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Expectations at Barnsley and Leeds are different. You say he needs time.Originally Posted by DerbyDaDream
But time is a precious commodity here in the Championship.
Then you say next half-season, how is going to achieve promotion in such a short space? You expect him to lead Leeds to the play-offs this season then?
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Leeds are a bigger club then Barnsley of course the expectations are going to be different. Time is precious in the Championship of course and most managers don’t get it but we have been in that same situation and we are starting to get settled down and getting outstanding results under Rowett.
It’s a given time frame Romanis he will have a full season to try and get Leeds promoted next season of course but given how other managers at Leeds have been and gone, if he doesn’t see out good results in and off the pitch and the club doesn’t start settling down then he will only get half of next season at best before another manager comes in to take his place and try and get the team promoted.
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I don't disagree but the point being that it's really up to the Leeds board. What do they expect of him? Surely not this season?
And so next season, are they prepared to leave him be if he's got them in a good place for the play-offs, or is that not enough? Do they demand that he be in a position like Derby, Villa and Cardiff this season, having a real go at autos?
The Leeds board is a bit strange. They want immediate results and don't tolerate bad runs.
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Leeds are in a 7 game winless run which has seen them go from the play-offs, into a top mid-table position and the Leeds board deemed they didn’t have confidence in Christiansen to turn their fortunes around and so have now appointed Heckingbottom from Barnsley to help get them back into the play-offs and try and earn promotion this season.
This is a common denominator with foreign ambitious owners these days they want quick results and if they don’t get it you are gone.
Heckingbottom might struggle to get Leeds back into the play-offs this campaign and so they will have to wait until next season to see how they fare but as you know that’s not always the case and he could be sacked at the end of this season if he fails to get Leeds back into the play-offs.
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He might be one of our own etc, but thats the problem as well because he was taking us down this season and it was getting harder to support him. Put it this way, we might have a better chance of staying up now hes gone and Leeds wont put up with the appalling run of results we've had to endure for the past year.
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Not too disappointed then Acido?
Think you’re our final match of the season.
Genuinely hope we don’t have a scenario where we have to send you down for us to go up but it’s not looking that unlikely at the moment.
Yarkshire seems a bit of a manager’s graveyard this season.
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No Im not too disappointed Anag, I think he was taking us down and he might have jumped before the inevitable push happened.
Who will we appoint now, well thats anybodys guess but we are still hoping that there will be 3 or 4 teams worse than us at the end.
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Staying up? Barnsley, trolol.
Anyway fret not Acidface. You'll enjoy the visits down south next year to Pompey and Plymouth. A bit of sea air, is good for an old fart like you.
Heck, you've even got Southend as a bonus. And you can relax in Blackpool as well.
All good for your health.
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Heckingbottom worked tirelessly on Transfer Deadline Day with co-chairman’s Chien Lee & Paul Conway to bring in his preferred targets and even signed a contract extension, only to move to Leeds Utd after his £500,000 release clause was met in the new contract he signed to take over at a club that has been through as many managers than any other club in England across all divisions madness.
With Barnsley lingering just above the relegation zone it leaves the club in a predicament, you now have a caretaker in charge who is Paul Harsley to try and lift the spirits up and stear you away from trouble until the club finds a manger who fits the bill to replace Heckingbottom astonishing it really is.
With the club in complete limbo you would of expected them to get a manager in within 24hrs of Heckingbottom leaving for Leeds Utd to give you a better chance of staying up this season, but they given you the caretaker option to bide them some time it doesn’t look good for Barnsley but hopefully you stay up this season Acido because the bottom three have let in more goals, and are far worse off then your club so it’s not all that bad.
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