Chris Wilder insists Sheffield United’s blockbusting clash with Leeds is not a Championship promotion decider.
The Blades visit Elland Road for the Saturday lunchtime kick-off sitting two points behind their hosts in third place and the result could have a big say in who wins automatic promotion.
If Leeds win, they will go top ahead of Norwich’s visit to Rotherham on Saturday afternoon, but more importantly open up a five-point gap over Wilder’s side.
“It will give a big boost to the winner,” Wilder said. “But it’s not season defining.
“I’ve got total respect for everyone there. Total respect. But it would be a lack of respect from me to suggest this is going to decide what happens.
“It would be disrespectful to the division and especially the teams we’ve got to play after this.”
“I’ve grown up supporting Norwich, it was the first ground I went to with a bag of Munchies with my dad, so it does mean a lot,” Warne said.
The teams at the bottom will be hoping to take advantage of Millwall’s participation in the FA Cup quarter-finals and try to overtake them.
“After this game we have an international break meaning we can’t leave anything out on the pitch and at the weekend,” he said.
“We have to go there believing we can win.”
