Reaction from the guardian's resident curmudgeon Barry Glendinning. Barry's signature persona is cynical, and it's unusual for him to be so positive: like him, I expect to see Wagner back in management - EPL or BL1, maaaybe a very well-financed fallen giant in D2 - before August However, following a net outlay of less than £3m, they finished fifth in the following campaign and secured one of the more unlikely promotions in living memory through the play-offs. Their fairytale rise was secured by a spot-kick in a shootout against Reading scored by their then £1.8m record signing, Christopher Schindler. In a division where the net spend of a comparatively unsuccessful team such as Aston Villa was around £40m, it crowned an extraordinary achievement. Unwilling to gouge the club’s supporters, Hoyle announced there would be no rise in season-ticket prices. ... While Huddersfield stayed up on their own merits, it’s hardly unfair to say they were helped by the proliferation of comparatively rich but terrible teams swirling around the Premier League plughole. Upon signing his latest deal, Wagner made clear the club had by no means consolidated their position in the top flight. “We still have a lot of work to do as we adapt to life in the Premier League,” he said. “But this club and its people have the ambition, desire and attitude to take this challenge on.” The ambition, desire and attitude, certainly. But on the face of all available evidence this season, not the ability. Huddersfield have won two games out of 22, scoring 13 goals. While the effort of Wagner’s players cannot be faulted, and was often praised in defeat by their manager, their inability to score with anything approaching regularity suggests the collective is just not good enough. For every goal they do score, they concede almost three and, eight points adrift of safety, such numbers are simply not sustainable. Following a recent defeat against Fulham their players looked mentally broken, and their most recent match against Cardiff ended with Wagner embarking on a post-match rant against the referee Lee Mason that was uncharacteristically embittered. It was difficult to avoid the suspicion he knew the jig was up.
Leicester City? https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/...ews/leicester-city-new-manager-wagner-2580711 terrible source but interesting possibility.
He was approached when Puel was appointed. Not much noise about him from the local journalists and the more plugged in national ones. Seems Rodgers is the absolute favourite, either now or in the summer.
The speculation is all Rodgers at the moment. Anybody else is mentioned in passing - "and, of course, X is available" - so you'd . The issue is whether Rodgers wants to quit Celtic during the season and whether Celtic are going to cause any difficulties by asking for silly compensation or insisting that he completes the season.
Exclusive: Fulham are lining up David Wagner to take over as permanent manager | @samcunningham https://t.co/wLQwhlmUNi— i sport (@iPaperSport) March 21, 2019
Schalke? Former Huddersfield Town manager David Wagner is set to be named as the new Schalke head coach this week, according to Bild. Great appointment, should help them recover next season. #S04— Ronan Murphy (@swearimnotpaul) April 30, 2019
Might not be the most popular hire, given his BVB connections. Should be good news for Haji though. He's said to be a master motivator, and if anyone needs that it's Haji.
Update title. David #Wagner wird zur kommenden Saison Chef-Trainer beim #S04- alle Infos dazu hier 👉🏽 https://t.co/XjbtDjVYAk pic.twitter.com/UqwcJUy4wG— FC Schalke 04 (@s04) May 9, 2019 signed until 2022.
Found these gems on twitter Our American connection continues to grow 😏🇺🇸#s04 #SchalkeUS🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Y9Z6qZKani— Schalke 04 USA🇺🇸 (@s04_us) May 10, 2019 Welcome to Schalke, the Wagners💙Christmas should be good this year 😏🎄#s04 #SchalkeUS🇺🇸 https://t.co/674cCt48hX— Schalke 04 USA🇺🇸 (@s04_us) May 10, 2019
How's Schalke's preseason going? Also, @TheFalseNine can we get a thread title change? Huddersfield Town --> Schalke 04.
After their stunning victory over RB Leipzig, @BundesPL looks at Schalke's revival this season. https://t.co/yc4bLyk5p3— StatsBomb (@StatsBomb) September 30, 2019
Kicker questionnaire involving 239 Bundesliga players [via @GabrielStachFCB] pic.twitter.com/biJV4lnl0q— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) January 5, 2020 Kicker polled players and Wagner gets included on Mangers that have done the best this hinrunde
Jonjoe Kenny has credited David Wagner with making him a @Bundesliga_EN successhttps://t.co/F08jwhhAP5— Alex Chaffer (@AlexChaffer) January 7, 2020
Klinsmann: "Das war ein Abnutzungsspiel" - 20. Spieltag, Trainerstimmen #BL https://t.co/xngjcc6iJr— kicker ⬢ Bundesliga (@kicker_BL) January 31, 2020 0-0 Tie vs Hertha