Mark Proctor: I think Mogga's a bit frustrated - he's ready to return to the dugout

A number of jobs have popped up in the last week - including QPR, Aston Villa and Barnsley.

I’m sure Tony Mowbray will be interested in returning to the dugout if the right job became available.

I’ve spoken to him and I think he’s a bit frustrated - he’s probably getting under his missus’ feet!

He’s looking forward to getting back into the game if the opportunity came along.

I saw that Craig Hignett was linked with the Barnsley job and that’s a cracking role for someone.

They’re probably in the wrong division - with the greatest of respect, I think Barnsley are at least a bottom half Championship team.

They have Premier League history and is a cracking club.

I played with Danny Wilson and know him quite well, and I know he’ll be bitterly disappointed about losing his job.

But that’s what the game is like these days. Clubs demand success straight away and it’s not always possible.

Paul Lambert was sacked from Aston Villa earlier in the week too. Villa is a massive club and I think the catalyst for that decision was them dropping into the bottom three.

Mark Proctor, Tony Mowbray and Mark Venus

I read Paul’s comments afterwards and he obviously felt he had a difficult remit, tasked with trimming the wage bill and bringing in younger players.

That’s not too dissimilar to what Tony had to deal with at Boro. He had to get the wages back to a manageable level, and to do that while also competing is a difficult balance.

There was an amazing turnover of players at Boro under Tony and I think he was relatively successful.

It was a difficult job but his record is predominantly positive.

I think a year away from the game has been good for Tony and has allowed him to reflect on his time at Boro.

It was a little different to other jobs because Boro is Tony’s club and he was an iconic player coming back, and I’m sure he put himself under more pressure to succeed because of that.

He would have given his right arm to give the club success and even get them up to the Premier League.

He’s now had time to reevaluate, have a bit of a breather and see a bit more of his family.

Now he’s ready to return and hopefully the right job will come up for him.