Career of Joshua James
A new beginning.... (Same house rules as the Spurs career planned)
Forum Discussion
It was actually a curious case with the appointment of Johannes Hoff Thorup in January 2023. His predecessor, the more experienced Flemming Pedersen, had taken the club to first in the league and had quite a gap at Christmas. But then he and the club decided to make a change in the position, so the inexperienced 33 year old Hoff Thorup took over. And the elderly Pedersen got a new position away from the sidelines. I remember thinking this was a lose-lose situation for the young gaffer. If they kept the lead and won the title, surely people would say it was due to Flemming Pedersen's work in the fall. But the more likely scenario was probably that every little point lost would put the gaffer and club under heavy pressure and doubt. And that's also what happened, losing the first place to FC København. This season it's back to normal with a 5th place so far, but they did actually have a decent campaign in the Conference League, most notably with a surprising 6-1 win vs Fenerbahce. They lost their place in top 2 on the final day though.
@JustinCase0110 I was wondering about that. Reading about their season last year, they were leading but then finished second at the end. What was the reasoning for the change in manager? I could not find anywhere that said why they switched.
I'm not entirely sure, but it was a decision that the old head coach Flemming Pedersen was entirely on board with. In fact, I believe he was also the one to suggest the change. Maybe he felt he was getting old and wanted to spend less time on the sideline? This combined with the club having huge faith in the young Hoff Thorup, also being in a club that focuses so much on developing youth. So I understand many things in the change. Just not the timing.
Is this likely to be more of a journeyman career? I do like doing those and wanna get one for myself going again?
- @thurlow885 I have not decided yet. The plan is to win as much as I can in Denmark but if the option to move up comes then who knows?
