Certainly adds spice to the managerial roundabout when PNE get a new man and Sheff W, a rival Championship club, take on the old one.
On Wednesday at 4pm Darren Ferguson and Derek Shaw had a press conference to introduce the new manager. Didn’t seem like it was rehearsed as neither made inspirational listening. From it I took that Darren Ferguson likes to see entertaining football, he doesn’t know how much money he has and I’d think he must tire of people asking if his dad agrees. Derek Shaw referred to Darrens father being a good contact and saying the money would be shown if the target looked right.
Darren has brought his assistant, Kevin Russell, and a trainer, Scott Taylor, from Peterborough so Rob Kelly is probably looking for a job after his great result last Saturday. Having read the Peterborough local newspaper these are people who have been with him for some time and the assistant is someone close.
The match on Saturday is postponed which will help familiarisation.
Alan Irvine must be happy to walk into a new job so quickly and probably still getting his compensation from PNE. An interesting position with Sheff Wed almost at the bottom and having the potential to be a very big club although never achieving it. It would be decent for him to do well although not too well, making PNE look bad isn’t what is wanted, so it’s mixed feelings.
Halfway through the season. 23 games to go and 45-50 more points needed. 14 wins, 8 draws, 1 defeat although 3 defeats might be enough. In reality the play-offs seem unlikely but possible.