Sheffield United: Updates from Slavisa Jokanovic's press conference ahead of Millwall clash

You know that, when coming to a new team. I knew I’d have to be patient and wait for my chance, hopefully I can keep taking them when they come.

It was frustrating for me at the start of the season but I’ve had a few opportunities recently so I’m grateful for that. It’s the manager’s decision who he picks and everyone will play their part, I just want the best for the team if I’m playing or not.

It’s staying switched on for 90+ minutes, we can change that easily so once we do that, we’ll be good.

Definitely, we’ve got a style everyone now understands and it’s paying off, we’re creating chances and we have to keep limiting the chances the opposition have. It’s a tough league and it’s a long season, you don’t want to be looking at the table too much at the moment. We know our position in it and we know what we have to do to get to where we want to be.

It’s been good to get the extra time, it’s given us chance to keep building. We’ve got a massive squad which is good and everyone’s been playing the part. The breaks have given us time to keep us bonding as a team.

I think we deserved the win, we created a lot of chances but struggled to put them away in the first half. But we got what we deserved which was a big three points.

and here’s a recap of the key themes to emerge...

Mark Howard, the former Sheffield United goalkeeper, has been hailed as a worthy signing on and off the field for Carlisle United despite a losing start to life at the Blues.

Howard, now 35, made his Carlisle debut and saved a penalty against Tranmere at the weekend, but couldn’t avoid his side suffering a defeat that sent them second bottom of League Two.

Gavin Skelton, United’s caretaker manager, said of Howard: “I’m happy with his debut and he’s an influence on the dressing room.

“It was very harsh on Lukas Jensen. He’s a good ‘keeper who’ll have a good career. We’ll have a look at that for the next few games but he has a presence about him which can help the back four.”

Read more here: https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united/former-sheffield-united-goalkeeper-mark-howard-hailed-after-debut-for-league-two-strugglers-carlisle-united-3422528

In another reminder about how much belief he has in his side’s capabilities, Slavisa Jokanovic last night claimed he never doubted his Sheffield United team could mount a comeback during Saturday’s game against Stoke City at Bramall Lane.

Speaking as United prepare to play their second home game in the space of 72 hours - this time against Millwall - the Serb told The Star that some members of the home crowd appeared more ‘nervous’ about United’s prospects after falling behind than either him or his coaching staff.

United, who claimed their most significant scalp of the season so far when late goals from Lys Mousset and David McGoldrick cancelled out Jacob Brown’s opener for the visitors, will be looking to build upon that result when Gary Rowett’s side travel to South Yorkshire tomorrow.

and welcome to our live blog of this afternoon’s press conference ahead of Sheffield United’s clash with Millwall tomorrow - we’ll be hearing from the manager Slavisa Jokanovic and one of his players, so stay tuned for all the key themes to emerge from the press briefing ahead of another big game for the Blades under the Bramall Lane lights