Well, someone has changed their mind on the matter.
Not that I’m having a dig at him, it’s not a bad thing to change your mind whenever presented with new information, it shows you’re open to change and have a little bit of flexibility.
According to a report in The Sheffield Star, Blades boss Chris Wilder has changed his view on how the Premier League, and in effect the rest of English football, should finish their season. Having previously been against the idea of playing games in front of an empty crowd, the report states that Wilder doesn’t want to see his side’s efforts ‘going to waste’ and is now in favour of the measures that were put forward by Gary Neville over the weekend.
And I have to say, I am very much in favour of the idea of getting games done behind closed doors rather than having to wait for crowds to be let in. As I have said before, football and sports in general can be a great distraction from all that is going on in the world right now, and if games get played, even if it is behind closed doors, then so be it.
And Wilder’s point is a good one, whilst we might not be able to be there at Bramall Lane when and if we clinch a European place, I’d much rather have something to celebrate than cancel the season and this all be for nothing at the end of the day.
Do you agree with Wilder that the season should finish 'behind closed doors'
Yes
No
So long as it is safe to do so, which was one of the points Neville makes, and it isn’t going to hinder what is going on with the NHS, then I think that the games need to start again as soon as possible.
Not just to give us some level of clarity when it comes to the season, but to give us something to root for, something for us all to belong to, watching the Blades as we fight to finish arguably one of the greatest season’s in the club’s history.