Quote: Captain Hook "Nobody found a place for J Clark yet? And what about Matt Davis? This coaching malarkey may be harder than I thought.'"
I was close to putting Thewlis ahead of Charnley based on last season, but I thought overall Thewlis still has time on his hands and a fresh approach for Charnley under Powell might get him back to his best.
As J Clark, Davis and the others they’re not actually bad squad cover, and I think when you look at Thewlis, Wrench, Longstaff, Bullock, Butler, Harrison etc we have better depth than a lot of clubs. Especially bearing in mind that Powell seems to develop average players into good ones.
There are always things that are uncertain when new coach comes in, but I feel more upbeat about this season than I have for a while. Not sure if it’s Powell’s record of improving teams, or just the change of playing style we can expect. Or maybe it’s because the pandemic is finishing.