Sheffield United will be hoping to build on the positive momentum generated by their first home league win of the season at the weekend when they travel to Blackburn Rovers tomorrow night. The Blades moved off the bottom of the table after beating Watford and if results go their way, could be out of the bottom three by midweek.
Boss Chris Wilder’s ambitions remain greater than simply survival but even journeys of a thousand miles begin with a single step and the hope is that that step was taken at the weekend. After this the Blades are on the road again on Friday, at Paul Heckingbottom’s Preston North End, and Wilder will again be tempted to shuffle his pack to keep his players fresh.
With that in mind, and with confirmation that Gus Hamer will miss at least both of those games after suffering a knee ligament injury, we tasked our man to select the side that Wilder could send out at Ewood Park - has he got it just about right or is there anything you’d do differently?
5. Ben Mee
On the face of it it's another big ask for the 36-year-old to play three games in such quick succession but to his credit the former Burnley man looked comfortable doing exactly that just before the international break and my money's on him keeping his place on his return to Lancashire | PA
6. Sam McCallum
Ordinarily I'd have suggested rotating Burrows and McCallum out on the left but after McCallum's superb showing at the weekend, can you leave him out? Wilder could freshen it up instead by giving Burrows more gametime off the bench and then potentially starting him at Preston on Friday | Tony King/Getty Images
7. Sydie Peck
One of his best games of the season on Saturday and he'll have to maintain those levels to keep his place once the Blades' other central midfielders return to full fitness. But for now it's his spot to lose | Ed Sykes/Getty Images
8. Jairo Riedewald
Djibril Soumare was decent on Saturday but he still looks like he's getting up to speed with English football and so I wonder if he may sit this one out, with new boy Riedewald a potential replacement after making his debut off the bench against Watford | Getty Images