FCFC Match :- Wilder's View
Halifax Town manager Chris Wilder was scathing about his side this afternoon as they lost 3-0 away at local neighbours Farsley Celtic.
"It was a massively disappointing result for me and all our supporters today. I learnt a lot about our players today, I think they've let the Football Club down with the result and the performance. They have certainly let me down. I've been here for quite a long time now and had to put up with a lot of things off the pitch which everybody knows about, with things not sorted yet which have to be. On the pitch, that's possible the lowest result and feeling that I have had in the six years I have been here.
We've had long enough to look at this team and to see how it developed. Okay we've not been helped with injuries. I intend to do something about it over the next two or three weeks. There are people out there who have been given enough chances to prove to me and deliver what I require from them. They haven't done it over a period of time, and I have to taken action. I have a year left on my contract, after this season. I have worked very hard for this football club under very extreme circumstances and there have been a few occasions where I could easily have chucked it in. But I have not, I think I have proved myself as a manager at this level and if I need to prove myself again by ripping this side up and putting a new one together I will do. That's what I will do. I am big enough and strong enough to take the abuse which is thrown my way. We take the credit when it's due as well. I've been in this game since I was 16, so I am not going to let people to drive me out. I will be speaking to some people and see where we go in January. There are players who aren't producing out there and I won't be waiting too long to make the decisions needed. I need to move people on.
I put myself under pressure as I want to do well for myself and this Football Club. There is still a massive frustration about the place because nothing has been sorted out. Hopefully that will be done. The pressure I am under is from me. From the age of 16 to 34 I was a professional footballer. I went into management to be a success in that. I think overall that to stay in a job for six years with the things that have flown around at this club is a relative success. I don't want to be in limbo and cruise my way through it. If I have to make decisions about ripping the side apart I will do. The abuse I have received from some is ignorance from them for what the situation is. Having said that, there is a level which I expect my players to perform to and they are a million miles from doing it. I think we should be doing better than it. We should be coming here and looking to dominate the game and win it. Not to get rolled over 3-0.
Our Achilles heel of defending set pieces has let us down again; we couldn't defend balls into our own box. The first goal gave the opposition a massive lift and something to hold onto. At 1-0 down it's a test of our character. Some of our players have come to the fore. I thought my skipper Tom Kearney epitomised what I expect from my side. I think there were a few out there who couldn't handle the pressure. We went to Stevenage and won; we went to Histon and won. Today we were the favourites and they couldn't handle that different kind of pressure. They have to take responsibility for their own performances but I will take ultimate responsibility for the team.














