Sheffield United’s fixtures

Teesste

Teesste

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Ok.. I know it will be a huge task to overturn the 10 point (plus game in hand) gap but..

Have a look at Sheffield United’s run of games from when they play us onwards. Seems they have most of the top end of the table to play with only a couple of dead wood games.

Whilst we have a few top end clashes ourselves it feels like our run is kinder than theirs and just maybe explains why they’re so far ahead at present.

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A quick look back at their last 10 league fixtures.. I think 9 have been against teams in the bottom half
 
My mate is a Sheff Utd fan and he can’t understand how they’re second with such a big gap. Says they haven’t been as good as the table suggests. I still think they’ll be alright. We‘ll close them down but not quite enough.
 
Sheffield United blew up last year. Should have finished top two and then lost playoffs. More or less same squad as last year. We need to win our next two away games (Cardiff and Sheffield) to have any chance though.
 
sambaDTR said:
Sheffield United blew up last year. Should have finished top two and then lost playoffs. More or less same squad as last year. We need to win our next two away games (Cardiff and Sheffield) to have any chance though.
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Their experience from last year might work in our favour if the gap starts closing. Really need a result against them though to put any real pressure on.
 
sambaDTR said:
Sheffield United blew up last year. Should have finished top two and then lost playoffs. More or less same squad as last year. We need to win our next two away games (Cardiff and Sheffield) to have any chance though.
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Last season, they won their last 3 games in a row including beating Fulham 4-0. Got 11 points from their last 6 games. When Heckingbottom took over they were 16th and ended the season in 5th, their highest position of the season. Didn't lose two games in a row under Heckingbottom.
They've had one bad run under Heckingbottom in October when they went 6 games in a row without winning so, like any team in the Championship, they can struggle for a while but right now I see no signs of it. Since Carrick took over, they've played 13, won 9, drawn 2 lost 1, a better record than ours and including wins against West Brom and Burnley.

Right now, there is zero evidence that Sheffield Utd will implode to the degree that we could catch them. It's a triumph of hope over expectation. If we can keep on at 2 points per game, which would be a phenomenal performance given the season's start, we'll end up on 80 points which hasn't been enough for second place since 2012-13. Sheffield Utd only need 7 wins out of their next 17 games to get to 81 points.
 
Bruce said:
Last season, they won their last 3 games in a row including beating Fulham 4-0. Got 11 points from their last 6 games. When Heckingbottom took over they were 16th and ended the season in 5th, their highest position of the season. Didn't lose two games in a row under Heckingbottom.
They've had one bad run under Heckingbottom in October when they went 6 games in a row without winning so, like any team in the Championship, they can struggle for a while but right now I see no signs of it. Since Carrick took over, they've played 13, won 9, drawn 2 lost 1, a better record than ours and including wins against West Brom and Burnley.

Right now, there is zero evidence that Sheffield Utd will implode to the degree that we could catch them. It's a triumph of hope over expectation. If we can keep on at 2 points per game, which would be a phenomenal performance given the season's start, we'll end up on 80 points which hasn't been enough for second place since 2012-13. Sheffield Utd only need 7 wins out of their next 17 games to get to 81 points.
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Good reality check. However, people's hopes are more to do with the fact that Sheff Utd's good run has come against the weaker sides in the league and they have a real tough run of games coming up including some away from home.

Yes, it's unlikely we'll catch them, but still possible, all we can do is take care of our own performance and results. The championship throws up unpredictable results from time to time too, so we just need to follow MC's example, keep our heads down and focus on the next game and we'll end up where we deserve to end up come May.
 
It remains very unlikely that we can catch them. However, if we were to beat them next Wednesday they might wobble. Burnley are a class above, Sheff Utd aren't, when I have watched them they are a decent Championship side with a few key players (like Berger) but not much on the bench. A build up of fixtures and a suspension or an injury might tip the one goal wins into draws.

Conversely, I think if we fail to beat them on the 15th they are as good as home and hosed.
 
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