Would have to disagree that they have been better for a decade. Five or six years maybe. At one point in the last decade they were L1 and Wednesday were Championship, so hardly. No question they have done amazingly well but I felt it was going to come to an end this season until this untimely intervention. You would then have seen them slowly return to small club status, surviving on crowds of 5-6k which they were doing within the last ten years.
It’s a good point re the grass not always being greener on the other side. History is full of managers who have failed to take the very real step up to manage a big club with a huge tradition. Personally, whilst I rate Lowe very highly and would be happy to see him at Hillsborough after Argyle, I actually don’t think he is ready for it. He’s played there and knows the club, but the pressure on a manager at a club like Wednesday is immense.
Eddie Howe has done a great job at Bournemouth but the pressure on him is probably fairly limited. He’s actually well and truly over achieved there. Who would have expected them to spend more than 1-2 seasons in the Prem? If they’d been relegated this season, he would have probably got a big Championship job, but it seems the bigger Prem clubs aren’t really interested in him. His best chance is to get back up there with one of the big Championship clubs and go from there.