Paul Heckingbottom addresses key talking point among Sheffield United fans after Hull City draw

Paul Heckingbottom has explained why he decided against handing Daniel Jebbison his first Championship appearance during last night's goalless draw at home to Hull City.

The Blades missed the chance to go level with sixth-placed Middlesbrough in the race for promotion on a frustrating evening under the lights at Bramall Lane.

United dominated the match for large parts and had 22 shots at goal as Shota Arveladze's men held on for a point.

It was a point he was 'absolutely delighted' to get and one he described as 'golden' as it brought to an end a three-game losing streak.

But for Heckingbottom and co, it was a sense of what might have been as they lacked that cutting edge in front of goal.

Oli McBurnie and lliman Ndiaye had the game's best chances, with both firing straight at Matt Ingram when they will feel they should have found the net.

With those chances proving costly, fans were asking the question of Jebbison at full-time and why he didn't feature with United in need of a goal.

The 18-year-old was recalled from his loan spell at Burton on deadline day following an injury to Rhian Brewster. It's a decision that looks even more crucial given David McGoldrick's setback but the teenager is yet to feature.

He was enjoying a profitable run at the Pirelli Stadium under the watchful eye of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and had found the net nine times.

Having made only two subs, Heckingbottom said he was contemplating bringing the young sensation on for the final 10 minutes but decided against it.

Explaining his thinking behind that decision, he said: "We did think about that for the last 10, because Oli [McBurnie] was tiring but the thing that Oli has got, which you saw towards the end with the two headers, is that when we are