The Leeds United-owned attacker didn’t play a single minute under Paul Heckingbottom.
Speaking to Fotboll Skanalen, Pawel Cibicki has hit out at former Leeds United boss Paul Heckingbottom for not playing him during the second half of last season.
Cibicki, a £1.5 million signing last summer [Aftonbladet], left Leeds this week to join Molde on a six-month loan.
The 24-year-old had been a regular fixture in Thomas Christiansen’s plans after a slow start to life with the West Yorkshire club, but didn’t play a single minute of football under Heckingbottom after Christiansen’s sacking in February.
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The former Barnsley boss won only four of the 16 Championship games that he presided over, and the Swedish attacker feels that Heckingbottom should have changed things up a bit.
He told Fotboll Skanalen: “It’s clear that it’s weird, because it wasn’t going well for the team and they do not win many matches.
“Nevertheless, he [Heckingbottom] does not change, he runs with the same player all the time. If you do not win any matches, you must be able to make changes.
“I’m not saying I’d have made the team much better but changes must happen if you do not win.”
It seems like a fair assessment from the former Malmo star, who was only named in four matchday squads by Heckingbottom.
Including Cibicki might not have been the masterstroke that Leeds needed to turn a corner in regards to results, but a player as versatile as the Swede – who can play on both wings, and up front – could have added something different to the Whites’ attack when they needed it most.
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