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Short of munching on some sandwiches from the home dressing-room’s refreshments table during Chris Wilder’s post-match debrief on Monday, it’s difficult to imagine how Sheffield United’s players could possibly have disappointed their manager more. While nobody in their right mind, even a Premier League manager such as Wilder, would have given the Blades a snowball’s chance in hell of getting a result against Mikel Arteta’s rampant Arsenal team, the speed and meekness of their surrender must surely have raised eyebrows around Bramall Lane. It certainly raised backsides, with the clack-clack-clackety-clack-clack of hastily-vacated seats punctuating the stunned silence of the stadium as hundreds of fans decided to give up on a bad job and make for the exits after less than quarter of an hour.
Continue reading…Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Short of munching on some sandwiches from the home dressing-room’s refreshments table during Chris Wilder’s post-match debrief on Monday, it’s difficult to imagine how Sheffield United’s players could possibly have disappointed their manager more. While nobody in their right mind, even a Premier League manager such as Wilder, would have given the Blades a snowball’s chance in hell of getting a result against Mikel Arteta’s rampant Arsenal team, the speed and meekness of their surrender must surely have raised eyebrows around Bramall Lane. It certainly raised backsides, with the clack-clack-clackety-clack-clack of hastily-vacated seats punctuating the stunned silence of the stadium as hundreds of fans decided to give up on a bad job and make for the exits after less than quarter of an hour. Continue reading…
