Paul Heckingbottom

[Fulwood Blade]

that's my guess until end of season - temporary charge with existing other management staff as they are.

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[ghandi]

Great appointment hopefully with a view to being made permanent. I guess we'll see many of the U23 squad being merged into the first team and if successful this will be a good grounding for next season. Hecky isn't dinosaur he's at least 10 years younger than Wilder and will understand the principle of working in tandem with a DOF and will give us every chance of a quick return to the top division.

 

[Swannyblade]

Great appointment hopefully with a view to being made permanent. I guess we'll see many of the U23 squad being merged into the first team and if successful this will be a good grounding for next season. Hecky isn't dinosaur he's at least 10 years younger than Wilder and will understand the principle of working in tandem with a DOF and will give us every chance of a quick return to the top division.

He might get McBurnie playing - he shone for him at Barnsley

 

[ATL Recs]

Great appointment hopefully with a view to being made permanent. I guess we'll see many of the U23 squad being merged into the first team and if successful this will be a good grounding for next season. Hecky isn't dinosaur he's at least 10 years younger than Wilder and will understand the principle of working in tandem with a DOF and will give us every chance of a quick return to the top division.

FFS

 

[ghandi]

FFS

Thanks for the considered response to my view it's very welcome.

 

[Harry's Game]

Great appointment hopefully with a view to being made permanent. I guess we'll see many of the U23 squad being merged into the first team and if successful this will be a good grounding for next season. Hecky isn't dinosaur he's at least 10 years younger than Wilder and will understand the principle of working in tandem with a DOF and will give us every chance of a quick return to the top division.

 

[Eskimo]

Great appointment hopefully with a view to being made permanent. I guess we'll see many of the U23 squad being merged into the first team and if successful this will be a good grounding for next season. Hecky isn't dinosaur he's at least 10 years younger than Wilder and will understand the principle of working in tandem with a DOF and will give us every chance of a quick return to the top division.

Well he fact that Hecky isn't a dinasour, that's good. Oh and something about his age. I'm reminded of damming by faint praise that's all, nothing else

 

[DeanLearner'sCat]

Great appointment hopefully with a view to being made permanent. I guess we'll see many of the U23 squad being merged into the first team and if successful this will be a good grounding for next season. Hecky isn't dinosaur he's at least 10 years younger than Wilder and will understand the principle of working in tandem with a DOF and will give us every chance of a quick return to the top division.

That might be a bit optimistic. He seems like a decent coach, but he failed at Leeds and Hibs as a manager.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Heckingbottom with Van Winkel DoF.

 

[ghandi]

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I assume that you want Hecky to be unsuccessful?

 

[Fulwood Blade]

I assume that you want Hecky to be unsuccessful?

This will be the next meltdown on S24SU - we'll all never agree on another manager and the ones we would agree on would never come.

eg: Eddie Howe - although I am sure some would find fault.

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[Yogi]

I think heckingbottom would be a very risky appointment only ever had success at one club with one set of players in a very specific set of circumstances.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

I think heckingbottom would be a very risky appointment only ever had success at one club with one set of players in a very specific set of circumstances.

Correct - it would. But we have to make a choice some where along the lines.

As before - Hecky in temp charge until the summer - put feelers out now and purely as an example ie: John Terry and see who is interested.

Appoint a week after season ends.

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[HibbyBlade]

Great appointment hopefully with a view to being made permanent. I guess we'll see many of the U23 squad being merged into the first team and if successful this will be a good grounding for next season. Hecky isn't dinosaur he's at least 10 years younger than Wilder and will understand the principle of working in tandem with a DOF and will give us every chance of a quick return to the top division.

His tenure at Hibs was very strange. Decent start when he came in mid season, buy quickly fell to bits. Filled the squad with shit League One/Two players in the summer and was sacked before the next Christmas.

He promised a high press but ultimately just made us very weak in defence. He seems like the sort of coach who will continue with their philosophy regardless of what's staring them in the face on the park.

 

[Yogi]

Correct - it would. But we have to make a choice some where along the lines.

As before - Hecky in temp charge until the summer - put feelers out now and purely as an example ie: John Terry and see who is interested.

Appoint a week after season ends.

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I don’t mind hecky till the end of the season if wilder has gone as we won’t have much choice and can’t rush this decision.

As to who should replace him I’d be making every effort to prise cooper away from Swansea plays good football, works on a shoestring, has a good pedigree and contacts with England youth players, has a history of developing young talent and has got the best out of Brewster in the past.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

I don’t mind hecky till the end of the season if wilder has gone as we won’t have much choice and can’t rush this decision.

As to who should replace him I’d be making every effort to prise cooper away from Swansea plays good football, works on a shoestring, has a good pedigree and contacts with England youth players, has a history of developing young talent and has got the best out of Brewster in the past.

Cooper is a good shout - he'd be silly to leave now - and there's every chance they could go up.

Considering Swansea have settled their PL exit (eventually) they are in a position to make a push next season if they don't sneak up this season.

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[Yogi]

Cooper is a good shout - he'd be silly to leave now - and there's every chance they could go up.

Considering Swansea have settled their PL exit (eventually) they are in a position to make a push next season if they don't sneak up this season.

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If they don’t go up I think there’s a chance we could tempt him if we’re willing to offer him the parachute funds and I’d imagine us having brewster (given what he got out of him) would be an attraction.

 

[JJ Sefton]