Do you think we have any higher level players?
You 100% have to coddle egos at PSG and Real Madrid but not with our squad, they're solid lower league pros.
I don't think Wilder is anything but honest, very straight up with no agenda (unlike Warnock and Pulis). I don't buy that he's put players noses out of joint by belittling them.
If there's one thing every ex-pro says in books and podcasts is that they like honesty and to know where they stand. Making players like Uche and Chuba train with the U23s is totally normal, every single club does that when they're moving a player on. Wilder was even very honest that he was moving them on and the reasons why. What gets players upset is when they do what Monk did with Downing and told him he was his key player, then didn't play him and tried to sell him behind his back.
In fact I think he's one of the most straight-talking managers we've had. Can't think of many things he's ever said that I've disagreed with, though I don't think he recognises his own faults and wonder if he's any good at picking a player.
