3-4-3 coach “would love to be Sunderland manager”; he’s previously spoken to Mowbray

A 3-4-3 coach “would love to be Sunderland manager”, admitting that he has already spoken with Tony Mowbray about the current situation at the Stadium of Light.

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The Black Cats have had Mike Dodds as caretaker manager since Michael Beale’s resignation earlier this year, and their season has ended poorly. Sunderland, who seemed like potential Championship playoff hopefuls at one stage, have dropped to 13th place in the table, with Dodds averaging just 0.82 points per game in 11 games since taking over, winning only twice.

However, the search for a genuine successor to Beale has begun, with numerous names thrown into the mix in recent months as the club attempts to make a critical decision.

 

 

Will Still, manager of Reims, has been connected with the Sunderland position several times. The 31-year-old is an intriguing young manager who has thrived in France, but it remains to be seen whether he will be the guy to take over. Former Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper has also emerged as a potential candidate for the Black Cats, in what would be an audacious appointment given his recent Premier League management experience.

Now it looks that another person has entered the running to succeed Dodds.

3-4-3 manager keen on Sunderland job

Speaking on the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast [via The Sunderland Echo], John O’Shea said that he hopes to be Sunderland’s next manager at some point after spending a long time as a player at the Stadium of Light.

“When you realize I was there for six or seven years. I spent an incredible time there, and it truly is a fantastic club. We had a fantastic experience there, and ultimately, I would like to be Sunderland’s manager. It’s a hard one; I spoke with Tony Mowbray about the methodology they use with young players when he arrived to Birmingham.”

 

 

Despite his current position as interim leader of the Republic of Ireland, O’Shea remains a relatively inexperienced figure in management. As a result, employing him this summer may be a gamble for Sunderland, who need to hire more of a sure thing.

The Irishman loves a 3-4-3 formation, indicating that he has a modern way of thinking about how to properly use wing-backs, although his only two games in his present capacity have resulted in a 1-0 loss to Switzerland and a 0-0 tie against Belgium. To be fair, neither of these are very poor results, but there is simply insufficient data to suggest that Sunderland should take a chance on him.

O’Shea has held numerous assistant manager positions, including those at Birmingham City and Stoke City, but the Black Cats should not consider him a front-runner to take over until he has been a manager for an extended length of time.