Wed Apr 16, 2025 7:54 am
Chris Wilder’s message to Sheffield United fans as automatic promotion hopes written off after horror run
Chris Wilder has targeted a “proper performance” against Cardiff City on Friday as Sheffield United look to arrest their alarming slump in form that has left their automatic promotion hopes hanging by a thread. A 2-1 reverse at Plymouth on Saturday was United’s third defeat in three, leaving them five points off Leeds United and Burnley with just four games left.
One of them is against the Clarets, on Easter Monday at Turf Moor, but United can’t afford to look past Omer Riza’s struggling Bluebirds as they look to regain some much-needed momentum in the promotion race. Even if the top-two is now beyond their grasp, United can’t afford to enter the play-offs on a downward trajectory - especially given their wretched history in the end-of-season lottery.
“I haven't got a crystal ball to see what happens in the last four games,” Wilder said. “What happens up the road, or over the Pennines. But it's certainly given them a massive boost, because of our inability to pick up any points over the last three games. We've gone from a really great position after the Coventry game, to one where we're now chasing.
Wed Apr 16, 2025 8:06 am
I can see a 5 nil or more hammering here. Get United some confidence for the play offs .