I like the way people identify that Sheffield United are a well drilled team with no superstars and then casually observe that we were thoroughly outclassed on the night by the better side as if we were playing Barcelona or something and it was only to be expected as opposed to being completely unacceptable. You're entitled to your views as everyone else is entitled to theirs. I'd wager though that if TM tries that starting line up at home again we won't get anything out of those games either regardless of who the opposition is or how good they allegedly are.

It sounds like get at Tony night but imo the way he is currently handling Brereton is bound to be sapping his confidence. For a Club the size of ours if we spend £7m on a player he should be straight into the team in his normal position and should be an automatic selection unless and until he's proven after a decent run of games he's not up to it. It's no use sticking him on the bench and giving him the odd cameo role for 20 minutes out of position on the wing or only bringing him on when something happens to Graham which again is going to do nothing whatsoever to boost his confidence.

As I mentioned earlier TM got it completely wrong with his team selection imo. He needs to completely rethink how he approaches home games for me, it doesnt take a genius to work out that 8 defenders plus 3 attackers and one of those 3 completely out of position on the wing is a recipe for disaster. If we cant turn our home form round we could soon slip back into trouble and from a personal point of view I don't want to waste two hours watching rubbish every other week. What's the point in coming out of the dressing room if you're not going to have a go at home? Individually despite the plaudits he has received this seasob I cant for the life of me see what Evans offets other than passing the ball three yards. Zero creativity and barely any use in terms of getting a foot in or disrupting the opposition. Jason Lowe Mk 2. At home I'd like us to be a lot more adventurous and a central midfield of Reed and Bennett with Rothwell and Palmer either side would surely provide a lot more energy and creativity and allow us to get the ball up to Dack and Graham or Armstrong or Brereton.

If you're going to blame anyone for Armstrong, blame the manager for sticking him out on the wing. He obviously needs to be operating more centrally. Can't understand why when we were struggling desperately with one up front and no support the manager went like for like with the substitution of Graham and did not try two strikers more centrally at any point.

Mowbray tentirely o blame tonight for me. Lining up at gome with three offensively minded players and one of those (Armstrong) completely out of position on the wing is a disgrace. Why sign players with a bit of creativity like Rothwell and Palmer if you've no intention of starting them?

Didn't think either penalty was justified, the second one looked like the Forest player either dived or lost his footing with no -one near him . Leading up to the first the decision should hIave been a goal kick but a corner was wrongly awarded and from the resulting passage of play I thought the ball just went harmlessly behind the Forest player and the referee inexplicably blew for a penalty. Not our best overall performance but difficult to gauge it really when you're on the wrong end of two dodgy penalties. We do need to start winning at home but I don't think it's necessarily our fault today. Still don't feel Evans and Smallwood are the right midfield combination at home. I thought Evans was poor today.

This does nothing to alter my view that Rodwell was a player to avoid like the plague. Is he available for selection yet or are we just funding his lifestyle whereby he allegedly drives merrily round in his £59k Merc. commiting traffic offences along the way?

Some fairly harsh comments about the owners above considering They've just forked out 7m for a player to sit on the bench.

Didn't see tonight's game but the thing that has always worried me about TM is that he is too loyal to players already at the Club. All his spiel over the summer was along the lines of getting a few players in to assist the ones already there I.e. pad out the squad as opposed to improving the team. We're also drawing far too many games. Like another poster said I Can't decide whether we've made a solid start or whether it's rather worrying that we only have two wins from eight games. You do get the impression that wins will be fairly thin on the ground this season and there will no doubt be games and periods where we play well and are unlucky to lose so we will need a reasonable win ratio to compensate.

Do you mean the season we were relegated and conceded goals for fun? Hardly a badge of honour for Williams.

Absolute no brainer. For me Williams is an absolute liability defensively. Bell offers far more going forward, does not get caught out of position defensively as often as Williams and is a lot quicker to recover his position if he does.

Yes, he set the wall up wrong. Brereton obviously isn't a right winger but did really well to nearly carve out a chance out of nothing when he was in the centre of the box at one point.

Thought we were very unlucky today. Can't see how the goal we had chalked out could have been offside and I thought the free kick for their goal should have been a free kick the other way. Overall a very good performance. Thought both full backs were terrific, especially Bell who was my MOM. Only slight downsides once again were Smallwood and Evans who once again Didn't offer enough for me and Reed looked far more urgent and a cut above those two when he came on. Graham had an absolute shocker and looked about 53 not 33 today. Brereton looked quite promising I thought but looks like he needs to be playing down the middle. That would be the obvious switch. Overall very encouraging looking forward if TM makes a couple of obvious looking tweaks to the line up.

Absolutely, it's not a new thing at all. The exact same £10 replacement applied in the days of Saint John as well. However as someone else has said if you haven't actually lost your ST card but have simply left it at home I think you can nip into the Club Shop or ticket office and get a paper ST "exception" free of charge. I'v e had to do both in the past. Why should you get a free replacement if you are careless enough to lose your ST? The Club have to issue you the card and someone in the office has to take time out to cancel the old card, run the card off and bring it down to the Club Shop/Ticket Office etc. I Don't think prices are a valid stick to beat the Club with. The replacement card charge certainly isn't. If you Don't want to pay it, look after your card properly!

Couldn't tell you as I don't think pricing per se is an issue. There were also bundles of cheap tickets though if I recall correctly. As for the missing 15k from the Oxford game, how many would have been down for a run of the mill game on a freezing day in February at £10? Not many.

In my view the problem is not the relatively modest increase in prices but the fact that the expectation amongst the fans now is that tickets should be dirt cheap and the knowledge amongst the floating fans that there is no real need to get a season ticket to obtain value because there will no doubt be several £10 offers on at various points throughout the season and they can pop down for a cursory look on those occasions if they felt like it. Thenodrog predicted years ago that reducing prices would devalue the product in the eyes of the fans and I think he was right

Absolutely, those that can score do, those that can't run about a bit and bring others into play. Also a bit of an unnecessary swipe at Rhodes I'd have thought. I really Don't understand this revisionist slagging him off , the history books will record him as one of our best players.

Oh do give over. Double golden boot winner in the Premier League and Golden Boot winner at the World Cup wasn't he?

If That's the case their games will now last three hours but there will only be about twenty minutes actual action, the remainder will consist of ad breaks and the players standing around calling the opposition names.?

Two thoughts on this: firstly can't believe any Rovers fan thinks it is a shame one of our Local rivals might be going bust (although knowing our luck they probably will end up with the billionaire owners referred to) and secondly this Anderson character must not be telling the truth in his statement. He must only be offering to drip feed any sums contractually due to Blumarble in instalments which are not deemed adequate or he must not be offering to pay all sums due under the agreement after allowing for interest and penalties for late payment etc. No-one would place Bolton into administration if they were in receipt of a genuine and immediate offer to pay all sums due under the terms of the agreement.

Bit of a wake up call today, the key thing is how we react and whether we can go on another run. Disagree with those criticising the £7m signing up front we needed strikers AND at least one centre half for me and overloaded on midfielders instead. Always thought that as a pairing Mulgrew and Lenihan are nowhere near as good as Individually they're cracked up to be, we've always conceded plenty of goals. Need a lot better from them in the coming months.

Just seen this. Here we go........ "may" have to consider a 10m offer soon. "could" test his and the Club's resolve. I.e. "might not" and "may not" either What a load of old cobblers if Leicester were actually interested in Dack why wouldn't they steam in before Dack penned a new deal? does this Dixon dude even know Dack recently signed a new contract? More to the point is he a genuine person or Nixon using a nom De plume? Not even we would be stupid enough to allow a 10m release clause in his contract surely. No doubt Dack would find the lure of the Premiership and the attendant wages tempting at some point but negotiations would have to be starting around the £20m mark.

Ouch.

Cheers Bob. Did he speak to you much on the way up? ☺️

Absolutely vital signing which with Armstrong also at the Club will hopefully take a lot of the strain off Graham and allow us to use him sparingly if required. Credit must go to the owners for sanctioning a £7m fee. I still think we must have had a rethink towards the end of the permanent window as at one point when no-one had arrived TM was complaining about players we were in for suddenly going for £7m then shortly after we start making offers around that sort of level. Good luck Ben.