I think Heckingbottom has done remarkably well to get us where we are, to be honest. Some people seem to have selective amnesia, let’s recall Slavisa Jokanovic tenure, leading ‘The best squad in the Championship’ ?
Uniteds problem is the ‘superb squad’ contains nobody to put the ball in the net, the forward line is so toothless, so one paced it’s depressing. We’re now just reliant on Iliman producing a flash of brilliance, without which, nothing happens.
We found ourselves in the fortuitous position of 10 points clear in January, largely as a result of teams beating each other, while we ground out wins by the odd goal. At that point, we had a golden opportunity, but were crying out for additions up front. Two like Archer and Akpom in January, would have us chasing down Burnley. Instead we got a transfer embargo and were left to try and limp towards the finishing line.
That is the problem and that is not of Paul Heckingbottoms making, that is down to the owners mismanagement and now the manager is left, trying to make a silk purse with a pigs ear, dodging the bullets that should be aimed at the boardroom.
Everyone will have their own opinion about who should be in the starting eleven, that’s only to be expected, but whoever he picks, we won’t get promoted, because we failed to address a glaringly obvious lack of goal scorers.