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Sheffield Utd attacker Baxter convinced of 'roughing up' soft Spurs

Sheffield United midfielder Jose Baxter is convinced they can rattle Capital One Cup semifinal opponents Tottenham.

United are ready to add another Premier League team to a growing list of scalps for Nigel Clough's League One team.

Baxter said: "You look at the Premier League and it's all nice football.

"They don't really touch each other and it's not like that in our league.

"The Premier League is an unbelievable league, probably the best in the world but then teams aren't used to getting barged about, people in the faces, kicking them and not helping them up when they get kicked. It works for us.

"There's a lot of matey matey stuff in the Premier League.

"I've got a couple of mates in football but I don't like it at all - hugging and kissing each other before games and all that.

"My best mate, James Wallace, is in the same team as me now but if I was playing against him, I wouldn't speak to him until the game's finished.

"It's all gone a bit crazy in the Premier League but that's probably why they are where they are."

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