Mowbray knows his stuff but even so, can he stop us?
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“The Rovers boss highlighted the Blades’ technical ability in the middle of the pitch, and their three at the back system, as possible threats.
But Mowbray is confident Rovers’ strong home form could push them towards the three points.
“I expect their centre halves to be over lapping their wing backs,” Mowbray said of the visitors.
“You must prepare for it, but sometimes a team’s biggest strengths can be their biggest weaknesses.
“If you’ve got a centre half who’s overlapping his wing back and you lose the ball, then you’re potentially light at the back especially if you play two strikers because then it’s two v two.
“It’s all about your positional play out on the pitch, that’s what football has been and always will be about, hard work allayed to that.
“You must set traps and plans. You have to have an idea that if the ball breaks down here, where you’re going very quickly with it and what’s your intention.
“They will have counter plans and know what to do if they lose the ball. Their players are usually in different positions to teams who play three or four at the back.
“This is just a slightly different way of doing it and credit to them, they have found a way which helps them win football matches. They have an identity and a way of playing.”
The Blades narrowly missed out on a play-off spot last season in their first year back in the Championship and are among the early pacesetters this season.
And Mowbray added: “I’ll expect really technical players like (Oliver) Norwood, (John) Fleck and (Mark) Duffy to be picking passes and asking questions of us. (David) McGoldrick dropping off the front, he’s talented and has scored a lot of goals since he’s joined from Ipswich, Billy Sharp, you know what he does, he scores goals.
“So I’m expecting a tough night and a tough examination of them but we take confidence and positive in to the game”
