Ok….but what would you do now? More keen to hear your views than being accusatory.
We have to keep trying to get things spot on tactically and with our team selection.
When fans have lost faith in specific players I understand that another disappointing team performance only make that feeling stronger. Managers can't just change the team to punish those who haven't looked great though. For the next game he's got to try to find a line up, a balance and tactics that maximises what we've got and somehow deals effectively with the threats of the usually higher standard opposition.
I think Wilder wanted a more physical team last night. The centre halves, Trusty at left back, Souza, Slimane, BBD, McBurnie meant we looked a bit bigger side than in some games. I think we wanted to be solid and aggressive, make it hard for their flair players to find space and create. Set pieces may have been an important part of our strategy. But despite a good start, we were unable to keep the likes of Olise and Eze quiet. Ajew also caused problems and Mateta was just stronger than our defenders.
I'm not sure if Wilder regrets too much. It's hard to criticise a starting line up that gets us in front twice in the first half. But in retrospect, he could have sacrificed the attacking qualities of BBD and played RND or Larouci at left midfield to neutralise/double up on Olise. Maybe played Osborn (rather than Slimane) and instructed him to man mark Eze. Defensive tweaks, which may have helped deal better with their main threats, but they may have had a negative impact on other things. We may have struggled more at set pieces, we may not have scored two goals, it may have turned into a match similar to the ones at the start of the season, where we defended ok, but had so little offensively that there wasn't anything to build on and we never improved.
I think Wilder has given us a lift, but it looks highly unlikely that it will be enough to make this squad stay up.