v Sheffield United (a) - 3/5/2025

[Mattyblue]

‘Best we’ve had’… isn’t he the only one we’ve had since Shagnew?

[M_B]

2 hours ago, ... said:

Well said. End on a win. If not, it wasn't to be. The sickner will be if we win and the other result doesn't go our way.

Trying not to think about that

I think I'd be more sick if we don't win, and the results go our way.

Win and I'll be happy whatever happens but it's a really tall order, at least they've taken it to the death.

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8 minutes ago, M_B said:

I think I'd be more sick if we don't win, and the results go our way.

Win and I'll be happy whatever happens but it's a really tall order, at least they've taken it to the death.

Looking at it there's no good way tbh. But keeping our end of the bargain with hopes at 100% just to see the results go against will be a tough pill to swallow with a sense of too little too late.

We'll be going now after a lucky ticket bag and will be giving them everything 

Edited Wednesday at 18:04 by ...

[waynerovers]

4 hours ago, yankfan said:

Can’t help but feel this will be a heart breaking loss. Our record when the games really matter is not good. Any and every time we sniff playoffs we seem to crash to the ground. Hope it’s different this time, but trying to temper my expectations. 

The last two seasons final day we did what we needed to do. We beat Leicester away to stay up last year and beat Millwall away 4-3 the year before but missed out on goal difference, We can do this.

[M_B]

29 minutes ago, ... said:

Looking at it there's no good way tbh. But keeping our end of the bargain with hopes at 100% just to see the results go against will be a tough pill to swallow with a sense of too little too late.

We'll be going now after a lucky ticket bag and will be giving them everything 

Sing one for me.👍

Coyb.

[Herbie6590]

https://www.brfcs.com/articles/very-superstitious

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39 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

https://www.brfcs.com/articles/very-superstitious

Rick Lewis, supporting the Buffalo Sabres is always gonna bring bad luck 🤣 you wanna watch a proper hockey team like Detroit Redwings (that haven't made play offs in some time... the man utd of the nhl lol)

[Ricceh]

Sheff Utd always seem to have our number. I have a feeling we're gonna be very open at the back, and that worries me!

[CoconutGrove]

Well here we are, another end-of-season game with absolutely everything riding on it. Just like two years ago at Millwall and last season on Leicester, it's a must-win game. Unlike those two games, we go into this in some very good recent form.

Going into the Millwall game 2 seasons ago (where we had only won 1 game in the previous 2 months) and last seasons' trip to Leicester (where we had won 3 games in nearly 5 months). This season, we're going in after 4 wins in 14 days. We did the business in the previous two seasons. That wasn't enough against Millwall but what both of those weekends showed us is that other results don't tend to go our way when it matters.

So many things have already gone our way over the last couple of weeks to even be in this position and from the outside looking in, it looks like we are destined to make it. But this is Blackburn Rovers, positive things like this don't happen to us - especially in the Venky's tenure.

That said, I'll be in The Howard and The Globe from 10am and will be singing loud and proud with my fellow Blue and Whites at Bramall Lane and whatever happens, happens. I'm proud of the players no matter what this year as going into the Derby game in August, I was adamant that we were heading towards League One. 

[MarkBRFC]

1 hour ago, Ricceh said:

Sheff Utd always seem to have our number. I have a feeling we're gonna be very open at the back, and that worries me!

7 defeats in our last 8 at Bramall Lane, the other being a 0-0 draw where Brad saved two pens!

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11 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

7 defeats in our last 8 at Bramall Lane, the other being a 0-0 draw where Brad saved two pens!

Time to rewrite that story

Saturday is taking agesssss

 

[rog of the rovers]

If you are under 31 you've never seen Rovers win at Bramall Lane.

 

15th January 1994 the last time Rovers won in South Sheffield.

As of 15/1/94

UK Number 1 Song - "Twist and Shout" by Chaka Demus & Pliers feat. Jack Radics & Taxi Gang

Number 1 Film - Tombstone with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer (RIP)

Prime Minister - John Major

Pint of Beer - £1.58

Pint of Milk - 36p

Newspaper price - 50p for The Guardian

US President - Bill Clinton

World Record transfer fee for a footballer - Gianluigi Lentini - £13m Torino to AC Milan

Edited Thursday at 09:01 by rog of the rovers

[CoconutGrove]

2 hours ago, Ricceh said:

Sheff Utd always seem to have our number. I have a feeling we're gonna be very open at the back, and that worries me!

We had a terrible record at Luton (never won a league game at Kenilworth Road) up until a couple of weeks ago.

With the way Ismael has set us up recently, he tends to err on the side of caution in the first half of games - probably because of the disastrous starts against Derby, Boro and Sheff Wed. I wouldn't be too disappointed to see us do the same again and become more attacking later in the game if we still need a goal. Then when we go 1-0 up, chuck Dion and Forshaw on, invite pressure and make everybody really nervous - the Blackburn Rovers way!

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42 minutes ago, CoconutGrove said:

We had a terrible record at Luton (never won a league game at Kenilworth Road) up until a couple of weeks ago.

With the way Ismael has set us up recently, he tends to err on the side of caution in the first half of games - probably because of the disastrous starts against Derby, Boro and Sheff Wed. I wouldn't be too disappointed to see us do the same again and become more attacking later in the game if we still need a goal. Then when we go 1-0 up, chuck Dion and Forshaw on, invite pressure and make everybody really nervous - the Blackburn Rovers way!

Dolan in net and Pears up top on his own I heard

[WacoRover]

All the talk like, “blades players have sewn up playoff spot & wont play hard” is rubbish. 
they will be ready to play. 
Rovers have to make it happen. 

[Tomphil2]

4 hours ago, rog of the rovers said:

If you are under 31 you've never seen Rovers win at Bramall Lane.

 

15th January 1994 the last time Rovers won in South Sheffield.

As of 15/1/94

UK Number 1 Song - "Twist and Shout" by Chaka Demus & Pliers feat. Jack Radics & Taxi Gang

Number 1 Film - Tombstone with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer (RIP)

Prime Minister - John Major

Pint of Beer - £1.58

Pint of Milk - 36p

Newspaper price - 50p for The Guardian

US President - Bill Clinton

World Record transfer fee for a footballer - Gianluigi Lentini - £13m Torino to AC Milan

Sheff U were always big bruising dirty lumps in the 90's.... and so was their team.

That away end was great though apart from the thick pillars which if there was a big following and you got stuck next to one you couldn't see much.

[LeftWinger]

5 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

7 defeats in our last 8 at Bramall Lane, the other being a 0-0 draw where Brad saved two pens!

Last time we won there...

Shearer scored both our goals

Chris Kamara was upfront for them

[wilsdenrover]

40 minutes ago, LeftWinger said:

Last time we won there...

Shearer scored both our goals

Chris Kamara was upfront for them

Unbelievable. 

[Andy]

9 hours ago, rog of the rovers said:

If you are under 31 you've never seen Rovers win at Bramall Lane.

 

15th January 1994 the last time Rovers won in South Sheffield.

As of 15/1/94

UK Number 1 Song - "Twist and Shout" by Chaka Demus & Pliers feat. Jack Radics & Taxi Gang

Number 1 Film - Tombstone with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer (RIP)

Prime Minister - John Major

Pint of Beer - £1.58

Pint of Milk - 36p

Newspaper price - 50p for The Guardian

US President - Bill Clinton

World Record transfer fee for a footballer - Gianluigi Lentini - £13m Torino to AC Milan

To be fair, I was 10 and I still don't remember this!

But, records are there to be broken.

We're certainly in form, as opposed to a couple of years ago (at Millwall).
Going to be an interesting Saturday, that's for sure...

[Blow-in]

10 hours ago, rog of the rovers said:

If you are under 31 you've never seen Rovers win at Bramall Lane.

 

15th January 1994 the last time Rovers won in South Sheffield.

As of 15/1/94

UK Number 1 Song - "Twist and Shout" by Chaka Demus & Pliers feat. Jack Radics & Taxi Gang

Number 1 Film - Tombstone with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer (RIP)

Prime Minister - John Major

Pint of Beer - £1.58

Pint of Milk - 36p

Newspaper price - 50p for The Guardian

US President - Bill Clinton

World Record transfer fee for a footballer - Gianluigi Lentini - £13m Torino to AC Milan

Insane to think Italian football was so far ahead of other leagues we had not even signed Sutton for 5m at that stage so British transfer record was 3.75 for Keane at that stage?

Even so that money was insane for Lentini, he was never even close to the best player in the world. I wonder was there shady dealings going on?

[rog of the rovers]

2 hours ago, Blow-in said:

Insane to think Italian football was so far ahead of other leagues we had not even signed Sutton for 5m at that stage so British transfer record was 3.75 for Keane at that stage?

Even so that money was insane for Lentini, he was never even close to the best player in the world. I wonder was there shady dealings going on?

Paul Gascoigne from Spurs to Lazio for £5.5m the British record (at least involving a British club). I have no memory of Lentini 🤣

[Old Codger]

You've got to be in it, to win it. We are in it.

All we can ask is that nothing is left in the changing room, and the players give it their all for the travelling fans and those biting their nails back home.

If the Blades are on form, their steel may puncture our form.

If the Rovers are on form, there should be a helluva game of football to enjoy.

If history follows form, all bets are off.

Sheffield United are far better placed to take the prize than Rovers, but who cares? Let battle commence, Arte et Labore indeed!

COYB!

Steel City Slickers 2 Small Town Prem Winners 1

Blades cut down to size 0 Rovers roar for more 2

Sheffield's other team 1 Blackburn's only team 1

 

Lap of the gods.. c'mon ye gods!

[WacoRover]

8 minutes ago, Old Codger said:

You've got to be in it, to win it. We are in it.

All we can ask is that nothing is left in the changing room, and the players give it their all for the travelling fans and those biting their nails back home.

If the Blades are on form, their steel may puncture our form.

If the Rovers are on form, there should be a helluva game of football to enjoy.

If history follows form, all bets are off.

Sheffield United are far better placed to take the prize than Rovers, but who cares? Let battle commence, Arte et Labore indeed!

COYB!

Steel City Slickers 2 Small Town Prem Winners 1

Blades cut down to size 0 Rovers roar for more 2

Sheffield's other team 1 Blackburn's only team 1

 

Lap of the gods.. c'mon ye gods!

Amen, & amen!

We wanted a chance on the final day, and we have it right in front of us. We need to win, & get help from others playing Coventry, & Millwall. Rovers can take that final playoff spot, it’s there for the taking. 

Have fun out there. Shake off the bad calls, especially the no-calls that we wish to get. Be hungry, play smart, & play with tenacity & aggressiveness (a combination of Knute Rockne, Bear Bryant, Darrell Royal, & a little speech of my own doing thrown in there 😂) 

COYB!!! 

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7 hours ago, Old Codger said:

You've got to be in it, to win it. We are in it.

All we can ask is that nothing is left in the changing room, and the players give it their all for the travelling fans and those biting their nails back home.

If the Blades are on form, their steel may puncture our form.

If the Rovers are on form, there should be a helluva game of football to enjoy.

If history follows form, all bets are off.

Sheffield United are far better placed to take the prize than Rovers, but who cares? Let battle commence, Arte et Labore indeed!

COYB!

Steel City Slickers 2 Small Town Prem Winners 1

Blades cut down to size 0 Rovers roar for more 2

Sheffield's other team 1 Blackburn's only team 1

 

Lap of the gods.. c'mon ye gods!

Love it

[Herbie6590]

Folks in Sheffield tomorrow with time to kill…a couple of city centre recommendations…next door to each other…15 mins walk from stadium…

https://cambridgestreetcollective.com

https://www.leahsyard.com