At the start of 2020, we were 5th in the Premier League and knocking on the door of securing European football for the first time in the history of our football club. So it was a bit of a bummer that we ended this year being bottom of the Premier League with only 2 points to our name after 16 games, I think it's safe to say that it's definitely up there with in extreme year bookends. So, 6 games to review, let's get on with them.
A Brief(ish) Review Of The Month Another start to the month and yet another loss with Leicester coming to The Lane and securing a late, late winner thanks to that man again Jamie Vardy. Ayoze Perez (another player who likes to score against The Blades) opened the scoring but two minutes later, Oli McBurnie equalised and it looked like United would hang on to get our second point of the season. Alas, we didn't count on the man fuelled by Skittles Vodka with the ex-Stocksbridge Park Steel's man latching onto a late through ball and breaking United hearts and our corner flag. After that we were on the south coast where we played our first game of the season in front of fans at Southampton where we proceeded to produce a performance best described as like watching someone projectile vomit repeatedly for an hour and a half. Adams, Armstrong and Redmond got the goals and that's all I want to say about that game. Next up was a visit of one of the big boys to Bramall Lane with Manchester United coming to town in our last home game since Christmas. Manchester United gave us an early Christmas present early doors with ex-Blades Maguire and Henderson combining to gift David McGoldrick a tap in to give us the lead. Then Sander Berge got injured and we put Jags on instead of a midfielder and not long after that the veteran defender was exposed by a ball over the top and Rashford converted to equal the scores. Martial bagged a second not long after that and then shortly after half time, Rashford got his second that looked like it killed the game. However, McGoldrick managed to get his head on a corner late on in the game to reduce the deficit and a late Lys Mousset effort looked like it would give us an unlikely equaliser but Henderson pulled off a wonderful save and an entertaining game ended with another loss for United. Our actual last match before Christmas was a visit to Brighton where we actually managed to get our second point at the season that arguably should have been three. John Lundstram was sent off in the first half but United were resolute and actually opened the scoring thanks to debutant Jayden Bogle. It looked like we'd finally have our first three points of the season but then Danny Welbeck ruined it all with a late equaliser. We ended the month with back to back 1-0 losses against Burnley and Everton to finish the year on the lowest of lows. Player Of The Month: George Baldock I don't really remember a lot of the individual performances from December but I think I'll give it to George this month plus, he signed a new contract around this time until 2024 so that's brilliant news. George is a player that wears his heart on his sleeve and you can definitely tell that Billy wasn't lying when he said that George was the player that's most bought into Sheffield United since he came into the club. He always gives 100% commitment for United and his performances this season have been good when a lot of the other players have been very poor. He's surely a future captain for United and could potentially be the next Chris Basham. Nothing else left to say really other than we all like George. George is cool. Goal Of The Month: Jayden Bogle VS Brighton, Sunday 20th December 2020 We actually scored 4 goals this month, which is almost enough for a GOTM competition but I think the pick of the goals this month is Bogez debut goal in the away draw against Brighton. After not even being on the bench for a large part of the first half of the season, Bogle was brought on the bench due to injuries and when he got on in the second half he looked very lively and scored a lovely goal that showed brilliant composure and a cool head for a player that was making his top flight debut and at just 19. It was a well taken goal that took a bit of a deflection but was still great to watch. A first real sign that Bogez could be an important player for us going forward.
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