After all last year's speculation surely no PL side is going to take a chance on Wilder now.
The continued insistence on starting games with the same way of playing became beyond my comprehension a couple of months ago. Now I just think it could be deliberate posturing, obduracy elevated to an artform. A Yorkshire caricature.
I've said before he received so much praise for his innovative system from the likes of Bielsa and Guardiola that it's now part of his psyche. To abandon it will be a psychological trauma. So we're all held captive by his ego.
However.... I still think he should start next season and if all goes well, wonderful. But if, after a dozen games we're midtable or God forbid, heading downwards, that should be it.
It concerns me, though, that to be able to succeed again he's either going to need a fair few new players, or an exorcist.