Personally i am chuffed we have him and looking forward to seeing what he does next season.
My last memories of the premier league are three years of boredom and just grinding results, there is more to football than that to me.
I have no doubt we will be predicted as one of the strugglers and there is every chance that will be the case but i think under Bilic we will approach games in a positive manner.
He picked up a club that had lost to one of its local rivals who then went to go up via Wembley, he lost 40+ goals, he inherited a goalkeeper and defence that was shaky to say the least and then had to stamp some sort of identity on a team that had losts its way for months prior to it.
I think we also have to take into account the COVID, yes it was the same for everyone but Bielsas teams are usually known for running out of steam (not just Leeds last season, its happened prior with other teams of his) yet as we were approaching the last two months of the season, COVID strikes.
Bielsas team playing a unique high tempo of football and with the COVID they get a three month break and i think they came back refreshed and able to play the football he wanted and rightly won the league as the best team, i think it may of been different with no COVID.
Same with Brentford, they were the little fairytale story, everyone loved them, they had a free hit because nobody had Brentford to be doing so well, yet they gelled, played great football and put an amazing run together, the pressure was off most of the time, yet when the pressure fell on them, they bottled it losing 2 games against struggling teams.
Fulham have arguably the best individuals yet finished 4th, so i think all things considering Slav has done great.
I think he has made some errors as we all do, there were times we could of tried a different approach (prime example, when we were playing teams who came to defend, we usually had lots of pace on our wings anyway, i think he could of played Brunty at left back in those games, we already had enough pace, but try something different who has more quality on the ball) but all managers have their hinderances.
I think the biggest issue Bilic may have next season is he seems a very intense coach, towards the end at West Ham he looked a broken man because i think he is an all or nothing man so when things arent going well, it gets to him, if we are struggling next season, have a run of defeats, thats when then the test will be, not necessarily the team as i think its expected but how he personally reacts to it.
But i look forward to seeing what happens with him in charge.
Pretty much Bob on, we will be expected to struggle and rightly so. The PL is a beast and guaranteed success comes at a price we could never afford.
Slav bought a delightful brand of football at times, at times it was laboured when teams defended against us. Not too many PL teams will come to us and shut up shop, with the right players we will score goals.
All I know is that TTITC nearly destroyed my club by taking away the pride and identity. Big Dave for all his faults began the rebuilding job but his sacking and Pardews appointment left me lost again.
Thank goodness for Slav!! For Perreira and Diagana. For bossing possession, for exhilarating attacking play and for getting lucky when it was needed. For being a top bloke, engaging, passionate and a bit bonkers.
He's got one year, let's get behind him.