Derby boss Warne deserves support - Wilder

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has overseen two wins against Paul Warne's Derby this season

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder offered a message of support to under-pressure Derby head coach Paul Warne after his side inflicted a seventh successive Championship defeat on the Rams.

Wilder walked into the post-match press conference at Pride Park and went straight into talking about his rival boss following the narrow win.

Saturday's loss has the Rams on their worst run for 17 years, third from bottom in the table and two points from safety.

"What I will say is when you're a manager, you want to see your players play for the club, play for the manager and give it a right go and I thought all the Derby players did for Paul," he said.

"Paul is a good guy and he deserves the support. It's not my gig but that's my view from externally.

"Obviously it's a difficult period for Derby and Paul. We've watched the games and they could quite easily have got a result against Sunderland, could have got a result in two or three other of their games as well.

"They could have got a result today because they gave everything for their manager.

"They've lost their best player [Eiran Cashin, who was sold to Brighton] and are looking to bring players in and they're incredibly stretched. If you look at their bench, it was pretty similar to ours in terms of when we were stretched."

Warne came out to speak to the print media shortly after Wilder and addressed the huge pressure he is under, saying he will continue to work as normal "until told otherwise".