Why does the choice have to be so fucking binary?
Full disclosure here, I was on board with the Selles move, more of a gut feeling than evidence based really. It seemed clear that he was more of a fit for the way forward, the new way of doing things.
Truth is, it was a catastrophe. A change had to be made. Only 6 games yes, but the direction of travel was as clear as day.
I wasn’t on board with a Wilder return. His past record puts him amongst the very top echelon of our managers, certainly in my time.
But time catches us all up, it certainly has with me. Life changes, football changes. It just so happens, in my humble opinion, that COH, supposedly a group of successful people, have fumbled the changes needed.
To give Wilder his due, he did achieve what he was mandated to achieve upon his latest return.
He kept us up. Objective achieved.
Alan Knill, his trusted lieutenant, has left. Sad, but this change could refresh things, could refresh Wilder maybe?
It’s going to be a tough season ahead. Parachute payments stopped, the dross / quality ratio doesn’t fill me with optimism. Our appalling inability to keep players fit, a questionable at best recruitment policy are some of the challenges to be faced.
There can be no excuses now. No saying “but Selles”. It’s like blaming Covid for the country’s current ills. It’s bollocks basically. Time moves on, adjust, adapt, stop blaming things that are ancient history.
