Quote Kettykat="Kettykat"He’s forming a trusted group of professionals around him who have and will work very well together with him .Time is ticking and our squad is not quite there yet complete and obviously will need lots of bonding /training sessions to hit the ground running and to have to do the same will all the back room staff would I presume be a bridge too far for Powell . Its one less very important piece of the jigsaw he has to worry about, as the eyes of the Trinity faithful will be glued on him and expect results from the off ,and obviously less pressure on him knowing the back room staff as well as he does and that they are at the top of their game .'"
TBH I don’t think Powell will feel under great pressure. He needs to assemble a team that can finish top 4 imo and then garnish it to maybe make the final. We will want to win it, but we don’t have too, we’d probably still get back in.
This will be due mainly to us having more IMG points than anyone else. It’s far easier to gain IMG points off the field than it is to go all out on it. There is no chance involved.
You can see the clubs confidence in the signings they are making. Two kinds of players. Proven professionals who will keep us competitive in the Championship. Then a number of what are basically trialists, players he hopes to have honed to a reasonable level by 2025. He’s preparing the ground, and to do that you must be pretty confident.
It’s the same mentality with the cheap ST, building for the future when he can charge SL prices.
That’s how I see it anyway.
