Chris Wilder 'can't accept' players who 'wanted to get out there' after Sheffield United's heavy defeat to Burnley
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ByOli Gent
Published 21/04/2024 at 09:24 GMT
Chris Wilder has called out some of his Sheffield United players, saying that a few "wanted to get out" of their 4-1 defeat to relegation rivals Burnley at Bramall Lane. Wilder questioned the mentality of his side after Johann Berg Gudmundsson had netted the Clarets' fourth goal just a minute after coming off the bench. The result leaves the Blades 10 points from safety.
Chris Wilder, Manager of Sheffield United, looks on prior to the Premier League match between Sheffield United and Aston Villa at Bramall Lane on February 03, 2024
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Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has called out some of his players who he felt "wanted to get out [of]" their heavy 4-1 defeat to relegation rivals Burnley on Saturday.
The loss left the Blades marooned to the bottom of the Premier League table on just 16 points with five games to play.
Wilder's side are seven points adrift of Vincent Kompany's 19th-placed Clarets, and 10 points off safety with their return to the Championship all but inevitable.
Jacob Bruun Larsen and Lorenz Assignon had the visitors 2-0 up in Yorkshire, before Gustavo Hamer halved the deficit inside seven minutes of the second half.
Lyle Foster reinstated Burnley's two-goal buffer just six minutes later, before Johann Berg Gudmundsson's fourth, which Wilder claims was what did it for some of his players, and sealed a crucial victory for the Lancashire outfit, who are now back in the dogfight to stay up.
Wilder said afterwards that the Blades' season "has gone", accepting their fate.
"I won't name names but there were a few players out there who wanted to get out there when the fourth went in. I can't accept that," Wilder said.
"When they smelt blood and were big enough to go for it, we went under. There has been a catalogue of really poor goals during the season. At the moment, there is pain going through pain in every department of the football club - especially the supporters. But we can't turn it in.
"The division is too powerful for us individually and collectively. I'm not being defeatist - I'm being a realist - but the season has gone."
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