broomo wrote:Could be a long first post for something that may not happen.
I think it has a chance first and foremost because your Chairman has a reputation for being good to work with and that's an important factor in Nigel Clough's thinking.
Just to put a bit of meat on the bones for those who say he takes too long.
The revolution at Burton began immediately, in his first two seasons he was runners up in the Southern League with record points for a 2nd placed side.
The second year they were pipped by Fatty Evans at Boston who it turned out had been massively cheating.
Year 3 he was promoted, again with record points and record goals.
They then played in the Conference as the only part time club, training twice a week, while they built the Pirelli.
Once they drew Man Utd in the cup they went full time and finished 7th, 5th (beaten by Cambridge in the p/o semis) and the next season they were top and clear by 13 points winning a record 12 games on the spin.
At Derby he cut the wage bill from 38 million to just under 10 million and built a squad capable of pushing for the play offs despite having to generate his own transfer budget.
10 of the 11 who started the p/o final were his signings and the 11th, Craig Bryson was stupidly left out.
At Sheff Utd, he took them from 3rd bottom to 7th and an FA Cup semi in his first half season and then finished 5th and got them to a league cup semi in his 2nd. They had the 4th highest budget in League One but a lot of that budget came from cup runs and the Harry Maguire sale to Hull. He also signed Che Adams from Ilkeston for 250k and Adams on his own made a profit on all of his transfer dealings.
He then took over at Burton and despite the myth that he only just crept over the line, they were only ever out of the top 2 for one week and were a gnats chuff away from besting Wigan which would have seen them go up as Champs.
He then survived a season in the Championship despite having by far the lowest budget.
What can you expect if he comes?
First of all he'll simplify the instructions to the players, they'll be in no doubt what their jobs are and if they don't follow instructions they won't last long.
Anyone from the academy who shows signs of promise should be licking their lips. They WILL be given an opportunity. He puts huge trust in the young lads.
He'll sign players you've never heard of and who will probably leave you underwhelmed at first but who will then win player of the season.
He'll freeze out one or two who will have you scratching your head but he'll have done it for a reason.
He'll have you playing pragmatic football at first until or unless you already have the players here to play one and two touch pass and move football.
He'll eventually build a side that has a centre forward who can hold the ball and bring others into the game, there'll be at least one central midfield runner who bombs on and gets double figures goals wise.
He'll build a squad of good characters and he'll do it for buttons.
He'll turn around the career of someone in the squad who is already here and us under rated.
There will be cup upsets, his record when playing teams from a higher level us unreal. He takes every game seriously and expects the players to so the same. 3 major cup semi finals as a League One side shows that.
The Academy will produce talent but that talent will need to be sold until you're at a certain level.
He'll build a side and a team you can be proud of.
IF he comes I'll never be off this place. If he doesn't then I wish you all the best anyway.
COYS
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