A virtual spectator in the first half but was beaten early in the second, even though the offside flag cut short the celebrations as Windass raced clear and fired home. That effort squirmed through Davies rather than beating him and he got a hand to the shot when Windass did eventually score to drag Wrexham level, although it wasn't enough to keep it out as United were cut open down their rightplaceholder image
A virtual spectator in the first half but was beaten early in the second, even though the offside flag cut short the celebrations as Windass raced clear and fired home. That effort squirmed through Davies rather than beating him and he got a hand to the shot when Windass did eventually score to drag Wrexham level, although it wasn't enough to keep it out as United were cut open down their right | UGC

4/10 man fluffs huge Sheffield United chance v Wrexham as costly defeat all but ends faint play-off hopes - player ratings

Danny Hall
By Danny Hall

Football writer

Published 21st Mar 2026, 16:53 GMT

4/10 man fluffs huge Sheffield United chance v Wrexham as costly defeat all but ends faint play-off hopes - player ratings

Sheffield United’s season appears all but over after a 2-1 defeat at Wrexham this afternoon. The Blades went into the game needing to win to keep their faint top-six hopes alive and looked good value when Andre Brooks put them ahead.

But familiar defensive failings cost them again as first former Wednesday man Josh Windass and then Sam Smith found the back of the United net too easily, after Patrick Bamford and, to a lesser extent, Harrison Burrows missed golden early chances to put the Blades ahead.

Here’s how we rated the United players on another afternoon of frustration this season...

Linked up beautifully with Hamer and Bamford at times when United got it right but they just couldn't find the finish, with O'Hare having the chance to test Okonkwo in the first half but instead miscuing his effort and watching it roll into the grateful grasp of the Wrexham 'keeper. As ever he kept going right until the end but couldn't recapture that early influence on the game and made way with 10 or so to go

9. Callum O'Hare 5

Linked up beautifully with Hamer and Bamford at times when United got it right but they just couldn't find the finish, with O'Hare having the chance to test Okonkwo in the first half but instead miscuing his effort and watching it roll into the grateful grasp of the Wrexham 'keeper. As ever he kept going right until the end but couldn't recapture that early influence on the game and made way with 10 or so to go | UGC Photo: UGC

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Straight back into the side after his recent two-match suspension hit the Blades at a key time and thought he had broken the deadlock when he ghosted into a lovely position at the back post and headed home on the stretch, only for the celebrations to be cut short by the linesman's flag for offside. He had looked a real threat earlier on but then faded as the game went on, before he was left raging after being caught in the face by a hand from Callum Doyle and responded by shoving the Wrexham man over

10. Gus Hamer 5

Straight back into the side after his recent two-match suspension hit the Blades at a key time and thought he had broken the deadlock when he ghosted into a lovely position at the back post and headed home on the stretch, only for the celebrations to be cut short by the linesman's flag for offside. He had looked a real threat earlier on but then faded as the game went on, before he was left raging after being caught in the face by a hand from Callum Doyle and responded by shoving the Wrexham man over | UGC Photo: UGC

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As good as the former Leeds man has been at Bramall Lane, his 10-goal tally could be at least a couple higher with some golden chances missed this season and there was probably the worst of them all early on here. Superb play from Hamer, O'Hare and Burrows saw Bamford given the easiest task of slotting home from about seven yards out but he somehow miscued it completely and placed it wide, much to the disbelief of everyone in the stadium including himself. He had a couple of goes at making amends before the half-time whistle blew but it never really looked like being his day, which could have been so different for everyone involved had he not fluffed his lines earlier

11. Patrick Bamford 4

As good as the former Leeds man has been at Bramall Lane, his 10-goal tally could be at least a couple higher with some golden chances missed this season and there was probably the worst of them all early on here. Superb play from Hamer, O'Hare and Burrows saw Bamford given the easiest task of slotting home from about seven yards out but he somehow miscued it completely and placed it wide, much to the disbelief of everyone in the stadium including himself. He had a couple of goes at making amends before the half-time whistle blew but it never really looked like being his day, which could have been so different for everyone involved had he not fluffed his lines earlier | UGC Photo: UGC

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Ogbene, T. Davies, Arblaster, Ings, Chong n/a

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Ogbene, T. Davies, Arblaster, Ings, Chong n/a | UGC

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