With Leeds poised to announce Dave “who?” Hockaday as manager/head-coach, the fan reaction has been mixed (at best). However, the one thing we don’t have a handle on is how the players have reacted to this underwhelming appointment.
Like Snodgrass before him, Ross will be looking for ambition from the club. Our talisman has straight-up stated that he wants to play in the Premiership and cannot wait 2 years to do so – which means he’s looking to Cellino to assemble a team that could genuinely challenge to do exactly that. Ross (like the fans) will be looking for genuine quality to be added and it’s inconceivable to think that appointing a manager who failed miserably at Forest Green.
Could appointing Hockaday cause disharmony?
If I were a Leeds player with ambitions of getting promoted I’d want to see a strong leader appointed; someone proven at this (or higher) levels. Mr Hockaday, while an unknown entity, is not proven and feedback from his non-league managerial appointment has been anything but positive.
Ross even retweeted a parody account:
https://twitter.com/Dave_Hockaday/status/478959812362113025
With various clubs bidding for Ross (with Cardiff rumoured to bid £9m), I wouldn’t expect this managerial appointment is going to sit easy with him. But then we don’t know what happened behind closed doors when Massimo met with the players.
Time will tell…