Sheff Utd not good enough in three defeats - Wilder

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has said his side's three-game losing slump is not because of a change in approach.

The Blades have lost away games at strugglers Oxford and Plymouth and at home to Millwall this month to drop out of the top two.

They are now five points off Burnley and Leeds United with four games to play, starting with the visit of lowly Cardiff on Friday.

"We haven't been negative in our approach because we've had 70% possession," Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"Everyone wants to sensationalise things but we haven't been good enough, it's as simple as that.

"The approach hasn't changed from the Coventry game [a 3-1 win]. Why would it change?

"Why would we go from one of our best performances of the season to a negative approach in all three games? We wouldn't and we haven't, we just haven't been good enough.

"We've not created enough and we've not been clinical enough in our finishing. We've not done enough at both ends of the pitch.

"We have to accept the criticism that comes from losing three games when we should have won two of them. And I am happy to do that.

"We've got four games to go and we need to adjust it quickly, we understand that."