenders in his Wake, but his tired legs could only cause him to make the wrong decision, and try to round the keeper rather than shooting over him
A Standing Ovation and Deafening Applause from all corners of the Stands where duely given as the Little Striker Trudged off Ward off, Cotterill On (70)
Watford seemed to take more in, off the Noise, and came out to attack with a purpose. Severin using his body to out muscle Howard and Send his Shot goal bound, but Graham Deflected, Bunn had to Quickly change his shape to keep the effort out
Henderson's attempt at Goal was, again, Made and Followed by the Man Of The Match being Substituted
Treacy off, Reid On (77)
United Continued to press, wanting to add more onto the score sheet, But the Referee had other idea's A number of decisions, mainly against Henderson, Blatant Hand Balls in the Watford Box, And general Really Biased Decisions Marred what could and probably Would have been a good Refereeing display! Firstly while stood in a great Position (As in looking straight at it, just 5 yards away) Cotterill attempted to Chip over Mariappa but the Watford Defender Caught the ball and knocked it down to his foot while stood in the box, Then immediately after, a Cross from Reid (He must change them Damn Blue Boots) was met by the fist of Again Mariappa Only for the protest to be waved away It was hendersons turn then, Reid making a great run after dispossessing McAnuff, found Henderson, but Henderson soon ran into trouble down the left side of the Visitoirs box, Another blatant Foul, Harley Pulled down the Striker while surrounded by 3 Defenders, The referee ran over had a quick look at the situation and blew for a Foul against Henderson
The last chance of the game, came to Cotterill, Playing in an Advanced Right Channel role (And more suited to it too, I May add) He receives the ball from, a Now more relaxed, Walker and trots off down the right, passing challenges from Harley and DeMerit before sending an unstoppable shot Goalwards only to see it Bounce off the post and clear
Evans again met a Rapturous Applause while being replaced by Quinn (who got cruelly Booed ON ) (90)
FT 2-0 (90+3) Stunning Victory, should have been a cricket score in all honesty

OK? Rate 'em

Bunn,
Walker,
Morgan,
Kilgallon,
Taylor,
Montgomery,
Howard,
Treacy(77),
Henderson,
Evans(90),
Ward(70),
Cotterill (70),
Reid (77),
No, you can't rate Quinn(90)! Thats just not fair

[S36Reject]

Bunn - 7
Walker - 7
Morgan - 7
Kilgallon - 8
Taylor - 7
Montgomery - 7
Howard - 8
Treacy(77) - 10
Henderson - 8
Evans(90) - 9
Ward(70) - 9
Cotterill (70) - 7
Reid (77) - 7

[Pastitblade]

Bunn, 7 one crap punch one bad goal-kick but OK
Walker, 7 Welcome Back!
Morgan, 7 Morgs the rock
Kilgallon, 9 Excellent
Taylor, 7 Steady
Montgomery, 7 Monties, Monty
Howard, 7 Pretty decent
Treacy(77), 9 Excellent!
Henderson, 8 appallingly picked on by the ref but super target man
Evans(90), 9 Excellent!!MOM for me
Ward(70), 8 great game but he tired
Cotterill (70), 7
Reid (77), 7

[YouFUMS]

Cheers Dane

My ratings are based on 6=average

Bunn 6 - he punched one when it looked easier to catch. Not much for him to do TBH.
Walker 7 - an improvement on last week
Morgan 8 - captain fantastic
Kilgallon 8
Taylor 7 - solid game
Montgomery 7
Howard 5 - another game of stealth
Treacy(77) 8 - my Man of the match.
Henderson 7 - should have buried at least 1 of the 3 good chances he had, but linked up well with the rest of the forwards.
Evans(90) 8 - took his goal with great confidence
Ward(70) 7 - would have been an '8' if he'd have scored that 1 on 1.
Cotterill (70) 6
Reid (77) 6 - I'm gonna deduct him a point every time he wears those Crappity Smacking blue boots

[lingsbord]

Bunn, 7
Walker, 7
Morgan, 8
Kilgallon, 9
Taylor, 8
Montgomery, 8
Howard, 7
Treacy(77), 9
Henderson, 7
Evans(90), 9
Ward(70), 8
Cotterill (70), 7
Reid (77), 7

[bognor blade]

cheers dane nice one

as i dint hear see anything of the game
wont score this time

[Staboblade]

Bunn,7
Walker,7
Morgan,7
Kilgallon,7
Taylor,7
Montgomery,8
Howard,7
Treacy(77),8
Henderson,7
Evans(90),8
Ward(70),8
Cotterill (70),7
Reid (77),7

[S36Reject]

Average Scores for this Game:
1, Treacy.................8.8
2, Evans..................8.6
3, Ward...................8.2
3, Kilgallon...............8.2
5, Montgomery..........7.4
5, Morgan................7.4
5, Henderson............7.4
8, Taylor.................7.2
9, Walker................7
10, Reid.................6.8
10, Cotterill.............6.8
10, Howard.............6.8
10, Bunn................6.8