Chris Wilder admits he could not turn down the chance to manage Sheffield United when the call came through on Thursday. [url=ht

Chris Wilder admits he could not turn down the chance to manage Sheffield United when the call came through on Thursday. Eric Bledsoe Jersey . The 48-year-old jumped at the chance to take over the hot seat at Bramall Lane where he spent six years as a player during the late 1980s and early 1990s.Wilder heads to United on the back of leading Northampton Town to title success in League Two and says he turned down offers from two or three Championship clubs. The Sheffield-born boss told Sky Sports News HQ: There was two or three, but as soon as Sheffield United came with the call it was decision made. Negotiations didnt take that long. Chris Wilder won the League Two title with Northampton Im excited about the challenge. Its a tough division and the expectation level here is massive. The club has been in League One too long.But if we can turn things around and get the club going in the right direction, the club can go anywhere it wants to go.Blades chairman Kevin McCabe is delighted to have got his man. Hes always been on the list, McCabe said.This last season, Northampton Town, a club no one felt would get promoted from League Two, and the way theyve achieved it with one point short of a hundred, and playing good football, Im so pleased hes joined us. Nigel Adkins was removed as manager by chairman Kevin McCabe, who was disappointed with the season As for removing Nigel Adkins from the post after just one season in charge, McCabe said: You never want to sack a manager but reflecting at the end of the season, its a season that has not gone very well at all, in terms of performances and points, position in the table. It was the right decision to take.And I wish Nigel well. Hes a true gentleman and became a friend. 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As each game passes (each has played close with the exception of last night) it becomes clearer just how evenly matched these two teams are and how one mistake, or one bad inning, is likely to sway the result.Manchester, England (SportsNetwork.com) - David Silva scored a pair of goals for Manchester City on Saturday to lead the club to a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium, moving City level on 39 points at the top of the table with Chelsea. City entered the match woefully short on options at striker with Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic all out on Saturday. But Silva stepped up and filled the void by scoring in the 49th and 61st minutes before Yaya Toure capped the scoring nine minutes from time to hand City its eighth successive win in all competitions. A patient approach from the home side still yielded decent chances in the first half, but it wasnt until after the break that Silva fired his team in front. Pablo Zabaleta did some good work to get into the penalty area and drop the ball off for Silva, whose first-time shot took a wicked deflection on its way past goalkeeper Julian Speroni. Silva was at it again just after the hour mark when he arrived in front of goal to redirect a low cross from Aleksandar Kolarov past Speroni. James McArthur thought he had pulled a goal back for the visitors when he headed the ball past Joe Hart in the City net, only for it to be ruled out for offsides. Toure put the finnishing touches on the win in the 81st minute when he took control of the ball from James Milner and smashed a shot off the post and into the net. D. J. Wilson Jersey. Manchester United dropped seven points back of City after being held to a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa. Christian Benteke put Villa ahead in the 18th minute, while Radamel Falcao found the equalizer eight minutes into the second half for United. Gabriel Agbonlahor was sent off 25 minutes from time for a late challenge on Ashley Young, but the hosts held on for one point. West Ham remains in fourth place after notching a 2-0 home win over Leicester City thanks to goals from Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing. Sung-Yueng Kis 15th-minute goal was enough to lead Swansea City past Hull City, 1-0, leaving the Tigers two points from safety, while Southampton handed Everton a 3-0 defeat behind second-half goals from Graziano Pelle and Maya Yoshida. QPR rallied from two goals down against West Bromwich to record a 3-2 win as Charlie Austin scored a hat trick, moving Rangers two points clear of the drop zone. Saturdays other fixture saw Tottenham claim a 2-1 win at home over Burnley as Erik Lamela struck the winning goal in the 36th minute for Spurs, dropping Burnley into the bottom three. ' ' '