Chris Wilder snaps at 'ridiculous' Championship question involving Leeds United and Burnley
Chris Wilder is unconcerned over Sheffield United's record against their fellow promotion rivals. The Blades surrendered top spot to Leeds United on Boxing Day after losing to Burnley at Bramall Lane.
Daniel Farke's troops capitalised on Sheffield United's slip-up, brushing aside Stoke City with a minimum of fuss in the late kick-off to reclaim first position on goal different. All three of the Blades' defeats have come against promotion contenders: Leeds, Burnley and Middlesbrough.
But Wilder's team have also beaten three of the other five teams and would be top of the table on 50 points had they kicked off the season with a two-point deficit. “I’ve just answered a ridiculous question about results against teams in and around the top of the division,” said Wilder after the Burnley reversal.
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“Is there a different competition, that you win when you win games against teams at the top? I don’t know. I had to remind him that if we replicate the first part of the season - which will take some going - we might end up on close to 100 points, and that might be enough to go up. Every game is massively important, whatever it is.
“I’m not daft, we’d have loved to take points off the teams in and around us and Burnley were one of them today. But we’re all right. No knee-jerk reactions to anything. We need some players back, we obviously need to look at the group in January, which we’ve talked about.
“There’s no disgrace in losing, we were going to lose and as long as we left everything out there, which we did. They found the moments, they’ve got the good players to keep the ball late on and be streetwise in their approach, which they definitely were. And sometimes you’ve just got to hold our hands up and say we’ve lost a tight game to a decent team.”
Sheffield United will reclaim top spot if they avoid defeat at home to West Bromwich Albion in the early kick-off today, with Leeds playing Derby County in the teatime clash.