For me it was an impossible stick-or-twist situation for Hilton.
Even if Nelson had been persisted with there’s no guarantee the club would have avoided relegation after such a disasterclass in the first part of the season. Club goes down, owner castigated for lacking imagination / being too conservative in replacing a failing manager.
I was horrified by Dean’s first interview- scarcely literate to be honest- and did wonder then how he’d inspire the players. Subsequent results have been appalling with one or two exceptions and standards appear to have gone backwards with some of the signings bizarre to say the least.
Will it be harsh if Dean goes- maybe a little, as he’ll rightly argue that he wasn’t given enough time. But my strong feeling is that this guy is totally out of his depth at a full time club, whose credibility, if he ever had any, is totally shot- and if I were the one launching wads of cahs into a black hole I’d maybe be finding soemone who was able to make a bit more of my ‘investment’.
The club needs a total re-set and I’m afraid Dean going and a line being drawn under the utter prugatory of this season needs to be part of that.
