Yeovil Town chairman Prabhu Srinivasan has revealed that the club will be announcing a new manager “very shortly.”
In a video posted on the club’s social media on Tuesday morning, the owner described the boss as “pure energy to do what we need to do.”
On Monday evening, the Huish Park rumour mill cranked in to gear with Billy Rowley, who has impressed at Southern League South leaders Walton & Hersham strongly linked with a move to Somerset. The Surrey club announced his departure yesterday to “to take up a new opportunity higher up the football pyramid.”
In his video, Prabhu said: “As a family we have been dealing with a lot of scenarios which are more outcomes of decisions taken in previous seasons, we have been very reactive and not proactive at all. That is not the way we normally operate.
“Please understand our core ethos is the same – Achieve by Unity and do the three Cs. Create calmness which I think we have, be competitive and do a lot for the community. The blueprint for community and calmness is already rolled out, but the blueprint for being competitive we have not seen.
“The blueprint for being competitive we have not seen on the pitch, what we want to see if playing progressive football with a lot of tactical synergies and getting the players united for what they need to do.
“I have personally gone scouting for managers in the past two weeks because I did not want to go on hearsay and data points, we needed to see for myself that we have a manager who will do what we need to do.
“I am happy to announce we have a new manager on board who will be revealed to you very shortly, he will bring pure energy to what we need to do. I am hoping you will support us through this decision, please keep an open mind. I am glad we had all the curve balls first up rather than later and now you can see what we want to do as owners for the club.”
In his update, the owner thanked Richard Dryden, who has taken charge of first-team since the shock exit of Danny Webb after just 11 days at the end of September, for “all he has done in the interim“. We wait to see what will happen to him and assistant Jerry Gill.
Watch this space and expect this news article to be out of date very quickly……
Blimey, he sure can act swiftly when he wants too. And full credit for doing the ‘scouting’ himself. Let’s all get behind ‘whoever’ is in the big reveal and get these, obviously talented players, gelled and all looking upwards.
Yes but what does he know about football ???
Good question Terry. To me he comes across as an enthusiastic, well intentioned amateur. But then even a blind squirrel …
As for Billy Rowley, he seems to have established a solid reputation with academy squads and is doing well in the ‘one up’ from Sunday league football in the Southern league. The National league is a totally different ball game, and he’s inheriting a forward line that couldn’t hit a barn door with a banjo – what’s that now 1 goal in 7? Billy, please be a hero.
There are fans who knows a lot more about football than me who seem enthused with this signing. Football league clubs were after him, as well as other National League sides. Every manager had humble beginnings somewhere. I think we can only really judge when he’s had a few games to really let his style sink in.