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Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder says his team “have to put a run together if they want to get something out of the season”.
The Blades are nine points adrift of the play-off spots with 12 games remaining and face 14th-placed QPR at Loftus Road on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
“We need another big performance. We’re at the business end of the season. We understand where we want to be,” Wilder
In total, Sunday was just Phillips’ 29th start in club football since he left hometown team Leeds United in July 2022.
It quickly became apparent that City boss Pep Guardiola did not think he was at the level he required and his loan spells with the Hammers and Ipswich were both largely disappointing.
It had been hoped that a move back down to the Championship, where he excelled under Marcelo
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder says his team have been in promotion-chasing form in the Championship despite their defeat to league leaders Middlesbrough on Monday night.
The Blades face another tough test when they visit Fratton Park on Saturday (kick-off 15:00 GMT) to take on a Portsmouth side who fare better on home soil.
“We talked about it, over the last 15 games it’s been top-of-the-table stuff,” Wilder told BBC
Birmingham City boss Chris Davies says the club’s busy transfer window last month does not change the high level of expectation at St Andrew’s this season.
Blues brought in six new players in January and also turned Patrick Roberts’ loan move from Sunderland into a permanent deal on deadline day.
The mini-rebuild has coincided with an improved run of form that has seen Birmingham take 11 points from the last
Birmingham City boss Chris Davies has said he would like to add another two or three more signings before the end of the January transfer window if possible.
Blues have already brought in four new players this month: striker August Priske, winger Ibrahim Osman, midfielder Jhon Solis and defender Kai Wagner.
Davies believes the new arrivals have already pepped up the squad.
“It’s important in January to get some fresh
He added: “Whether there’s more or less pressure now I’m not quite sure, that’s not for me to know or really say, but I do feel we’ve got a really good opportunity now. That’s how I’m looking at it.
“We have had a little bit of a sticky patch. We had one earlier in the season which we came back from. I’ve been here 18 and a half months, and
This is another big game at the bottom of the table.
I am so pleased for Leeds boss Daniel Farke because I was fed up with the rubbish being talked about how he cannot manage in the Premier League.
Leeds have had a tough run of games against Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool and it felt like there were people out there who were waiting and even wishing for
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder says he is not thinking about mounting a challenge for the Championship play-offs and is solely focused on performances.
Five weeks ago, the Blades were 21st and three points from safety after 11 defeats in their opening 14 games – and 13 points off the top six.
But a five-game unbeaten run, including four convincing wins on the bounce, has lifted United to 18th and
Manchester United did not have to play particularly well to beat Crystal Palace on Sunday, and Eagles boss Oliver Glasner moaned afterwards about the club’s failure to bring players in over the summer.
When a manager does that, I start to wonder how long he will hang around. I get it – you have to leave when your stock is high, and Glasner’s certainly is at the moment.
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Stone says his decision about who to support was made for him when he moved to Birmingham as a young boy and his uncle bought him a Villa shirt.
“No-one told me who to support, but that’s how it started,” he told BBC Sport.
“I lived in Walthamstow to start with, and I wasn’t into football then, but when I moved it was around the same time my uncle gave