As many football fans will know, Chris Powell was appointed as the manager of Huddersfield Town on Wednesday, with Alex Dyer linking up with Powell for the second time as his assistant

Chris Powell has been appointed as the new manager of Huddersfield Town.

 I have read varied views amongst Terriers supporters on Twitter regarding Powell’s appointment, some supporters will be excited by the prospect, but some fans may feel that Powell’s record last season does not lie.

Shortly after the chairman of Standard Liege and Belgian businessman Roland Duchâtelet became the new owner of Charlton, the Addicks were bottom of the Championship in March (despite having games in hand due to postponed fixtures) and were struggling in the league. A disappointing 2-0 loss to Sheffield United in the last 8 of the FA Cup meant the end for Powell’s reign as Charlton manager, many fans were sad to see the club legend go, including myself, however many would admit that a change was needed. The Powell era had come to an end with Jose Riga his successor. Jose, a man who nobody had heard of was quickly appointed and a man that had 20 years experience working in IT departments in the insurance trade, and remarkably, he guided Charlton to avoid the drop by 6 points. Currently, Riga is at a Blackpool side in turmoil with 0 points in 5 and the bookies favourite for relegation.

But let’s all just rewind; in Chris Powell’s first full season as manager, the former England left-back guided the team that he had played for over 200 times in 3 separate spells to promotion from League One back to the Championship after becoming champions with an impressive 101 points.

Chris Powell had reunited Charlton fans and brought a feel good factor that was previously missing, he loved the club, and Addicks fans sung with pride from the terraces “We've got our Charlton back”.

In Charlton’s first season back in the Championship, a lack of investment meant that Chris Powell had to rely completely on the team that smashed League One, however, this was not League One, and the opposition were noticeably a lot tougher respectively. Charlton needed freshening up, and despite a lack of investment by the owners at the time Michael Slater and Tony Jimenez. Powell guided Charlton to an impressive 9th place, narrowly missing out on the play-offs by just 3 points. With one or two additions to the squad that season - who knows where Charlton may have ended up?

The signs are there that Powell will do very well at Huddersfield; he will have a much bigger budget to spend in the January transfer window than he did in South London. Chris is known through-out the football world as a good man, with his man-management abilities a key skill of his as a manager. He has unquestionable passion for football, and Terriers fans will undoubtedly quickly become accustomed to Chris Powell as their manager.