Im suprised that Chris hasnt been in the hot seat since Huddersfield and read somewhere recently he was scouting for Spurs....surprised he hasnt been snapped up by a lower league club, but seems Southend are about to announce him......
Now if potential new owners were savvy, they would have him lined up in a position already....who better than to unite our fanbase?
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That fourth return I believe will happen one day can not come soon enough.
That said, I hope one day we separate the idea of uniting the fan base and appointing Chris Powell. I think there are other ways to do it and I think it provides for a very narrow definition of success from new ownership.
The Hudds gig seems to have defined him more than our title winning season.
His legacy with us goes far beyond his management stint - good as it was.
Do we overrate him? Is he underrated by others like Hudds? Somewhere in the middle?
Some didn't like his style of football but he never had the budget to improve the team after the title winning season. It was far more important to get out of League 1 than play attractive football. It's not as if he played out and out long ball either.
We was always going to struggle in 13/14 as we didn't have any investment in the squad.
Went to huddersfield with a limited budget and had his best players sold from underneath him. New guy comes in and is given a load of money and gets them promoted.
All this big club little club stuff is a red herring. You're as big as your budget and huddersfield weren't a small budget team when they went up.
If you want to see why British managers aren't given a chance then look at Huddersfield. They had a stellar run between December and February. They kept 'blowing teams away' but finished with a negative GD. They then defended their way through the playoffs and won on penalties. Since being promoted they cant score (19 in 23) or keep hold of the ball for longer than 2 passes. But they've got Wagner in charge and he's a miracle worker who just oozes attractive football.
I understand that Curbs is persona non grata with football clubs and will possibly never manage again, but Powell?
were we fully funded when we finished 9th season after promotion
The next season when we didn't have any funding, things went far less smoothly...
If you look at this you'll see they spent a huge 1.3m last season and made a profit the year before!
http://www.transferleague.co.uk/huddersfield-town/english-football-teams/huddersfield-town-transfers
To say Wagner was given loads of money and didn't have a small budget simply isn't true.
Before the money was withdrawn, we were being linked with players like Sone Aluko and Richie De Laet, so one wonders what could’ve been