3 things we clearly learnt about Sheffield United after their 0-0 draw v Huddersfield Town

Sheffield United picked up a point on the road yesterday, playing out a goalless draw with Huddersfield Town at the John Smith’s Stadium. 

Paul Heckingbottom’s side entered the fixture with four wins on the spin under their belt.

They weren’t able to extend that in Huddersfield, but were able to take a point off a promotion rival and keep themselves in the mix for the play-off places.

John Fleck forced a good second-half save from Lee Nicholls, whilst Billy Sharp went close with a blistering drive before that.

The Blades were on the right side of the game’s controversial decision, though, with Jon Russell’s goal disallowed in the first-half after Danny Ward, George Baldock and Wes Foderingham tangled on the goal-line.

We breakdown a couple of talking points from Sheffield United’s perspective:

Heckingbottom’s getting it right at the back 

Since Heckingbottom took over from Slavisa Jokanovic, Sheffield United have kept clean sheets in six out of 11 fixtures.

That’s a fine return and already betters the five Jokanovic oversaw in the opening months of the season.

A return to a wing-back system has helped, with Chris Basham and John Egan looking like the solid cogs they did when Sheffield United stormed to promotion and then ninth in the Premier League.

Jack Robinson has played in the last two games alongside them, whilst Charlie Goode and Ben Davies wait in the wings.

It didn’t quite click for Sheffield United in the final third yesterday, but they kept Huddersfield out.

Back-to-back clean sheets against West Brom and Huddersfield in a week underlines the progress made.

Midfield rotation weakens the Blades 

Oliver Norwood and Conor Hourihane were fantastic in Sheffield United’s win over West Brom on Wednesday, but rotation