After a dominant 2-1 victory over Huddersfield Town on Saturday Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder talked about how “ridiculous” life can be in the Championship.
The Terriers’ own campaign has been a rollercoaster with eight wins, eight defeats, and four draws along the way.
A bad day at the office saw them put in one of their worst performances of the season just seven days after one of their best – a 1-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion.
Boro striker Duncan Watmore’s excellent first-half performance was rewarded with two goals and left Town with a mountain to climb. Things got no better second half and a late own goal gave the scoreline a far more flattering look than it deserved.
“The Championship is a ridiculous division – two or three wins and everyone is talking about you’re going up or whatever,” Wilder said in his post-game press conference after the win on Saturday.
“That’s the hype of the division,” he continued, “then two or three losses and suddenly you’re sliding down the table and you’re staring relegation in the face!”
The trip to the John Smith’s Stadium was Wilder’s third game in charge of Middlesbrough and his first win. He was delighted with the victory and his team’s performance but wouldn't take anything for granted.
“We won’t get carried away over one win,” the Boro manager said, “but we can use it as encouragement that we played well against a good side and got a big result.”
The Terriers have a chance to get back to winning ways with a trip to struggling Barnsley next weekend before high flying Coventry City come to the John Smith’s Stadium seven days later.
