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BBC News
22-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'We can't start feeling sorry for ourselves'
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder says they cannot allow morale to drop too low after missing out on automatic promotion to the Premier 2-1 defeat at Burnley means the Blades will finish third in the Championship regardless of what happens in their final two regular season games and will go into the play-offs."We can't start feeling sorry for ourselves, I don't think people expect me to and the coaches and players," Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield."We've got to raise ourselves, dust ourselves down and go again. We haven't disgraced ourselves, we haven't let ourselves down."Hopefully the majority of the supporters will see that and back us in the play-off games and if we get the better of four 45-minute halves, we have a trip to Wembley."The Blades have notoriously struggled in the play-offs, failing to ever go up in eight previous attempts via that route in the EFL - five times in the Championship and three in League Wilder says he "doesn't subscribe to the play-off nonsense" or believe their poor record will have any impact."They will win play-off games and they will win a play-off final," he said."We've got to deal with the play-offs. We'll end up being 20-odd points clear of those teams that get in the play-offs, but we all know what the play-offs are like."The slate gets wiped clean and we have to go and prove ourselves but there's enough about us in that changing room to go and do that."United have suffered four defeats in their past five games and Wilder has blamed the run of three losses at the start of April for missing out on a top two finish."The season didn't end here [at Burnley], it ended when we didn't put the form at Oxford to bed. You can't go and get beaten at Plymouth. Those are the games that have cost us." Listen to Chris Wilder's full interview on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
06-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Rohl pleased with Owls' desire, despite Hull defeat
Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl said his side showed enough desire to beat Hull City, despite their 1-0 defeat on Hughes scored a 94th-minute winner to ease the Tigers' Championship relegation Rohl credited his players' effort in the game after they were not paid last week amid growing uncertainty at board level."Big credit to my team, to take this tough week, to stay here and go again, to fight again for our club," he told BBC Radio Sheffield."It took time to come into it, but in the second half it was one direction."It's hard, but the key message for me is that this team has big, big character and big, big belief. A lot of players take all the setbacks again and again and it makes me very proud."Rohl said he never doubted his players' motivation, but also admitted the club is not ready for the play-offs this season, as they sit eight points adrift of sixth place. "The motivation comes from the inner circle, there's no question mark. The emotional level was there - they want to fight, they want to go and do everything, but you can understand what it means for this group," he added."It makes no sense to speak about the play-offs. We should be honest, and we're not ready for the play-offs. "We did an outstanding job and felt we were always close, but in the second half of the season in all these tight games, we could have won maybe six home games, but we didn't."
BBC News
27-01-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
It's been tough on my mental health
Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Callum Paterson says a lack of game time has taken its toll on his mental 30-year-old made his first Championship start of the season and scored in the 2-0 win at QPR on Saturday."It's not been fun, it's tough on my mental health, tough on my family and friends and everyone around me to see me in a bad mood all the time, not getting a lot of game time, not playing and it's difficult not being able to do your job," he told BBC Radio Sheffield."I got my chance [on Saturday] and fortunately I took it."Until the weekend Paterson had been limited to 11 substitute appearances in the league, also scoring in a win over Stoke in December."The fans have seen me for years, they know what I am and I'm good at it. I've done it for years at this level and above so I'm thankful they appreciate what I do and like my effort," he Scottish international is now hoping to help Wednesday push themselves into the play-off spots, but accepts it's not his decision whether he keeps his place in the starting line-up."It's not up to me, I've put myself in the window and hopefully I get some more game time."
