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Sheffield United assistant manager Stuart McCall said he was bored watching his side\u2019s Carabao Cup defeat to League One Lincoln.<\/p>\n
The Premier League side suffered a 3-2 penalty shoot-out loss at Bramall Lane after a drab 90 minutes ended goalless.<\/p>\n
Defeat continued a poor start to the season for the Blades, who have lost their opening three Premier League games.<\/p>\n
They made nine changes for this match, but McCall said none of those players who came in pushed their case.<\/p>\n
\u201cA poor flat performance has given us a poor result, there\u2019s no getting away from it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cCredit to Lincoln, they made it difficult to play against, but we never moved the ball quick enough and got into areas we wanted to.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m being honest, we were bored ourselves watching it, we needed more impetus. We didn\u2019t do enough to win the game. It seemed quite flat.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to move on to a huge game on Saturday against Everton.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no excuses, the side we put out there should perform better. Take nothing away from Lincoln but we were pretty dull.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were desperate to win tonight and we put a team out that we believed we could do that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were just boring really, we had no thrust. That is not what we want to be at Bramall Lane. Hugely disappointing throughout the night from start to finish. We can\u2019t afford many of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lincoln were worthy of victory, which came after Lukas Jensen saved spot-kicks from Louis Marsh and Benie Traore to send his side through.<\/p>\n
Boss Mark Kennedy was in philosophical mood after a first victory at Bramall Lane in 40 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s only two things human beings fear when they\u2019re born, that\u2019s noise, and falling,\u201d he said. \u201cAll the other fear some idiot puts in your head. There\u2019s nothing to fear but fear itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo go and embrace the moment, go and enjoy the day.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd it\u2019s nights like this that me personally and the players\u2026live for. That\u2019s what you get up for in the morning, win, lose or draw.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to get your head out there, stick your chest out and sometimes you win and the rewards are incredible, the highs are high, the lows are so low, but for me that\u2019s what you get up for, that\u2019s what I come to work for every day.\u201d<\/p>\n