Chris Wilder's verdict on 5-0 Villa hammering

Chris Wilder's verdict on Sheffield United's 5-0 hammering at home to Aston Villa.

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00:00 No excuses. Architects of our own downfall in terms of the man and the goals.

00:08 Obviously some fabulous finishes from Villa's point of view and then you 4-0 down after 28 minutes, half an hour

00:14 against a possession-based team that can open you up and hurt you at any opportunity.

00:21 So it becomes, I'm not going to apologise for it, it becomes damage limitation.

00:27 I understand supporters all maybe want to see me and the team get after the opposition in that case.

00:38 But I think we've already had one of those evenings before or one of those days before.

00:46 But saying that, no consolation that it was won after half-time or anything like that.

00:53 Well and truly beaten, no hiding place out there and we all have to take the criticism from our supporters

01:04 because it's been an incredibly difficult afternoon for them more importantly than us.

01:09 I was just going to say there's no hiding place out there at 4-5-0 is there because you have the weight of the expectation of the crowd on you.

01:15 You have to deal with that don't you?

01:17 Yeah, didn't see it coming I've got to say. Thought we picked the right team. Thought we picked an athletic team, front-footed team.

01:25 Obviously disappointed that Olly Mack couldn't play but as I said there's a lot of youth out there, a lot of energy.

01:34 But I think unless you've played the game at that level in front of 30,000 it drains you.

01:43 It drains you as a player and it drains you as a team and the quickest the players look is the slowest.

01:48 Every pass is an incredibly difficult pass to play and you look slow and everything's a reaction and not an anticipation.

01:59 So I get that people will say 'oh we didn't lay a glove on them' and there's certain parts of it, first and second balls,

02:08 that we were second best but we were second best all afternoon and most certainly when they went 4-0 up.