'Insane season' - Wilder reacts to Blades' defeat

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder talks to referee David Webb at half time of the Blades' defeat at BurnleyImage source, Getty Images
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Chris Wilder said that his Sheffield United team have done well to finish third behind promoted Leeds United and Burnley in an "insane season".

The Blades boss told BBC Radio Sheffield: "For those two teams to have the ability to hit 100 points shows what the division is like, and we're the third best team in the division.

"The season went to the 44th game and we had a right go, and created some good chances. We conceded two poor goals - we have to do better on the clearance and the penalty hands the initiative back to them.

"We would have needed 95, 96, 97 points to go up. It's an insane season.

"There will be some big games now. The home game [of the play-offs] at Bramall Lane will be off the scale. We've got to dust ourselves down and go again and we will do that.

"We want to go and get 90-odd points, that's the target."