Yorkshire Live has stated that Eddie Howe along with Tony Pulis, Paul Cook and Nigel Pearson are among the front runners for the vacant position after Gary Monk was sacked on Monday after being in the job for a year. Bournemouth fans haven't heard a lot about Eddie Howe since it went so wrong for him last season, and his statement to leave the club, but he is a manager that lives to work and he may just fancy a job that is not under quite as much scrutiny as the Premier League.
Eddie Howe is a man who likes to test himself. He throws himself whole-heartedly into his work and so when he commits, he really puts everything he can into his work to get a club moving in the right direction. Sheffield Wednesday is a sleeping giant that has a big fan base and they are starved of success with the other half of Sheffield seeing Premier League football. I imagine it would be a good test for Howe if he felt that he had been away from the game for long enough, but there are likely to be other jobs coming up soon.
If Eddie wants to remain in football and a manager of a Premier League side he might not get much choice, and would need to pick up one of the floundering clubs if for instance Fulham, Sheffield United, Brighton, Burnley or WBA came under more pressure. A return to Burnley might be a bit too painful for him and with the task of turning around a club that is already unprepared for the Premier League, Howe might decide that a job like the Sheffield Wednesday one is a more comfortable way back in. If he could stabilise the Yorkshire club this year and go for promotion in 2021-22, I say it was a pretty good fit. However, when you consider Gay Monk was sacked after accumulating four points from his last two games, having lost the three before that, it is hard to see the board at Sheffield Wednesday as anything less than highly demanding when he might have just been turning things around. Perhaps the style of football is something that Monk couldn't deliver.
My doubts are about whether Eddie really is that keen on managing another club having left Bournemouth and having little to prove. If he wants to enjoy his young family, taking on another pressurised football job is not going to be high on his agenda. But if he wants to stay in football he can't decline too many opportunities, because managers can soon be declared unemployable when they have drifted out of the game.
I think the job Eddie Howe picks will have to be a challenge that he thinks will test him, but that has good prospects with young players and the chance to build a good side. Whether that is Sheffield Wednesday we will have to wait and see.
Previous post on Cherry Chimes - A fit Brooks is huge for AFCB's promotion push
I like to have eddie howe at Sheffield Wednesday. Good working young lad did a good job at Bournemouth.
ReplyDelete