Old heads, young stars and one crying shame: Heroes and Villains from Sheffield United's win over West Brom

Sharp pounced on a loose ball in the box to score the Blades' winner against the Baggies, who had earlier led at Bramall Lane when former Blade Matt Phillips scored from close range.

Our man Danny Hall offers his heroes and villains from the game.

The Skipper

Billy Sharp scores goals. After being rested against Manchester City, Sharp was back in the side to face West Brom and justified his selection with the winner, in some ways a typical Sharp finish.

It was timely, too. Rhian Brewster was stripped off on the touchline and ready to replace him, sitting back down after Sharp cleverly turned the ball home with the outside of his foot to give the Blades a priceless three points.

No-one needs any more evidence of what this club means to Sharp, but the video of his celebration tweeted by United's social media team shows that he isn't alone in how much he cares about whether United survive or not.

Sharp turns 35 on Friday, but remains the best finisher at the club and showed here that there is plenty of life left in him yet.

Bogle at it again

Jayden Bogle is partial to the odd strike as well. Yesterday's was his third in United colours, which is an excellent return considering he's a wing-back, still only 20 and learning his trade in the Premier League, but also not surprising when you look at the excellent positions he finds himself in.

He and Sharp were often the two most advanced players as United sought a way back into the game, which came when Bogle swung his left boot at a bouncing ball and found a way past Sam Johnstone with an impressive finish.

His form has mitigated much of the fear around George Baldock's injury prognosis, with the right-back limping off with a hamstring injury in the first half.

Aaron Ramsdale

Callum Robinson may have been offside when he latched onto a brilliant cross from the right wing and struck what he must have thought was a shot destined for the back of the Blades net, but the United goalkeeper was not to know that and pulled off a stunning reflex stop to keep the scores level.

It might not have stood anyway when VAR had a long look at it, and might not have been the defining moment that Baggies boss Sam Allardyce thought it was. But it was the latest highlight in recent good performances from the young goalkeeper, who was unfortunate with WBA's first goal as he made two saves before the ball eventually rebounded to Phillips

The half-time change

United had so much possession in the first half but did nothing with it. They were slow to move it, suiting West Brom down to the ground as they sat in, soaked up the pressure and then hit the Blades on the break.

The tactic suited them well as they went ahead at the break, and United were staring down the barrel of defeat in a game they had to win.

Then Wilder switched shape, putting on Oli McBurnie for Ollie Norwood and read United the riot act at half time.

It worked, as they started the second half like a house on fire. Albion simply couldn't cope with wave after wave of attack, and the belief seemed to drain from them when Bogle scored the equaliser. Then Sharp pounced, and the only regret was ...

An empty Bramall Lane

Can you imagine the noise from the Bramall Lane Kop as Sharp pounced yesterday, or the roar from all four sides of Bramall Lane that would ordinarily have greeted the Blades as they pressed the life out of WBA looking for first an equaliser, and then a winner?

There would have been, as the kids say, limbs everywhere, although the reality is that United may not even be in this situation if they had their supporters roaring them on.

The truth, of course, is that they are in this situation - but the sooner we hear that roar that we have so often taken for granted in the past, the better for football as a whole.

Chris Basham

Where to even start with platitudes about this man? Watching him tear at Premier League defences has been one of my highlights since United won promotion from the Championship, and he had a huge hand in both goals yesterday.

Then going the other way, he more often than not seemed to always be in the right place at the right time to snuff out the danger when West Brom broke forward.

A simple tweet from Mark Duffy summed it up perfectly: "How good is Bashy?" he wrote. Amen to that.

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