Hecky ...

[Not so Slim ane]

Would be interesting to see what he would have been able to do if he'd been backed like wilder has.. his players, Souza, Hamer, Anel etc are still our star players.

Couldn't see hecky spunking £33m on utter shite like Brewster and Cannon ..and considering offering a new contract to Brewster

As much as people slagged him off we'd be up already this season with Hecky

 

[North Riding Blade]

Would be interesting to see what he would have been able to do if he'd been backed like wilder has.. his players, Souza, Hamer, Anel etc are still our star players.

Couldn't see hecky spunking £33m on utter shite like Brewster and Cannon ..and considering offering a new contract to Brewster

As much as people slagged him off we'd be up already this season with Hecky

I think this may well be the first time I've agreed with anything you've previously posted. Well said.

 

[Seth Rollins]

Would be interesting to see what he would have been able to do if he'd been backed like wilder has.. his players, Souza, Hamer, Anel etc are still our star players.

Couldn't see hecky spunking £33m on utter shite like Brewster and Cannon ..and considering offering a new contract to Brewster

As much as people slagged him off we'd be up already this season with Hecky

They'd all be on the treatment table like when he managed us before!!

 

[Not so Slim ane]

They'd all be on the treatment table like when he managed us before!!

Ok that makes sense

 

[mikeheath]

Becky deserves a decent chance

 

[biggiesablade]

Becky deserves a decent chance

She's a hoe

 

[Flumps]

Becky deserves a decent chance

Fuck her.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

They'd all be injured. The football would be boring and shite to watch. He'd stick with plan A when plan A isn't working and make some baffling subs whilst sticking with plan A.

 

[Working Class Hero]

The bloke literally oversaw the worst transfer window in history.

 

[dexter101]

The bloke literally oversaw the worst transfer window in history.

To be fair to him, a couple of those players have come good and we made some money back on some of them (+Southampton decided it was worth copying... doesn't mean much I know)

 

[Working Class Hero]

To be fair to him, a couple of those players have come good and we made some money back on some of them (+Southampton decided it was worth copying... doesn't mean much I know)

Aye but if we're accepting that those players ended up being alright after dropping a division, I don't think we can really use Cannon against Wilder can we? In fact, most of the signings he gets blamed for wasting money on came good at some point (Brewster is the obvious one that didn't).

 

[MagnifiqueShorehamStreet]

The bloke literally oversaw the worst transfer window in history.

Not his fault, the Prince threw him under a bus!

 

[robbiez666]

The bloke literally oversaw the worst transfer window in history.

He was given about £30 million net to spend on players and with a low wage cap.

Big money spent on Hamer, Souza and Archer.

Got back/made money on Trusty, Traore, Archer

Bit better business than Brewster and McBurnie!

 

[Ranmoorblade]

He was given about £30 million net to spend on players and with a low wage cap.

Big money spent on Hamer, Souza and Archer.

Got back/made money on Trusty, Traore, Archer

Bit better business than Brewster and McBurnie!

Archer cost us about £5 million.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Nice fella and a good coach but not strong enough to deal with the board. He allowed himself to get treated like a puppet when we sold Berge and Ndiaye and made no signings until the season had started.

 

[robbiez666]

Archer cost us about £5 million.

We basically paid his wages in a loan fee, didn't we?

 

[Chazzer]

Agree, some of our best players were signed by Hecky. He was also keen on bringing on home grown players, and a number of our current youngsters got their first chance under Hecky. Pity he was thrown in at the deep end in the PL. With Berge, Ndiaye and maybe Doyle we would have put up a much better fight.

 

[Ranmoorblade]

We basically paid his wages in a loan fee, didn't we?

They bought him back for less than what we paid and with wages was about £5 million.

 

[robbiez666]

They bought him back for less than what we paid and with wages was about £5 million.

but wasn't the gap between what we paid and what we received basically his wages and the loan fee as it wasn't technically a loan so Villa could get around financial regulations?

 

[Nick Jansky]

but wasn't the gap between what we paid and what we received basically his wages and the loan fee as it wasn't technically a loan so Villa could get around financial regulations?

Yes.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Archer cost us about £5 million.

Scored 4 goals in the PL in an abysmal team, not a bad return really.

 

[s20Blade]

Really don't understand why Heckingbottom gets so much stick.
Didn't do much before us but got us up on the arse end of the likes of Fleck and Norwood while doing something with Illiman and using the city loan lads very effectively. Let's be honest he's no worse than Wilder!

 

[Shakespeare blade]

Fuck her.

Most have apparently

 

[Matlock Blade]

Can't be bothered to read through this thread. Is it Hecky's turn to be manager again?

 

[Old Programme seller]

Hecky wasn’t sexy enough he didn’t have the attributes commercially to chant his name and beat our chests I would have liked to see a real transfer window with him having some proper money.

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

Hecky wasn’t sexy enough he didn’t have the attributes commercially to chant his name and beat our chests I would have liked to see a real transfer window with him having some proper money.

I did like Hecky, and I know every person has their own unique personality traits, but he just seemed massively lacking in charisma and drive to me.

I'm sure that's just my poor perception of him, but not sure if he's an inspirational leader.

 

[bornablade]

When things got tough Hecky never started looking for the back door.

 

[bornablade]

Hecky wasn’t sexy enough he didn’t have the attributes commercially to chant his name and beat our chests I would have liked to see a real transfer window with him having some proper money.

Our current manager has a very high opinion of himself but I doubt even he would not describe himself as 'sexy'.

 

[Rudders]

I can’t be bothered to search up the multiple threads from when he left but I would make the case that Hecky deserves a fair degree of respect from Utd fans for the following:

• leading us with dignity and calmness at a period when the prince wasn’t paying his bills;
• getting us promoted when we hugely needed the cash (albeit with the generational talent of N’Diaye at his disposal and churning out some boring footy);
• being a decent coach who improved our young players.

Yeah he didn’t do well in the transfer market and was a bit too conservative in many respects but I also thought snubbing him when he returned as PNE manager was a bit petty.
And one of the few managers to get us promoted