City extension for Wetherall
22 Feb 2007 - 07:58:58
Bradford City chairman Julian Rhodes has revealed caretaker-manager David Wetherall could be in charge until the end of the season.
Wetherall was handed temporary charge of the Bantams following the decision to dismiss former boss Colin Todd last week.
The club captain presided over a 1-0 defeat by Crewe last weekend, but Rhodes has refused to rule out the possibility of Wetherall remaining at the helm until the summer.
"I always wanted to get these two home games out of the way before deciding anything," he told the Telegraph & Argus.
"David is certainly in charge against Brentford on Saturday and I wouldn't rule out the possibility of him being in charge for the rest of the season.
"I think he would have as much chance as anybody of keeping us up and then it would give us the opportunity of viewing it in the summer and making a more long-term appointment then.
"There's a lot of names you expect among the applicants as well as a few surprises. But I have to ask whether anybody is going to do better than David if they came in now.
"I'm only going to appoint somebody instead of David if I think they can do a better job. Somebody would have to really convince me of that."