Wilder on being 'a winning football manager'
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder previews the Middlesbrough game
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Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has been speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield as they prepare to host Middlesbrough on Wednesday (20:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines:
On a winning mentality: "I'd rather have a team that's mentally strong and tough and wants to win than a team that's milky and soft that plays beautiful football. End of conversation. I'm a winning football manager."
He added: "It's still an early part of the build. We are there because we've got that attitude that the supporters want to see. When they walk out the ground, we are a winning football club. A lot of teams would swap that in a heartbeat - and some big clubs."
There are no additional injuries to the squad that beat Portsmouth at the weekend and will be boosted by the return of Tom Davies for the game against Boro.
Striker Kieffer Moore is expected to return on Saturday, while wing-back Femi Seriki is around "a week or two away" and right-back Jamie Shackleton is back in training.
On new transfers: "I was maybe too enthusiastic and too hopeful that we'd absolutely hit the ground running in terms of these players - but we'll get better."
He added: "The players that have come in are good players. They want to learn, they want to adjust and adapt and they will. It might be a little bit rollercoaster-ish towards now and the end of the season but as long as we keep our attitude about winning games of football, having that mentality, then we might give ourselves the opportunity of getting towards the points total that makes us successful."
On Middlesbrough: "Really difficult opponents; control possession, create big changes. A good side and it's going to be a really interesting game."
