2015-16 Season Preview - Sheffield United

[Agent Lomas]

Sheffield United

Full Name: Sheffield United Football Club
Founded: 1889
Nickname: The Blades, Red & White Army, Red & White Wizards
Ground: Bramall Lane - 32,704 Capacity
Manager: Nigel Adkins
2014-15 Season: SkyBet League One - 5th


We've Met Before

First Time: 10th January 1920 - Sheffield United 3-0 Southend - FA Cup

Last Time: 18th January 1997 - Sheffield United 3-0 Southend - English Division One


Last Time - More Details

Sheffield United - Kelly, Holdsworth, Sandford, Nilsen, Ward (Beard 57'), White (GOAL 50'), Hutchinson, Kachouro (GOAL 15'), Patterson, Taylor (GOAL 61' - Walker 84'), Spackman

Southend - Royce, Harris, Roget, Dublin, Tilson, Gridelet, Hanlon, Marsh, Boere (McNally 84'), Rammell (Williams 70'), Thomson



Head-to-Head

Sheffield United Wins: 10
Draws: 0
Southend Wins: 7


Played For/Been At Both

Mark Beard, Ian Benjamin, Tommy Black, Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Ryan Cresswell, Simon Francis, Paul Furlong, Ryan Hall, Kevan Hurst (among others - Once again, I'm a bit pushed for time so feel free to name them!)


Current Squad:

GK: Mark Howard, George Willis, George Long,

DEF: Craig Alcock, Bob Harris, John Brayford, Neill Collins, Harrison McGahey, Jay McEveley, Kieron Freeman, Terry Kennedy,

MID: James Wallace, Chris Basham, Ryan Flynn, Stefan Scougall, Jose Baxter, Paul Coutts, Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Louis Reed, Connor Dimaio, Ben Whiteman, Otis Khan, Kieran Wallace, Florent Cuvelier, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Callum McFadzean, Martyn Woolford

FWD: Jamie Murphy, Marc McNulty, Matt Done, Michael Higdon, Diego De Girolamo, Che Adams, Connor Sammon (on loan from Derby County), Billy Sharp


Fact

On 15th August 1992, Sheffield United scored the first goal in the Premier League/Premiership, they went on to beat Manchester United 2-1.


When do we play them?

Home: 28th March 2016
Away: 14th November 2015


Odds (SkyBet)


Champions: 9/2
Promotion: 6/4
Top Half Finish: 1/6
Bottom Half Finish: 4/1
Relegation: 33/1


2015-16 Kits

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Here's a link to the League One section if you are unable to see the kits:http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Engl...eague-one.html

Kit Images - If you can see them: Copyright Historical Football Kits and reproduced by kind permission.

 

[spoons]

Brilliant research, could do with all these reviews placing in one easy to find section so we can refer to them as the games come up. Good work Agent

 

[JD]

Agreed, good work as per usual AL. You take some unfair stick at times.

On the report.... If Sheff U don't get up with that squad something is seriously wrong....

Connor Salmon and Billy Sharp should get 40 goals between them easy!

 

[RHB]

Agreed, good work as per usual AL. You take some unfair stick at times.

On the report.... If Sheff U don't get up with that squad something is seriously wrong....

Connor Salmon and Billy Sharp should get 40 goals between them easy!

Bunch of Northern fairies. We'll smash them as we cruise to the title!

 

[Agent Lomas]

Cheers for the support :thumbsup:

 

[southend4ever]

SUFC - There is only one!

 

[Pubey]

Agreed, good work as per usual AL. You take some unfair stick at times.

On the report.... If Sheff U don't get up with that squad something is seriously wrong....

Connor Salmon and Billy Sharp should get 40 goals between them easy!

That's the point though - on paper Sheff U should have gone up every season they've been in L1, but that view exists in the club, their fans, the players and their opposition. There has been a sense of entitlement that means they struggled to build a decent squad, their fans have been baying for blood after a poor performance, and the opposition steps up when they get to Bramall Lane and 20,000 fans.

Being favourites to win the league isn't a good thing:

Having said that, I expect Sheff U to go up comfortably this year. The teams coming down may struggle and they have a more settled squad and a very strong frontline.

 

[southend4ever]

That's the point though - on paper Sheff U should have gone up every season they've been in L1, but that view exists in the club, their fans, the players and their opposition. There has been a string of entitlement that means they struggled to build a decent squad, their fans have been baying for blood after a poor performance, and the opposition steps up when they get to Bramall Lane and 20,000 fans.

Being favourites to win the league isn't a good thing:

Having said that, I expect Sheff U to go up comfortably this year. The teams coming down may struggle and they have a more settled squad and a very strong frontline.

a very well written and intricate piece from a sassy boy.