Green light

The January transfer window is normally the green light for football club chairman and owners to do their own bit of shopping but usually for a new manager.

The highest profile so far has been Neil Warnock (the man with the best anagram in football), who was relieved of his duties, with the League Championship trophy still without dust on it in the Loftus Road trophy cabinet. Mark Hughes is Tony Fernandes first choice and it is now left to Hughes to weigh up whether QPR will pay him more represent a bigger challenge than Fulham.

But in our own division Yeovil made a surprise announcement this week by returning ex-manager Gary Johnson to the hot seat and demoting boss of almost 3-years Terry Skiverton.

Skiverton understandably didn’t sound too impressed but agreed that it “was the best way forward.” Remember Skiverton was the guy who asked his Twitter followers to suggest new signings last summer. Johnson, who was fancied by many for the Addicks job, meanwhile has had a tough time of it in his last two jobs at Peterborough and Northampton.

The Glovers sit in the bottom four and if I look at the teams above them I reckon it might be hard for those that already sit in the relegation zone to break out. Yeovil go to Sheffield United tonight in Johnson’s first game back in charge.

Preston have been without a boss since the tanned one left and caretaker bosses Graham Alexander and David Unsworth have been in charge at Deepdale since 14th December. Yesterday Stevenage confirmed that PNE have asked to permission to speak to Graham Westley.

An interesting move which may derail Boro’s impressive season and a change in direction perhaps by the dreaded Peter Risdale as to what kind of football will be served up in the future at Deepdale.

Meanwhile West Ham will up their £4m offer for 25-goal Jordan Rhodes.