Ex-Premier League boss already fearing for his future just THREE games into new season after shocking start
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RUBEN SELLES confessed Sheffield United fans may already feel it's time he 'f***ed off' after just three games.
After starting his reign with three successive defeats, the Spaniard is already the most under-pressure manager in the Championship.
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Sheffield United have lost three from three so far
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Swansea star Ronald pulls the Cristiano Ronaldo 'Siu' celebration after giving his side the lead yesterday
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Selles watched his team fail to muster a single shot on target as Ronald scored the winner for Swansea.
It means after a 4-1 thrashing by Bristol City and exit from the Carabao Cup at the hands of Birmingham, the Blades boss is facing an early-season crisis.
Selles, 42, said: 'We know how it works and I can ask the fans to be calm. But they are going to tell me, probably, to 'f*** off'.
'But we are going to be honest, we are going to work hard, we are going to persist in what we do, and we are going to give it 100 per cent.
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'And at some point the situation will turn and we'll start to win matches.'
In fairness, Selles has hardly had time to add tapas to the training game menu but on the field it looks like he is blending all the wrong flavours.
His team lacked any kind of goal threat.
No such problems for the Swans as Ronald struck from the edge of the box in the 66th minute, before pulling off Cristiano Ronaldo's trademark 'Siu' celebration.
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Swansea gaffer Alan Sheehan said: 'I'm really pleased.
'The only critical thing we can say, again, is not being more clinical and putting the game to bed.'
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