Was kind of hoping for Warnock in a bid for promotion, but this is suprisingly leftfield for me, and we have gone down the experienced route recently to catastrophic effect. Be good to see a different style of play. I felt that Cook wasn’t really that different from Lambert. Slightly quicker, and with better players, but way too much sideways passing and little pressing. Any Bielsa influence is fine by me. Also perhaps marks the end of us betting everything on the manager. This has got to be a good thing. My only fear is that it’s more a kind of “trendy” appointment from Ashton; as in all the “modern” clubs have this structure and a young coach with new ideas, but it turns out he can’t actually manage a struggling L1 team. Still, quite excited all in all. | |