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Wilder has got to make key calls quickly…

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The LeaguePaper Team
12 March 2023

David Connolly

CONTROL: Chris Wilder

It will be fascinating to see how Chris Wilder fares as head coach of my former club Watford.
He has already hinted he may move away from the 3-5-2 formation he used so well with Sheffield United.
When Slaven Bilic took over from Rob Edwards in October, he binned Edwards’ back three, reverted to a back four, won 4-0 against Stoke and everyone thought that was the problem solved!
It proved a lot harder than that and results were mixed for Bilic’s Watford, with goals a real problem. Of his 25 games in charge, they drew a blank nine times and so ther...

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