Wolves are searching for a new manager having sacked Walter Zenga last week.
Pundit Andy Hinchcliffe has told Sky Sports’ EFL Podcast that he wonders whether Wolves’ owners could match Watford’s recent managerial policy.
Wolves chose to sack manager Walter Zenga last week, despite only appointing the Italian as Kenny Jackett’s replacement over the summer.
Zenga lasted less than three months in the job, and the 1-0 home defeat to Leeds United proved to be his final game in charge, with former defender Rob Edwards taking the job on a temporary basis.
Wolves manager Walter Zenga
Edwards led Wovles to a 1-1 away draw at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday afternoon, and the attention now turns to finding a replacement for Zenga.
A host of names are being linked with the club, from managers with Championship experience in Nigel Pearson and Dougie Freedman, to relatively unknown foreign bosses like Marco Silva and Vitor Pereira all suggested.
As Wolves search for a new manager, Football League pundit Andy Hinchcliffe has spoken to Sky Sports’ EFL Podcast about the situation at Molineux and the departure of Zenga.
General view
Hinchcliffe feels that it was always going to be hard for Zenga given that he took charge of Wolves just a week before the season started, and having struggled to get his ideas across in such a short space of time, the poor results to go with that led to his departure.
Hinchcliffe added that, whilst he thinks an experienced manager should be appointed, Wolves’ owners – Fosun International – could decide to keep chopping and changing their manager, much like Watford and the Pozzo family did during the 2014/15 season in order to get promoted to the Premier League.
Molineux – general view
“People were a little bit surprised when Walter Zenga took over,” said Hinchcliffe. “The timing of him taking over as well, a week before the season started, it was always going to be difficult for him to get his ideas across, and then what every manager needs is a good run of results early in the season, to convince the owners and convince the fans that he’s the right man for the job. After winning four games in the opening 14 matches, clearly the owners didn’t feel that they wanted to carry on with him.”
“When you look at clubs like Wolves, who do have some financial clout, you automatically think that they’ve got the money, and they’ll go for somebody like Steve Bruce or Neil Warnock – a really established, experienced manager – which I always think is the safest way to go about things. If the owners back the direction they want the club to take, they may be happy to chop and change their managers two, three or four coaches a season, like the Pozzo family at Watford. It worked for Watford, are many owners looking at Watford’s model and thinking they can do the same? It’s really all about how the owners feel,” he added.
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