The summer is nearly here – despite some of the recent weather – and I am expecting plenty of changes at the club in all honesty.
Certainly, it’s clear that we need a number of new players to come in and the same can be said for those leaving whilst Paul Heckingbottom could also be under scrutiny.
Plenty of us want him out at the moment and, after Phil Hay’s latest column on him, it’s clear that that feeling isn’t going away:
A barren year of results for Paul Heckingbottom. So can he turn it around at Leeds United – and do the club believe he can turn it around?https://t.co/jFvEqUfs4t
— Phil Hay (@PhilHay_) May 2, 2018
You know things aren't going well when you're constantly checking Twitter for managerial news.
Think most are just fed up with Hecky at this point. We all didn't really want him but tried to get behind him. And it just isn't ever gonna work with him and the fans, is it?
— 🙂 (@Max_LUFC) May 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/ephemeraljoy/status/991572178222149633
Can't remember the last time i got excited at a #lufc managerial appointment
— Matt Massarella-Gill (@3788MG) May 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/BarneyStuart21/status/991574514008981504
Yess Phil! Good to see questions start to be asked of him in the media. His record & lack of identity is shocking! When you lose the Leeds fans you dont win them back.
— Lee Thompson (@lufcThommo) May 2, 2018
A thousand no's. Should never have been appointed in the 1st place.
— Bielsa's Cheese Wedge Ultras (@Allcheese1) May 2, 2018
No
— joe spencer (@joespencer123) May 2, 2018
I can't believe they paid barnsley to release him from his contract just goes to show they haven't a Scrooby doo what thier doing.
— Simon (@bulmer_simon) May 2, 2018
The Verdict
I think he’ll end up staying for the summer to see what side he can build but whether that is the right idea or not remains to be seen.
As one of the tweets said, once you lose us it’s hard to win us back and I think the boss will discover that unless he pulls off something very substantial in the coming window – about which I have my doubts.
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