Wagner should have won award, says Warnock
CARDIFF City boss Neil Warnock believes David Wagner should have earned the LMA Manager of the Year award last season after guiding Huddersfield Town to Premier League survival.
The Terriers earned a second term in the top flight with a draw with Chelsea in the penultimate game of the season, having upset the odds throughout the campaign to edge towards maintaining their top tier status.
Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola scooped the award at the end of the season, however, after breaking the 100-point mark with the Citizens for the first time in Premier League history. Warnock, who managed Town from 1993 to 1995, praised Wagner for keeping the Terriers in the top division and spoke highly of chairman Dean Hoyle for backing the boss in difficult circumstances this season.
On the Terriers’ survival last season, he said: “It was an amazing achievement. I thought Wagner should have had manager of the year.
“Unless you’re involved in a club like that, you can’t really describe what it’s like.
“Dean Hoyle’s a super chairman. He’s backed his manager, which is great. You can see how disappointed he is because they’ve played really well in some games.
“But it was a great achievement and they’re a great club.”