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« Reply #20 on: September 20, 2020, 20:03:56 pm »

Curle has consistently defied expectations. He wasn't a particularly popular appointment on here and many doubted his capacity to achieve a career-first promotion with us.

Few of us felt confident about reaching the play-offs last year and when we did scrape in most of us wrote him off after the Cheltenham home game.

He appears to have found a highly effective formula in terms of both motivation and tactics. One theme which emerged in the podcast interviews with ex-players over lockdown was just how important tactical simplicity is for lower-league players. Hasselbaink's big problem, for instance, was his chronic tendency to overcomplicate every element of our play with talented players like Grimes played in roles of baffling complexity.

Curle is the complete antithesis to Hasselbaink. Like Wilder, he carefully vets the character of potential signings and it's hard to imagine him going for a 'bad apple' like KVV or Pereira.

My big questions about him were two-fold: could he deliver a career-first promotion and could he evolve the playing style from primitive hoofball to something more varied and refined. The first question was answered emphatically at Wembley. I have also seen some encouraging signs that the second question might be at least partially fulfilled, with the likes of Mills and Sowerby pointing to a slightly more expansive style of play.

My third big question is this: can Curle do what no Cobblers manager has done in the last thirty years and establish us as a long-term fixture at League One level? It's early days, and I suspect Hull might be a reality check for us, but the early signs are certainly encouraging.



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