“If I was Kevin Nagle” – Huddersfield Town urged to push for “feel-good” 53-year-old manager appointment

“If I was Kevin Nagle” – Huddersfield Town urged to push for “feel-good” 53-year-old manager appointment

Michael Duff left Huddersfield Town in March, and the team is currently looking for a permanent manager.

Owner Kevin Nagle fired 47-year-old Duff last month after his team lost four of their last five games. Duff had only

taken over at Huddersfield in the summer after they were relegated from the Championship, and his team had spent

the majority of the season in the League One play-off spots.

Given that the Terriers sat just two points outside the top six at the time of Duff’s exit, his dismissal came as a

surprise to many Terriers supporters, and Nagle’s decision to place Jon Worthington in interim charge until the end

of the season has backfired spectacularly.

Worthington has lost seven of his nine games in charge so far, including each of the last five matches, and Town are

now 10th in the table, 11 points from the play-off places ahead of the final game of the campaign at home to Leyton

Orient on Saturday.

As Nagle considered making an early appointment, it was reported earlier this month that Paul Warne and Brian

Barry-Murphy were being considered for the permanent position at John Smith’s Stadium. However, Nagle chose to

remain with Worthington, and the former has since taken over at League Two team MK Dons.

Huddersfield Town told to target David Wagner reunion

In response to a question on who he would like to manage in the summer, Huddersfield Town supporter Gary

Rayner of FLW advised Nagle to speak with former manager David Wagner about maybe rejoining the team.

After a lacklustre season, Graeme thinks the 53-year-old Wagner, who has been unemployed since being fired by

Norwich City in May, could help restore the feel-good factor to the John Smith’s Stadium. Wagner led the Terriers to

promotion to the Premier League in 2017 and kept them in the top flight the following season.

“It is really tricky to know how to answer the question of which manager we should be pursuing because, at the

moment, we don’t know who is going to be the director of football,” Graeme said.

“In my view, if you have a director of football, they are the person who should be dictating the club’s direction and

preferred style of play, and then choosing a manager who fits that.

“It’s really challenging right now because we don’t know who or what that is.

There have been numerous reports, albeit they are most likely unfounded, that David Wagner could be scheduled to

make a comeback.

When it comes to choosing a new manager, if I were Kevin Nagle, I would be searching for someone who would

excite, energise, and uplift the supporters.

The majority of Huddersfield supporters believe that success cannot be repeated and that Wagner would be

jeopardising his legacy by joining the team without any assurances of achieving the kind of success he did previously.

“Many also think there’s a chance that he wouldn’t drop to League One.

Nevertheless, those rumours have been rife among Town supporters over the past few weeks. In my opinion, if there

is a chance to reunite the team and revitalise them in order to return to the Championship and establish themselves

as a competitive team, that would be an intriguing and alluring offer.

“If I were Kevin Nagle, I would call David Wagner because I think that most Huddersfield residents would view it as

the nicest thing that has happened since he left if he could persuade him to take the job.

“I would say him because I can’t think of anyone else who would excite me, but definitely not Wayne Rooney please.”

Although it is understandable why some Huddersfield fans are excited about Wagner’s appointment, Nagle may have

a difficult time persuading the German to return to John Smith’s Stadium.

Wagner is said to be open to rejoining the Terriers at some point, but he is reportedly unsure if now is the right time

to do so. Considering that in his previous managerial position, he guided Norwich to the Championship play-offs, he

should probably aim higher than League One.

It is evident that Town fans still think highly of Wagner, but if he were to lead the team again, he would be entering a

difficult and unstable atmosphere, and as Graeme points out, he might run the risk of tarnishing his reputation.

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