Former Leicester City boss Martin O'Neill says things can quickly change for Sheffield United if they can soon secure a first win for the season.
The Blades are reeling after yesterday's 8-0 home defeat to Newcastle.
The problem is the longer you go without winning a game the harder it becomes and the games that you are expecting, what you always term 'six-pointers', they become really big," O'Neill said on Talksport. That's the problem. Getting beat by Newcastle United, if they had been beaten three [nil] no one would bat an eyelid. But having seen them the previous week be so durable against Tottenham, it was a performance that I would never have expected but even so don't make a judgement on one particular game.
Of his promotion with Leicester, he added: Getting that win [for Leicester] helped - we drew our opening game against Sunderland and then we beat Southampton, Emile Heskey got a couple of goals and so we have four points and that gives you a little respite because the next handful of matches we found really difficult. Then we got a bit of mojo about ourselves and a bit of self-belief and drove on and eventually we finished 9th in the league and won the League Cup on top of that."
And O'Neill believes that one win could turn around Sheffield United's season.
We are looking at a league where each one of them [newly promoted Burnley, Luton and United] have a point on the board after six games so you wouldn't need to be a soothsayer to say that they are in trouble," he added. What I think, the minute you can get the three points, you go and win a game and Sheffield United were unbelievably close at Tottenham, we are talking about Tottenham, to getting the three points on the board and they end up with none. It was a similar story against Man City.
Getting that win, getting those three points no matter how you get them, suddenly gives you an enormous lift and it gives you a chance. And when some of those other sides have only got four or five points, then you are not that far off. We all knew it was going to be difficult for Sheffield United."