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da bet vitoria： No chance of history repeating itself.
That seems to be the view of journalist Richard Sutcliffe.
One Sheffield United fan seems to have some concern that this Blades might go the same way as Hull City did during their first season in the Premier League where they started off so well, only to end up surviving on the last day of the season, and being relegated the next campaign.
What’s he said?
Speaking during a Q&A on The Athletic, journalist Sutcliffe pointed out that there aren’t a lot of similarities between the side that Chris Wilder has now and the Hull side that went on such a dramatic slide back in 2009.
“The big difference between the two teams is United are much more solid than Hull ever were. Even amid the great start that included those wins at Arsenal and Spurs, Hull were still tonked 5-0 at home to Wigan in August. Difficult to envisage this Sheff United side suffering a result like that. I do still think there will be difficult times ahead this season but I don’t see United getting dragged in. Probably a 13-15th place finish.”
It’s still too early to say that though
It’s a comparison that we have made at FFC, as a way of pointing out that we shouldn’t perhaps be so quick to start anointing this side as the next big thing just yet, and that the season needs to play out a little bit longer before we get a true sense of what they’re capable of.
And whilst Sutcliffe has predicted quite the drop off from where they are now in the league, it’s a relatively reasonable expectation for him to have.
Whilst they haven’t had any bad results like a 5-0 defeat yet, that doesn’t mean that they’re going to be immune from something like that later on in the season. The reason is that teams still haven’t had a chance to fully get to grips with this Sheffield United side because they’re still new to this division.
Wait until someone that is as notoriously thorough in their preparations like Pep Guardiola gets the opportunity to face them, or even simpler than that when the team’s they played earlier in the season get the chance to play them again now they’ve had a chance to see them first hand.
So whilst they may be flying high right now, it’s still far too early to get a decent gauge on how good this side really are until they’ve faced every test the top flight has to throw at them.