Without a crystal ball it's almost time to toss a coin. For me I think we have
to give Heckingbottom a chance - he inherited a losing side (although
paradoxically not one that was losing as much as under him!), a pitiful bunch
of first teamers with some prima-donnas to boot, he came with all the baggage
of being a Leeds-hater, and he's had to deal with a crippling injury list. That
said, it's difficult to see any discernible difference since he came, aside
from experimenting with players in different position (presumably to see if
they're as sh*t there too!!), and there has been zero/little progress. The
blooding of a couple of juniors might be the only positive. He did talk the
talk after the Norwich game, and he is 100% correct that players have to want
it and actually compete - for a Leeds player that has to be a given!
So, hopefully he'll have a plan re players, get them in early, and let's see
what he's made off. I reckon by Game 10 of next year we'll have a clearer idea
of whether we have a workable manager, or another dud, in which case it will be
another dead season. To replace him now, and with who, seems daft to me - if
we'd waited until season-end to sack TC we might have been contemplating League
1 football - I thought we played some of the worst football I've ever seen
under him!
As for ex-players, there is an obsession with getting people back, which makes
you wonder how blinkered fans knowledge really is? Aside from Milner or Delph,
who I don't see coming back any time soon (I wish), the rest are history. Now
is the time for Heck to bring in a new batch, hopefully promote some of our
yoof, and get a team that has got plenty to prove and has real ambition and
heart. In all honesty I don't think Radzinski has the money needed, unless we
get a back-hander in Myanmar, so this is going to be challenging. I suppose we
should be grateful that the club doesn't currently appear to be on the edge of
a financial precipice, but we still need someone with more money than sense to
come along!
John
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: Leeds List <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, 29 April 2018, 10:08
Subject: Re: [LU] Norwich
Massive decision and one they really need to get right - make the wrong choice
and it is yet another season that will be wastedThe big question is 'is he good
enough' ? It is hard to say how much of our decline is down to him or down to
the players making individual mistakes etc.Certainly the statistics since he
joined make for pretty poor reading - they are awfulalso he has done nothing to
bring any of the young players through - in some ways quite the reverse failing
to take advantage in the last few games of a 'dead season' - to then drop
O'Connor yesterday (especially following his own goal in the last game) is hard
to understand, and his public blaming of Pearce yesterday is akin to the
Warnock - Tom Lees disaster.At the same time we have been beset with injuries
and suspensions and individual errors in games that have cost us - but he has
failed to sort out the losing mentality or give us a real football identity
One final point - what is Leeds fans obsession with ex players ? Over the years
we have wanted so many players back - ffs I have even seen calls for Beckford
to come back - and now the internet is going into overdrive over bringing
Bartley back! Whilst I would have loved to have kept him this season and think
he would have made a massive difference I do not think a recall is the right
thing to do
Dave
From: Ben Thorpe <[email protected]>
To: {broken-address} Richard Walker
<[email protected]>; Ted <[email protected]>
Cc: leedslist <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, 28 April 2018, 22:34
Subject: Re: [LU] Norwich
He's got until October for me. He's talked the right talk after that defeat,
but bloody hell they should pay the travelling fans costs. Did anyone else have
to suffer it?
From: Ted
Sent: Saturday, 28 April, 22:19
Subject: Re: [LU] Norwich
To: {broken-address} Richard Walker
Cc: leedslist
Is PH any better than the Hock? He left Barnsley perilously close to the drop,
in fact they may not escape it, and if the season was a month longer he'd take
us down. Not looking forward to next season with him in charge. Get rid after
next Sunday for me. Ted H On Sat, 28 Apr 2018, 16:56 {broken-address} Richard
Walker, < [email protected]> wrote: > Sickening
Dave. I'd sack him now. > > I'm off to the pub , totally and utterly fed up
with this season. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 28 Apr 2018, at 16:50,
"[email protected]" wrote: > > > > So far second half we have been even worse than
the first !It has not > taken many games for us to drag Forshaw down to our
level - from a 98% > pass success or whatever in his first few games, he
managed to give the > ball away / lose it four times on the run (though he did
have a half decent > strike at goal) > > Very poor fare - BPF should have done
better with their (winning ?) goal > > > > Heck is another game closer t
o the sack as his subs and change to 3 at > the back have made no difference
at all > > Will be a few mins added on for the minutes it took Hoolihan to
leave > the field on his last appearance > > dave > >
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