Wilder having 'sterner' chats with his players

Chris Wilder has been speaking to the media ahead of the trip to Oxford United in the Championship on Saturday (15:00 BST).

Here are the main talking points.

• Following the 1-0 loss to Charlton Athletic last time out, Wilder has had "sterner" chats with his players. The Blades "need a big performance pretty quickly" as the losing mentality becomes harder to shift the longer a losing run goes on.

• This week Wilder has focused on delivering those sterner messages, having individual player meetings, ensuring players are taking accountability and are equipped to deal with disappointment. He wants more physicality and more running on the pitch. "These are the things I don't compromise on."

• The players are "a little bit confused in terms of a lot of the messages that got put into them". Wilder is trying to strip back his messages in order to help along the fundamentals of putting in good performances on the pitch and converting those into results.

• Wilder provided injury news on his Sheffield United squad. Tom Davies played a half for the under-21s team this week and may feature in the matchday squad at Oxford.

• Danny Ings has had a week's training and also may feature. Wilder is keen to have his more experienced players back as he believes they can help the team escape its winless rut.

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