United boss Wilder: "We were terrible"

The Star, Sheffield

Chris Wilder offers his honest opinion on Sheffield United's 2-1 victory at Swansea City on Tuesday night, speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield

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00:00Chris, fantastic victory down here in South Wales, not the great start to the game that you'd have

00:06wanted but you've got the points in the end. Put me back, put 10 years on me that one,

00:10wow, not the best start, we were terrible, but reaction at half-time I suppose, but

00:18yeah, we were off of it, we lacked energy, we lacked intent,

00:23they started off on the front foot and we warned, we talked about it before,

00:32we knew there'd be a reaction as it is because they've had a couple of bad results, especially

00:35getting beat in a local derby, they deserve to be up, I was just delighted that we weren't out of

00:40sight at half-time, so we made some changes and you know, quick turnaround and obviously getting

00:45that goal straight away was great and I've got to say, I don't know what the moaning and groaning

00:50is about for me and I'm not saying that he went to do Rhian but it's a red card all day long and

01:00missed a couple of chances after that, got a penalty and not our best but I think we were,

01:08as I said, we were fortunate to be in the game at half-time but you know, they didn't take their

01:14chances, we got ourselves going again and it's a big three points for us.

01:19Yes, on nights like tonight and when you're up against it in certain ways with the performance,

01:24that's what good seasons are built on, isn't it?

01:26Well, you have to dig a bit deep and as I said, we just look really lethargic and passive

01:33so it wasn't a typical performance from us that we've produced all season

01:39so yes, we've played a couple of players out of position, we're obviously still

01:46trying to get the minutes back into Tyreese and Ben's played his first part of it today

01:51but the introduction of Femi livened us up a little bit and Tyreese coming on the pitch

01:57gave everybody a lift, gave us a real stretch and we just played a lot more quicker, a lot more

02:03intense, a lot more purpose, more positivity. Yes, the boy gets sent off and

02:12it changes the outcome of the game but it's just one of those nights where

02:17you just have to get the correct result and we've managed to do that.

02:20Was it like a penalty as well for that decision and nicely tucked away by Harrison?

02:23Yes, I thought it was. It was a difficult night because there were a few bits and pieces flying

02:31about and I know everybody will look at the sending off and I suppose the locals will think

02:35they've been hard done by by the referee's decisions but I thought it was a difficult

02:39night for him. I thought there was a lot of stuff there which I didn't like. I said some

02:44poor decisions by us as well when we were in the possession and even with the man

02:52late on, it wasn't the greatest of services as well. It looked quite heavy and bobbly out there

02:58and we just had to get through it but you said you saw the team before, we're trying desperately

03:02hard to bring people into the group. Now we've got Vinny back and we've got Jez back, we've got

03:08Ben hopefully with minutes under his belt, Tyrese with minutes under his belt as well.

03:12So on to Friday, I think the recovery since from Sunderland in terms of how we've been

03:22and stretched to get three wins on the bounce is immense.

03:27How close is Tom Cannon to being a Sheffield United footballer?

03:30Well, I've got to say I've focused on, even though it might not have looked, I've done any

03:36focusing on the team after our first half performance, but I've focused the last 24 hours

03:43on the team. I know there's work going on away, medical involved as well, I think that's

03:52common knowledge. So I think we're pretty close to Tom coming into the group as well,

03:56another one that I didn't talk about. So fingers crossed we'll get the cavalry into

04:01Holt because there was a lot of tired bodies out there, a lot of weary players that had to

04:09get through the game. As I said, not an ideal situation in terms of the two midfield players

04:14with Harrison having to play in there, but his needs must and he did his best.

04:19And we got through a game by hook or by crook and sometimes that's a skill and that's an ability

04:25to find a way to win and we found a way to win. But to get players back, to get players more

04:30minutes and to get players through the door, it's desperately needed as we all understand.

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