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Blades' woes getting to Blackwell
Sheffield United, 15:12, February 4, 2010 ,
Sheffield United boss Kevin Blackwell says he is currently enduring his most frustrating time ever as a manager.
The 3-0 defeat against Watford on Tuesday was bad enough but the Blades boss is unhappy with how things are going at the moment for a number of other reasons.
Tottenham's decision to recall Kyle Walker late on Monday was the catalyst for destroying his pre-match plans before it emerged his capture of Toni Kallio had not gone through in time for him to face the Hornets.
Add to that Chris Morgan's injury and Blackwell's defensive plans were in disarray with new signing Nyron Nosworthy able to play on Tuesday without any training beforehand.
Blackwell said: "On Monday I was expecting to field a back four of (Kyle) Walker, (Chris) Morgan, (Nyron) Nosworthy and (Toni) Kallio and I was happy with that because we know all about their qualities.
"But then Walker was recalled (by Tottenham) at the last minute, Kallio's paperwork wasn't processed in time for him to be eligible and then 'Morgs' gets injured - it all blew up in our faces in about six hours.
"Our back four was changed completely overnight and we couldn't get a platform to be built on."
He added: "It's tough at the moment and this is the most frustrating period of my managerial career but we have to take it, roll our sleeves up and work harder."