Sheff U v Rotherham Tues 8th KO 7:45pm

[mellowmiller]

Strange things can happen in Derby games, and if we had a full squad fit I would have at least had the train of thought that we could get a point.
However, with the amount of injuries piling up and playing a team absolutely at the top of their game it is more in hope than expectation that we can get something from it.
MT will probably set us up to try and frustrate them so I would expect a 4-5-1 formation with NC and Chieo the wide men in the midfield 5 and Eaves as our lone striker so at least on the counter we have a bit of pace out wide. It's now the time to see what some of the fringe players can do but it's going to be a tough game against a very in form team. UTM

The problem will be if we counter-attack BNC and Chieo will get there 5 minutes before Eaves.

[millertop]

You sometime see comments on Owlstalk with their fans saying
"The PL is corrupt, it's not real football so we wouldn't want to go there and I'm so pleased we're playing in the EFL where it's real football".
This is such a cliche and so easy to say when you can't get in it.

So I'll give you a list of what to expect if Rotherham United reached the Premier League

1: There's a buzz around the city and it receives so much regular publicity in the national media. You team might even become semi fashionable with millions around the world having RU as their second team, imagine that.
2: Players don't necessarily seem better but they do seem bigger, more muscle bound with everyone looking like a top athlete.
3: The standard of finishing goes up through the pyramid, so in the PL strikers can score from nothing.
4: Your club become rich overnight and have about 60 million a season to spend on players. This means you can basically cherry pick all the best Championship players and you know that financially other Championship can't even try to compete for transfers.
5: The clubs official Youtube and Twitter followers seems to double overnight, SUFC now have 165K Youtube subscribers.
6: Your team seem to be in the media all the time, always mentioned on national radio, national tv, it's a real novelty.
7: You need to do internal changes to the stadium so they can cope with mass influx of journalists and other clubs entourages etc
On match day there are far more vans at the stadium, triple the number of media men, every match feels like a massive game.
8: You need to put a cap on season tickets otherwise you could fill the ground just with season tickets holders, so there's no general sale.
9: The away end seems to be sold out almost every single match.
10: Your baseline of what you thought was football changes. For example in the PL every team seem to focus on keeping possession with no teams playing percentage crossing or punts up field. Also in the Championship you think of 30K as a big crowd, however in the PL it's a modest crowd, your definition of a big crowds changes to being 50K or 60K.
11: VAR is a game changer, it's great that it generally stops your team from being robbed but it's a real passion killer when 20 seconds after scoring it comes up on the scoreboard "VAR check in progress".

For most people it's very enjoyable being in the PL, it's the greatest show in town.
However it's not your traditional football so there's also a tinge of sadness attached to it. Suppose it's what you call "progress".

Yes we are ready to return, the good news for us this time is we have 3 players (Berge, Ahmedhodzic and N'Diaye) who are better than any of the players Wilder had in the PL, so we already have 3 players currently at PL standard, with room to improve further.

Thanks for that, I’m sure we’ll get there one day but nowhere near ready yet, imo we need at least a few seasons in championship then we’ll start hopefully extending stadium before we start dreaming of the promise land

[gru]

Hull came back last week. He was comms on Saturday.

If Hull can play why not?

[caytonmiller]

If Hull can play why not?

I guess it depends of MT thinks he's good enough. He is eligible to play but if we are only using him for the next 2 games then he can only go back to the same loan club,. Think it was Hartlepool.

[caytonmiller]

No. Just realised it's Boston

[almostsignedmaradona]

Thanks for that, I’m sure we’ll get there one day but nowhere near ready yet, imo we need at least a few seasons in championship then we’ll start hopefully extending stadium before we start dreaming of the promise land

People might laugh that anyone could even envisage Rotherham United ever reaching the Premier League but you're a bigger club than AFC Bournmouth. If they can do it and stay there, then it's not so crazy sounding.

For decades Brentford were knocking around the lower divisions and the ambitions of their fans would be to play in the Championship but looks at them now in the Premier League, playing good football and have an excellent reputation.

[Masbroughstreet]

No. Just realised it's Boston

I don't think that rule counts if it's non league? I believe the 2 clubs in a season rule is only for league teams.

[Masbroughstreet]

People might laugh that anyone could even envisage Rotherham United ever reaching the Premier League but you're a bigger club than AFC Bournmouth. If they can do it and stay there, then it's not so crazy sounding.

For decades Brentford were knocking around the lower divisions and the ambitions of their fans would be to play in the Championship but looks at them now in the Premier League, playing good football and have an excellent reputation.

Exactly, we were playing in League two with Bournemouth and Brentford as recent as the Don Valley years so it is possible.

Although I don't actually think it will ever happen.

[welovebooth]

Exactly, we were playing in League two with Bournemouth and Brentford as recent as the Don Valley years so it is possible.

Although I don't actually think it will ever happen.

With a different chairman yes we could be playing in the premiere league

[Masbroughstreet]

With a different chairman yes we could be playing in the premiere league

You could say that about any team though