Watford 1 Sheffield United 0: Reaction as João Pedro's winner condemns Blades to opening-day defeat
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Here’s how the action unfolded, with reaction from both camps.
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PH speaking pre-match about his defensive injury woes
We found out that Anel was carrying a ban on Thursday, that wasn’t declared when we signed him which is poor on someone’s part. Bash then suffered a slight hamstring injury but should be OK for next week and Robbo accidentally collided with Sander. That’s what the squad’s for and we’ll be fine.
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and there’s a few surprises here with the Blades struggling with a number of injury issues - Brewster on the bench along with Khadra and teenager Dan Jebbison leads the line, while Basham and Ahmedhodzic both miss out so it looks like Clark, Egan and RND as a back three
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