The thing that really annoys me about the Hecky discourse is the fact there's a very vocal group of fans who have hated him since he was given the job, refuse to give him any credit (apparently anyone could manage this squad to promotion. Someone should tell the Watford and West Brom owners about Anyone), look at anything to criticise him about. Apparently he injures players with his recklessness. Everyone knows. When he says something reasonable in a press conference he isn't passionate enough. He "tells the players to play too safe" despite the players saying he told them to stop playing too safe. Already talking about getting rid of him if we go up. The list goes on and on.
Now, it's perfectly reasonable to question the system, tactic, substitutions, starting XI etc, especially of late, but there's rarely praise from this group when he gets it spot on. Rarely even the basic understanding of the constraints he's operating under. If we beat teams "anyone could have got the 'best squad in the league' to win". We win through an injury crisis and the performances aren't good enough. Fans expect random youth players number 7 (who they've never seen play) to be brought in to the team because they're better than a player who is a regular in a team second in the league. Expect a player who hasn't played in the league to suddenly start and have no negative impact on our results or performance. And I'm very much sure should Hecky make the big changes that some are demanding and we lose it will be his fault for being 'clueless'.
Some of our fans are desperate for Wilder to return. Want a manager who will go on endlessly about being a Blade and beating his chest. Seem to think we're entitled to go up. Seem to thing we should easily beat almost any team in the league. Think that training pitches, injuries, embargo, takeover, lack of funds, no new contracts, working conditions shouldn't impact on our players because they're not human beings, they're rich and privileged.
It's why I get so pissed off when losing a game seems to automatically spark threads about sacking the manager with no acceptance of the job he's done so far. Sure, we're having the worst spell under his leadership, and he deserves criticism (as do the players) but if this is going to be the response every time we have a bad spell then we're just going to be Watford. 3 managers every season because our fans expect to win every flipping game.