Confirmed Graham Alexander New Manager, Chris Lucketti as Assistant

[Deepdale roar]

Just remember Alexander lost his first 2 games as Bradford manager as well, he can’t just magically wave a wand and all of a sudden we start playing like Barcelona, it’s gonna take time before things get better.

I cannot see how they get out of this mess with what has happened since January.

Not helped by everyone seemingly expecting a takeover in the summer and downing tools.

The players, coaching staff, boardroom, recruitment staff and medical staff have all failed badly.

We seem to have at least 3 long term injuries now plus doubts over Gibbs and Lang.

League 1 here we come and it will be the fans and the people working day to day at the club who suffer most from the consequences of this.

The owners will deserve everything that comes with it for their approach and expecting mates like Ridsdale and Penrose to deliver rather than bringing in someone to shake things up and modernise the way the club is run.

 

[Bobbage]

Wow. Now that's reality hitting home right there.
To think this lot are the so called professionals we have taking the field week in week out. Something quite clearly not right, we look beyond help this season you just hope we can get things sorted in time for next season.

We all know what he's thinking during that sharp intake of breath before he chooses his words...!!!

 

[Archie LEACH]

I have been in contact with someone from the club regarding the state we are in and here are some of their replies.

The representative doesn't think the players are as bad as they are being made out to be. I disagreed League 1 at best there less than a handful who are up to standard

Hecky has sole say in who he wanted and the CEO/OWNER/CHAIRMAN went out and did their best to get them, no due diligence was done on them apart from a couple unnamed that were not really wanted but Hecky got his way. He said they couldn't challenge him its in his contract sole say on transfers and team selection.

Hecky didn't want Dobbin last season but the hierarchy insisted on him coming - thank god.

I criticised the hierarchy for not bring Hecky to book about his poor signings, poor tactics and his own poor performance. They did have meetings but nothing changed, in his contract he had sole say in everything team related and any interference and he would have been off.
How come we lost 5 strikers in the summer and only signed 2 recognised in kenny and Erabi? Reply was we signed 4 as Lang and Delano are strikers. Not his fault if they aren't scoring.

Why did we waste over £2 million on lang, Pompey pulled our pants down with that transfer. HECKY insisted that was who he wanted so the hirearchy backed him and got him. He's been unlucky with injuries having arrived with one then got another.

Why wasn't the defence strengthened 2/3 years ago, only Gibson of the CH's has changed , Storey, Hughes and Lindsay should have gone as they are too slow at this level. Nobody came in for them they are under contract where do they go?

There is little doubt that a lot of this mess is on Hecky and it clearly shows what a poor manager he is. The writing was on the wall in his first season when we were nearly relegated. He should have been potted at end of his second season. He just walks away with his pay off doing punidtry on Sky.

No news on the proposed take over.


Last night was no surprise and having gone down to 10 men we only conceded 1 goal. Don't forget Brum had not won at home all season and their fans get on their backs very quickly.

I can't see us getting out of this mess as those teams around us who you think would struggle are getting valuable points Cardiff, Bolton etc.

Watford conceded 4 at the weekend, 5 last night so it shows how bad we are when they turned us over.

I feel for Grezza as the January window will not come soon enough and who will want to come. I have listened to him post Brum , he can't slag the players off in public I get that but his comments were wrong, the majority of those players are either out of their depth, too slow and switch off at vital times. You can get away with it in Lge 1 and 2 but not in the championship.

Its a tough watch at the moment and with Wrexham and West Brom to come its going to get even tougher

 

[bkfu76]

Not totally Heckys fault…the fault is with the muppets that allowed him to have those clauses in his contract….if that’s true

 

[cragtek]

I have been in contact with someone from the club regarding the state we are in and here are some of their replies.

Not disagreeing that these are actual replies from the club. They have a certain fingerprint to them.

But what I will say is it's incredible it's nobody else's fault except the guy who's already left the building. Miraculous that nobody else was involved at all. Almost like they're trying to shift blame.

 

[kpaul116]

Last nights game showed GA can't do anything with a National/L2 standard squad, most of which can't do a full half let alone a full 90, there were times where some of these players couldn't even do the basics, for professional footballers their attitude stinks.

 

[Archie LEACH]

Not totally Heckys fault…the fault is with the muppets that allowed him to have those clauses in his contract….if that’s true

apparently all managers have these sort of clauses in their contracts

 

[justinr73]

If he had sole say on transfers then how was Dobbin supposedly foisted upon him???

 

[Archie LEACH]

If he had sole say on transfers then how was Dobbin supposedly foisted upon him???

Apparently PR insisted and got his way as Hecky backed down.

 

[Benito]

I don’t believe Heckingbottom didn’t want Dobbin at all. More likely he had a preferred first choice which (obviously) wouldn’t have materialised. Ridsdale spin, and for pretty much no gain.

 

[jumping mouse]

Devastating post match interviews. Takes most North End managers 18 months before they look this lost.

 

[Kathryn]

Least we know he'd rather get relegated with us than promoted with Bradford

Looks like he enjoys a challenge. PNE currently is a massive challenge. Hope he succeeds.

 

[Bobbage]

I have been in contact with someone from the club regarding the state we are in and here are some of their replies.

The representative doesn't think the players are as bad as they are being made out to be. I disagreed League 1 at best there less than a handful who are up to standard

Hecky has sole say in who he wanted and the CEO/OWNER/CHAIRMAN went out and did their best to get them, no due diligence was done on them apart from a couple unnamed that were not really wanted but Hecky got his way. He said they couldn't challenge him its in his contract sole say on transfers and team selection.

Hecky didn't want Dobbin last season but the hierarchy insisted on him coming - thank god.

I criticised the hierarchy for not bring Hecky to book about his poor signings, poor tactics and his own poor performance. They did have meetings but nothing changed, in his contract he had sole say in everything team related and any interference and he would have been off.
How come we lost 5 strikers in the summer and only signed 2 recognised in kenny and Erabi? Reply was we signed 4 as Lang and Delano are strikers. Not his fault if they aren't scoring.

Why did we waste over £2 million on lang, Pompey pulled our pants down with that transfer. HECKY insisted that was who he wanted so the hirearchy backed him and got him. He's been unlucky with injuries having arrived with one then got another.

Why wasn't the defence strengthened 2/3 years ago, only Gibson of the CH's has changed , Storey, Hughes and Lindsay should have gone as they are too slow at this level. Nobody came in for them they are under contract where do they go?

There is little doubt that a lot of this mess is on Hecky and it clearly shows what a poor manager he is. The writing was on the wall in his first season when we were nearly relegated. He should have been potted at end of his second season. He just walks away with his pay off doing punidtry on Sky.

No news on the proposed take over.


Last night was no surprise and having gone down to 10 men we only conceded 1 goal. Don't forget Brum had not won at home all season and their fans get on their backs very quickly.

I can't see us getting out of this mess as those teams around us who you think would struggle are getting valuable points Cardiff, Bolton etc.

Watford conceded 4 at the weekend, 5 last night so it shows how bad we are when they turned us over.

I feel for Grezza as the January window will not come soon enough and who will want to come. I have listened to him post Brum , he can't slag the players off in public I get that but his comments were wrong, the majority of those players are either out of their depth, too slow and switch off at vital times. You can get away with it in Lge 1 and 2 but not in the championship.

Its a tough watch at the moment and with Wrexham and West Brom to come its going to get even tougher

Name your source.

 

[OB1]

Name your source.

Does it need naming? I can practically see Ridsdale typing it

 

[Bobbage]

Does it need naming? I can practically see Ridsdale typing it

I just wanted to see SPENDER say it.

 

[Longshanks]

Name your source.

He's making it up as he goes along.

 

[Jürgen Krapp]

I don't know why I'm bothering but assuming this is what Ridsdale is putting out there, it barely stands up to scrutiny.

The representative doesn't think the players are as bad as they are being made out to be

Bottom of the league

Hecky has sole say in who he wanted and the CEO/OWNER/CHAIRMAN went out and did their best to get them, no due diligence was done on them apart from a couple unnamed that were not really wanted but Hecky got his way. He said they couldn't challenge him its in his contract sole say on transfers and team selection.

Hecky didn't want Dobbin last season but the hierarchy insisted on him coming - thank god.

Taken together this is hilarious. "The manager is responsible for all the signings, except the one that was good." Very convenient isn't it, everything bad was Heckingbottom, everything good was Ridsdale.

I criticised the hierarchy for not bring Hecky to book about his poor signings, poor tactics and his own poor performance. They did have meetings but nothing changed, in his contract he had sole say in everything team related and any interference and he would have been off.

So they thought Heckingbottom was doing a bad job, held meetings with him about it, nothing changed and then did nothing about it?

"We tried nothing and we're all out of ideas".

Imagine that at any of our work places.

How come we lost 5 strikers in the summer and only signed 2 recognised in kenny and Erabi? Reply was we signed 4 as Lang and Delano are strikers. Not his fault if they aren't scoring.

I mean they're not are they? Who's looked at all the evidence of Burgzorg before signing him and concluded he was a striker? You only need to look at the highlight reels and heat maps.

Why did we waste over £2 million on lang, Pompey pulled our pants down with that transfer. HECKY insisted that was who he wanted so the hirearchy backed him and got him. He's been unlucky with injuries having arrived with one then got another.

How is it unlucky when his injury record indicated this was a likelihood?

Why wasn't the defence strengthened 2/3 years ago, only Gibson of the CH's has changed , Storey, Hughes and Lindsay should have gone as they are too slow at this level. Nobody came in for them they are under contract where do they go?

Why are they under contract? I don't recall us giving Liam Lindsay a 7 year contract or Jordan Storey a 10 year one upon their signing.

 

[Jürgen Krapp]

No wait, I have another one

The representative doesn't think the players are as bad as they are being made out to be.

Proceeds to point out the strikers aren't scoring and no one wants to take the defenders off our hands.

 

[europne]

I have been in contact with someone from the club regarding the state we are in and here are some of their replies.

The representative doesn't think the players are as bad as they are being made out to be. I disagreed League 1 at best there less than a handful who are up to standard

Hecky has sole say in who he wanted and the CEO/OWNER/CHAIRMAN went out and did their best to get them, no due diligence was done on them apart from a couple unnamed that were not really wanted but Hecky got his way. He said they couldn't challenge him its in his contract sole say on transfers and team selection.

Hecky didn't want Dobbin last season but the hierarchy insisted on him coming - thank god.

I criticised the hierarchy for not bring Hecky to book about his poor signings, poor tactics and his own poor performance. They did have meetings but nothing changed, in his contract he had sole say in everything team related and any interference and he would have been off.
How come we lost 5 strikers in the summer and only signed 2 recognised in kenny and Erabi? Reply was we signed 4 as Lang and Delano are strikers. Not his fault if they aren't scoring.

Why did we waste over £2 million on lang, Pompey pulled our pants down with that transfer. HECKY insisted that was who he wanted so the hirearchy backed him and got him. He's been unlucky with injuries having arrived with one then got another.

Why wasn't the defence strengthened 2/3 years ago, only Gibson of the CH's has changed , Storey, Hughes and Lindsay should have gone as they are too slow at this level. Nobody came in for them they are under contract where do they go?

There is little doubt that a lot of this mess is on Hecky and it clearly shows what a poor manager he is. The writing was on the wall in his first season when we were nearly relegated. He should have been potted at end of his second season. He just walks away with his pay off doing punidtry on Sky.

No news on the proposed take over.


Last night was no surprise and having gone down to 10 men we only conceded 1 goal. Don't forget Brum had not won at home all season and their fans get on their backs very quickly.

I can't see us getting out of this mess as those teams around us who you think would struggle are getting valuable points Cardiff, Bolton etc.

Watford conceded 4 at the weekend, 5 last night so it shows how bad we are when they turned us over.

I feel for Grezza as the January window will not come soon enough and who will want to come. I have listened to him post Brum , he can't slag the players off in public I get that but his comments were wrong, the majority of those players are either out of their depth, too slow and switch off at vital times. You can get away with it in Lge 1 and 2 but not in the championship.

Its a tough watch at the moment and with Wrexham and West Brom to come its going to get even tougher

Is it the cleaner you have been talking to Archie??

Because if it’s anyone above that they want sacking straight away.

We lost 5 players who scored goals, Dobbin, Osmajic, Jebbison, Keane and Smith.

Lang was already here, but injured!

We signed Erabi , a rookie who replaced the other rookie who I can’t remember his name, nowhere near good enough.
We signed Burgzorg who is recognised as in the useless category and certainly not a striker.
And we panicked into a last minute transfer for Kenny who again is not proven and injury prone.

That performance in transfer activity is so inept you could weep.

And yet because of the structure created by the owners it’s all smoke and mirrors and everyone denies responsibility.

It’s time to stand up now Craig, your troops have fucked up big style and as the owner you are carrying the can for their ineptitude.

Your dad would not be impressed.

 

[Archie LEACH]

Name your source.

no i won't