Numpty's Dusty Ruts.
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I was there on Sunday, at least I was until the 75th minute. I was also there for the recent Villa and Brighton (league) games, and for the Newcastle and Bournemouth games under Hecky. I thought that the worst performance under Hecky was the Bournemouth game. We were screwed by the officials for Newcastle's first 3 goals, and then basically they ran riot, but we did have a go.
I think that however you spin it, the recent home games under Wilder have been worse than anything churned out under Hecky, Bournemouth included. Villa and Arsenal could have had 10 each if they'd chosen to, but they chose to take their foot off the gas, either through pity, or to protect their players for coming games.
I know the owner is a big issue, but many clubs have crap and uncommitted owners (we have in the past too), and it's the job of the manager and players to get beyond that and to at least have a plan to entertain and limit the damage.
I think there was a slight uplift after Wilder came back, but that's long gone. Losing 1-0 at Wolves isn't any sort of moral victory, it's still losing.
I didn't want Wilder to come back, as I feared what may happen, but I hoped it wouldn't. It has, and Sunday's game was utterly shambolic. Wilder appeared to spend great chunks of time in the dugout. He may have wanted to hide, we all did, but he's not paid to do that, he's paid to inspire and support.
I can't see how any home game since the draw with Villa before Christmas has been any improvement on Hecky, and if anything the performances are looking increasingly worse. I won't defend Hecky, although I do like him, and the buck had to stop somewhere. But to say that we're doing consistently better under Wilder, using the "stats" above, is to ignore what we see with our own eyes, and to ignore what we feel when we're inside Bramall Lane. I don't know what the answer is going forward, I just think that it really isn't Wilder.
I think that however you spin it, the recent home games under Wilder have been worse than anything churned out under Hecky, Bournemouth included. Villa and Arsenal could have had 10 each if they'd chosen to, but they chose to take their foot off the gas, either through pity, or to protect their players for coming games.
I know the owner is a big issue, but many clubs have crap and uncommitted owners (we have in the past too), and it's the job of the manager and players to get beyond that and to at least have a plan to entertain and limit the damage.
I think there was a slight uplift after Wilder came back, but that's long gone. Losing 1-0 at Wolves isn't any sort of moral victory, it's still losing.
I didn't want Wilder to come back, as I feared what may happen, but I hoped it wouldn't. It has, and Sunday's game was utterly shambolic. Wilder appeared to spend great chunks of time in the dugout. He may have wanted to hide, we all did, but he's not paid to do that, he's paid to inspire and support.
I can't see how any home game since the draw with Villa before Christmas has been any improvement on Hecky, and if anything the performances are looking increasingly worse. I won't defend Hecky, although I do like him, and the buck had to stop somewhere. But to say that we're doing consistently better under Wilder, using the "stats" above, is to ignore what we see with our own eyes, and to ignore what we feel when we're inside Bramall Lane. I don't know what the answer is going forward, I just think that it really isn't Wilder.