Sheffield United are going through hell for their return to the Premier League!

A little tour… and then it’s gone. This is what awaits Sheffield United in the Premier League. Promoted to the elite of English football after its second place obtained last season in the Championship, the club coached by Chris Wilder has since been living an unspeakable nightmare. Like the rout currently experienced by Almeria in La Liga, the Blades continue to experience disappointments, weekend after weekend. A 2023-2024 financial year which had also started in the worst way for the teammates of the former Bordeaux player, Anel Ahmedhodzic. Unable to win during the first 10 days, the Sheffield-based team had to wait until November 4 to sign their first victory against Wolverhampton (2-1). A short-lived joy for the residents of Bramall Lane…

More bottom than ever, Sheffield United have, in fact, 13 small points after 25 days of the Premier League (3 wins, 4 draws and 18 defeats) and are inevitably heading towards a new relegation. Although still alive with (only) seven units behind Luton, 17th and with one match less, the club founded in 1889 seems, however, stuck in a spiral as infernal as it is distressing for the future of events. Symbol of this dismaying fragility? The new debacle experienced by the Blades, this Sunday, on the occasion of the 25th day. Quickly reduced to ten after a killer tackle from Mason Holgate (27), Sheffield finally sank quite logically under the onslaught of Brighton (0-5).

22 goals scored… 65 conceded!

Mercilessly, Facundo Buonanotte, Danny Welbeck and Simon Adingra, author of a double, were quick to shed a little more light on the defensive setbacks of the team led by the Saudi prince, Abdullah Bin Mosaad Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud . For his part, Jack Robinson, English defender from Sheffield United, did not ask for help from anyone to deceive his own goalkeeper, Wes Foderingham, helpless for the 58th time of the season… With this new slap received, the English promotion thus confirms its status as the worst defense in Europe with a whopping 65 goals conceded! A figure never before reached in the history of the Premier League and confirming the terrible dynamic of the Blades. Despite some promising profiles, like the young attacking midfielder James McAtee, on loan from Manchester City, the club from a city renowned for its production of steel and weapons is hardly succeeding.

Already at the helm of the team between 2016 and 2021, Chris Wilder, successor announced after the departure of Paul Heckingbottom last December, is experiencing all the difficulty in the world to pull Sheffield back from the precipice. Despite the winter arrivals of Ivo Grbic, Ben Brereton Díaz and Mason Holgate and a victory gleaned on the Luton pitch (3-1), last weekend, the Yorkshire players do not seem to have the necessary resources to save yourself. Exited by the Seagulls in the FA Cup, Sheffield United, fully focused on its maintenance mission, will also have to manage a tough schedule in the weeks to come. On the pitch at Wolverhampton the next day, the Blades will then host Arsenal before two further trips to Bournemouth then to Manchester to challenge the Red Devils. Not necessarily enough to reassure Bramall Lane regulars…