Former Northampton Town manager Jon Brady is talking about his friendship with compatriot Ange Postecoglou, and the discussion suddenly raises a question. Postecoglou himself has laughed about how you can tell a manager is out of work if he looks relaxed, which the Australian certainly hasn’t at Nottingham Forest. So, given how pressured management is, given how thankless it can be, given how fleeting both jobs and even the feeling of victory can be… why keep going back?
Brady is better placed than most to answer. His work with the League Managers’ Association has ensured it’s one of his responsibilities to think about all of this, and that comes after what might have been considered a difficult job at Northampton.
