Have the players give up on Wilder ?

[Sean Thornton]

Wilder didn't sign Chong or Mcguinees and there's doubts about whether he wanted Cannon

Whoever signed Cannon, the doubts only kicked once we’d seen him play.

 

[Blademan89]

When you criticise your players after a defeat after saying you trust them the day before that’s sending out the wrong signals and I’m sure his constant criticism of Brooks led to him leaving.He blows hot and cold and doesn’t accept criticism very well.Not sure he’s lost the dressing room quite yet but he doesn’t help himself and when the results aren’t good it highlights his faults.I just think he’s recruited badly and we’re just not very good.

Dont be so daft. Criticism of brooks did not lead him to leave, the offer of more money than he was on was the factor in him leaving & probably along with going to a club that wasnt cutting their thread accordingly.

 

[Borbokisfreekick]

Dont be so daft. Criticism of brooks did not lead him to leave, the offer of more money than he was on was the factor in him leaving & probably along with going to a club that wasnt cutting their thread accordingly.

His relationship with Wilder definitely lead to him wanting to leave, the money and agent tipped it over the edge. Had he had a good reletionship with Wilder, and the club invested the money they were going to give Gus into Brookes then we probably could have kept him.

 

[ATL Recs]

Whoever signed Cannon, the doubts only kicked once we’d seen him play.

Wilder had made it clear he wanted him in the Summer we just had no budget loan movement left hence he went to Stoke

 

[BessemerBob]

Wilder had made it clear he wanted him in the Summer we just had no budget loan movement left hence he went to Stoke

Throw in to the mix that before the 18/19 season he had a £7m bid for Martin Waghorn who then gazumped him for Derby and we ended up with David McGoldrick instead

 

[BessemerBob]

Wilder has talked about seeking to bring in experience rather than gambling (my word, I can't recall how he put it) on youth.

Those of a certain age will remember that we've been here before. Gordon Cowans. Stuart McCall, the sainted Paul McGrath. Each gave a masterclass in how an old head could anchor teams.

There's an earlier example, at the back end of Porterfield (or was it McEwen?). Peter Withe. Phil Thompson. Ken McNaught (who wasn't too bad if memory serves). In an era when the game was so much slower than today we saw how packing a team with 'experience' could unravel.

But it's experience that Wilder wants. Rather than McGrath we have Choudrey and Doherty. Instead of Cowans and McCall we have Rothwell, Shackleton and the rest. Ouch. So players not of the same quality, but of an age that you'd reasonably expect could bring athleticism along with their experience. Ouch.

Wilder has squandered the resources at his disposal in this and previous transfer windows - Chong, McGuiness, Cannon, Doherty, (and I'll call it early) Ayew - and failed to lay any foundations whatsoever for a brighter future. I say limited resources, but I keep reading that our wage bill remains at the upper end of the Championship.

What happens next season? What is to be done?

I can remember all 3 of McGrath, Cowans and McCall. Gary Speed was another who filled that role admirably. McCall I can remember being the best of the lot. He couldn’t run and barely shifted out of the centre circle, he legs had gone years before but he never seemed to misplace a pass, and seemed to be coaching the young tyros of the time (Jags, Tonge and Monty etc)

I think the days of the ultra experienced, old campaigner who just wants to play and help the youngsters has gone, and they’ve been replaced by journeymen who go on a season or two too long looking for one last payday.

It’s also rare you see player coaches as most of the young coaches have packed in playing, got qualifications and licences coming of their ears but don’t seem to having their own styles or being capable of deviating from what they’ve been indoctrinated in on these much vaulted courses they undertake

 

[Borbokisfreekick]

I can remember all 3 of McGrath, Cowans and McCall. Gary Speed was another who filled that role admirably. McCall I can remember being the best of the lot. He couldn’t run and barely shifted out of the centre circle, he legs had gone years before but he never seemed to misplace a pass, and seemed to be coaching the young tyros of the time (Jags, Tonge and Monty etc)

I think the days of the ultra experienced, old campaigner who just wants to play and help the youngsters has gone, and they’ve been replaced by journeymen who go on a season or two too long looking for one last payday.

It’s also rare you see player coaches as most of the young coaches have packed in playing, got qualifications and licences coming of their ears but don’t seem to having their own styles or being capable of deviating from what they’ve been indoctrinated in on these much vaulted courses they undertake

The McCall example is a great one. What Warnock did well was pair experience with youth, mobility and pace. For Wayne Alison he had Kaba next to him, for McCall he had Tonge, Brown, Monty and Jags around him.

The squad we have today is just so imbalanced with no real complimentary players….Tanganga is crying out for experience and a calm head next to him, maybe Kitching could be this? Philips, Jairo and Rothwell will need real mobility and dynamism next to them - instead we have Peck and Arblaster. Bamford needs electric pace running off of him - we have Donovan but now Wilder’s not playing him, instead we have Cannon and the lumbering Campbell.

 

[BessemerBob]

I think Tanganga needs playing on the right side of a 3. I also think Campbell has also been starved off service as his game is playing off the shoulder of the last man and he is getting very little service at the minute.

I think Phillips should really be the seasoned old head who guides younger players but it’s difficult with some of the dross he is surrounded with. Jairo and Rothwell are slow midfielders who aren’t very good. Peck has got the energy but is regressing badly and Arblaster doesn’t seem the same player since his injury.

The Stoke match I really thought Galbraith was head and shoulders above anything we had in midfield and it was telling

 

[Nick Jansky]

I can remember all 3 of McGrath, Cowans and McCall. Gary Speed was another who filled that role admirably. McCall I can remember being the best of the lot. He couldn’t run and barely shifted out of the centre circle, he legs had gone years before but he never seemed to misplace a pass, and seemed to be coaching the young tyros of the time (Jags, Tonge and Monty etc)

Every time it worked, we only had one of them because that was what was needed. Unfortunately, we seem to be developing a squad half full of them, no doubt taking up a huge chunk of the wage bill. If the one had just been Phillips that would have been ok. But I really can’t see the point of adding Doherty, Ayew and Rothwell to it as well. They should all be seeing out the dog days of their careers in L1 at best. An egregious waste of precious budget. I could just about make a case for Choudhury as a utility sub on an appropriately low wage, but if we’re paying him any more than £15k a week it’s yet another very shit decision.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Wilder had made it clear he wanted him in the Summer we just had no budget loan movement left hence he went to Stoke

I know. That history was rewritten when he didn’t start too well.