Tara Murray
Hume City coach David Chick is loving being back at the club which he started at when he moved out to Australia.
Chick started the National Premier League season at the Bentleigh Greens before he departed the club.
He didn’t have long without a job, soon appointed coach at Hume after the club and Cameron Watson mutually decided to part ways.
Chick said there was always a special connection with Hume and said it feels like fate that he has ended back at Hume.
“I’ve been there before,” he said. “It’s a fantastic environment and I knew a lot of the people there from when I was first there.
“It’s been easy to settle in and it’s been an easy transition. There’s a good group of players and staff which are working hard and they are super passionate.”
Chick said he decided to depart Bentleigh Greens for a variety of reasons, some of them professional and some personal.
He said it’s the first time that he’s ever changed clubs in the middle of the season.
“I resigned after a good win at Bentleigh Greens and I finished on a high,” he said. “Straight away I had a new project.”
Chick came to Hume which had started the season really strongly and was playing really good soccer under Watson.
He said the playing group handled it really well.
“They were super professional and worked really hard and have done everything that I’ve asked,” Chick said.
“They have made it easy.”
After 10 rounds, Hume sits in fourth spot with seven wins.
Chick said it was a good position to be in.
“It’s better to be at the top end than the bottom end. There’s some expectations of the club and how they would like us to play.”
Hume is back in action on Saturday night against Heidelberg United, which sits in third spot and equal on points with Hume.
Chick said it would be one of the biggest tests they’ve had of the season so far.
There’s not much rest for Hume which is back in action on Tuesday night against Brunswick City in the fifth round of the Australia Cup.
Chick said they were looking forward to trying to progress even further into the competition,
“It’s a short turnaround and we’ve playing a team from a different league,” he said.
“The cup means a lot to the club and we’ve had some success in it before. We’re looking forward to it.”
