I think i have discovered why various Wolves managers have failed over the last few years.It's got nothing at all to do with footballing ability but all to do with lack of pun based headlines generated by their names.Yes we had Stale Solbakken but that was limited.ie " Wolves go Stale" Frankly the others were'nt even trying to help our beleaguered sports hack find that snappy headline that would pull the punters in...
But now Wolves have a new manager----Surely the most repeated sentence over the last eighteen months---And joy upon joy his name is Kenny Jackett,thereby providing journalists and sub-editors alike with a chance of magnificent wordplay that will surely lead to a Pulitzer prize one day.
It won't be easy though,his name may well lead to an outbreak of puntastically pun heavy red top strap lines but it does'nt jump out immediately.They will have to work a bit to earn their crust.Until the day he's inevitably fired of course.The "No Jackett required" headline is already sitting there waiting to be used thereby confirming both a lack of imagination and an awful taste in music...
Let's hope that day does'nt come soon...Anything over six months would justify a loyalty bonus at the moment----However i have a good feeling about Kenny even before a ball has been kicked.he's not the big name some desired but a steady hand on the tiller which is exactly what the club needs.
Even before he met the players he met a delegation of supporters in the Wolves museum,a nice touch.Ok it was PR but much needed to begin bridging the chasm that's grown between club and fans.He also said that he will conduct a tour of the museum with any new signings to drum into them what the history & tradition of Wolves mean to those that matter.The fans...
Kenny also confirmed he knows about our youth players and that those considered good enough will be given their chance.Quite a few have got games over the last two relegation seasons but my feeling is they were only plunged into the fray due to injuries & desperation by panicking managers and not looked after the correct way.
He's also started the much needed clear out of the deadwood which has been weighing the club down these last two seasons.No doubt he's been given the remit to cut the wage bill to suit our League One status---Yes we're a League One club,not a Championship/Premiership club just visiting---For Kenny the happy fact is that the high earners are also the deadwood mostly.
Jackett has already recognised that a fair few players have been here far too long and grown lazy and bloated mentally and,in the case of some,physically.He's not been slow in identifying the problem and getting on with doing something about it...Something the last four managers we're either unable or unwilling to get to grips with.
After two years of crisis heaped upon crisis, of double relegation,of fan revolt--albeit fairly mild in the circumstances---of basically the club giving incompetence a bad name we finally appear to be heading in the right direction under KJ.It's also noticeable---Via what i have been judging on twitter & facebook---that many fans are getting their mojo back and are looking forward to the upcoming campaign.
Of course the acid test is yet to come,the actual playing of the football.At the moment i am cautiously hopeful about our chances,which is a thousand percent improvement on the last few years...
Is Kenny the man to pull us out of this malaise? Lord i hope so otherwise many Wolves fans may just Jack it in...
I'll get my coat...
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