Sheffield United Are Absolutely Screwed 

Mad that out of everyone leaving, Ahmedhodžić who’s probably the best talent is still there

I think Sheffield United are genuinely trying to break Derby's 07/08 points record with the way they are going about their transfer business

The Ndiaye saga is frustrating as a blade. OM is his boyhood club, so it's a dream move for him. However, he's played for us all pre season, and even filmed the video making it look like he was set to stay, only to confirm his departure about 10 days before the first game of the season. I wish him well, but the terms "creek", "paddle" and "without" come to mind. I just wish the leadership had been more sensible about his original contract at this point.

Screwed would've been if they didn't gain promotion all together.. as it stand they've pretty much saved the club at the expense of a bit of an embarrassing season.. IMO this is a W for Sheffield United.

I can't imagine what it must have felt like to be a Sheffield United fan on the final day of the 1993/94 season when they were safe with literally seconds to go only to end up conceding against Chelsea which ended up relegating them from the EPL you would wonder if the future of the club would have ended up the same if they hadn't conceded that goal

They’ve just signed Souza & are signing Hamer from Coventry. They’re definitely not screwed. Two really good signings in midfield

I was at our pre season thrashing against Stuttgart this weekend just gone, and it was a real kick in the teeth not to see Ndiaye after he's played for us all summer. I'm hoping against hope that we can produce *something* this season like our signing of Anel last season, and avoid another campaign like 20/21, but I'm preparing myself not to care about football for a year at this point.

I've always loved watching the Blades when I can. Good luck for this season (Forest supporter)

As a blade, my city has to be the biggest under achieving city in Europe no joke, us and tbf wednesday been let down for years whilst smaller less supported clubs have gone on to bigger things while we’ve been left to rot. Don’t know if it’s a northern thing but we need a break, losing Ndiaye and Berge isn’t great but I’m sure we’ll get some incomings in fingers crossed. Bramall Lane on its day can be a tough gig. UTB.

I’m happy with everyone writing us off as it takes the pressure off us. The only player we’ve ‘lost’ is N’Daiye which is a big loss. Berge has been bang average and half our fan base hasn’t warmed to him in 3.5 years. We are aiming for another 4 signings before September 1st after fetching in; Traore, Slimanè, Trusty, Larouci and Vinicius Souza. We are going to have a hard season but everyone thinks we are dead certs so we have no expectations on us

Harsh but true. However he didn't mention some positives. 1: The Sheff Utd defence is still in tact and is still very good, so don't think Sheff Utd will concede many this season, however they'll really struggle to create any chances, never mind score. The midfield and attack is much weaker than last season. 2: The doom and gloom might be short lived because apparently Sheff Utd still have 4 or 5 major signings to make before the transfer window closes. So lets see what happens in the coming weeks.

Been expecting a video of this type from Alfie for a few weeks now. I've said it'll be a tough ask to stay up. Even with Ndiaye and Berge it was going to be a struggle. Hopefully the money we get will get pumped into the squad for replacements and quickly. Saturdays starting 11 will be rough but its not Heckys fault nor the players so we just have to get behind them and hope it gets better

Saw them in a friendly against my favourite club, VfB Stuttgart, last weekend. Doesn't look bright, but I will be rooting for them as underdogs.

Luton and Sheffield are really going head to head to see who can break Derby's recorrd from 2007/08. One is signing like they barely survived the Championship last season and the other is selling like they just got relegated into League 1

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

Must praise your direct style in this video, Alfie Youre always was accurate and informative, but most of the time i drop yours video on the middle, cause of slow pace approach(gigantic intros, some back to past stuff, etc) Really like this one

I just know they’ll pull of a weird win against a big club to cheer up the fans but be absolutely woeful against other teams

This kinda reminds me of when Forest got promoted by hammering the Div.1 with Kevin Campbell and Pierre Van Hooijdonk banging in excessive goals. Upon gaining promotion, they proceeded to sell all their good players in a fire sale whilst PvH was on holiday, after having convinced him to stay by promising to invest in the squad and be able to compete effectively at PL level. You can all see how that went down with Pierre..... and we know Forest went down like a Steve Stone!

Looking back on this, you were being extremely kind to them.

Sheffield United are one of my favourite respective teams ever but I am absolutely shocked to see a few of their star players left,good friends!!!I do hope though,to see them signing some good players and start their season convincingly,good friends!!!LONG LIVE SHEFFIELD UNITED!!!🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️

Good luck for this season boys. From a 🐝💤 fan. It’s extremely tough in the Premiership …….

I think there’s a greater chance of Ireland winning a World Cup than Sheffield staying up after this season

sufc fan here, spot on the whole video, wish us luck this year...

As a Sheffield United fan, I think if Heckingbottom keeps us above 20th he should get the keys to the city. The only positive is that one of our key strengths last season was not conceding goals (even against Spurs in the FA Cup). If our defense remains tough to crack we have a shot at getting a lot of home draws

What a lot of people who haven't watched us regularly don't see with Berge is that, yes he's a brilliant player and has excellent moments, but he also goes missing in games a lot and is too far laid back, not putting effort into tackles. Even worse is he's the biggest bloke on the pitch but doesn't even bother trying to win aerial duels. As for Ndiaye can't really blame him. Could have gone last year for a lot more money but stayed to get us promoted. And it was his boyhood club that came for him. Most people would do it. Also we offered a contract that would have made him the highest paid player in our history which he turned down to go to the club he supports. Wish nothing but the best for him. Both of these were going at some point anyway whether we stayed up or went down, so selling now makes more sense than letting them run the last year of their contract down and then go for nothing. £20m/£12m and a sell on clause is better than £0 and no sell on clause.

Superb critique. I'm a Southampton fan but have been following Hegginbottom's career since he began. He is a superb manager and I'd love to see Sheff Utd beat all the odds and survive. If they do survive Hegginbottom deserves to be crowned the best football league manager. If he survives at the club all season, that'll be just as miraculous. Good luck Sheffield Utd. And you still wear proper red and white stripes!

Marseille signing Ndiaye for 17m is a great pickup

As a Sky Blue, I'd say Sheffield United are far from screwed now they have Gustavo Hamer. And Gyokeres was sold for €20million, making Ndiaye's price look fair.

Thank you for the pick-me-up. Needed the boost this morning. #WAWAW

“Football is broken clubs spend too much money” “This team is screwed they spend no money”

Sky Sports now reporting Sheffield United want to bring Rob Hulse out of retirement 😭

I must live a sad life when the highpoint of my week is a new Alfie video...

From a Sheffield united fan this video was spot on, i have no enthusiasm going into this new season....which seems wrong but how can you be enthusiastic with this much chaos at your club

Video idea: Alfie's 7 books about association football that every fan should either own or at least rent and read.

As an Owl … 🍿 . Not sure we’re going to go much better in the Championship though

They have the hope that there's usually a couple of teams who suddenly crash unexpectedly, and other promoted teams sometimes struggle. I'm clutching at straws for them!

Mans been uploadin gems every few days now... holy moley... we dont deserve you Alfie...

As a Blade I didn’t even know that the club was THIS poorly run. And while I’m incredibly disappointed in losing our best players we all know what happened when everyone thought we would get relegated in 19/20. We have a class manager, and with some talented signings and a packed out Bramall Lane I can only hope for the best⚔️⚔️

i was wondering how the blade's will fare this season. thanks for taking a stab at answering that question, alfie

Yup, turned out to be pretty nailed on. Conceding 104 goals in impressively bad

We offered Ndiaye a new contract last season but he rejected due to not knowing if we will get promoted, he wanted to leave as it was his boyhood club and we can’t do anything about that. Berge refused to sign a new deal and owner decided to cash in as he is replaceable. We now have closer to £40million to spend but if he kept both we would have £10million to spend. We also have an option to extend contracts on majority of our players(e.g. Oli mcburnie and Wes foderingham)

This transfer shocked us Burnley fans too, especially as they came up with us, that said we have never had a good transfer window so maybe this makes up for it. Hard luck Sheffield fans, but think getting Hamer will be a good replacement

Wow, had no idea of the troubles at Sheffield United Hopefully the new signings can hit the ground running

Hi Alfie, can we get a video on the top 7 players from the 5th tier of Under 8s amputee league in Kazakhstan that would start over martial at united. I've made my own shortlist if you need and I reckon you could fit a few bob dylan references in the video. Maybe a few lines from the "Idiot Wind" chorus to describe martial.

Wow this video is prescient, Newcastle smashed them 8-0 today

I was at a sports industry media event earlier this year where Dozy Mmobuosi made “an entrance!” mobbed by his entourage of bodyguards. I know first impressions aren’t always right, but at the time I thought that if the EFL do proper due-diligence then there’s no way that this guys is going to pass any EFL ownership criteria!

Austin Trusty, that's a name that fills one with confidence.

never underestimated team that didn't make world class signing...usually, their are the one who overachieved each season

"The blunt answer." Gotta love it, dude. WAWAW

A very interesting idea of a video is teams that are far away fro their league like las plasmas that are in spanish league despite being closer to Morocco or Madeira that are far away from Portugal Santa Clara too

On paper we look doomed, but we have replaced key positions with younger and more athletic talent. I think if we get another creative player in, give the team some time to gel, we will actually be fine.

They're doing the right thing for a provincial club. Take the money and run. Rinse and repeat enough times and they might be big enough to compete with Premiership clubs. At this stage they should be happy for their season in the sun. They might even surprise a few people though I doubt it.

Coventry fan here. They bought Hamer 15m. Hes amazing! Hes the egdar Davids, you will love him. I think you might surprise a few people this season. Good luck

Bookmarking this for when we stay up 👍

Thanks!

Sounds like the only blades moving with a purpose are the green ones. Not a good omen for returning to the Premiere, and then to get shutout today by Palace. Good luck Blades supporters.

Brilliant, written off before a balls been kicked !! We thrive on being the underdog 💪

All correct apart from weve used 1 loan spot out of 2. Can only have 2 domestic loans but can have up to 5 loan players in a match day squad

Blade here, the owner wants to sell the club so he will really have no incentive to invest money. He spent a fair bit a couple of years ago but it wasn’t a success. I can see him thinking to recoup losses and the team must just try and survive. If we do I expect he would spend next year, but right now we are seriously going to have a monumental struggle and your video is totally on the money. Being Blades we are used to struggling though. The finances of the club do need to be taken care of and gambling lots of money to try and stay up often fails.

Iliman and Berge refused continually to sign new contracts so basically we have cashed in with the plan to re invest in younger players

Both Sheffield clubs have been ran into the dirt, both were original prem teams too. A massive city with badly run teams but amazing supporters with great history.

I heard "plastic spoon" as "+6 spoon." It's been a long time since I played any RPGs like that.

Can’t wait for this video to look redundant. In Hecky and our excellent scouting team we trust. ⚔️⚔️

The team that spends the most is not always the one that succeeds.

The opening line on this video is just hilarious 😂😂😂😂

My prediction? 16th. They'll stay up after winning 2 and drawing 3 of their last 5, and their 16th will be the first time they are out of the bottom three. Just you watch. (God, this hurts me, because I'm a mighty, mighty Raptor's fan, but I wish them well, and I genuinely believe that this will happen!)

‘A heck of a lot less straightforward’ - I see what you did there!

Souza just brought in for £10.5m. Akpom rumoured for £8m, Hamer for £15m, Smallbone for £7m, Lewis O’Brien for around £15m, loans for Palmer or Archer and a return for McAtee/Doyle. Pull some of these off and suddenly it’s a good window.

Loosing illy is heartbreaking but berge i dont really care he went missing to much. Im just glad this promotion money saved our club from real trouble. We need to invest for the future.

you should do a video on Liverpool next #FSGOUT

I like sheff u, proper club with a passionate fan base. Hope they can get some replacements in and stay up…as well as us of course

Sheffield United are screwed is an understatement. Lost most of the key players, lack of funds to replace players and stuck with the dross. They could smash Derby's record for the worst Premier League team ever.

24 hours is a long time in football. We’ve gone from being negative to being absolutely positive with Hamer and Doyle links. Roll on proving the doubters wrong!

Sheffield, and Wolves might legitimately give Luton a chance at surviving Especially if Forest gets second season syndrome in an extreme way

"The Blunt answer...." Amusing!

For goodness sake let the season begin for Sheffield united with out criticism beginning.

They managed to get promoted to the EPL, but know they have no way of making your promotion stick... so just roll with it. Accept that you don't stand a chance of avoiding relegation and collect those EPL payments to help you build up a more stable team and organization from 2025/2026 season onwards. Don't think they have any other choice.

Nice little challenge on FM24

RIP to the City of Sheffield in regards to Football ⚽️

we'd be more screwed if we hadn't have gone up, its hard to feel happy about expecting a hammering though

I'm Newcastle till I die! But live in Sheffield for 18yrs. Love the City but sad to see the size of the fan base for both football clubs and yet still struggling despite promotion to PL. I hope they get a new owner that sees the potential of the club! But saying that I'd take 6 points off them is season when they play Newcastle 😂

Blackpool we're supposed to have gone down on a single point tally! Good luck Blades

As a Sheffield United fan it's tough to see all this. I think defense is the strongest group of players we have. Ahmedhodžić, Trusty, Basham and Egan will rotate as starters in a back three. I think Max Lowe will do just fine, and Bogle will do fine once he's back. We also have some depth in defense with Jack Robinson, Larouci, Baldock and Norrington-Davies (sill injured?). I think if we can swing it, we should sign another young central defender. I think the midfield is very weak. With injuries to Fleck (serious), Norwood (questionable), and Coulibaly (doubtful) I think the midfield is a wash. Yes, we signed Vinicius and Ben Silmane, but they aren't proven in real high level play. Sure the fees are fair, but I'm not sure they're enough. I guess we have arblaster who's a decent young player and Ben Osborn who can play in the midfiled and wingback. I think we really need a quality signing in midfield, maybe two. I think the attack is also quite weak. We have Brewster (questionable) and McBurnie (questionable), who I think will start most games if healthy. I'm excited to see Jebbison once he's healthy and even Osula. We're linked with Akpom who would play more of that Ndaiye role, but Sheffield isn't willing to meet a 10 million asking price. I think Akpom is well worth that. Hopefully we can sign a couple decent players before the window closes.

Frustrating preseason for us Blades. I'm desperately looking around for 3 side wise than us, but i just can't find them. Everton surely can't have yet another poor season, and Burnley looked Premier League class last year. If we're 4 points off safety at Christmas, i await the fire-sale

Ndiaye is the little brother of a friend of mine. Hes not only a good footballer but an amazing person of the field.

It feels like the gulf between the teams who will almost certainly be in the top half of the prem and the teams fighting relegation has become massive this year and that might make it an interesting battle; i.e. maybe 25 or 28 points will be enough to stay up. Bleak seasons for some.

In Châteauroux (France) we unfortunatly know this sad chairman good luck to you sheffield

Sheffield along with Wolverhampton are strong candidates for Relegation. For other one, many people says Luton. But for real, i really want Luton to survive.

Love your optimism! Are you always this positive?

Ndiaye was undoubtedly our best but Berge wasn't our 2nd best player. Good but inconsistent. We have a few more in front of him imo.

Away kit is class tho

Hope both sheffield teams finally end up in the same league

Surprised more of the smaller promoted clubs just don't take the money and run. Seems sensible to me, under the circumstances.

As a blade, I was expecting it to be a tough season, but it's looking like it'll be a soul destroying one. Ho hum, we'll still love 'em.

Come back To this when , Tommy Doyle ✅gus hamer ✅ Cameron archer ✅chuba akpom ✅ cole palmer (loan) ✅

Wish them all the best in the prem!

It's a shame you don't know the premier League loan rules. The limit of 2 loans at any one time that you talk about at 15:14 is only on domestic loans, so Larouci won't count towards that limit. Also when you mention getting both Doyle and McAtee back on loan at 14:45, they couldn't do that either, as there is a limit of 1 loan player from a single club.

who's here after 8-0 loss vs Newcastle?

My thoughts exactly when I saw they sold Berge yesterday.

I think that Derby County 07/08 record is in danger. And imagine they do well LMAO