Blackpool 0 Sheffield United 0: Adkins rues missed chances

Nigel Adkins saw his Sheffield United held in a 0-0 draw at Blackpool in League One.
Paul Coutts of Sheffield Utd gets in front of Blackpool's Will Almson.Paul Coutts of Sheffield Utd gets in front of Blackpool's Will Almson.
Paul Coutts of Sheffield Utd gets in front of Blackpool's Will Almson.

Victory for the Blades would have seen them climb into the top-six play-off places.

United made three changes from the side which were held 1-1 by Swindon.

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Out went Chris Basham, Martyn Woolford and Matt Done to be replaced by Jose Baxter, Jamal Campbell-Ryce and Connor Sammon.

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But United failed to break down the hosts over 90 minutes.

The point takes the Blades to 42 points, one point behind sixth-placed Millwall.

“It was energy sapping with the pitch,” Adkins said.

“We started brightly and Conor Sammon has had a couple of chances.

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Sheffield United.

“Their keeper got man of the match for them and has made some good saves and we should have had a penalty.

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“It’s the clearest penalty ever on Conor Sammon. He got pulled down but the young referee wasn’t going to give it.

“It was a war of attrition. Both sides have put a lot of effort in. We had seven or eight chances in the first half. In the end we’ve come away with a point and a clean sheet but we were after the three points.”