Tony Mowbray is being tipped to take over at Cardiff City following Erol Bulut’s dismissal earlier this week, according to Wales Online.
The Bluebirds have made an awful start to the campaign, losing five of their opening six matches and sit bottom with only a solitary point to their name. Despite signing a new two-year deal in June, the 49-year-old was relieved of his duties after the club’s worst start to a season in 94 years.
Mowbray is now being labelled as the ‘strong character‘ needed to deal with the Cardiff City hierarchy whose footballing knowledge is, according to talkSPORT pundit Adrian Clarke, ‘a little bit low’.
Clarke, speaking to the What the EFL?! Podcast, Clarke said, “I think if Tony Mowbray feels well enough, and the indication is that he does then it could be a job for him.”
He was scathing in his assessment of the Cardiff ownership and structure, saying, “You’ve obviously got to deal with Vincent Tan, and I think the footballing knowledge is a little bit low at Cardiff, they don’t have a sporting director.”
“They’ve got a lot of loud voices, but not that much knowledge, and I think you need a strong character to deal with these people behind the scenes there.”
Clarke believes there are two men who could take on the pressures of the top job at the Cardiff City Stadium, “So I would go with Mowbray or [Steven] Schumacher. But it’s sort of instinctively if you were to put me on the spot.”
Mowbray is a vastly experienced manager and has taken charge of clubs like Blackburn Rovers, Middlesbrough and Scottish giants Celtic over two decades. His latest role was a short spell at Birmingham City where he oversaw eight matches before having to step away due to needing to undergo medical treatment.
He officially resigned from his role in May after Gary Rowett had failed to save the club from dropping into the third tier.
The 60-year-old former West Bromwich Albion manager gave an update on his health earlier this month and insisted he wants to get back to work.
He said, “I feel as if I want to go back to work sometime soon. I appreciate I’m still a bit weak, and as a football manager you need energy, you need to be at it all the time.”
Despite wanting to get back to work, he confirmed it would only be after he had spent time with his family. “I need to give myself a few months, probably playing golf and walking 18 holes. I’ve got three teenage boys and they play a bit of golf. I’m going to take my Florence Nightingale wife away, we will go on a nice holiday somewhere and spend some time together.”
“After that I hope to get back to work and do what makes me tick, being around young footballers and trying to educate. Football management today is about empathy with players, let them understand that we’re all on the same side.”
Writer’s View
Providing Mowbray is well enough to take the role, he would be an excellent appointment and help to settle the ship after a disastrous start to the campaign.
He has performed well in his roles, winning the Championship title with West Brom, achieving League One promotion with Blackburn Rovers and guiding Sunderland to a Championship playoff spot. Mowbray’s past success suggest he would be a great choice to rescue the Bluebirds from the position they find themselves in.
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