Confirmed Paul Heckingbottom new PNE manager.

[Final Stand]

But Craig and Peter keep telling us that our aim is the top division… 😬😬

I’m just waiting for the lecture that will surely come..
What we need now, is patience. It will take 4 or 5 transfer windows for PH to build his squad.

This club will see relegation long long before any promotion. 😫

Building again, it would be interesting to know how many houses have been built by the Hemmings family during Ridsfails reign because North End seem to be continuously building but never complete.

Ridsfail out !

 

[monky1234]

Didn't see the Oxford game as I was away, but that's how I saw it against Harrogate. Hughes as more a defensive full back and then Potts getting further forward. As the out of possession formation looked more a back 4. Hopefully this is the case moving forward as actually makes more sense having Okkels and Bowler.

 

[Bullmassive 61]

Good luck to Paul Heckingbottom and Stuart McCall

 

[Pennyhome]

PNE man's view on expiring deal amid Paul Heckingbottom excitement

Ex-Newcastle United and Swansea City shot-stopper has entered the final year of his deal

www.lep.co.uk

Sounds like he’s enjoying the new set up

Do wonder wether there’s a new deal in the pipe line ?

 

[MattPNE17]

PNE man's view on expiring deal amid Paul Heckingbottom excitement

Ex-Newcastle United and Swansea City shot-stopper has entered the final year of his deal

www.lep.co.uk

Sounds like he’s enjoying the new set up

Do wonder wether there’s a new deal in the pipe line ?

Was good against Luton and had nothing to do against Harrogate, but the errors against Sheff Utd and Oxford are pretty horrific. Not unforgivable, but not easily forgotten.

Woodman has never been commanding of his area or communicated well. Anything that is 50:50 or needs claiming by either a defender or a keeper, he doesn't shout for it. There was a highlight from the Luton game on one of their corners first half where he looks absolutely pinned to his line behind a group of bodies and seems completely panicked, then there's a quintessential example of the lack of communication in a highlight before we score where he mixes up with the defender and they needlessly concede a corner. He seems to have no confidence in himself.

He can be an asset, we have seen it - but we have every right to point out that we haven't been seeing it so much recently.

 

[Dreyfuss]

PNE man's view on expiring deal amid Paul Heckingbottom excitement

Ex-Newcastle United and Swansea City shot-stopper has entered the final year of his deal

www.lep.co.uk

Sounds like he’s enjoying the new set up

Do wonder wether there’s a new deal in the pipe line ?

When he signed the announcement stated it was a three year deal but stipulated that he would be here til "at least 2025". There's gonna be an extra year clause in his contract.

So, there's no need to fret over offering an extension. We just gotta hope all these "at least" style contracts are in the clubs favour, not the individual players - like we saw in Bauer's case.

 

[Thracia]

Postscript on Peter's exhaustive search for a new manager - he never talked to Brian Barry-Murphy:

Barry-Murphy is ruling nothing out and has already held talks with one Championship club since he left City, although, despite media links, that wasn’t the recent vacancy at Deepdale.​

​

“Honestly, I never spoke to anybody at Preston, ever,” he revealed, adding he hasn’t set a Championship role as his target. “I’m dead against saying that I want to go here or there. I don’t want to label myself.​

​

“I had interest from Europe and wouldn’t rule that out. But my clear objective is that it has to align with how I think a club should work and play football.”​

Brian Barry-Murphy interview: I’m ready for my next challenge after leaving Man City

In an exclusive interview, the Irishman tells Manchester World about his career and managerial plans after leaving Manchester City.

www.manchesterworld.uk

 

[NorthEndNerd]

I think the issue with Freddie is that he is just a very mediocre Championship goalkeeper one who clubs from 17th downwards would have as first choice.

His shot stopping is mediocre, his distribution mediocre, his commanding of his box mediocre, his communication mediocre and I think we all expected better because we signed him from Newcastle and he had a cracking clean sheet record at Swansea but its evident to see now why Newcastle let him go for free. I think he's been stat padded due to having good defences in front of him or defensive/possession minded coaches meaning he's not actually as good as made out. I vaguely remember seeing some of his stats whilst with us and for the league they were painfully mediocre.

The number of times the ball has hit the back of the net before he has even dived is painful to see and when you start adding mistakes to his game it just compounds the issue of that he is not good enough for our "ambitions". If you want a good example of his diving look at Grimes's penalty at Swansea. The only thing I would say he is good at is catching shots straight at him.

If we have Premier League ambitions we need better, he's another one paid too handsomely for what he produces and will probably get rewarded with a new contract to protect the "asset" when nobody is parting with a pound to take him away from us.

 

[Heck Tuah]

I think the issue with Freddie is that he is just a very mediocre Championship goalkeeper one who clubs from 17th downwards would have as first choice.

His shot stopping is mediocre, his distribution mediocre, his commanding of his box mediocre, his communication mediocre and I think we all expected better because we signed him from Newcastle and he had a cracking clean sheet record at Swansea but its evident to see now why Newcastle let him go for free. I think he's been stat padded due to having good defences in front of him or defensive/possession minded coaches meaning he's not actually as good as made out. I vaguely remember seeing some of his stats whilst with us and for the league they were painfully mediocre.

The number of times the ball has hit the back of the net before he has even dived is painful to see and when you start adding mistakes to his game it just compounds the issue of that he is not good enough for our "ambitions". If you want a good example of his diving look at Grimes's penalty at Swansea. The only thing I would say he is good at is catching shots straight at him.

If we have Premier League ambitions we need better, he's another one paid too handsomely for what he produces and will probably get rewarded with a new contract to protect the "asset" when nobody is parting with a pound to take him away from us.

This is precisely what I was trying to get across a couple of weeks ago in the transfer thread. He is nowhere near as good as people think he is.

I will be ecstatic to be proven wrong.

 

[Staffordwhite]

Postscript on Peter's exhaustive search for a new manager - he never talked to Brian Barry-Murphy:

Barry-Murphy is ruling nothing out and has already held talks with one Championship club since he left City, although, despite media links, that wasn’t the recent vacancy at Deepdale.​

​

“Honestly, I never spoke to anybody at Preston, ever,” he revealed, adding he hasn’t set a Championship role as his target. “I’m dead against saying that I want to go here or there. I don’t want to label myself.​

​

“I had interest from Europe and wouldn’t rule that out. But my clear objective is that it has to align with how I think a club should work and play football.”​

Brian Barry-Murphy interview: I’m ready for my next challenge after leaving Man City

In an exclusive interview, the Irishman tells Manchester World about his career and managerial plans after leaving Manchester City.

www.manchesterworld.uk

You do wonder what exactly Sleepy Pete was doing in that week leading up to the Swansea game. 🤔

He hadn't spoken to Hecky nor BBM.

Maybe he was just loving the media spotlight - or too busy signing random players - to do the job he's actually paid for.

#RidsdaleOut

 

[Bobbage]

You do wonder what exactly Sleepy Pete was doing in that week leading up to the Swansea game. 🤔

He hadn't spoken to Hecky nor BBM.

Maybe he was just loving the media spotlight - or too busy signing random players - to do the job he's actually paid for.

#RidsdaleOut

I wonder if he'd been sounded out and verbal agreements made back in December but Auntie K wouldn't let Craig have any extra pocket money?


Post in thread 'New poll needed, RL sacked or not?' New poll needed, RL sacked or not?

 

[Thracia]

You do wonder what exactly Sleepy Pete was doing in that week leading up to the Swansea game. 🤔

He hadn't spoken to Hecky nor BBM.

Maybe he was just loving the media spotlight - or too busy signing random players - to do the job he's actually paid for.

#RidsdaleOut

I suspect he'd already put his feet up assuming Marsh would see us through to the international break/transfer window close, then he could start the managerial search.

The Swansea debacle and Marsh quitting suddenly added a note of urgency, so he binned the 60-odd applications he'd received and gave PH a call.

 

[HunterLionheart]

I suspect he'd already put his feet up assuming Marsh would see us through to the international break/transfer window close, then he could start the managerial search.

The Swansea debacle and Marsh quitting suddenly added a note of urgency, so he binned the 60-odd applications he'd received and gave PH a call.

Or there was just an arbitrary filter of 'Championship Experience' used to bin off most of them.

 

[Bodney Rewes]

I wonder how the managerial appointment process works under Ridsdale. Wasn't there talk when he appointed Lowe that he didn't speak to anyone else?

 

[Schemer]

Postscript on Peter's exhaustive search for a new manager - he never talked to Brian Barry-Murphy:

Barry-Murphy is ruling nothing out and has already held talks with one Championship club since he left City, although, despite media links, that wasn’t the recent vacancy at Deepdale.​

​

“Honestly, I never spoke to anybody at Preston, ever,” he revealed, adding he hasn’t set a Championship role as his target. “I’m dead against saying that I want to go here or there. I don’t want to label myself.​

​

“I had interest from Europe and wouldn’t rule that out. But my clear objective is that it has to align with how I think a club should work and play football.”​

Brian Barry-Murphy interview: I’m ready for my next challenge after leaving Man City

In an exclusive interview, the Irishman tells Manchester World about his career and managerial plans after leaving Manchester City.

www.manchesterworld.uk

I must admit, he was my choice, but on reflection, I think appointing him would have been a mistake. At the end of last season, with a full pre-season and transfer window ahead, yes, but trying to get this squad playing his close passing and possession style with the season already underway could have ended very badly.

 

[Thracia]

I must admit, he was my choice, but on reflection, I think appointing him would have been a mistake. At the end of last season, with a full pre-season and transfer window ahead, yes, but trying to get this squad playing his close passing and possession style with the season already underway could have ended very badly.

We should surely have spoken to him though, yeah? There should surely have been a process? We were supposed to be getting "the right person", but it increasingly looks like that meant "the easiest person". Those 85 applicants may as well not bother next time, if Peter's still in charge of the selection.

 

[Thracia]

But Craig and Peter keep telling us that our aim is the top division… 😬😬

I’m just waiting for the lecture that will surely come..
What we need now, is patience. It will take 4 or 5 transfer windows for PH to build his squad.

This club will see relegation long long before any promotion. 😫

PH in today's LEP pretty much confirms it - evolution not revolution, wait till the transfer windows come round, "up there, competing" is back to being the long-term goal:

Heckingbottom when asked what success would be for the Lilywhites this season:​

​

"Yeah, it’s a big (question). We’ve got goals and I am not bothered how long it takes, as long as you achieve them. Does that make sense? So, the next aim is winning the next game.​

​

"That is the most important thing, but there are long-term goals to get up there, competing. But yeah, we’ve just come through the door. The team will naturally evolve over time, it just will do. Especially when windows come round - we have to see them as opportunities. Things all the time will change, but the goal won’t change."​

​

It isn't PH's fault - he's right, he has only just come through the door. But it exposes what we have "built" over Lowe's 6 transfer windows (and Ridsdale's last 19) - a squad designed to get you to the next transfer window.

 

[Final Stand]

PH in today's LEP pretty much confirms it - evolution not revolution, wait till the transfer windows come round, "up there, competing" is back to being the long-term goal:

Heckingbottom when asked what success would be for the Lilywhites this season:​

​

"Yeah, it’s a big (question). We’ve got goals and I am not bothered how long it takes, as long as you achieve them. Does that make sense? So, the next aim is winning the next game.​

​

"That is the most important thing, but there are long-term goals to get up there, competing. But yeah, we’ve just come through the door. The team will naturally evolve over time, it just will do. Especially when windows come round - we have to see them as opportunities. Things all the time will change, but the goal won’t change."​

​

It isn't PH's fault - he's right, he has only just come through the door. But it exposes what we have "built" over Lowe's 6 transfer windows (and Ridsdale's last 19) - a squad designed to get you to the next transfer window.

A transfer policy aimed to keep Ridsfails retirement funds continuing ?

 

[Bobbage]

PH in today's LEP pretty much confirms it - evolution not revolution, wait till the transfer windows come round, "up there, competing" is back to being the long-term goal:

Heckingbottom when asked what success would be for the Lilywhites this season:​

​

"Yeah, it’s a big (question). We’ve got goals and I am not bothered how long it takes, as long as you achieve them. Does that make sense? So, the next aim is winning the next game.​

​

"That is the most important thing, but there are long-term goals to get up there, competing. But yeah, we’ve just come through the door. The team will naturally evolve over time, it just will do. Especially when windows come round - we have to see them as opportunities. Things all the time will change, but the goal won’t change."​

​

It isn't PH's fault - he's right, he has only just come through the door. But it exposes what we have "built" over Lowe's 6 transfer windows (and Ridsdale's last 19) - a squad designed to get you to the next transfer window.

I'm all for a healthy dose of reality after all that spin and garbled buzzword nonsense. Heck's budget (for the whole year?) has gone, and he's focussing on improving what he has available rather than blame or moan but clearly he doesn't see us as being promotion contenders at this stage and won't be blowing smoke up anyone's arse about our chances of immediate success.

He has a long-term goal, but more importantly has a real plan to implement it step-by-step.

Not just by telling players/dirctors/owners they're all fantastichh and to have more belief.