'Looking forward to reaction against Leeds United': Sheffield United fans positive despite defeat to Aston Villa

Against Aston Villa, a 12th minute red card for John Egan meant it was always going to be an uphill struggle for Chris Wilder’s men.

They appeared to have found a breakthrough when Chris Basham was upended by Matt Targett in the box but John Lundstram missed the resulting penalty.

After the break United defended superby but after conceding via an Ezri Konsa header it was always going to be difficult to get anything for the match.

Now Leeds United are provide the next challenge and Blades fans are hoping to take the goods things from tonight’s defeat to Villa into teh Yorkshire derby at Bramall Lane.

@tyronej1984 posted on twitter: “Disappointed, but only because I felt like we could’ve still got something from that.”

And @DanKhan_5 added: “Leeds game is massive now!! Can’t afford to lose that with games coming up after it.”

@Justy1Rice felt the red card was the turning point, posting: "Red card absolutely ruined that game. Massive positive has to be the attitude and fight but still quite worried in general. Ramsdale seems poor, footwork is dreadful. Lundstram runs around a lot but he’s not good enough. The next 6 fixtures looks bad.”

and @CA__SUFC agreed: “Always up against it with 10 men, spoiled the match for me but we gave it our all and can’t fault the effort of the lads who all look shattered.”

@JackAshbourne mantained an element of calm this early in the season, saying: “Still don’t think there’s any need to panic. Get that striker in, and don’t go a man down or 2-0 down in first ten mins and we’ll be reyt. We go again, up the blades”

@thewilljeffrey said: “Proud of our lads tonight, definitely deserved something out of the game. Never a red. Up the blades”

@DemBladesDavid felt United could have at least pinched a point: “We could've nicked something there. Looked so solid defensively, especially being down to ten men for such a long time in the match. An impressive effort. No worries for me this season. Looking forward to the reaction against Leeds!”

And @S10Blade was keeping his head up, dspiet the loss: “That was a hard watch. Positives are we showed bags of determination, grit, effort and character. Big moments went against us, but we battled well with 10 men. #SUFC #twitterblades on to the next one.”

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