St Albans Blade
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After his cosmopolitan London and Middle East jobs, S2 was always going to be a culture clash for Slav.
He also fell for our directors' decade-after-decade 'promise the world, deliver nowt' transfer budget nonsense.
Inheriting a squad that is still mentally shattered from 20/21 season hasn't helped him, including an over-the-hill or underachieving front line, plus a selection of Jekyll & Hyde goalkeepers.
I think he's genuinely a good technical coach/manager and with a decent, non-shell-shocked squad he'll succeed elsewhere; probably coming back to haunt us in some end-of-season league fixture or important cup-tie, eventually.
Heckingbottom is not going to inspire this current squad onwards and upwards, any such thought is beyond naive. Terrible choice, if it's not on a very limited caretaker/interim basis.
Our poor, pauper Prince from Saudi may completely eject soon. Whether he'll await our demise to League 1 is unlikely, as we're more valuable and attractive to potential buyers as a struggling Championship club with parachute payments than as a third-tier side.
Slav probably negotiated a release payment that will sting the club for some time to come, hence the promotion for in-contract Heckingbottom rather than looking to the outside market for a proven 'get-us-to-the Premiership' manager. This role may well scar the undoubted club servant, Heckinbottom, too - as it won't end well.
I still believe that Alexander Blessin is the right person for the job. But we're now in such a mess we can't even afford a Belgian League's minor club manager!
So, barring a miracle or a Blessin', we can look forward to our typical 10 to 15 seasons mystery tour back to the Premier League.
Hold on to your hats and try and enjoy the ride...
... and despite everything, UTB.
He also fell for our directors' decade-after-decade 'promise the world, deliver nowt' transfer budget nonsense.
Inheriting a squad that is still mentally shattered from 20/21 season hasn't helped him, including an over-the-hill or underachieving front line, plus a selection of Jekyll & Hyde goalkeepers.
I think he's genuinely a good technical coach/manager and with a decent, non-shell-shocked squad he'll succeed elsewhere; probably coming back to haunt us in some end-of-season league fixture or important cup-tie, eventually.
Heckingbottom is not going to inspire this current squad onwards and upwards, any such thought is beyond naive. Terrible choice, if it's not on a very limited caretaker/interim basis.
Our poor, pauper Prince from Saudi may completely eject soon. Whether he'll await our demise to League 1 is unlikely, as we're more valuable and attractive to potential buyers as a struggling Championship club with parachute payments than as a third-tier side.
Slav probably negotiated a release payment that will sting the club for some time to come, hence the promotion for in-contract Heckingbottom rather than looking to the outside market for a proven 'get-us-to-the Premiership' manager. This role may well scar the undoubted club servant, Heckinbottom, too - as it won't end well.
I still believe that Alexander Blessin is the right person for the job. But we're now in such a mess we can't even afford a Belgian League's minor club manager!
So, barring a miracle or a Blessin', we can look forward to our typical 10 to 15 seasons mystery tour back to the Premier League.
Hold on to your hats and try and enjoy the ride...
... and despite everything, UTB.