{"id":431486,"date":"2025-09-17T15:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/431486\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:47:21","slug":"chris-wilder-admits-hes-jealous-of-leeds-united-after-sealing-sheffield-united-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/431486\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Wilder admits he\u2019s jealous of Leeds United after sealing Sheffield United return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United are a Premier League club under Daniel Farke and Chris Wilder has admitted some jealousy since being re-appointed at Sheffield United.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Blades had to endure the same fate as Leeds United<\/a>, given that they are the last two sides to lose the play-off final. A\u00a0Sheffield United win at Wembley could have benefitted Leeds<\/a>\u00a0financially but it was Sunderland who won it.<\/p>\n

In the end, Chris Wilder\u2019s side finished just eight points behind Leeds but have had to contend with a rebuild in the\u00a0Championship<\/a>\u00a0in 2025\/26. Under Ruben Selles\u2019 stewardship, they started the season with five league defeats and six defeats in all competitions.<\/p>\n

The former Hull City and Reading boss was placed in charge after Wilder\u2019s dismissal. However, a 5-0 defeat to Ipswich Town means it is their worst start in the second tier for 30 years. They have acted swiftly by bringing Wilder back for a third stint at Bramall Lane.<\/p>\n

\"SheffieldPhoto by Rene Nijhuis\/MB Media\/Getty ImagesChris Wilder\u2019s Leeds United admission he would \u2018love\u2019 to do at Sheffield United<\/p>\n

Just one year ago,\u00a0Leeds were positioned similarly to Sheffield United<\/a>. Defeat at Wembley to Southampton cast uncertainty over numerous players, which is exactly what Selles and co. had to deal with in the summer.<\/p>\n

The results meant they had to act and Wilder will hope to go one better than last term. Even with a poor start, not all hope is lost for\u00a0Sheffield United given the example Leeds set<\/a>\u00a0just one year on in winning the title.<\/p>\n

Leeds lost just four league games last term<\/a>, with the Blades already losing five. Wilder will want to follow Leeds\u2019 example, although he has admitted it won\u2019t be in the same way as Farke and co.<\/p>\n

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Speaking during his first press conference, Wilder said: \u201cIt\u2019s certainly a position that the owners weren\u2019t expecting the club to be in, but we are. They are for a reason. And, as I said, the players have to have to accept some responsibility for that.<\/p>\n

\u201cBottom of the league in duels, you know, bottom three or four in terms of running stats. The game doesn\u2019t change. The fight in the players has to be shown and that shows that they\u2019re not fighting. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, they\u2019re not running around. People can talk about the reasons why they\u2019re not doing that, but first and foremost, I don\u2019t compromise on those aspects of the game. And the top guys don\u2019t compromise.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, if people think \u2014 in the Premier League \u2014 people don\u2019t run around and don\u2019t tackle and don\u2019t compete, then they\u2019re completely off what football is all about. And football\u2019s about winning games of football, you know.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always said, you look at the Championship and there\u2019s maybe sort of 10 to 15 games where you play well. There\u2019s a there\u2019s a group in the middle there, maybe 10 to 15 games, and there\u2019s a group of games where you don\u2019t play well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s how you approach every game and how you get results. We\u2019d all love to play champagne football and and do maybe what Leeds United did last season and play this free-flowing game with the players that they had.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that wasn\u2019t the situation that we were put in at the start of the season. And you have to grind out results and, by hook or by crook, gain those results through different qualities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the players to do everything here to fight and to grind one out and to play decent football.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leeds\u2019 record in recent years against Sheffield United<\/p>\n

West Yorkshire Leeds hasn\u2019t met South Yorkshire Sheffield United as often as you might think in recent time. Since a 2-0 win for the Blades in 2011, there have been eight meetings.<\/p>\n\nDate<\/td>\nCompetition<\/td>\nVenue<\/td>\nResult<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n27\/10\/2017<\/td>\nChampionship<\/td>\nElland Road<\/td>\nLeeds United 1-2 Sheffield United<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n10\/02\/2018<\/td>\nChampionship<\/td>\nBramall Lane<\/td>\nSheffield United 2-1 Leeds United<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n01\/12\/2018<\/td>\nChampionship<\/td>\nBramall Lane<\/td>\nSheffield United 0-1 Leeds United<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n16\/03\/2019<\/td>\nChampionship<\/td>\nElland Road<\/td>\nLeeds United 0-1 Sheffield United<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n27\/09\/2020<\/td>\nPremier League<\/td>\nBramall Lane<\/td>\nSheffield United 0-1 Leeds United<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n03\/04\/2021<\/td>\nPremier League<\/td>\nElland Road<\/td>\nLeeds United 2-1 Sheffield United<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n18\/10\/2024<\/td>\nChampionship<\/td>\nElland Road<\/td>\nLeeds United 2-0 Sheffield United<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n24\/02\/2025<\/td>\nChampionship<\/td>\nElland Road<\/td>\nSheffield United 1-3 Leeds United<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Leeds\u2019 results vs Sheffield United since 2011<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Wilder took charge of each and every one of the above across two separate stints. The two could yet meet again next term, depending on promotion and relegation.<\/p>\n

The recent pair of victories for Farke were two of the best of the 2025\/26 season, however. The limbs at Bramall Lane were something to behold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United are a Premier League club under Daniel Farke and Chris Wilder has admitted some jealousy since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,4235,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-431486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-chris-wilder","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-sheffield","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115220424601115402","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}