Next Sheffield Wednesday manager: Everything that happened today - 24 hours after Garry Monk's sacking

Since then, along with reaction to Monk’s departure, the big question in the Championship today has been ‘who’s next’?

It became quite clear early on that there were a handful of managers who would be in the frame, some of them obvious and popular from a fans’ perspective – others not so much.

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However, when Tony Pulis shot into the favourites’ position, on the bookies’ list at least, and then it broke that the former Middlesbrough, West Brom and Stoke City manager was on the initial shortlist fans were quick to voice their views.

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The Star spoke to one of our colleagues in the North East, Joe Nicholson, Middlesbrough FC reporter for the Hartlepool Mail, for the inside scoop on what Wednesday could expect should Pulis get the gig.

Joe’s view was a little more positive, depending on what you thought Wednesday’s ambitions were: “To keep Wednesday up, he’s a good fit. The problem at Middlesbrough was that the target was promotion and that anything else would have been a failure.”

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So what of the other names linked today?

Well there was Phil Neville, currently in charge of the England Womens team, a role he was set to vacate next year. Also mentioned was former England international Sol Campbell, whose last two jobs have been Macclesfield and Southend.

Neither of those two names were greeted with a great amount of positivity either.

Former Bristol City manager Lee Johnson, without a club at present having had a four-year spell at Ashton Gate ended in the summer, had been on the bookies’ long list, too.

As The Star revealed, it is understood Johnson would be receptive to an approach from the Owls’ hierarchy.

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Two men appeared to be most popular amongst Wednesdayites, but the fear at present is that fans will end up disappointment if they have their heart set on either.

Former Owls skipper, most recently on charge of Watford, Nigel Pearson seems to have the popular vote.

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We had spoken to Pearson last year about the possibility of one day returning to the club, however, with the family home in Sheffield, the 57-year-old has always been wary of taking up a job in the city.

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Along with Pearson, Paul Cook was a manager that a fair amount of supporters seemed to be keen on seeing back in a job and this one in particular.

Indeed both Pearson and Cook had the backing of a former Owls player and manager.

Chris Turner, who managed the club from 2002 to 2004, worked with Cook in his time ‘upstairs’ at Chesterfield and played for the Owls alongside Pearson for three seasons, lifting the 1991 League Cup in the process.

Turner said: “Nigel is a very strong personality. The fans would take him tomorrow and that’s an important side to the appointment. Both of those guys, the fans would take to them straight away."

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Cook himself is desperate to get back to work, but Alex Miller would later reveal that fans’ hopes could be quashed, with news that the Liverpudlian has yet to be approached, despite a shortlist having been drawn up.

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Liverpool legend and well-respected Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher even tweeted earlier, saying that Cook and Wednesday were the perfect fit.

Former Owls boss Carlos Carvalhal also got involved in the conversation, saying that whatever happens the new man needs time to build.

He told Sky Sports News: "If we choose a manager and we lose the confidence of the manager, I am talking about the fans, the owner and the people around the club, and don't give time to a manager, it will be impossible for Sheffield Wednesday to reach the Premier League in the next few seasons.

"They must find a path, choose someone with a good project and follow that personality and trust. This is the way."

But what of Monk himself and the fall-out from his exit on Monday.

As Joe Crann reported, there could have been some wry smiles at the news, from within the Owls camp.

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Though as we also pointed out, Monk was a largely popular figure within the Wednesday squad.

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And so that leads us to here, wrapped up by our Owls writer Joe Crann.

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