{"id":581143,"date":"2025-11-19T20:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/581143\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:50:18","slug":"chris-wilder-sheffield-united-job-more-difficult-than-i-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/581143\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Wilder: Sheffield United job &#8216;more difficult than I expected&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has admitted he has found the job of turning the club&#8217;s fortunes around harder than he had expected.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wilder returned to the club in September, three months after being sacked and replaced by Ruben Selles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Selles lost all six of his competitive games in charge and Wilder, who takes his side to Steel City rivals Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday, has lost six of 10 since coming back in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s been a tough period for everyone, most importantly the supporters,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/live\/cj414d28209t#player\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he told BBC Radio Sheffield.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been disappointed in the results. The performances, from a data point of view, have been pretty good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a mixed group, there are players that I have inherited and there are ones I had last season who have not produced good enough performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Getting it right has been difficult. I thought it would be easier than it has been but we are working away and we will get to where we want to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Blades, beaten in last season&#8217;s play-off final, will head to Hillsborough on Sunday in the Championship relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wednesday are bottom of the table on minus four points after entering administration last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wilder praised the job that Owls counterpart Henrik Pedersen has done in difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The hand that Henrik was dealt was a really tough one &#8211; I&#8217;ve been there before at Northampton and at Halifax and I think he has got absolutely everything out of a committed group of players,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We know how dangerous this game is for us. 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