Not really a contest. Under Hecky, we didn’t look like winning games of football. It was lacklustre, devoid of any kind of attacking intent and defensively weak.
We’ve seen a pretty steep improvement in terms of effort and chance creation under Wilder. Defensively there are still problems, but they’re always going to exist in the premier league. Going into next season’s championship, the club absolutely have to be 100% behind Wilder in every aspect or were fucked.
Agree.....I'm a bit of a happy clapper and don't go for this..... look at me.....exaggerate your point style.
However in my 50 years watching us I've never felt so much like "what's the point in going because we've lost" before a ball was kicked.
For the 1st time ever.....I'm thinking we'll struggle to win a single game because we were so far below the standard.
Incredibly some of the matches under Hecky we rarely crossed the half way line......the players looked like they'd just met the day before and we didn't seem to have a plan or obvious tactics......never seen anything like it before.
My theory in defence of Hecky is that last season his tactics were developed around N'Diaye.
During Summer pre-season he knew it would be tough but at least he had his main man, N Diaye.
Then when he was sold a week before the season ended, it basically destroyed Heckys pre season plans and chances.
I believe Bettis will have passed on the message "don't worry about relegation....we know you've been dealt a bad hand and we want you to try to us be promoted in the Championship next season"
So Hecky knew the pressure was off....but he took it literally and stopped trying to win. His only plan was not to be thrashed.
Think this attitude of "no pressure" was passed on to the players, so both the manager and players kind of gave up.
The Prince has recently admitted that Hecky wasn't relegated based on results, it was the performances that got him the sack.
Now we're playing how I expected us to play, we look a very strong Championship thats not quite good enough for the PL....I can live with that.