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Long gone
Almost a year since Sheffield United Won promotion to the Premier LeagueTheir all-too-predictable relegation to return to the Championship was confirmed. Three more matches are left. With three games to go, they suffered a setback. And in the 366 days since they booked their place in the top flight with victory over West Brom, Blades fans have seen them win just three times at Bramall Lane, one of which came in last season’s final at home. With a promise to kill you, having their fate sealed with a few games still left on the calendar should surely feel a more merciful release than the abjectly disappointed cheerleaders for the best league in the world you believe in.
No one gave United More hope to stay In the first place. Even before a ball was kicked, they were most pundits’ favorites for the drop alongside Luton, as the team that started the Premier League was significantly worse than the team that went up. The sales of Iliman Ndiaye and Sander Berge and the departure of loanee Tommy Doyle meant United’s fortunes were always on the decline. Hailed as “one to watch” in the club’s Premier League Prospects Big website’s Premier League Preview, their young striker Daniel Jebbison has found it difficult to keep tabs on a combination of illness and injuries as he has not played a single minute of football this season. His fellow striker Ryan Brewster also destroyed another campaign with utter tact.
“The gap between the Premier League’s haves and have-nots is huge now but some of our performances have been completely unacceptable,” sniffed Blades boss Chris Wilder following a rare recent game in which his side only dropped one of its places. Two parts. As card-carrying members of the have-nots club, United have conceded five or more goals in seven different top-flight games this season and will almost certainly feel the shame of lifting their collective bat to the pavilion and all four corners. He will play on any ground when he concedes his 100th campaign. Considering the money and spare time their supporters will spend for the privilege of watching them repeatedly thrash in a league hopelessly pitted against them, they could be forgiven for calling for an open-top bus parade. For their side Sheffield United should celebrate their return to a division where they can truly compete and renew hostilities with their city rivals on Wednesday for the first time in five years.
“It’s going to be a tough summer,” wailed the former Premier League manager before Wilder, with just three games left, was eating sandwiches in his presence with the comfort of match officials. “But I have another year left on my contract and I hope the supporters believe in me. I have a desire to get it right next season. By getting it “right”, the 56-year-old means finishing a respectable seventh in the Championship, so the supporters in question are more affluent Premier League grands and Not having to endure another miserable season imposed on them by the state.The owned arrivals are probably not expected to compete with them, then Wilder is certainly welcome to stay.
Quote of the day
“You can see how much it means to me from my celebration. It’s what I’ve dreamed about since I started playing. It makes me so excited for next season. Obviously I’m Everton’s biggest fan, so it means a lot to contribute and prove everyone wrong that we can get a point against these teams. I don’t know how I’m going to go to school” – shades of Wayne Rooney as 16-year-old Issy Hobson, a lifelong Evertonian, becomes the youngest WSL goalscorer. took the lead in the 95th minute equaliser Against Arsenal. Her goal secured a 1-1 draw, effectively ending the Gunners’ title bid and was the Toffees’ first point against Arsenal since 2012 (Hobson … erm, four). Good luck with double math, Issy!
I have yet to come to terms with Jurgen Klopp’s imminent departure from Anfield, much less the news of his potential replacement. Cops Klopp Slot You could say I’m trying to get the top spot for the slot” – Peter O.
Quote your impassioned diatribe about the championship (Friday’s Football Daily); We ask. However, I think even its biggest cheerleaders would agree that most would choose to watch the Premier League if forced to choose teams. Don’t shoot the messenger!” – Anthony Brady.
As you say, plenty to love about the Colchester v Derby photo (Friday’s memory lane, full email version), not credit: photograph: Eamonn McCabe” – Iggy.
Re: Arsenal supporter Anne Hathaway (Want more from last Wednesday, full email version). In one of her most famous films, she embarks on a journey to the edge of a black hole, watching the energy drain away from anything that strays too close to its gravitational pull. Are you sure she’s not a Manchester United fan? – Simon Mazier.
Send letters to the.boss@theguardian.com. Today’s winner of our non-prize letter ‘of the day’ is … Simon Mazier.
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