N’Diaye

[Bell4]

Doesn' t play for us now, couldn' t give a shit.

This

 

[TJ blade]

Doesn' t play for us now, couldn' t give a shit.

Same here, great player, but nowt to do with us now. Fckg disgrace how he left!!

 

[Pintor75]

N'diaye singlehandedly saved us from financial oblivion. Think that earns him a pass for his unsavoury departure. Not a chance we'd have got promoted without him

Hecky more like

 

[bladesmanluke]

Hecky more like

No way Hecky would've got us up without N'diaye

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

No way Hecky would've got us up without N'diaye

Why are you still putting an apostrophe in his name?

 

[bladesmanluke]

Why are you still putting an apostrophe in his name?

Autocorrect

 

[jimmymuir]

True, but I'd have been fascinated to see how we would have got on in the Prem if Ndiaye was still with us. That promotion team was built around Ndiaye's strengths and his short notice departure royally screwed us in that transfer window. Any optimism amongst the fanbase was extinguished when Ndiaye left and the new additions got nowhere close to replacing him.

Hecky was totally f'd over that summer, no manager in the world could've made that team competitive. Losing him and Berge just days before the season began, we all knew we didn't stand a chance of staying up.

 

[bornablade]

No way Hecky would've got us up without N'diaye

Well it's a good job that Hecky had the courage to pick Ndiaye in his first match in control (Leicester away) because there may have been other managers who would have avoided such a selection.

 

[bladesmanluke]

Well it's a good job that Hecky had the courage to pick Ndiaye in his first match in control (Leicester away) because there may have been other managers who would have avoided such a selection.

True, I'll give him that.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Well it's a good job that Hecky had the courage to pick Ndiaye in his first match in control (Leicester away) because there may have been other managers who would have avoided such a selection.

He brought him on for ten minutes and then never played him again for the rest of the season.

 

[ATL Recs]

He brought him on for ten minutes and then never played him again for the rest of the season.

And it wasn’t Hecky who gave him his full debut against Peterborough

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

And it wasn’t Hecky who gave him his full debut against Peterborough

True.

Merging into the other thread but that match against Peterborough was perhaps the best chance of us scoring a hat-trick in recent years.

Ndiaye scored two goals but then was taken off immediately after he scored the second in the 72nd minute.

It could have been a hat-trick on his full debut!

 

[Bladesince59]

Prefer Hecky to Wilder

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Hecky didn't play him until he signed a new contract if I remember correctly...

 

[Lane Top Blade]

Hecky didn't play him until he signed a new contract if I remember correctly...

Think it was Slav

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

A player I will always remember fondly and will always keep an eye out for/want to do well.

Skill, talent, work ethic, pace, grounded, humble, tracking back, the lot. No interest in influencer status, no flashiness (in terms of wealth), no game playing/theatrics, no ego. A proper throwback of a footballer, simply trying to be the best player on the pitch. If you get the ball off me, it's because you've earned it, if I go down, it's because I've been genuinely fouled. Deserves to go to the very top.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

A player I will always remember fondly and will always keep an eye out for/want to do well.

Skill, talent, work ethic, pace, grounded, humble, tracking back, the lot. No interest in influencer status, no flashiness (in terms of wealth), no game playing/theatrics, no ego. A proper throwback of a footballer, simply trying to be the best player on the pitch. If you get the ball off me, it's because you've earned it, if I go down, it's because I've been genuinely fouled. Deserves to go to the very top.

 

[Silent Blade]

Think it was Slav

Yes it was Slav who told the board that he wanted to play Ndiaye. He gave him his full debut and then afterwards Ndiaye signed the contract.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Think it was Slav

Ah yeah getting mixed up with the Hecky caretaker spell then slav then Hecky. Completely forgot slav era. Maybe one day I will do the same with Selles...here's hoping

 

[Chazzer]

As well as Ndiaye and Berge, we also lost McAtee and Doyle. Our four best players gone, Hecky never stood a chance in the PL that season. Though McAtee did come back he was a shadow of the player from the previous season.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Though McAtee did come back he was a shadow of the player from the previous season.

That's just the step up to the Premier League though.

It's the same reason why Ahmedhodzic and Souza were getting dog's abuse that season but then everybody loved them again last season.

 

[Nedski]

Hecky didn't play him until he signed a new contract if I remember correctly...

I think he wasn't allowed to play him until Ndiaye signed a contract. Once he signed he was allowed to play and made his debut on 11th September 2021 (I remember this because I was checking my phone constantly while my wife was giving birth.. in my defence we don't score 6 goals often!).

True.

Merging into the other thread but that match against Peterborough was perhaps the best chance of us scoring a hat-trick in recent years.

Ndiaye scored two goals but then was taken off immediately after he scored the second in the 72nd minute.

It could have been a hat-trick on his full debut!

That was back in the days when Ndiaye couldn't play much more than 70 minutes.