Thing is Wilder held all the cards before.
New contracts given every few months seemingly to him..subtle comments about the squad would see him get a player here or there. He asked the Prince for bit more money for signings...McBurnie, Berge, Ramsdale, Brewster all came in for money SUFC have never even entertained.
Yes he did not get Cash and Robinson but still was given sizeable fees even taking the wage argument out if it.
Training ground being upgraded after he kept mentioning that was another example.
He basically to some degree dictated everything and the board gave him most things they could. Yes he would have liked more on wages of course and even more money but I think overall the board have done what they can to help him. His success and what he did meant noone would question him or his decisions.
His star could not have been higher. He was the darling of the media and PL in March.
Now in less than a year...his reputation has nosedived so much it is shocking and upsetting as a huge fan of his.
His signings have been panned and mostly disastrous since the summer sadly. The consensus nationally are that his tactics and style has been worked out and we are on the verge of being the worst ever side in top flight history. We are a laughing stock and he is presiding over that.
He may get the monk on all he wants but the owner and his board will not allow more funds to be squandered and rightly so. He has had his chance really and has fucked up massively on recruitment. Not sure anyone can argue too much on that.
I am not being harsh to say Ramsdale and Brewster might feature in the 3 worst signings (fee wise...yes I know the wages argument comes into it) this Premier League season for the whole league. I am struggling to think of any others from the summer at say 15+ million that have had less impact or looked so much out of their depth. I know they are young and may improve.
If I was Abdullah I'd tell him get the players you believed in and nagged me for the money to sign,to perform or move some of them on/recoup some and then we will talk again.
Wilder can moan and grumble about not getting any more money but for once I am not in agreement if that is the case. The season has gone. It's too late now.
If he walks over that then I am not sure the football world would offer much sympathy at all. If he resigned as he felt that he'd gone as far as he could and it was just all too much mentally and he needed a break/wanted players to gave a different voice etc then that's different. I did see that happening and still might.
The above may come across as anti Wilder. It's not. I do stand by the critique of his signings particularly last summer.
I maintain and always have I want him here next season and hopefully for years to come.
I do think he needs to lose some of the stubbornness and also realise that he has to get more out of certain players. He has signed them so internal improvement/development/coaching like he did albeit at a lower level needs to be more of a factor.
I think he needs to evolve the side/style and build another great side/way of playing. Like Ferguson did at Man Utd.
I don't agree if we are not straight back up he has failed. I see no issue us staying in the Champ for a few years if he was building something sustainable for us hopefully getting back to the EPL. Fans may have to accept that he may have to change half a dozen at least of the side. In the short term losing the continuity may lead to it taking longer but may be good in the long term.
But going back to the point if he spat the dummy out about not being allowed more signings/money now then he's treading a thin line. The Prince now holds the cards. If Wilder did walk his next job would be a mid table Champ side at best after this season. People may scoff at that but you are only as good as your most recent season/s in terms of attractiveness to employers. I recall managers like Dowie, Howe, Wagner, Jewell all having promotions aplenty but now noone is remotely interested in them and a few just left management.
I think Wilder is better than them but you get my point. He could be back at Lg 1/ 2 before you know it. Football is a tough business and a few bad seasons and a manager can be done at the top level...see Adkins...similiar type managerial trajectory to Wilder. Now can't even sniff a job.
Wilder needs to be careful as his tantrums (if there are any and not sure his no comment is that so maybe people are reading between the lines a bit too much) will not impress a board that have seen him effectively throw away 50+ million on 4 players who have not improved the side at all and Bogle maybe apart (and hes only had maybe 1 or 2 decent Prem games) look like players not good enough for this level.
He needs to just get on with things with the squad he has built now...granted a few injuries but he was the one who chose to sign Rodwell, Jags, Foderingham, Jack Robinson etc....all players he does not trust to play for the most part.
As I say I love Wilder and believe after a bad season if he stays he will come back re-energised and we will see a different side and maybe approach come August.
I don't quite see the degree of turnover you mentioned in your earlier post DB, I just think with covid etc we will end up being more selective and players like Fleck and Norwood will be allowed to go again next season. When we have majority possession they cna still be far more effective.
But on the post I quoted I agree 100%.
You can't on one hand be saying you won't jeopardise the club, but be continually asking for money and being unhappy once refused. We haven't sold anyone of nay note.
It's not a bottomless pit.
Everyone wanted the ownership issue resolved and it has been and there has been some cost to that.
Whenever he's come asking - McBurnie, Berge, Brewster, new training complex, it's been met with a reasonable response that has favoured Chris.
It's now time for Chris to also be reasonable. There may well be a long period of time still without gate receipts and we have to be ready for that too.
No doubt we have been horrendously unlucky with injuries. We've also had some poor early season decisions which went against us. We've had 3 VAR calls go our way but this also tells its own story that the onfield refs are getting plenty wrong in our games. So how many do they get wrong that VAR doesn't correct?
But, we didn't help ourselves in the market. Chris has to own that. He has to offload the mistakes for which he can't build a team that bounces back and he needs to integrate those who maybe weren't ready this season but are expected to be next year.
In many ways we are the best job for him. Maybe if we were repeating last season, he'd be a contender for an Everton if it came up, perhaps. Maybe Newcastle would consider him. You'd probably be looking at a Derby, Stoke type club.
So why bother. He's got as much appreciation as he is likely to get from an owner. Despite possibly still going down with a record low points he's got backing if the fans. Sometimes the grass isn't always greener.
Time to close ranks, accept the reality of this season whilst still ensuing a spot on attitude and look forward.