Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has blamed his side’s disastrous run of results on a half-eaten sandwich.
The 56-year-old made the claim after Monday night’s 6-0 home defeat by Arsenal which was the fourth time this season the Blades have lost a home league game by at least five goals.
Speaking to Paddy Power News after the game, Wilder said:
‘You could argue that we didn’t track runners, but you still have to ask yourself why the referee’s assistant ate a sandwich in front of me?’
‘Would Arsenal have been 5-0 up at half-time tonight if one grown man hadn’t eaten a BLT in front of another grown man over a month ago? Not a chance.
‘It wasn’t even a decent sarnie, like the ones you get in Pret A Manger. This looked like a Tesco Meal Deal job.
‘It was a complete lack of respect and that’s what cost us the game tonight’.
When asked whether he thought it was reasonable to blame the club’s abysmal form and inevitable relegation on a sandwich – which Paddy Power has paid on already – Wilder snapped:
‘What else could it be? My lack of managerial ability at this level? A Championship standard playing squad? Our players scoring own goals every week? Of course, it’s the f**king sandwich.
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‘People might think I’m talking nonsense, but I honestly think we’d have won the league if Mark Scholes had just waited until he got back to his car to eat that bloody BLT’.
In the wake of last night’s defeat, Blades chairman Yusuf Giansiracusa admits rehiring Wilder hasn’t gone according to plan.
‘It’s almost as if rehiring the man who got you relegated from the Premier League to save you from relegation from the Premier League is a sh*t idea’, Giansiracusa told Paddy Power News.
And with Wilder under growing pressure, Sheffield United board member Sean Bean was spotted having a pint of Pinot Grigio with former Bolton and Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce.
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