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We continue our look at the favourites for Huddersfield Town manager…
3rd) SLAVISA JOKANOVIC
Jokanovic has a great record in the Championship, taking both Watford and Fulham to promotion.
He was linked with the Stoke City job before they appointed Luton Town boss Nathan Jones. Then he was heavy favourites to replace Aitor Karanka at Nottingham Forest.
Current odds on Sky Bet: 6/1
2nd) MARK HUDSON
Mark Hudson, a coach, is currently caretaker manager at Huddersfield Town.
He made over 100 appearances for the club over three years and was part of the team that won promotion from the Championship.
Since his retirement he has been the under 23s manager and holds an UEFA B licence. He studying for the UEFA A category.
He doesn’t have a UEFA Pro Licence, which is a must if he wants to be managing full-time in the Premier League.
Current odds on Sky Bet: 5/2
1st) SAM ALLARDYCE
Sam Allardyce has only managed England on an international level, however left his job after one game due to the 2016 Daily Telegraph investigation.
His other managerial jobs includes Limerick (player-manager, won League of Ireland First Division 1991/92), Preston (caretaker), Blackpool, Notts County (won Third Division 1997/98), Bolton (won First Division playoffs 2001), Newcastle, Blackburn, West Ham (won Championship playoffs 2012), Sunderland, Crystal Palace and most recently Everton.
He won’t be favourite for long however after talking to Sky Sports today, saying: “They are rock bottom of the Premier League and I don’t think I could change that situation, so for me it is not the right match. It is not the job for me.
“Huddersfield haven’t got enough goals to get them out of trouble. That has been the one failing.
“No club has got out of such trouble after so few points after this many games.”
“For me, and I know the fans won’t want to hear this, it’s got to be about planning for relegation and then planning to get back into the Premier League,” he added on talkSPORT.
“Huddersfield’s trouble is not their performances, it’s a lack of goals and we all know what it means when you have a goalscorer.
“I’ve watched a lot of their games and they’ve always been very close, they’re never been thrashed really, but because of the lack of quality in front of goal they’ve ended up drawing instead of winning and losing instead of drawing.
“They’ve only scored 13 goals in 22 matches and, while I’ve managed to pull teams out of the bottom end, at Sunderland I had Jermain Defoe scoring 18 and at Crystal Palace I had Christian Benteke who scored 15 goals.”
Current odds on Sky Bet: 7/4
Other managed that feature on the betting site’s page are Daniel Stendel, Gary Rowett, Aitor Karanka, Chris Coleman and Garry Monk.
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