Sheffield United may take the opportunity to tweak their shape in the absence of key man Gus Hamer as they look to give their play-off push a shot in the arm at Norwich City tomorrow. The Blades’ talisman is banned for the next two games after picking up his 10th booking of the season.
United have deployed a one-up-top system of late to get Hamer and Callum O’Hare in the side but may change things around in the former’s absence, with another three-game week also factoring into the thinking of boss Chris Wilder and his coaching staff.
The Blades will give striker Patrick Bamford as much time as possible to prove his fitness after he made way at the weekend against West Brom, while Kalvin Phillips remains sidelined with a knee issue despite completing his three-match ban at the weekend.
With all the options at Wilder’s disposal, we tasked our man to come up with the side he could send out at Carrow Road - has he got it just about right or would you do anything differently?
5. Harrison Burrows
At some point you imagine Hjelde may come in on the left and if that happened at Carrow Road I wouldn't fall off my chair in surprise. Even if he wasn't quite at the same levels in the last couple, though, Burrows looks a player revitalised by a couple of recent goals | Getty Images
6. Sydie Peck
The young man has stepped up in the face of real competition in that midfield area and has made a very strong case to say that he should keep the shirt, even if all the many options at Wilder's disposal are all fully fit | Getty Images
7. Joe Rothwell
It's difficult to know from the outside whether Riedewald is yet ready of playing three games in a week after his recent injury absence and if United are looking to dominate in midfield, then Rothwell is a pretty good option to come in | West Bromwich Albion FC via Gett
8. Andre Brooks
I did wonder if Tahith Chong would get a run out with a bit of rotation but I'm keeping my faith in Brooks for this one down the right. He showed during his purple patch recently how dangerous he can be and will be desperate to get back to those levels | Carl Recine/Getty Images. Photo: Carl Recine/Getty Images