'I'm sure he'll do a good job' - Former Manchester City man backs Chris Wilder to arrest Sheffield United's poor run and keep them in Premier League

United go to West Brom this weekend in a crunch battle of two strugglers, rooted bottom of the Premier League.

But Nedum Onuoha, the former Manchester City defender, believes Wilder is the man to turn it around for the Blades.

"I'm sure not scoring is frustrating them a lot but for most of last year, they were defensively solid," Onouha said on the BBC's Football Daily podcast.

"They weren't conceding many goals either, so maybe if they weren't scoring two or three goals a game they weren't necessarily being found out. That's the thing about the second year of the Premier League, things just come that little bit harder and it must be very difficult for them at this time to figure out what the key differences are.

"He [Wilder] has got the trust of the players and I'm sure he'll do a good job. They'll be able to get out of this situation in my opinion."

United's tally of four goals so far this season is the joint lowest in the Premier League, along with Burnley - who are just outside the relegation zone, four points ahead of Wilder's Blades.

"When we talk about goals, four in nine isn't no where near enough and now, they probably still feel okay because they're only three or four points away from being outside the relegation zone," Onouha added.

"But having been there myself, you get to a point when you're playing in a game and you concede, there's always a belief you can go on and score and win the game.

"But when there's no body of proof behind it, it starts to affect people's mindset a little bit. You can feel the game is lost if you concede in the first half or with 15 to 20 minutes to go.

"Whereas when you're confident, you feel you can come back from any deficit. The longer it goes on for them, the harder it'll be for a few players mentally because there's nothing to fall back on."

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