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The manager is a "dud" and I've seen many in my time watching and supporting Hibs! Just compare this guy with previous managers like Stubbsy and esp Lenny - it is "night n day" and Heckingbottom looks like a manager with limited attributes to organise and lift a footie team. He is a footie manager who will give the fans inconsistent results like DDWLLDWDWL etc. Also the idea that we continue and give him every chance to "turn it around"?? IMO absolute folly and Hertz could possibly do us a favour by beating Hibs and see Hibs fans finally "turn" against Heckingbottom en masse! Normally an Embro Derby takes care of itself anyway and the players tend to "raise their game" but this one is unusual in the fact that both managers are under intense pressure to survive. I also notice that Potter kept quite a few of his 1st team regulars out of their game v M'well - keeping players fresh for his more important Embro Derby again eh? I don't believe a Derby win should be the saviour of either manager TBF about it but possibly an unwelcome defeat may "force" Dempster to act, a move that could prove to be positive for the club, the team and Hibs fans who have been fretting about Heckingbottom for months!