‘TOUGH PLACES TO GO’
Short of munching on some sandwiches from the home dressing-room’s refreshments table during Chris Wilder’s post-match debrief on Monday, it’s difficult to imagine how Sheffield United’s players could possibly have disappointed their manager more. While nobody in their right mind, even a Premier League manager such as Wilder, would have given the Blades a snowball’s chance in hell of getting a result against Mikel Arteta’s rampant Arsenal team, the speed and meekness of their surrender must surely have raised eyebrows around Bramall Lane. It certainly raised backsides, with the clack-clack-clackety-clack-clack of hastily-vacated seats punctuating the stunned silence of the stadium as hundreds of fans decided to give up on a bad job and make for the exits after less than quarter of an hour.
