We saying similar types of things under Wilder. Howson was past it, defence was a shambles, Lenihan was a waste of space and so on, McGree not fit to lick Tav's boots and we would be lucky to avoid relegation. Turns out that good players are good players when well managed and bad players when badly managed. Sheffield Utd have a lot of very good players but they've lost faith and confidence. The question now is whether someone will do for them what Leadbitter did for us under AK or whether they will slump like we did under Pulis.
Barlaser said something interesting a couple of weeks back. Last season, he was promoted with Rotherham and said that falling out of the automatic promotion places actually galvanised them and turned it around. If Sheffield Utd do turn it around, no number of wins will get us into second place.