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Blackwell rues Blades crisis
11th March 2010
Sheffield United manager Kevin Blackwell has claimed the current crisis at Bramall Lane is "a worse situation than when I was at Leeds".
The Blades, four points off the play-offs in ninth place, have lost three of their last four matches and went down to their seventh successive away defeat in the Championship on Tuesday when they also lost four more players to injury.
Blackwell, in charge at Leeds for two seasons following their relegation from the Premier League in 2004, said: "This is the life of a football manager. It's a mental battle and at the moment that's working out how to deal with so many new players who we are still getting to know.
"It's a worse situation than when I was at Leeds because at least the 24 we brought in all came in one go over the summer and we were able to work through with them.
"Here, it has been a continual, disruptive process that keeps having to be addressed and it does nothing for continuity."
Blackwell added: "If you're a manager you have to accept that. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out that we have been dealt a lot of problems and, in fact, to be where we are is a phenomenal achievement by the players, but some fans won't accept it."
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Posh blunt Blades` play-off aspirations| 3:00, Sat 13th Mar | ||
| Sheff Utd | v | QPR |
| 7:45, Tue 16th Mar | ||
| Sheff Utd | v | Blackpool |
| 7:45, Wed 24th Mar | ||
| Cardiff | v | Sheff Utd |
| 12:15, Sun 28th Mar | ||
| Sheff Utd | v | Scunthorpe |
| 6:45, Mon 5th Apr | ||
| Newcastle | v | Sheff Utd |
| 7:30, Tue 9th Mar | ||||
| Peterborough | 0 | v | 0 | Sheff Utd |
| 3:00, Sat 6th Mar | ||||
| Crystal Palace | 0 | v | 0 | Sheff Utd |
| 3:00, Sat 27th Feb | ||||
| Sheff Utd | 0 | v | 0 | Plymouth |
| 7:45, Tue 16th Feb | ||||
| Nottm Forest | 0 | v | 0 | Sheff Utd |
| 3:00, Sat 13th Feb | ||||
| Sheff Utd | 0 | v | 0 | Bristol City |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 2 | Ryan France |
| 3 | Gary Naysmith |
| 4 | Nick Montgomery |
| 5 | Chris Morgan |
| 6 | Nyron Nosworthy |
| 6 | Matthew Kilgallon |
| 7 | Darius Henderson |
| 9 | Ched Evans |
| 10 | Kyel Reid |
| 11 | Mark Yeates |
| 11 | David Cotterill |
| 12 | Lee Williamson |
| 13 | Ian Bennett |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 15 | James Harper |
| 16 | Andy Taylor |
| 17 | Richard Cresswell |
| 18 | Jamie Ward |
| 19 | Jordan Stewart |
| 20 | Marcel Seip |
| 20 | Brian Howard |
| 21 | Kyle Bartley |
| 21 | Leigh Bromby |
| 21 | Andrew Davies |
| 22 | Justin Haber |
| 23 | Mark Bunn |
| 24 | Billy Sharp |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 25 | Glen Little |
| 26 | Derek Geary |
| 27 | Keith Treacy |
| 28 | Stephen Quinn |
| 30 | Mihkel Aksalu |
| 30 | Carl Ikeme |
| 32 | Toni Kallio |
| 33 | Jonathan Fortune |
| 34 | Matthew Lowton |
| 34 | Kyle Walker |
| 37 | Henri Camara |
| 39 | Jordan Robertson |
| 40 | Phil Roe |









