Time to look towards 26/27

[Racing Blade]

I think an essential prerequisite to even contemplating a replacement manager is to appoint someone at board level with a track record of identifying and recruiting unproven coaching talent.

Clubs like Brighton, Bournemouth, even Swansea have a track record of repeatedly doing so. We certainly do not.

It's entirely understandable that much of our fan base leans towards a known quantity. Why would anyone trust the current incumbents to roll the dice again?

 

[Balham]

Same old Wilder haters over and over again, his remit THIS time was keep us up. He’s done it, owners have already stated he’s staying (thank God).

From where we were when he picked up the reins he’s done a fantastic job.

The 20 that hate him on here, absolutely love a short term fail, I can here the keys clattering as I leave the ground but sorry lads suck it up he’s here next year and the vast majority couldn’t be happier.

Errr hang on - Wilder doesn’t have his enforced sabbatical and we are minimum be in the play offs. The bloke has done fantastic you need to be realistic we are SUFC not MUFC.

That’s not true. Even with our start, after the investment the expectations on Wilder would have been for a decent attempt to get in the top 6.

As it is, Wilder had lost nearly as many as he’s won (15 vs 13) and we’re mired in mid table.

Too many of our fans are willing to accept mediocrity as long as it has a SUFC badge on it.

 

[Carlton Blade]

The problem isn’t just sacking Wilder. It’s sacking the club’s entire football operating system without replacing it.

Wilder isn’t just a manager. He effectively:

Runs recruitment
Sets the playing model
Builds the squad
Influences contracts
Sets the football standards and culture across the club

Modern clubs split those roles across a sporting director, recruitment department, analysts and technical leadership. United don’t have that infrastructure.

So when Sellés arrived as a head coach, there was no real football structure around him, no strong recruitment operation and no clear football strategy above the coach. The result was exactly what we saw after the playoff final: a chaotic off-season, reactive decisions, and no clear squad plan.

So the choices are pretty simple:

Bring back Wilder, appoint another manager capable of running the whole football side or finally build the proper football structure modern clubs rely on. Anything else just sets the next appointment up to fail.

Sack the manager if you want. Just make sure you replace the five jobs he was doing first.

 

[djbaldken]

Wasn’t aware I wasn’t allowed an opinion on Wilder unless I had a full list of prospective replacements prepared, my bad.

Of course you're entitled to an opinion. On anything.

But in this case your opinion is shite.

 

[djbaldken]

I'd prefer Peter Sellers.

'have you got a license for that menkey?'

 

[100% part time blade]

Davies has been fine last couple of games.
Once we get to the stage of mathematically knowing our season will end above relegation and below play-offs, I’d give Faxon some first team experience:

 

[JT89]

But in this case your opinion is shite.

I know it’s upsetting to hear that your hero isn’t all you’d hoped they would be. But sadly, Wilder just doesn’t have it anymore and we need to move on.