Able Legend

Not entirely happy about it, in fact gutted to be honest, but I'll still be here long after he's gone and the show will go on. When Bassett was interviewd by 5Live before we beat you on the plastic pitch, and he was asked how we would cope with the bounce, he replied that according to them lot the ball was always in the air so it wouldn't matter! CLASSIC! It was Paul Beesley, he was a better player than he got credit for, but was a bit of a hard nut! Billy Whitehurst and Carl Bradshaw were as hard as enamel as well. Vinny was all show, all mouth and cowardly fouls, he would run ten miles from Big bad Billy Whitehurst! Darren Beckford was another that I rated at you lot, aswell as the obvious Jobson, Irwin, Ritchie, Holden, Palmer, Milligan who are the ones I remember from back then. Nicky Henry too! Who was that keeper who went to Everton, who ended up at the Lane and was rubbish for us. About 5 years ago, was it Paul Gerrard?

What I meant was..... I didn't seriously think that your Owl was in any way linked to the Wendy Parrot. Just that you had something in common! The Wednesday are that MASSIVE, they probably own you anyway.

Come on mate, behave!

Between 3500-4000 apparently. The Blades you spoke to must be the only ones who think we'll walk it to be honest. Like I said above, nothing would surprise me, we could waltz it, we could even go down again if we're half as bad as we were last year. More likely, if I was tipping would be 4th - 10th.

It's a bit of a wrong 'un, people's opinion about United under Bassett. They used to play percentages and a good amount of long-ball, but it certainly wasn't kick and rush, and there was some brilliant and exciting football mixed in. The football was worse recently under Blackwell if I'm honest. I'm hoping we've turned a corner, and looking for a good showing tomorrow. I haven't got a clue about what to expect from you lot, or any of the other teams in League 1 to be honest. Certainly not expecting an easy ride, but one thing you will notice tomorrow is that the Blades are bang up for it, and hopefully that will rub-off onto the players. 22 years of not playing the majority of the teams at this level, a change is as good as a rest. One thing I can't quite get my head around reding a few posts on here is your apparant love-in with Sheffy Wendy? Is it the Owl in your badge? And I thought you lot were OK! Haha!

I'll start by saying that I'm really looking forward to renewing our acquaintances with Oldham Athletic, it's just a shame that it's in the 3rd Division! I've been to Boundary Park several times over the years, seen us win on the plastic pitch, have 2 sent-off before half time, in fact so much of the games I've seen, all merge into one. The one that sticks in the mind is April 1994, when we sung 'You're down, with the Swindon Town' as loud as anything to the tune of Go West by the Pet Shop Boys. Only for us to come down with you improbable circumstances on the final day. You lot shared a lot of our roller coaster ride in the 90's, only slid further down, and we had a bit of rivalry back then. You had some good players like Miligan and Holden, Ritchie and Palmer to name a few. I was disappointed when you went down. Anyway, to tomorrow, I'll be travelling across with my lot, and really don't know what to expect from the Blades. We were attrocious last year, but have not lost many players, and with a new manager and a few additions surely can't be as bad again. My prediction for us lot next year will be somewhere between 1st and 24th, and nothing will really surprise me. What I can promise, is that we have a decent following coming and they'll be rowdy and vociferous, so I'm hoping we can get behind the team and that the atmosphere will be good. Be interested to hear back from you lot what you think of the game and the day in general. From our point of view, Quinn, Williamson and Lowton are our better players, but haven't got a clue how they will start, in terms of players or formation. Whatever happens tomorrow, best of luck for the rest of the season, I hope it goes well for you. I'd be well happy with you lot finishing 2nd!