Hecky

[Bladepicker]

No excuse

Only thing I’ve seen people, myself included, say is that we are nervous about his ability when it comes to rebuilding a side in the championship. Especially when it’s such an important one, in what will be replacing 2 of the better players to grace the championship in recent years.

But he totally deserves the chance to do so.

Serious question, given that we are almost certainly going to be losing two, if not three of our best players, which managers would you trust with the rebuild? Recruitment is key but I'd not say there's a golden manager in the championship who gets it right everytime.

 

[LewishamBlade]

Serious question, given that we are almost certainly going to be losing two, if not three of our best players, which managers would you trust with the rebuild? Recruitment is key but I'd not say there's a golden manager in the championship who gets it right everytime.

Don’t know, hard to say really given where we stand and who we could realistically attract; and it’s not I’m not saying I’d like Hecky replacing either so I’m not sure why it’s relevant?

 

[Bladepicker]

Don’t know, hard to say really given where we stand and who we could realistically attract; and it’s not I’m not saying I’d like Hecky replacing either so I’m not sure why it’s relevant?

Because I'm not sure that you could realistically 'trust' anyone to build a side in our current scenario - hence stating that on a thread praising him for the undoubted good job he's done seems the point that's not relevant here.

But hey, gets you an argument I suppose

 

[St Albans Blade]

Serious question, given that we are almost certainly going to be losing two, if not three of our best players, which managers would you trust with the rebuild? Recruitment is key but I'd not say there's a golden manager in the championship who gets it right everytime.

As you say there’s no golden manager and past performance doesn’t guarantee future performance, so I’d go left field, somewhat like Leeds has. Even if they drop I think their manager’s refreshing and will come good.

So, as everyone on the forum may remember, I’d still take a punt on Alexander Blessin.

Issue is he’s now moved from KV Oostende to Genoa!

 

[LewishamBlade]

Because I'm not sure that you could realistically 'trust' anyone to build a side in our current scenario - hence stating that on a thread praising him for the undoubted good job he's done seems the point that's not relevant here.

But hey, gets you an argument I suppose

I wasn’t trying to argue people chose to take that (pretty fair imo) comment as I want rid of Heckingbottom, fucking bizarre.

I said he’d put a great effort in this season. People are so, so precious

 

[SwissBlade]

‘Next season is going to be tougher’. Name one season where this was not said?

The question is, do you stick with hecky based on what he’s done with us? Yay or nay?

100% yay

 

[LewishamBlade]

100% yay

Yay and I don’t think anyones saying otherwise. At all.

 

[Weasel]

He's taken us from 16th in the league, 6 points of a relegation place to 5th in the table, just missing out on a play off final after winning away at Real Forest. He is articulate, thoughtful, bright and engaging..he talks well and has a considered opinion. He's young enough to learn from his past mistakes and hungry enough to really want to do well... Yep he's a cunt....

Hecky is the man. Reminds me in a way of a young Dave Bassett when he took over. Gets the club and has a burning desire to do well and prove the doubters wrong. Heckys on a mission and I trust him to get it right. Got a good feeling about Hecky at SUFC. He's a good fit for us. Sometimes you just know.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

He's earned the right to be our manager given the circumstances and difficulties he faced. I still think he can be tactically naive and sometimes lacks a plan B, hence the good Utd one week, bad Utd the next, and his signings in the transfer window have been far from amazing or impactful.

For me the two most important investments in the summer are a new training pitch, so we don't suffer another unacceptable season of injuries like this one, which arguably cost us automatic promotion and the play off, despite tonight's heroics.

Secondly, a director of football. We have a system that we like to play and continue to play. They can be in charge of scouting and transfers to find players for the system, contracts etc and leave Hecky to focus purely on coaching and match days, which is where his skillset lies.

 

[RecordBreakers]

‘Next season is going to be tougher’. Name one season where this was not said?

The question is, do you stick with hecky based on what he’s done with us? Yay or nay?

Of course we stick with him, he will be judged on next season. The hard work starts now with regards who goes and who comes in we now need to start clearing out some of these players plus MGW going back to wolves weakens us straight away an if Berge leaves let's hope we recoup some decent money an re invest. Those two players are key to us so yes next season is going to be tougher an Hecky needs to get of to a good start otherwise the credit in the bank will soon be spent.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

I said some terrible stuff upon Hecky's appointment.
I probably thought Jack Robinson would never make it, now he's fundamental and I feel Hecky has done an outstanding job to raise the team this far with no help from the board in January.
Keep going Heciingbottom.
I really like his interviews by the way.

 

[S64 Blade]

I didn't want him, thought he was shite, the cheap option and a yes man. He's made me look a twat (not the first to do it to be fair, and I'm sure not the last). Anyone slating him tonight after that should go and watch tiddlywinks. Fucking fantastic performance from everyone involved. Up the Blades.

This. I was against it too, for the same reasons. Totally proven me wrong and I actually don’t think he’s had the plaudits he deserved this season

Done an excellent job of turning around our awful start and leading us through the injury crisis/fixture build up over Feb/March.

Again, I thought we were done in mid April as far as the play offs go and again I was proven wrong. Same with these two legs, took it right to the wire where we arguably should have nicked it.

 

[Aston max]

Hecky has had his own way of playing, a lot of people demanded wilderball back and they nearly got it I have noticed that we have changed more into a 3-4-3 ,to be successful next season we need a change of players in some areas, central midfield needs a complete overhaul

 

[Tickhill Blade]

I thought Hecky's post match interview last night was very impressive, very measured and you could tell he was proud of the team and performance.

It made me think of Blackwell's interview at Wembley in '09, you couldn't have had a more contrasting interview and attitude. Similar situation having lost in the playoffs knowing players would now leave and a big rebuilding job was coming.

 

[Snowflake]

Agreed, but he’s never built a side at this level. It’s a big ask for any manager without copious amounts of experience at Championship level.

If it wasn’t for them 2 we wouldn’t be in the play offs full stop.

That would depend on who had replaced them.
MGW was nothing in our minds when he signed and many on here were not positive about Berge. We might have recruited just as good ones on loan.
That MGW has progressed so well may be a reflection on the quality of coaching as well as his endeavour.

 

[LewishamBlade]

That would depend on who had replaced them.
MGW was nothing in our minds when he signed and many on here were not positive about Berge. We might have recruited just as good ones on loan.
That MGW has progressed so well may be a reflection on the quality of coaching as well as his endeavour.

Hope you’re right. I think we undoubtedly struggle to replace them 2.

 

[Captain2]

He deserves a good run at the job. Who else would do better?

Hecky deserves loads of praise he’s turned our season around despite horrendous injuries, got us to 5th and almost to play off final.
Top Bloke 8/10
Thanks Hecky

 

[Snowflake]

Serious question, given that we are almost certainly going to be losing two, if not three of our best players, which managers would you trust with the rebuild? Recruitment is key but I'd not say there's a golden manager in the championship who gets it right everytime.

Hecky has achieved much with what he inherited and deserves praise for that.
He will know that he will be judged next season on the quality of his recruitment regardless of the extent of the budget and how he gets those players performing.
Until we see what he is capable of we should not be judging him on what we don’t know.

 

[Igor]

Just watched Hecky’s interview after the game. Class act considering the Billy Sharp incident. A lot of other managers would have just ranted on about it and some would have used it to take the moral high ground and distract from the loss, even try to discredit NFFC. Hecky clearly loves the game, his job, and treats the players well.
I think the set up from top to bottom (staff only) is a great base to progress. Let’s get new owners, sort out the training facilities and get a good pre season in.
The courts need to come down hard on the head butting fan.

 

[billyblademan]

Just watched Hecky’s interview after the game. Class act considering the Billy Sharp incident. A lot of other managers would have just ranted on about it and some would have used it to take the moral high ground and distract from the loss, even try to discredit NFFC. Hecky clearly loves the game, his job, and treats the players well.
I think the set up from top to bottom (staff only) is a great base to progress. Let’s get new owners, sort out the training facilities and get a good pre season in.
The courts need to come down hard on the head butting fan.

Good pre season in particular would be refreshing. We've had 2 shockers in a row.

 

[blade too long]

reports saying cooper out foxed united on saturday making hecky look tactically unaware were proven to be wide of the mark

Hecky showed hes got the nous to go to forest and recover from 2 down to cause some desperate defending in the latter stages by forest
in truth their keeper saved them from a whooping

in the end our complete loss of front line attackers maybe cost us finishing them off

 

[Ralph Blade]

Agreed, but he’s never built a side at this level. It’s a big ask for any manager without copious amounts of experience at Championship level.

If it wasn’t for them 2 we wouldn’t be in the play offs full stop.

Maybe not, but how much of a rebuild has he got to/will be allowed to do?

What has impressed me most, apart from turning the clubs fortunes around with a really good points per game record is that he then found a way to dig deep and keep us moving up the table into the play offs despite losing all our first choice strikers.

He turned the ship around and deserves the opportunity to continue to steer it in the right direction.

 

[LewishamBlade]

Maybe not, but how much of a rebuild has he got to/will be allowed to do?

What has impressed me most, apart from turning the clubs fortunes around with a really good points per game record is that he then found a way to dig deep and keep us moving up the table into the play offs despite losing all our first choice strikers.

He turned the ship around and deserves the opportunity to continue to steer it in the right direction.

He definitely does deserve the chance, no one’s saying otherwise

 

[Ralph Blade]

As you say there’s no golden manager and past performance doesn’t guarantee future performance, so I’d go left field, somewhat like Leeds has. Even if they drop I think their manager’s refreshing and will come good.

Strange but refreshing how perceptions differ. From what I’ve seen and heard, I think he is dreadful. I have yet to hear him talk about football, all I have heard him go on about is mindsets.

 

[St Albans Blade]

Strange but refreshing how perceptions differ. From what I’ve seen and heard, I think he is dreadful. I have yet to hear him talk about football, all I have heard him go on about is mindsets.

Proof is in the pudding. You could well be proved right, but the English manager-go-round is part of the problem.

92 clubs. 92 managers at any one time.

In what other profession or industry would the key managers just rotate between companies regardless of failure or treading-water at their previous employers? It wouldn't happen.

Needs freshening up from outside the Premiership/EFL. More importantly UK managers need to get experience outside the UK early in their careers and bring back an expanded skill set mid-career.

Alan Pardew as caretaker manager at CSKA Sofia is intriguing but late in career as was the infamous Steve McClaren's jaunt to Twente Enschede.

But McClaren had some interesting feedback on his experience...

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Strange but refreshing how perceptions differ. From what I’ve seen and heard, I think he is dreadful. I have yet to hear him talk about football, all I have heard him go on about is mindsets.

I couldn’t agree more .

He reminds me of one of those so called Management Gurus whose bullshit presentations I had to sit through several times in the 80’s .

Yes , psychology has a part to play in the outcome of any sporting fixture but this guy is obsessed by it and it may one day dawn on him that there are many other factors involved . Let’s hope that this doesn’t happen before the Dirties are relegated though .

 

[Ralph Blade]

In what other profession or industry would the key managers just rotate between companies regardless of failure or treading-water at their previous employers? It wouldn't happen.

It is indeed bizarre, I think Bob Mortimer sums up the members of his British Managers Club quite nicely on Athletico Mince with the phrase ‘Destroy and Exit’

 

[Wincobank S9 Blade]

The blades way to suffer especially in play offs but we’ll rise again. People wrote us off before that game and we lost on a penalty shootout! One thing I’ve seen is this team is spirited and has talent. Some will leave but we’ll add a few can see us only going up from here. Get behind the team blades as always. UTB

 

[wadblade]

I am 100% pro Hecky
But he will probably start next season without our three best outfield players MGW, Berger and Egan, and Billy and Bash will possibly be a season too far?
I just hope we can cut Hecky some slack as he beds in a new team
I just know some on here will baying for blood if we are not top of the league next September
UTB

 

[brownblade]

Apologies if posted previously, but I hadn't seen this until just now... Pretty funny.