The Blades had seemed on course for an unlikely – and frankly undeserved – three points when Billy Sharp once again nodded in at the Kop end. However, Ryan ...
He showed glimpses of what he is all about and will be all the better for it. Of course, he’s in the first XI because he is good enough. Paul Heckingbottom was forced to shuffle the pack as he handed a full debut to Femi Seriki, while Ben Davies had to slot in at right centre-back.
The Nottingham Forest boss has reached the play-offs twice in the last two seasons with Swansea and is pushing for a hat-trick.
"I don't know what's going to happen in the top six but it's going to be a journey to see how it ends up. Paul Heckingbottom, having been on the opposite end of a last-gasp goal in the previous home game to Blackburn, said it was a real 'sickener' and a 'kick in the teeth' to throw away two points from a set-piece at the death. He knows all about what it takes to ensure you are one of those four sides battling it out in the end-of-the-season shoot-out and all those of a Sheffield United persuasion leaving Bramall Lane last night can take comfort from his words of advice following last night's drama.
The former Blades boss returns to Bramall Lane for the first time since his departure 12 months ago.
"It's going to be a great game again, it will be blow for blow and hopefully we can come out on top. "He [Wilder] should get a magnificent reception for 30 seconds and then it's game time and our fans will want to beat him and he's going to want to beat us. The Blades skipper is expecting another tough battle in the race for promotion to the Premier League and predicts both sides will be trading 'blow for blow'.
Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom admits that the late equaliser his side conceded to Nottingham Forest on Friday felt like suffering relegation.
At that stage of the game, Sheffield United may have felt as though they had got the three points in the bag before that sucker punch of the late equaliser. “It’s flat, it hurts, of course it does. Giving his thoughts on conceding that late equaliser, the Sheffield United manager was quoted by the Yorkshire Post as saying: “It’s a sickener, a kick in the teeth.
Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper felt his side should have beaten Sheffield United rather than being content with a 1-1 Championship draw after scoring a ...
“You’re more than half-pleased that we managed to get something out of the game at the end. Blades manager Paul Heckingbottom said: “It’s a kick in the teeth. “Forest came with a slightly different game-plan. There were great performances from individuals and tactically I thought we were excellent. I’m proud of the performance and disappointed we didn’t win. With the clock ticking down, Ryan Yates equalised.
Wes Foderingham's penalty save during Sheffield United's draw with Nottingham Forest was a result of the in-depth research he performs with coach Matt Duke ...
But Forest’s Ryan Yates equalised in the fifth minute of added time. So of course, they’d seen that. “Brennan had done something similar not so long ago.
While there are a few names on the absent list, the Blades boss is expecting to welcome back George Baldock and Conor Hourihane. While Jack O'Connell, Jayden ...
"Injury not as bad as I first thought but will be on the sideline for a few weeks. He didn't train Monday and hopefully we have done the right things for him. Speaking to the media on the return of Baldock and Hourihane, he said: "Hopefully he [Baldock] will be OK. We've done everything we can after the game.