Graham Westley

MATT & JON HAVE TOOLS TO TURN THE TABLES

by
The LeaguePaper Team
18 January 2026

Graham Westley
EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER

ENERGY: Matt Bloomfield

BOTH Matt Bloomfield (Oxford United) and Jon Brady (Port Vale) have picked up fantastic new challenges.
Young managers who inherit relegation threatened squads in January will quite often do very well. Youth brings an energy, a positivity and a connection with players.
But the most important thing is that a manager provides an education and an approach in five key areas: 1. In attack -with the ball 2. In defence -without the ball 3. At set-plays for 4. At set-plays against 5. In transiti...

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