As we reach the half way point of the season it's time to review Torino's season. After narrowly missing out on promotion through the playoffs last season the Torino board issued a simple ultimatum to the Aussie manager this season.....
The message was promotion or don't let the door hit you on the way out. Not wanting to be known as the Blunder from Down Under Huddo went about ensuring the Italian clubs demands would be met.
So as we head towards the half way mark Torino's thereabouts for promotion occupying 7th place in Division 5 and the last promotion playoff spot with a modest return of 26 points from 18 games played.
In terms of transfers the biggest move was trading out top scorer from last season Eder for defender Knoche as we looked to add some more steel to a leaky defence and hope that the likes of Negredo and Origi up front would ensure that the departure of Eder would not be felt.
Overall we have managed to bag 23 goals which is a bit below most of the top teams but the defence has improved with less goals conceded as we averaging just over a goal per game.
There has been speculation in the Italian press that manager Huddo has been distracted by expressing interest in vacancies in recent jobs like Benfica and Dortmund the bookies have not had short odds on offer for the Aussie as you could have got 200/1 for either vacant job.
In terms of odds to retain his job and avoid being the Blunder from Down Under the bookies are offering decent odds of 8/1 for Torino to gain promotion so the Torino fans will be hoping that by the end of the season the Aussie manager can become the King of Turin!
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