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Points will make prizes for United
THEY have won plaudits for attempting to pass their way towards promotion.
But, according to Ryan Flynn, Sheffield United are prepared to risk offending the purists if a more strong-arm approach is required as the battle for Championship football enters a critical phase.
“We’ll take ugly wins,” the winger admitted last night. “We’re ready to do whatever it takes to try and get to where we want to be.
“I can see this season going right down to the wire and we’re ready for that.
“We want to play well but points, not performances, are absolutely key at this stage.”
Danny Wilson, the manager responsible for transforming United’s style of play, believes to two are inextricably linked, having dismissed suggestions that back to back defeats by Charlton Athletic and Birmingham City - the latter in the FA Cup - have punctured his squad’s self-belief.
Echoing those sentiments, Flynn insisted fourth-placed United are confident they possess both the ability and experience required to shrug off the disappointment of last season’s relegation.
“There’s a self-belief here,” Flynn said. “Without a shadow of a doubt.
“You can feel it before games, during games and, just as important, when we are training.
“At least, that’s how I feel anyway.”
Wilson cut a confident figure throughout his weekly media briefing at Shirecliffe on Thursday, claiming United had issued a positive statement of intent by refusing to offload their highest earners during the recent transfer window.
Instead, having arranged loan deals for youngsters Erik Tonne and David McAllister, a board of directors keen to restructure the club’s finances sanctioned the arrivals of Marcus Williams and James Beattie before releasing the funds required to recruit Will Hoskins for the rest of the season.
The Star can also reveal that Blackpool’s Billy Clarke had been poised to re-join United following a successful loan spell earlier this term until family reasons prompted him to sign for Crawley Town instead.
United’s League One rivals Huddersfield Town were also monitoring Clarke’s situation but appeared destined to lose out to their Yorkshire neighbours until personal circumstances conspired to lure the centre-forward south.
Meanwhile, referee Trevor Kettle has outlined his reasons for deciding that today’s meeting between United and Colchester at the Weston Homes Community Stadium could not go ahead as scheduled.
The match official postponed the fixture at 1pm yesterday and said: “It was a very easy decision. There is a 20-metre strip across the pitch, where a stand casts a shadow, which is really solid.
“Even with the temperature at one degree C, the wind chill factor was making it feel lower. With sub-zero temperatures anticipated in the morning, the probability of the pitch being playable was very, very low.
“Therefore, in the interests of safety, I was of the opinion that the game should be called off.”
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Donny Blades
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 10:01 AMsorry @6
Donny Blades
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 09:26 AM@5What like Brighton last season? Who were by far the best footballing team and finished top a the league???
lanzarote owl
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 10:48 AMKnob
SteelC1tyBlue
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 03:47 PMDoes anyone have 2 tickets for sale for the derby in the home end of course for me and my mate catching the 9:25 bus from Skeg? We arent season ticket holders you see but are just part timers who only go to the big games like when the Blades are in town. Im steelcityblue a real nasty and dirty scrubber now living in LINCON5H1TE LAND where the sheep are scared, the men are men and so are the women! Stroll on
lanzarote owl
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 12:51 PM@2 I think he was trying to say that a mix of styles is the way to go. Something Wednesday have already discovered from last years experience and this will see us go up, whilst the so called tippy tappy teams will fall by the wayside
IdWalkaMillionMiles
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 12:29 PMThere's no actual mention of the people who have applauded the way utd play. In actual fact whenever they play a footballing side, they lose. Cloud cuckooland.
Gerimo
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 11:53 AMYou don't get anything for a pair of Blades,not in this game
vvednesday r back
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 11:03 AMwhat do points make? prizes! thats bruce forsith and his card show.i wach it with my mum. those girls are lovely but i do like men more.
Donny Blades
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 10:04 AMTHEY have won plaudits for attempting to pass their way towards promotion!! Look and learn piggys hoofball is not the way!!
Gerimo
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 09:47 AMThink Blades should go lower
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