I’m delighted that Tony Mowbray is back in the game at Coventry.
Mogga was supposed to meet me and Pally this week to go over and visit Gary Parkinson but obviously he couldn’t make it because he was tied up sealing the deal.
Parky was really pleased to hear that news and most Boro fans were too.
Mogga is still a legend for the club and despite one or two things going wrong at the end, he did a good job here in difficult financial circumstances.
He is great manger and a great guy.
He has a very good CV, he lives and breathes football and tries to play good, passing football and the supporters of the clubs where he has got it right - Hibs and West Brom for example - still love him for it. We need guys like him in the game.
Plus, he is a honest guy too, a man of integrity and principle - and football definitely needs more people like that.
I think Coventry could be a really good fit for him, although they’ve had a few problems of their own.
Coventry are a big club, a real sleeping giant.
They were in the top division for 30 years, they’ve won the cup, they’ve had some good players there over the years and they have a great new stadium.
It is too big a city not to have their club playing at a higher level.
They have the infrastructure and the fan-base to be in at least the Championship.
Plus, they are a footballing side and the squad there has been built to play a passing game so that should suit his style.
And by all accounts the fans there have been very positive about him.
They remember Mogga for the work he did at West Brom, getting them promoted with a young team playing great football and scoring a lot of goals.
He’s only got a deal initially until the end of the season but if Mogga can get it right, shore them up at the back and get them playing football then he will keep them up and earn a longer deal.
He has already said his ambition is to get them promoted and you wouldn’t bet against it.
But Mogga does need to make a success of it.
Boro ended badly for him and then he was off the merry-go-round for 18 months and this is a game where it is easy to slip off the radar very quickly.
If it doesn’t go well for him then his stock could fall very quickly because management is a cut-throat business and results are all that count.
I’m confident he will be a success now he’s back.
I know that initially after Boro he wanted to take time out, recharge his batteries and spend family time with his young kids.
And I know that ideally that he would have wanted to get back in at a higher level than League One - but you have to go where the jobs are and where you think you will fit well.
I think Coventry will suit him. I hope he makes a massive success of it.
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