Whilst results always play a factor in these things, I would say that the decision to sack him or not is much more nuanced than many have made out. If it was purely results based, he’d be gone already. I would imagine there is a constant state of feedback between coaching staff and upper management, as well as Wilcox observing training sessions. They also all watch the matches and see how that translates into the field.
The tactical plan of the team will have been laid out and discussed in great detail and I would say progress towards that is the defining KPI by which his ongoing employment is judged. The fact we are leaking goals for fun and showing such a lack of coherent strategy on the pitch is more damning than the results, from Ineos’ perspective. I think they were fully prepared for bumps in the road this season and a potential failure to qualify for the CL, if there was a clear evolution on the pitch and the development of a distinctive style with a positive trajectory in performances. However, that resolve has to be being tested by the egregiously low levels of performance to date, even in victory we’ve looked quite poor and performance levels are heading in the wrong direction.