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SLAP-DASH BLADES NEED SHARPENING

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The Football League Paper Team
1 April 2018

By Lee Irving

FIGHTING BACK: Brentford’s Chris Mepham scores the equiliser, and inset, Sheffield United’s Chris Basham celebrates scoring their first goal
PICTURE: Action Images

SHEFFIELD United and Brentford shared the points, and the slaps, at a rain-soaked Griffin Park – and Chris Wilder is desperate for a more clinical edge in the Blades’ hunt for promotion.
Wales international Chris Mepham ensured the spoils were shared after cancelling out Chris Basham’s opener, with both teams reduced to ten men when Ryan Woods and Jamal Blackman slapped each...

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