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These options seam better to me than like Dowling putting all eggs in one basket Wilder and getting stung, then having no proper back up plan.

To be fair though you do not expect you own club owner to be the one doing the stinging.  It is quite possible there were other irons in the fire, but when you think you have a done deal all the parties in agreement, it would only be fair to tell all the other candidates, you had made a decision and it was not them.

Agree with most of what you say except for they obviously hadn’t spoken to Lai, Dowling should have done this before speaking to Wilder. 
The other thing with Wilder he is not getting mentioned for any other jobs, could his fallout with Sheffield Utd owners be more problematic with owners up and down the country as word we soon get round.