dc_blade
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The first part is more or less what I said, yeah. He inherited a strong squad and that's why I would disagree with anyone who says he "worked miracles" getting us promoted. However, I also think it's true that lots of managers never get their squads playing to par so finding someone like Hecky who achieves it is not nothing. I also think he deserves a lot of credit for turning Ndiaye into the matchwinner we saw him become last season.TBF Hecky inherited a squad with plenty of quality and in Ndiaye had an exceptional talent and individual matchwinner. I do believe our “par” was top six, as a minimum, with that squad.
Two things I’m mindful of - (1) Every manager has a shelf life with a club, or in any organisation. Rarely can they keep improving and / or delivering as the circumstances they operate in are in constant flux. (2) We should be amongst the worst teams in the division, undoubtedly. But we shouldn’t look that much worse than Luton, Burnley and the other teams around the bottom. Fulham are one of the worse teams in the division and they ran rings around us. We should be able to compete and the performances thus far simply haven’t been good enough and can’t continue in perpetuity.
I agree with the second part, too. He has been dealt a weak hand this season but it's not as weak as it currently looks. The players we have are probably not good enough to keep us up but they are better than they've shown so far. I'm open to a change of manager at this point--would rather it wasn't Wilder but not as furious about the possibility as some are.