Chris Wilder admits Sheffield United "didn't do enough" to get anything from Oxford United

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00:00Can I get a quick sound test?

00:02Sorry, go that side.

00:041-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2.

00:07Well, Chris, defeat here at Oxford.

00:09Your take on the performance today?

00:12Yeah, we didn't do enough, so there's no argument for the result.

00:16I always look at my team and they get the honest answer,

00:19they get no spin on it, and we didn't do enough.

00:23I thought they started better than us,

00:27and obviously we knew the approach and I've done exactly the same.

00:31A team fighting for its life against a team that's trying to get out of the division.

00:36They stuck it on us.

00:38Obviously long throws and stuff like that,

00:40but still quality at the top of the pitch and we never really dealt with that.

00:45We had two or three opportunities before they scored,

00:49which we should possibly take,

00:51but as we always say, when an opponent,

00:55especially an opponent that you're expected to beat,

00:57and the crowd's vociferous and they're right behind their team,

01:01gets a goal in front, it becomes a difficult afternoon.

01:04Gary's an extremely talented manager and he's a good operator.

01:12And one was always going to be enough.

01:14They sat in, the pitch was dry, it was windy,

01:18so it wasn't a fast game from our point of view,

01:22even though we tried to slow it down, which I didn't enjoy.

01:25We played too slow, we were too ponderous.

01:28We didn't play quick enough, the ball speed wasn't quick enough for us.

01:31Allowed them to sit into the shape and then I thought,

01:34from a technical point of view, the quality of our players,

01:37we made so many poor decisions.

01:39Poor decisions in terms of what to do with the ball

01:43and then technically poor decisions in terms of loose passing

01:49and crosses going behind the goal

01:51and really not playing well as individuals.

01:55So, there it is.

01:59There was an opportunity there to obviously gain three points,

02:05but when you don't do enough,

02:07and full credit to Oxford United and Gary,

02:11they deserve their win and it obviously comes to an end

02:15of an incredible away record.

02:19Is that type of performance taken by surprise?

02:21There's lots of energy about the away record,

02:24how you played against Coventry training this last couple of weeks

02:27and then here we are.

02:29I didn't see it coming.

02:31Listen, it's not an attitude problem,

02:35because they can't play 30, 40 games or whatever

02:39and Sul can walk about and not try or not give everything.

02:44It was just the other part of it.

02:46We were just off of it.

02:47Like I said, from the start, the two centre forwards never held the ball up.

02:51Midfield players made some bad decisions with the ball.

02:57The two wides never really gave us anything.

03:00Quality from full-backs wasn't very good.

03:03When we tried to build and gain some momentum,

03:06it was too slow and allowed them to get in.

03:08Like I said, it was a slow pitch and it was a dry day

03:15and we have to recognise that we have to play a little bit quicker

03:19and maybe a little bit more direct.

03:23Obviously, we didn't try and force little balls through even late on.

03:27They're 5-4 or 4-5 and they're clogging the middle of the park up.

03:30You've got to go wide.

03:31It's pretty simple.

03:32There's a game plan.

03:33We put a game plan to them,

03:35but the game plan is to help the players in position and out of position.

03:39So, if something changes,

03:41if we want to play down the side of the right back

03:43and he comes in and Gus moves him,

03:45then there's a ball down the side

03:46and the right back stays in his slot,

03:48we've got to make better decisions to say

03:50we've got to do something else off the back of that.

03:52It's not FIFA.

03:57We didn't do the basics right in terms of just overall keeping the ball

04:01and playing and moving the ball quick enough.

04:06As much as we talked about how good Friday night was,

04:13and for me it was 7s and 8s out of 10,

04:17we've collectively come together and produced 5s and maybe a couple of 6s.

04:22So, we have to deal with that.

04:24We have to get on with it.

04:25We have to get back on the bus,

04:27get ready and prepare for Tuesday.

04:30History this season suggests that when there has been a defeat

04:34on the back of that,

04:35generally comes with it a fairly substantial unbeaten run thereafter.

04:38Yes, as I said, it's not an unbelievable margin for error

04:43because I think all three teams will go to the end.

04:46So, we have to recover pretty quickly

04:50because we can't feel sorry for ourselves.

04:52We can't feel sorry for ourselves as a football club.

04:54We've got to get back and get on

04:56and produce a performance on Tuesday night

04:58and hopefully put this to bed.

05:00This is what the Championship is all about

05:03as everybody talks about

05:04and I've managed loads of games in it

05:06and the game is not won on a coupon.

05:10It's won on the pitch

05:12and we just didn't do enough to win a game.

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