Heckingbottom tactical genius

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He employed the diamond formation as there were 18 carrots on the field and bench

 

[Brewster Cost Millions]

So, of the players who took us up, for example.

Sharp - 35/36 next season - Passed his best
McGoldrick - 33/34 next season - passed his best and struggles to score
Basham - 32/33 next season - passed his best
Stevens - 31 next season - passed his best
JoC- Hasn't played football for over a year and has a knee injury he may never recover from
Fleck - 30 next season - Likely passed his best
Oliver Norwood - 30/31 next year - Likely passed his best
I'll give you Egan, but in a back 3. And Baldock.

Throw in:

Burke - Not played well at any level for years
Mousset - Unfit and never played well over a long period
Brewster - Played well in the Championship, once, for a different club for half a season
McBurnie - Showed he can do it at Championship level but doesn't fit into our style of play
Lowe - Played sometimes for a poor Championship team
Bogle - Played regularly for a ok to poor Championship team
Osbourne - one the bench for a then decent championship team
J Robinson - On the bench for a then decent championship team.
Moore - Not proven at Championship level
Fotheringham - Been a while and then debatable
Bryan - Never played at this level
RND - Looks promising in a mid-table side

You appear to be judging the ability of some of our current players on how good they were 2-3 years ago. The majority are no longer at their peak.

Didn't bogle and Lowe play for the same team if so how did one play for a poor championship team and the other play for an ok to poor team.

 

[robbiez666]

Didn't bogle and Lowe play for the same team if so how did one play for a poor championship team and the other play for an ok to poor team.

Hadn't Bogle been in the Derby team for two years and Lowe for one?

 

[Brewster Cost Millions]

Hadn't Bogle been in the Derby team for two years and Lowe for one?

Not sure you could be right,just remember we bought them at the same time.

 

[djbaldken]

If he gets the job it’s more likely to be a relegation fight next season

Fight! Can you see the fight in any of this current shower?

 

[brownblade]

I'm not saying he's going to get the job.
Or that he should, or shouldn't.

But here's a really good interview with Heckingbottom from 2018. Two different sources linked.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

IMO, we need to get the decision right now and for me that means the board have to brave. The manager appointment is the biggest decision they'll make

Giving Hecky some time only then to sack him at Xmas isn't the right approach for me when we need promotion first time of asking. If we don't get out first time, we can forget promotion for years to come. The demise has already begun. We need to stem it and then reverse it

Why can't there be success in t 2nd season?!

 

[Blade58]

Why can't there be success in t 2nd season?!

Only because history says not. It’s 10-15 cycle. Basset and Warnocks relegation even despite McCabes windfall from West Ham meant we went backwards and downwards
The biggest and most important decision the board can make is the Manager appointment. Get it right and we’re halfway to getting out the league. Get it wrong and it doesnt matter how many millions are thrown at it, we’re going nowhere

 

[Chilttheblade]

All good enough to get back up next season , look at Kieran Dowell , would you have put him with this lot , yet couldn't get into our team , but has played a major role in Norwich's promotion this season , football is a lot about Moral and confidence and we haven't got any , we need a manager who can get it back .

Maybe Dowell was improved by Norwich?

 

[Houston_Blade]

Some of the comments about Hecky on this thread are funny to read with hindsight.

Bruce Wayne's prediction was about as accurate as his conspiracy theories

 

[Ron_Justice]

Yep, just read the front page. We're a funny bunch, football fans.