Mad Keef Hill 😲

[Acido]

Animal mentioned earlier in another thread, how Keith Hill had pressure put on him here right from the start, and he was dealt a bad hand etc.

I know that he never got the lucky breaks here that many other managers/coaches got. So was his time here better than what most of us are willing to give him credit for ?.

[pass_and_move]

"Walking a tightrope with two broken legs" and the fact that he initially turned the job down tells its own story really.

[Acido]

Yeah that was one of his funnier comments, but he was serious weren't he!.
I liked the fact that he had a big gob, and interviews with him were always interesting to say the least lol.

[animallittle3]

Animal mentioned earlier in another thread, how Keith Hill had pressure put on him here right from the start, and he was dealt a bad hand etc.

I know that he never got the lucky breaks here that many other managers/coaches got. So was his time here better than what most of us are willing to give him credit for ?.

I think he probably did the best job that could be done given the financial constraints he worked under although he knew that when he took the job .

Defiantly not the worst manager we've ever had by any means although he wasn't the most likeable bloke either .

[Young_Nudger]

I will always maintain that Patrick never appointed a bad manager.
I’ve always suspected Maurice Watkins had a hand in that.
However, during Patrick’s time at the club we didn’t go forward, backwards or sideways - because unfortunately he didn’t have enough money to move the club forward.
Keith Hill and all the others fell foul of that - like he said, when Barnsley were looking for players we were shopping at Lidl’s.
Or was it Aldi ?

[Acido]

.. Definitely not the worst manager we've ever had by any means although he wasn't the most likeable bloke either.

And thats the problem I had with him.
As interesting as he could be in interviews etc, he ran his mouth too often and it was a big reason to put fans off.
But remember when we were well placed just outside the top 6 under him, and we were approaching Christmas. Then it just fell apart badly and he never recovered from it.

[animallittle3]

And thats the problem I had with him.
As interesting as he could be in interviews etc, he ran his mouth too often and it was a big reason to put fans off.
But remember when we were well placed just outside the top 6 under him, and we were approaching Christmas. Then it just fell apart badly and he never recovered from it.

I suspect losing Drinkwater , Butterfield and Vaz Te may have had a hand in that .

[Acido]

That game live on the Beeb where we led 2-0 against Ipswich, but they hit back to beat us 3-5, was almost the start of the downfall.
I think there were only four more wins that season, all at home, and one of them was hammering Leeds 4-1 on New years eve!.
Is that the season when we stayed up because of Portsmouth going into admin ?.
But yeah especially losing Rico Vaz Te, who sodded off for the money after we resurrected his career. How cheaply did we sell him to Wet Spam!. 😟

[pass_and_move]

But yeah especially losing Rico Vaz Te, who sodded off for the money after we resurrected his career. How cheaply did we sell him to Wet Spam!. 😟

Think anybody in their right mind would leave a £500 per week(I heard he was on that) contract to go to a big club like West ham for 20 times that.

We gave Vaz Te a chance/opportunity but weren't exactly taking a gamble on such a low paid contract. He was responsible for resurrecting his career at the end of the day Acido. He got fit and scored goals for us and carried on at West ham scoring the winner in the play off final.

We also gave another lost/ fallen player in Mido a chance/opportunity a year later but the lazy 2hat wasn't interested in putting the work in so that low risk gamble didn't come off and neither did Midos weight

Then came another desperate gamble with the return of Adam Hammill a couple o years later which kind of worked out I dare say!

[Jules88]

Wonder how “Our Sydney” is going in with his swimming lessons…….
One of his classic post match interviews!