David Wagner’s charismatic and intelligent management underpins the success of a club who have shown money is not everythingThe “Ich bin ein Terrier” T-shirts, adorned with David Wagner’s smiling face, rapidly sold out of Huddersfield Town’s megastore at the start of this season, testament to the devotion that the German manager has inspired at the Yorkshire club since joining as a relative unknown two and a half years ago. The reverence is sure to have deepened after Wednesday’s draw at Stamford Bridge, which enabled Huddersfield to complete the most remarkable survival of the Premier League era.Wagner suggested at that start of this season that Huddersfield were the biggest outsiders in the history of England’s rebranded top flight and bookmakers agreed, installing them, as soon as they won promotion via last season’s Championship play-offs, as odds-on favourites to finish bottom. It was a logical forecast, as Huddersfield had risen despite finishing with a negative goal difference in the Championship and failing to find the net in the play-off semi-finals or final until shootouts. And Huddersfield’s resources were paltry even by Championship standards so it was easy for anyone not paying attention to their manager’s special rallying power to view their elevation to the Premier League as an aberration that would soon be rectified. Easy and wrong. Related: ‘We did it on our own’: Wagner hails Huddersfield heroes after Chelsea draw Continue readingreadfullarticle
