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?
9. Andre Brooks
The Louie Barry experiment did not work on Saturday, the Villa man failing to take the chance to impress boss Wilder on a rare start, while Brooks wasted no time making an impact after coming off the bench as he set up O'Hare's winner | Ed Sykes/Getty Images
10. Callum O' Hare
He's made no secret of his desire to improve his goal threat and with Hamer out, much of the creative responsibility will fall onto his shoulders. He made a good start with the winner on Saturday and will want to keep that going now | Sportimage
11. Danny Ings
Tyrese Campbell looked more like his old self at the weekend but I wonder if Wilder may be tempted to shake things up with a full debut for the former Liverpool man after a couple of cameos off the bench in recent weeks | Sheffield United