{"id":53107,"date":"2024-03-04T13:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=53107"},"modified":"2024-03-12T14:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T14:40:37","slug":"wilder-results-arent-decided-on-league-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/03\/04\/wilder-results-arent-decided-on-league-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilder: &#8220;Results aren&#8217;t decided on league position&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Blades host Arsenal tonight as huge underdogs at Bramall Lane.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gunners are hoping to close the gap on Liverpool and Manchester City at the top and they come into tonight&#8217;s game as clear favourites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal have scored 19 goals in their previous four games and are unbeaten in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blades, rooted to the foot of the table, have only won three games all season, taking just 13 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">United vs Arsenal at the Lane! \u2694\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SHUARS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SHUARS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PremierLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rqx70MABM0\">pic.twitter.com\/Rqx70MABM0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheffieldUnited\/status\/1764586030148063481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Blades boss Chris Wilder said: &#8220;The bookies will have us as the whipping boys tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We understand that but the game&#8217;s not always built like that. 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