George Baldock has revealed how Sheffield United’s band of brothers were inspired by everyone writing them off even before the season began.
Blades boss Chris Wilder pinned articles up on the dressing room to challenge his players to prove all the critics wrong. One radio show wrote off their chances of staying up, dismissed Billy Sharp as a League One striker and claimed “they would end up being worse than Huddersfield.” It has helped inspire Baldock and his United teammates because this squad is really exceptional and the secret of their success has been the dressing room spirit.
Baldock, 27, who has played every minute of all their 28 games, said: “I think it was on talkSPORT, the line was: ‘Sheffield United aren’t even taking this
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