Originally Posted by
Moodybluebird
Nobody was thinking that way when the team marched up the table on the way to the play-offs. Almost to a man on here, the feelings were that our initial assessment of NH's capabilities as a manager was wrong. He managed to make us very difficult to beat, especially away from home, all the while trying to gradually move away from Warnockball.
And the football wasn't always dreadful. Middlesboro away, Preston away, Fulham away in the play-offs were all very good performances. Indeed when we beat Huddersfield away, their fans acknowledged what a really good solid side we were.
Some pointed to NH's poor final season with Millwall as an indicator of what would happen here but given the quality of the players he signed for us in the close season, that seemed unlikely to be repeated.
No, it didn't end well but you have to give the man credit for what was accomplished last season after NW's departure and for the players he has recruited since. Certainly not a wasted 12 months in my view.