Too many Wilder haters on this forum and not enough Sheffield United fans, pathetic set of obsessed cry babies:
I’m a big fan of Wilder, check my previous posts. I’ve written several times that if I ever met him I’d buy him a drink and thank him for giving me my best time supporting the Blades in 50 years.
However I must be different to most people because
I can really like someone and give negative criticism.
Also incredibly I have the ability to really dislike someone but state a list of positives where they have been good.
I sit on the Kop with a few older very level headed Blades who can easily see both sides of the coin and can give a balanced reasoned opinion.
Last seasons 92 points was very impressive but I can only think of 3 or 4 games where we looked anything like a top 2 side and in many matches….we looked like a mid table side.
In Wilders 1st stint we were so well drilled, every player knew where to run and who to pass to without even looking. However last season was the opposite, we had players playing out of position and often looked like the players had just met each other. Most of our goals were moments of individual brilliance.
However Wilder was a leader who knew how to gslvsnize the fanbase. His pre and post match interviews were always worth a listen, totally opposite to Hecky, who was so boring and never revealed any detail.
Overall I would have given Chris until Nov/ Dec time then reviewed where we were.
However common sense says these owners have values and a criteria where Selles has a better CV/ is a better candidate than Wilder.
I hear people say Wilders CV/ record is much better than Selles, this isn’t fully correct, based on achievement and points then yes but look at these factors and compare.
1: If the club want to bring in many more foreign players, then Selles is far better, he’s multi lingual, worked abroad in several countries and vastly more experienced than CW working with foreigners.
2: If the club want a 1st team coach instead of a manager, again Selles is vastly more suitable than Wilder. Maybe the club want to bring SU into the 21st century and use the system most common through out the world where a director of football chooses the players and the coach just picks the team and works on tactics and preparation.
3: Our owners are top business men and understand the value of good and bad publicity affecting reputation. They see Selles as a much more mature safer pair of hands compared to an over emotional and passionate Chris Wilder. Even the terrible disciplinary record of the players leading to £500K fines is a really bad reflection on the manager.
4: Regards playing style Wilder has regularly said we deliberately don’t have one because we adapt to the opposition. Where as Selles has a set style of high pressing, that is currently the fashion in top level football. Also you can guarantee under Selles the players will be fitter and much better behaved.
These are just 4 factual reasons where Selles betters Wilder.
That’s my points it’s never black and white, it all depends what the owners are looking for regards a job spec.
