Premier League updates from the 2pm GMT kick-offAaron Ramsdale: ‘I’m very grateful I got a second chance’10 things to look out for this weekendAnd feel free to email Ben or tweet @benfisherj 12.39pm GMT It is eight years since Sheffield United last entertained Bournemouth at Bramall Lane, when the hosts finished up on the right end of an eight-goal thriller in League One. Harry Maguire lined up in defence and Ryan Flynn scored twice before Nick Blackman, who joined Maccabi Tel Aviv last summer, put the icing on the cake, stretching Bournemouth’s winless start to the season to five matches. But, a month later, Eddie Howe returned from Burnley, Bournemouth began part two of their extraordinary rise and the rest, as they say, is history.Chris Wilder has had a similarly monstrous impact since taking over the reins at his boyhood club four years ago. With 13 league games to play this season, sixth-placed Sheffield United are firmly in the conversation when it comes to snatching fourth or fifth spot. After this, the Blades will jet off to Dubai but Europe remains a palpable possibility. The addition of £22m club-record signing Sander Berge only further whets the appetite for what is to come, even if Wilder is staying predictably grounded. “Forty [points] has always been a big number for a newly-promoted side,” said Wilder, whose team are four points shy of reaching that total. Continue readingreadfullarticle
