Thursday, 10 November 2022

Knife Edge Football

Sheffield United 0 v Rotherham United 1 
The Championship 
Tuesday 8 November 2022 
SUFC 2022/23 Game #29 

Sheffield United Community Foundation U19 1 v Chesterfield FC Youth Academy U19 0 
National Football Youth League, North Central Championship 
Wednesday 9 November 2022 
Played at Handsworth 
SUFC 2022/23 Game #30 

Sheffield United Community Foundation C 3 v Stoke City B 3 
Community & Education Football Alliance League, North Central 2 
Wednesday 9 November 2022 
Played at Handsworth 
SUFC 2022/23 Game #31 

Difficult to sum up that Rotherham defeat. After a rip roarer on Saturday against Burnley. I think I just feel - it's all knife edge stuff. Catch a break. Get some gee up. Confidence grows. The players think they can do anything. If they're on the other side of the knife edge - they think they can't do a thing. 

Sure, the other teams want to win as well. Sure, they work on things to nullify us. We can be a bit one dimensional. That game just felt pedestrian. None of the relentless recycle and repeat phases. Very little build between the lines. Relying too much on Norwood cross field pingers to the wing backs. No one trying to slip anyone in. We had chances. But, it felt like we were barely in the box.

Pedestrian sums it up.

So, that was a nice recovery session the day after up at Handsworth. No rain. A bit of sun. Double header with just long enough in between to be driven to the Chip Shop to grab lunch. Sat in the stand between 10:40 & ten past three. Talking bollocks with the CBF. 

"What do you do with your time, Phil? I'd get bored"

"No time to be bored Kiddo"

Great way to spend a day.

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