Heckingbottom

[GrayBlade]

I presume he will want a new contract with higher wages?

Too right. Wilder would be on his 4th upgrade by now.

 

[Yoonited]

Made me laugh because I agree.
Notice Hecky always seems to be chewing his tongue and making gurning facial expressions, also loves a drink of water during interviews.
He also starts his replies saying "look"

I always used to love and prefer Chris Wilders interviews, so honest, informative and passionate.
However CS was probably too emotional, so when things are going well it's great to see but when we're losing it can be painful viewing.
Where as all of Hecky's interviews are the same, doesn't reveal much, but it's safe and works on professional level.

To be fair to Hecky he's often faced by Giddings who trots out the same inane tripe ad infinitum.
I'd look bored too.
Infact I rarely get to see whole interviews so tedious and predictable are they.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

He's got really high emotional intelligence and in modern sport you need a leader who takes emotion out of the situation and keeps players/athletes focused on outputs and performance.

So long as he keeps to that and doesn't start getting carried away, he/we'll be ok.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Agree...he's an average manager (which is OK) but has some strengths that really suit us for this season.
He's been at the club years, so knows the club inside, also knows all the players and young players really well.
Did well to bring in his Sheff Utd based backroom team of Stuart McCall and Jack Lester, both down to earth Yorkshire people.
Hecky has handled the media, ownership distractions and crowd expectation really well. He's played everything with a straight bat showing little emotion,
excitement or disappointment at any time keeping everything nice and calm.

However if Hecky was sacked don't think any other Championship clubs will be interested.
He had a nice job at United being the manager of the Academy. This was a pretty secure log term job.
Hence why when he was offered the United job, he made sure it was a lengthy contract, so if and when he was sacked he would receive plenty of compensation.

An interesting discussion point that deserve it's own thread is how suitable will Hecky be as a Premier League manager.
Simon Jordan was talking on Talksport the other day, saying that it can be tough for owners because some managers
can be great in the Championship but quickly out of their depth in the Premier League as it requires a very different skill set.

I'd argue it requires a different skillset if you're a top 8 side or spunking £200m on new players. If you look at how Burnley stayed afloat and this year Brentford, Bournemouth and Fulham have done - it's been down to coaching and being a well drilled team where everyone knows their roles.

I think Hecky can follow this pattern and be successful. So long as we don't start spunking £20m on goalkeepers or 6th choice strikers, we'll be reyt!

 

[BobblesBlade]

In the Prem I think it’s more about what players managers can attract.

I think if Hecky struggles to get any Prem class players in we should try and do what Villa did. Look at the difference the chef has made since taking over from Smith.

 

[Balham]

I presume he will want a new contract with higher wages?

I would hope that his current deal is weighted and incentivised based on the team's performance and will adequately reward him for leading us to promotion.

He's got really high emotional intelligence and in modern sport you need a leader who takes emotion out of the situation and keeps players/athletes focused on outputs and performance.

So long as he keeps to that and doesn't start getting carried away, he/we'll be ok.

Agree on the first bit but he does need to work on his in-game management and decision making. Tuesday was a real step forward in that regard for me: realising that the formation wasn't working and changing it around at half time.

In the Prem I think it’s more about what players managers can attract.

I think if Hecky struggles to get any Prem class players in we should try and do what Villa did. Look at the difference the chef has made since taking over from Smith.

I don't think Villa is a particularly good example of that. They had Steven Gerrard who, on paper, is a pretty attractive proposition as a manager. He is not a good manager though whereas Emery clearly is as it's no mean feat to win four European trophies. Villa's resurgence is based on replacing a poor manager with a good one, not because they can attract better players now.

 

[diode_blade]

He looks like Noel Gallagher in a weird way, bit like Damian Lewis as well. But then he doesn't. It's because they all resemble that bloke from Thunderbirds.

He knows how to pull the players strings....

Baaaa....dum.....tish

 

[bonobo]

It was a good squad with some talented players, but it was an ageing squad, flat on its feet. A lot of teams have come with a supposedly better squad and struggled. A lot of the reason we rate the squad is that Hecky has revived an bought on a number of players.