Competitive football is back and Sheffield United kick-off their season against Mansfield Town tomorrow

It’s not been a particularly busy summer for Sheffield United on the recruitment front, as has been well documented, so picking a starting XI shouldn’t be that hard.

The season kicks off with the Carabao Cup and a short trip down the road to take on former Blades boss Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town, who beat United in the FA Cup last season.

Chris Wilder has a few calls to make and there are likely to be a few players carrying knocks that the boss would prefer to rest before the league action begins against Birmingham City at Bramall Lane next week but overall there’s not a great deal of choice.

He’ll be hoping his starting XI is harder to pick by the time the window closes but as things stand it almost picks itself... well it does for us anyway.