Friday’s night’s 5-0 hammering for Sheffield United at Ipswich Town sent shockwaves around the Championship.
Last season’s beaten play-off finalists – a side still getting Premier League parachute money – have lost all five of their matches and sit bottom of the league, having scored just one goal and conceded 12.
Is it time for new man Ruben Selles to be replaced by Chris Wilder – who he took over from in the summer?
McLean: “It’s not only the results, but it’s the performance as well.
“They were so well beaten by Ipswich and they just look like a team devoid of confidence – it was such a feeble attempt at a performance that I can’t see anything other than a change of manager.
“I can totally understand why the rumour of Chris Wilder coming back is going around because he’s been there and done it, and obviously got them to the play-offs last season.
“Yes, they just fell short, but a lot of those players are his players and maybe he’s the one who can get a tune out of them.
“It just hasn’t worked out with Ruben Selles. That’s not to say he’s a bad manager, it’s just to say that he, the club and those players aren’t the right fit.
“Sometimes you have to part ways sooner rather than later before it gets to the point where there is no chance of of them reviving the situation.
“Five games in, it’s still salvageable. Seven, eight, nine, 10 games in, it’s not, so I expect there to be a change in the near future.”
