We went behind to yet another contentious refereeing decision as the linesman adjudged Lee Williamson's shot to have crossed the lane despite Claude Davies insisting that he had cleared in time.
The goal stood and we never really recovered.
I was not at the game personally but from reports from those who did travel we offered very little going forward and the Blades could have extended their lead long before they finally did in the 90th minute.
You have to question Warnocks decision to remove Clyne from the side after a such a good performance and grabbing his first goal in the week. I feel he concentrated too much on matching Sheffield United's physicality and not enough on the thing's that made Tuesday's performance so good. I feel Clyne, despite being a right back gives us a real threat going forward even at left back, while also being more than capable defensively. Warnock may point to United's strength but last season he was the stand out player on the pitch in one of his first appearances.
But maybe its too simple too blame the manager who we have to admit is doing a terrific job, the players are as much to blame, it is they who were second to every ball this afternoon.
Neil Warnock has just said that a bout of diarrhoea this morning struck five players down, which may give a few clues for why we performed so badly but who knows. All i can comment on is the performance, the result and the worrying trend of a sensational performance followed by a disastrous one. Even more worrying is that there is no real trend in the pattern for instance being bad at home or bad away, we just seem to be very inconsistent all of a sudden.
We've got an in form Barnsley on Saturday at Selhurst Park so we will have to see how we fare against them to further understand whats going on at the moment.
Here's hoping we can get back to winning ways!
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