He's a steady Eddie type as a manager. Doesnt go ranting if things go wrong, doesn't go over the top if things go well. I like the man himself, but i always thought he rode the crest of the Ndiaye wave when we got promoted, he made us tight at the back and left it to our main men (Ndiaye and Berge) to win is the game. Could argue that was the right thing to do as it worked, but take those two out and he was a busted flush. There was no other great managerial tactic that made us such a good side, rather we wore other teams in the Championship down and nicked many games by the odd goal.
Without another Ndiaye in his team I don't see him managing another team to promotion any time soon, but he will get enough results to keep you out of trouble. I wish him well though as when we needed him as we were all over the shop as a club (due to the Owner losing interest), he stepped up to the plate and got us over the line to prevent financial meltdown. Always be grateful to the man and his management team for that.
He took over when we were floundering under a new manager and an absent owner . He immediately improved us and got us into the playoffs playing great football harnessing the skills of Gibbs White , IN , Sander - etc - he was really unlucky not to get us to the final
He was then faced with the need to save our club by getting us promotion - no matter how . He had almost no support from the owner , who tried his best to sell IN and SB in the Jan transfer window , but they refused to go .
He had a transfer embargo placed on him when he needed support to capitalise on the position we were in - the financial situation we were in was desperate - we became reliant on monies being paid to us by Dozy (the owners words to that effect) , the final £2m which wasn’t forthcoming resulted in non payment of suppliers and transfer instalment’s .
Not only did he get us promoted by a clear 9 points he also got us to an FA Cup semi final . Now the owner showed his face .
He had , again , no help whatsoever to form a first 11 , let alone squad , who could make a decent fist of it in the Prem . The owner went awol again btw.
He made mistakes that’s for sure , but for me they should build the guy a fkin statue for what he did for our club . A very decent man , who acted with integrity. Unlike many above him who hung him out to dry .
God knows where we would be without Hecky.
Preston should snap his fkin hand off .
IMO