Quote Originally Posted by SBRed48 View Post
Tha still clinging to idea that it wo Hecky who assembled this squad. Does tha seriously think Hecky knew owt abart a player called Thiam whose parent club wo Dijon but had been shifted art to Clermont cos he wont up to it ? Or Knasmuller, an unfit Austrian ? Al give thi wun guess who did bring them in and expect Hecky to polish them, A think Hecky cudda spent that million parnds wiser.

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One day the penny might drop for some SB

Hecky had his faults obviously, i think we can all agree his tactics were suspect at times but it's complete ballax to lay the entire blame on him. There is a massive difference between being a head coach and a manager in football, namely cos head coaches get given a squad to work with, a squad I might add that appears to be chosen by non football people based on age and statistics.

A manager on the other hand gets given a budget and assembles his own squad, therefore he lives or dies by the choices he's made. Did Hecky have that privilege as a head coach? Absolutely not.

It's not exactly rocket science to grasp such a simple fact