Sheffield United have announced their starting XI and squad to face Manchester United tonight and Blades fans have been reacting to the news.
Chris Wilder has made four changes to the team and also put Oliver Arblaster as captain in a huge moment for the Blades youngster.
Into the XI come Andre Brooks, Wes Foderingham, Cameron Archer and Mason Holgate.
Oli McBurnie is missing from the squad altogether, while there are places on the bench for Anis Slimane and another rising star at Bramall Lane, Owen Hampson.
United boss Wilder made no secret of being unhappy with certain elements of his side’s performance against Burnley, and it looks like he’s made big calls tonight to change things.
And over on social media, Sheffield United fans have been reacting to the team news and also the decision on Oliver Arblaster as captain.
Sheffield United fans react as Oliver Arblaster made Blades captain at Manchester United
Reacting to the news from Old Trafford, plenty of United fans were happy to see young Arblaster get his chance.
One supporter, @BladeLVI was loving seeing the youngster given the armband.
Another supporter, @Nelson011983, had a message for the other players, commenting ‘Hope there’s some embarrassed individuals tonight that a 19 year old kid has been made captain in front of them.’
Carrying on the fine sentiment towards Arblaster though, a number of supporters continued to laud the decision to make Arblaster skipper.
‘This is brilliant and sets out a fine statement to start next season good luck @Oliverarblaster‘, @allip75 commented, while @DemBlades1889 loved imagining the feeling of captaining your club at such a young age.
Finally,@IjBlade commented on how they predicted Arblaster would be a captain at some point, but not within ten games of his career.
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