Chris Wilder became Watford's 17th different head coach in 11 years as the Hornets' windmill axe fell on Slaven Bilic after just 26 games in charge.
Football's most overworked firing squad had only been stood down for 161 days since Rob Edwards was marched into the exercise yard on September 27 last year. But in a desperate move to “re-energise” Watford's fading promotion bid, Bilic - whose reign was undermined by an astonishing injury crisis either side of Christmas - paid the price for taking only eight points from a possible 24 since most of the crocks returned.
Former Sheffield United and Middlesbrough boss Wilder, 55, has agreed a short-term deal until the end of the season with a single objective: Take the Hornets into the play-offs and beyond.
