He let the club down last season imo.. we missed out on the playoffs by 6 points. The last 8 games he averaged 1 point per game.. 1.75ppg gets us there. He was interested in the Burnley job and our form dropped straight afterwards, sounds like he applied for the Sunderland job in the summer around the time we turned down a deal for Dwight Gayle. He knew the project, it was explained to him and he took the job on that basis.. if he didn’t want to do it, he should have taken the money. The project was explained and promoted by Wilder in press conferences.. it only didn’t suit him when prem money was waved in front of him early doors. He was sacked by the way, he didn’t resign he was touting his wares for a prem job after slagging off players he would later need to rely on.
He clearly stated that he was an ambitious manager, he wanted to manage in the premier league, he made no secret of that.. most fans assumed that was going to be with Middlesbrough. Wilder caught our fans in some kind of spell.. perhaps part due to the demonisation of Neil Warnock?