Argyle right to bide their time in search for a new head coach

IT is 12 days since Plymouth Argyle secured their Championship survival and the Green Army are still waiting to find out who the club’s next head coach will be.

So far there has not been much speculation about potential candidates as the news circle has slowed after the end of a turbulent season, and that is how Argyle’s officials will want it to stay because it allows them to work away behind the scenes without any distractions.

There are currently managerial vacancies at Argyle, Hull City and Sunderland in the Championship, while Huddersfield Town, one of the three relegated teams, named Michael Duff, the former Cheltenham Town, Barnsley and Swansea City boss, as their new head coach yesterday.

Argyle like to keep their cards very close to their chest, as was the case when they appointed Ian Foster in January. It was only late in the process when he first cropped up in the betting odds out of nowhere, which was a clear indicator of what was about to happen.

Of course, that decision did not work out, with Foster’s tenure lasting just 87 days and 14 Championship games, eight of which were lost. Now, much sooner than anyone at Home Park would have anticipated in the first week of January, they are looking to bring someone else in.