Eh? I saw them watching a film on the settee on his birthday, with the caption “sober New Year’s Eve”. She got him a cake with him in a Rovers kit on it, and loads of blue and white stuff. What a bitch.

Williams to be sacked

Seems like he hasn’t got a fuck in him to me, although I agree he’s got ability - but give me a Smallwood all day with our current setup.

Weird one with Evans, I just don’t seem to see what others do - I think there is an element of me making my mind up a long time ago and sub-consciously being too stubborn to change it. I’m not the only one on here who does that! Good point re: Reed. I really can’t see him joining us for many reasons tbh and I think he reckons he can force his way into the Southampton picture. I’d be happy if he isn’t recalled in January for now!

Say what you want about him, Brereton has seemed to settle in as one of the lads judging by the amount of piss he gets taken out of him on this stuff.

FWIW I’m firmly in the “Can’t stand Evans, like Smallwood” camp. I don’t mind the lineup above with Bennett and Conway - would be happy with that. Still think we can get something, just have to see whose names come out of Tony’s Magic Hat!

I’d be more worried if we were being soundly beaten over the whole course of the game, personally.

Correct. We are competitive. No one will relish playing us. We can hurt teams. Where we are right now after a massive squad clear out, a complete culture change, a re-connecting honesty with the fan base through Mowbray’s pure integrity and openness... it’s bloody good. He followed Coyle FFS. Aidy Fucking Boothroyd. Jesus Christ.

No need to bite his finger off though mate

I’m well embroiled in the Sheffield football discussion and to an extent you are right. He’s a conundrum, his goal record is second to few. The Manor Top Jordan Rhodes - they bloody love him.

Two more contrasting posts you couldn’t wish to see. @Bbrovers2288 - look mate, we’ve all had a drink...

I won £250 when Dack’s 93rd minute goal went in. That, plus the circumstances - I thought I’d never come down from the ceiling. 5 days later at Donny and and we went through the roof! Forget why we were there and what level it was - the tail end of that season was joyous.

There's no proof! I agree about the game. I'll take a performance exactly like the first 91 minutes vs. Leeds as second half I thought we were good value for at least a point. Expect a few goals though. Would drop Rodwell as I'm not a fan of his languid style, hopefully have Benno back for his spirit.

At the time of going to press: the world is shocked that The Queen has got a golden toilet, I’ve put on a(nother) stone of Xmas cheer, and disappointingly for some - Mowbray hasn’t resigned as a result of those late goals. Well buckle up chaps, because it’s our final game of 2018 – and what a fantastic year it has been: We lost just two games at Ewood. We had a memorable, wonderful night in Doncaster (and therefore created a sentence never before written). We found out that Bradley Dack’s influence is such that if he bends down and points at a girl’s arse in a garden - we get tonked. We’ve held our own in The Championship, then held it a little less. We’ve become the Man City of spending loads to buy players we’ve never heard of just for a laugh. And me and @Biz got banned from AirBnB after sharing a house boat before the Charlton game. A bit better than 2017 anyway. I got banned from an airline that year. Another tough away trip awaits for this calendar closer, but selfishly – I cannot bloody wait. Crazily, we haven’t played at Bramall Lane for over twelve years. Having lived within about a mile of the ground for over a decade, you can’t even begin to imagine how keenly anticipated this one is for me. Needless to say I’m going on a ginormous piss up and I hope to see many of you there. The Opposition Only out of League One for a season and a half, the Blades have impressed many with their “Total Yorkshire” tactics and can attack from any area of the pitch. Billy Sharp continues to defy all logic and actually be decent, and their keeper is a coin-throwing nob. I’d say United are a good bet for the play-offs, and fair dos to them – at least they aren’t bloody Wednesday. Championship form guide last 10 games SUFC – W4 D3 L3 BRFC – W2 D4 L4 Head to head BRFC – 54 Draw – 36 SUFC – 57 Notable ex-players: James Beattie Craig Short Harry Chapman Keith Gillespie (who once got in a scrap with a mate of a mate outside of Cuisine World, Accrington) Alan Kelly Lee Williamson Jon Stead Colin Kazim-Richards Ashley Ward Keith Treacy Nick Blackman Jordan Slew Quite the rogues gallery, please feel free to add anymore. The Ground The oldest professional football stadium in the world and it has the concourses to prove it. Bramall Lane was converted from an international cricket ground in the late 19th century but only got a proper fourth side during the 1970s. Centrally located in the city, the stadium is deceptively impressive and quite grand once you get inside, although surprisingly only holds 1300 more than Ewood Park. I imagine tickets will be available on the day, but beware – SHEFFIELD UNITED HAVE A £2 SURCHARGE. DAMN YOU WAGGOTT! Local Knowledge: Parking. A bloody nightmare. Being located near the city it’s busy on the streets around and there’s loads of resident parking schemes in place. United’s good gates means that space is at a premium everywhere so prepare yourself for 10-15 minute walks at best. A safe and central (read busy) option is The Moor Market Car Park (S1 4QW) and I believe with a match ticket costs just £3.50 all day. Milton St car park should be ok (S3 7WH) and there’s a Wetherspoons nearby too. If you get there early enough the area south of the ground can be good for on-street gambles (try Broadfield Road S8 0XL) – this will avoid the city centre bollocks via sat nav from the north too. Please don’t hold me to this one if it’s packed by the time you get there. Pubs. Sheffield is the ale capital of the world. One brewery for every 24,000 people. I can highly recommend making a day of it at least. All advice here is for people who know how to be discreet with colours and don’t feel compelled to sing before they get to the ground. If that isn’t you, just go to The Howard (S1 2LW), but the following are some of the finest boozers in the land. Parking towards the south? Sheaf View (S2 3AA), The Brothers Arms (S8 9TZ) Central? The Devonshire Cat (S1 4HG) From the station? The Sheffield Tap (Platform 1), Station/Moor Car Park? The Rutland Arms (S1 2BS). If you see a drunk Gok Wan lookalike in here come and say hi. BE AWARE OF SOME FANCY CRAFT BEER CITY PRICING Sheffield is a fantastic, friendly, football mad city and if you are popping down give me a shout and let’s all round off 2018 in style. If we get beat, as I expect we will – let’s hope that it is soundly and thoroughly within the first 85 minutes, so that Mowbray can keep his job. You never know though… we might be able to shove those Greasy Chip Buttys right down their Yaakshire throats. COYB

Ridiculous. That wasn’t Mowbray’s fault today. We were worth a point. Where would we be with a different manager? Perhaps League One.

Blaming Mowbray for that madness at the end is ridiculous. If we hadn’t scored the second we get a well deserved point probably.

Woke up today wanting to go, but no sales on the day! God damn you Steve Waggott. I’m usually uber confident with my predictions but think this time they might be too much for us... so we’ll probably win I suppose? Merry Xmas

You’re right of course, I just can’t see it with us at all! From Coyle and then League One to poaching Champion’s League team’s managers in one easy step? I would be more than astonished and find it quite fanciful.

Raya had played 7 league games in total until Mowbray came in and dropped Steele. Hadn’t played at all in the Championship that season prior to Mowbray.

I honestly don’t think we’ll be poaching Shaktar’s manager. Maybe Klopp?

I was excited about this away day earlier in the season, on my way (ish) back from Accy on Boxing Day... But I’ve got to have a personal limit on pricing, just out of principle. It’s a disgrace. Newcastle made it an easier decision, I expect a decent following for that one.

Evans is being encouraged to shoot more.

Just checked my seat numbers on “view from my seat” website... Remember your glasses/contact lenses/oxygen tanks chaps.

Spaces, please.

Our record, our statistics, and even basic probability. I'm not saying we'll beat them all or even one but not even a single point until Feb? We've taken many points of people we weren't expected to. We have five points and are unbeaten in the last three games and have played a top 5 and top 10 side. We've only been beaten once at home in well over a year. You're saying we are going to almost double our defeats from the season over the next couple of months - it's just a bit extreme and I wonder exactly what you've been seeing. Put us to lose the next 8 games and accumulate the winnings. Put a tenner on. Ipswich and Hull at home odds will make you massively quids in. I bloody well hope you're wrong! ?