Just like when they sacked Wilder, I said we needed a plan. We needed to have things in place for improvement on what we had.
Appointing Selles, whilst being declared as a 'Culture Setter'(whatever that is), came in with no substance. Not Selles, but the decision to appoint him. There should have been a wider plan for the way that we were going to try and change things, but there was nothing in place for when we made this change. Therefore, Selles has been hung out to dry before he even started.
Added to that, something which was also a big part of Wilder being sacked, was that the owners wanted and perhaps needed to reduce the wage bill and recoup some fees for the likes of Souza and Anel, which was decided before Selles arrived. Again, Selles has had to deal with this.
The failure to recruit a single permanent signing before 3rd week of August is almost criminal in recruitment terms, bringing in loanees from overseas and lacking experience at this level signals something being very wrong in the way we do business.
Finally getting in new players now is a positive but it hasn't helped Selles at all to be so light on resources as well as seeing more players leave than arrive. Its the reality of missing promotion, but also not the only reason we are where we are. Thats what has brought us to even considering a change of manager...
I voted maybe / not sure as i think now that we're starting to see players come in, especially defensive players, Selles needs to be given some time to work with them. 9 points off the leaders at this stage of the season isn't a time to panic, but it has increased pressure, needlessly. Selles gets himself a buffer because of the entire clubs failure to recruit (of which he will surely take some responsibility as he has also shown inexperience to not understand the capabilities of the players we have or the ones he's also brought in)
The big question and worry though is Selles himself and his failure to set the team up properly from the first game against Bristol City. I said on another thread that this division is about being organised first, after that, do what you want, but be organised.
He's not been structured with or without the ball, passing pretty little patterns is fine, but when you lose the ball with your midfield so high and being the otherside of the ball to press, you've already lost. We're disconnected and have no structure to the side, regardless of the formation.
So for now, its not about the new players coming in and settling, the focus has fallen directly onto Selles. 3 games and he has no organisation in the side, he doesn't have a leader, he doesn't have a spine and he has abandoned players working hard to get back into a shape when we lose the ball. Theres barely a shape with the ball.
He has Brooks and Barry as the two recognised wingers, but plays One and Cannon. Neither are wingers.
But it just seems madness that we are even having the conversation.
