OWLS ABOUT THAT, THEN
Invariably when a football club and manager part “by mutual consent”, the presumption is that the consent was more mutual on the part of the hierarchy than it was on the part of their now unemployed gaffer. Following the shock announcement almost a fortnight ago that Darren Moore had left Sheffield Wednesday in such a manner, just weeks after masterminding their return to the Championship via the playoffs in a style that was rarely less than dramatic, the presumption was that the 49-year-old had either been binned off by an owner who wished to replace him with somebody different, or that the duo had fallen out over transfer targets and the size of the club’s summer window war-chest as they prepared to lay the groundwork for the season ahead.
