So far, so good for Chris Wilder after Sheffield United's winning start to pre-season continued with victory at Rotherham United
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00:00Everybody that we've gone to have been great hosts and it was another step up as well.
00:06It was a really competitive game.
00:08I'm a little bit disappointed with their goal, I thought at times I'll play.
00:12It was fabulous in terms of our control of the game.
00:17I think you've just seen little glimpses of combinations.
00:20It's a strong side that we've put out there.
00:23Still more minutes into Anel, more minutes into Callum O'Hare, more minutes into Gusey.
00:28My first minute actually.
00:30Sam McCallum was really good.
00:32Obviously the one downside is the injury to Jamie.
00:41It didn't look great when he came off, so fingers crossed.
00:45I thought him for 20-25 minutes showed what he was about and all his qualities.
00:51Is there any kind of update?
00:53Apart from the fact it doesn't look good, what's he done?
00:55He's twisted his knee, so he's got to go for a scan.
01:00Fingers crossed that's not going to be too serious.
01:04We can't afford any injuries at the best of times, so we want to keep the squad fit and healthy.
01:12He's gone for a 50-50 tackle and he's just twisted his knee.
01:16You really can't do anything about that in terms of an injury and a competitive game.
01:21I was going to ask about what you were seeing in terms of the combinations of the various different players that are out there.
01:28In the three or four games that fans have seen in pre-season, it's really started to click, hasn't it?
01:33Yes, we understand the level that we're playing, but Steve's a competitor and Paul Rayner is.
01:40They want to win, so we knew it was going to be a different level of opposition that we were playing against.
01:50Press, aggressive press, which we're going to have to get used to as well.
01:56But I thought the way the players handled that, even when the goal went in, we just got straight back on, got on the bike and went again and played.
02:05It's a little bit different to the way we've played.
02:08I still like to think that we've played some decent football in my time here.
02:14Maybe it's just a little bit different way to play, but I think everybody's enjoying it.
02:19I'm certainly enjoying it.
02:20When I'm looking at the players in and around the place, when I'm looking at the players on the pitch when they're coming off, they're really enjoying playing in that team.
02:30It's going to be a fight for everybody to get in.
02:32We've got some competition in some positions.
02:35We need competition more.
02:37We understand that.
02:39But so far, so good.