Sheffield United supervisor Paul Heckingbottom believes the competitors for locations in midfield helps to carry the perfect out of his gamers.
Conor Hourihane, Ollie Norwood, Sander Berge and John Fleck are all competing for the 2 spots on the coronary heart of the Blades ‘ engine room.
Heckingbottom has rotated his midfield closely in current weeks, with every of the quartet all having began a minimum of two of the final 4 league matches.
Berge and Fleck was the chosen pair in Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Huddersfield City, which suggests Hourihane and Norwood might come again in for tomorrow’s conflict with Hull Metropolis.
Talking his pre-match press convention, Heckingbottom refused to elaborate on who he believes is his greatest midfield partnership however thinks that every of the 4 gamers are driving one another to do higher.
He stated: “Nicely, no as a result of I assumed that was a superb efficiency on the weekend however it’s there for all to see – they’ve not misplaced collectively as a pair [Hourihane and Norwood].
“However Sander and Flecky we all know how good a gamers they’re they usually’re each chomping on the bit to get previous them and get into the crew. There have been some good performances once more from these two on Saturday.
“I feel the one factor Ollie and Conor do carry is an actual voice on the pitch, they’ve each acquired good brains they usually truly use that by giving good info consistently all through the 90 minutes. That’s most likely the bits that individuals don’t see however is of a giant worth to the crew.
“It’s a superb dilemma to have, it offers us the choice to have three in there which now we have carried out a few occasions. It’s a robust place for us on the minute.
“You at all times need extra from each participant however they [Berge and Fleck] arrange each objectives at Birmingham which helped us win the sport so other than scoring the objectives themselves there’s not far more they might’ve carried out.
“They’re performing properly and it’s a extremely robust place for us on the minute. 4 actually good gamers, all with totally different qualities and never solely are they acting on the pitch, however they’re coaching laborious and competing towards one another each day. That’s what’s bringing the perfect out of all of them.”
