Scunthorpe United 3 Sheffield United 1

[S36Reject]

Date: 17th October 2009

Venue: Glanford Park

Attendance:7599

Referee: A.Bates (7)

Man of the First Half: Kyle Walker

Man of the Second Half: The Scunthorpe Midfield

Man Of The Match: Hooper

Blades Line-Up:
Bunn, Davies, Morgan, Kilgallon, Stewart, Walker, Harper, Quinn, Little, Evans, Henderson

Subs:
Bennett, France, Reid, Treacy, Taylor, ??

First Half:
Changes of formation and personel since the draw with Doncaster. Walker moves up into Right Midfield, Davies covers at Right back as Little moves over to the left hand side. Evans partners Henderson up front.

I didn't go, but from the Poor RS commentary. Walker was giving the Scunthorpe Left Back a torrid time, as United lumped the ball up to Henderson who didn't win a header all Match, but then again, he was closely marked by a Giant 6'7" Rob Jones
The deadlock was broken from a great 25 yards shot which thundered past Bunn who was on his line (22)
HT 1-0 McCann

Second Half:
United equalised just after the break, Evans winning a free kick from Walker's great cross. Quinn takes and Evans drills a great shot past the sprawling keeper
1-1 (51)
Just 2 minutes later and virtually straight from the kick off, Scunthorpe regained the lead Hooper breezed past Kilgallon and looped a great cross that came off the bar and Hayes followed up 2-1(53)
Scunthorpe bossed the game from here on in, and sealed the game just 6 minutes later. McCann again hitting the net from Hoopers intervension
3-1 (59)
FT 3-1

Well that was bleedin' awful !

Look what happens when a proper coach with limited resources comes up against an expensive team managed by a clueless numpty. Yes I WANT KB to be successful, but then I WANT to win the EUROMILLIONS as well........neither's very likely.

WE WERE WANK!!!!

Absolute shite blades

Square pegs in round holes when there are perfectly good options (fit) in the squad (reid!!!)

Not looking forward to Blackpool away on a cold october night if we play like that.....

10th place with 9 of the clubs below us able to overtake us on Tuesday. We could be in the bottom half after a quarter of the season's gone.

No Plan B, and Plan A is shite.

4 out of last 6 games we've conceded 3 goals.

We've now won only 2 games from our last 8

Pigs now 1 point behind us.

KB will make great play of the injuries. BOLLOXES ... that team should have been good enough, it's the hopeless style of play with seemingly NO midfield that screws us up. Since we stopped playing with a CMF in front of the back 4 we're shipping goals like we're not even there. As for Bunn, Oh FFS man.

Last 6 games, 5 points, average less than 1 per game, relegation form, and after what I've seen and heard the last few games we can forget about promotion and concentrate on making sure we stay in the division first. Some of you will have a pop at me for saying that, but check the record of who we've failed to beat in recent weeks. It ain't pretty, with Newcastle, Cardiff, Dingles coming up and a very tough trip to Blackpool on Tuesday night.

Killa going, borrowed players all over the place, playing like a bad pub team. It's going to be a tough season. I know, with glass half full you can talk about where we were this time last year, and about how if we go on a run we can get back in the play-off places, but teams like Scunthorpe aren't just nicking a lucky win, they are embarrassing us with the standard and quality of their football and it's that comparison of tactics and quality displayed by bottom-half teams (and look how lucky we were against Ipswich!) that makes me fear for us this season. Of course we won't go down(!) but clearly something major has to happen to our style, our intelligence, our desire and our tactics for us to get anywhere near the top 6.

Up The Blades !!!

The kindest thing I can say about todays performance is that 11 strangers pulled United shirts on today and were Crappity Smacking dreadful.

Will have my say when doing the match ratings and when
i`ve calmed down a bit.

I know the players copped some stick off the fans today, but does that excuse the fact that only Morgs, Harper and Kyle Walker came over to applaud the supporters at the end of the game?? I think not.

Am fearing the worst on tuesday night, the good hiding I predicted a little while ago could have happened today. If we do get a spanking at Blackpool or put out a similar performance, Blackwell could be in serious trouble because that today was unacceptable.

Ok Rate 'em:
Bunn
Davies
Morgan
Kilgallon(61)
Stewart(70)
Walker
Quinn
Harper
Little(63)
Evans
Henderson
Reid(61)
Treacy(63)
Taylor(70)

[S36Reject]

Bunn..............5
Davies............6
Morgan...........6
Kilgallon(61).....4
Stewart(70).....5
Walker...........7
Quinn............6
Harper...........5
Little(63)........6
Evans............6
Henderson......4
Reid(61).........5
Treacy(63)......5
Taylor(70).......5

[lingsbord]

Bunn..............5
Davies............6
Morgan...........7
Kilgallon(61).....4
Stewart(70).....6
Walker...........8
Quinn............6
Harper...........5
Little(63)........8
Evans............6
Henderson......2
Reid(61).........6
Treacy(63)......6
Taylor(70).......6

[HSBCBLADE]

Hurts like hell to give marks and comments like these.
Shite day all round as may have got a speeding ticket on the M180 going to Scunthorpe and taking over 2 hours to get home due to the "incident" on the M18. More pain due on tuesday night, freezin our dangly bits off, sat on a row of benches in what is laughingly called "Unreserved Seating" and handing over £24 for the privilege.

Bunn - 6 - let down by poor defending.
Davies - 6 - promising when going forward but never a RB while he`s got a hole in his arse.
Morgs - 7 - was defending on his own at times, couldn`t seem to believe what he was seeing.
Killa - 5 - no player is bigger than the club mate. Either knuckle down and earn your wages or piss off.
Stewart - 5 - again, never a full back but someone should have told him we were playing in white. Poor distribution.
Walker -8 - Great attitude, wonderful first half.
Harper - 6 - good going forward, poor when tracking back to defend.
Quinn - 6 - see comments for Harper.
Little - 7 - Again, tried hard to create chances but hasnt got the speed to get back and defend.
Ched - 6 - As each week goes by, I feel more sorry for him cos he looks lost and fed up.
Hendo - 5 - Worst game he`s played this season.

Reid - 5 -
Keeeeeeth - 5
Taylor - 5

Here`s to the three players who came over to applaud the fans at the end : Morgs Kyle and Harps .

Also, if that story is true about Harps telling Blackwell he doesn`t know what the Crappity Smack he`s doing. A big

Thats enough from the Woodhouse jury. Still gutted.

[Halfvampire Halfman]

Bunn..............5
Davies............6
Morgan...........7
Kilgallon(61).....5
Stewart(70).....6
Walker...........8
Quinn............6
Harper...........5
Little(63)........7
Evans............7
Henderson......4 (Probably a bit harsh but he was let down badly by the tactics employed by the manager)
Reid(61).........6
Treacy(63)......7
Taylor(70).......5