Flashing Blades

With the very welcome news this week that Frankie Maguire’s loan spell has been extended to the end of the season, it’s time to ask the question –

Are Sheffield United trying to make us all closet Blades fans?

It’s easy to see through their all too obvious plot.  First they loan us Harrison Neal, by the looks of him fresh out of school but immediately calm on the ball in the centre of midfield, never flash but always hitting the right pass. Now we have a real little gem for several months, crucial relegation defying months we can more confidently predict.

Leaving aside the blatant attempt to establish a fan colony in NN15, let’s be thankful that we have forged a very useful relationship with SUFC. Fair play to them for releasing some of their up and coming prospects into the whirlpool of National League North, where they rapidly gain far more experience and nous than bench warming or reserve team fixtures.

For us too it’s an unexpected upgrade to business class from many decades of milking the Peterborough teat (apologies for any distress that mental image may cause).  

Not to mention how great it is to have another player called Frankie after all these years. He’s even Frankie M with an Irish surname. Don’t underestimate the importance.

Sorry, wrong Frankie