' SECOND FAVOURITE TO BECOME CARDIFF'S NEW MANAGER '

The coaching credentials of Dean Whitehead, the second favourite for Cardiff City job now tasked with Leeds United mission


The Bluebirds are on the lookout for a new manager and Whitehead is near the top of the bookmakers' odds list

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By Glen Williams


Monday 16th January 2023


Dean Whitehead, Cardiff City's new caretaker manager

Dean Whitehead will be the man taking charge of Cardiff City's FA Cup third-round replay against Leeds United on Wednesday night.

The board gave Mark Hudson the green light to bring his own man on to the coaching staff back in November and ex-midfielder Whitehead was top of the list.

Now Hudson has been sacked after a run of nine games without a win and less than three months in the job, eyes are turning towards who will be appointed next.

Well, the last two managers, Hudson and Steve Morison, were internal appointments on a temporary basis and eventually were given the reins full time.

That may well be why the bookmakers have Whitehead second favourite to take the job permanently, behind only Neil Warnock. But who is the man we have seen and heard so little of?

Whitehead, a former midfielder, made his name in the game with Sunderland, Stoke City, Middlesbrough and Huddersfield Town before he retired in 2018.

The 41-year-old then moved into coaching and took up a role at Huddersfield Town, where he grew close to Hudson, as part of David Wagner's technical staff and became No2 under under Mark Hudson when he was caretaker manager for three games, losing all three games including against the Bluebirds.

In 2019, Whitehead made the move to League One side Shrewsbury Town as a member of the coaching staff, joining former Wales international Sam Ricketts' backroom team as first-team coach. The following year, he was promoted to assistant manager following some casualties on the coaching staff.

Whitehead and Ricketts were relieved of their duties in November 2020 with the club sitting 23rd in League One, having accrued just nine points from a possible 39.

The ex-midfielder then joined Port Vale in League Two in July 2021, with David Flitcroft, the sporting director, having overhauled the setup there. Whitehead coached under Darrell Clarke, incidentally another person not too low down on the bookies' odds list, and helped them win promotion to League One last season.

He jumped ship to join Adam Murray and Valerien Ismael at Turkish Super Lig side Besiktas last July, but was relieved of his duties just months later after the Frenchman was given the boot.

That paved the way for him to join the Bluebirds, with then Cardiff boss Hudson at the time saying: "He's a good coach, Dean Whitehead, someone I've worked with before.

Will a third caretaker boss be given the keys full time at Cardiff?

All will become clearer this week, one suspects.


CARDIFF CITY'S MATCHES SINCE DEAN WHITEHEAD BECAME MARK HUDSON'S NO2:




380



Wed Nov 2 – Cardiff City 1 Watford 2 Crowd 17,035 Away Support 740

Sat Nov 5 – Sunderland 0 Cardiff City 1 Crowd 37,038 Away Support ( 720)

Tues Nov 8 Cardiff City 2 Hull City 3 Crowd 16,387 Away Support ( 320)

Sat Nov 12 – Cardiff City 0 Sheffield United 1 Crowd 18,700 Away Support ( 1,720 )



Sat Dec 10 – Stoke City 2 Cardiff City 2 Crowd 20,111 Away Support (1,283)

Sat Dec 17 – Cardiff City 1 Blackpool 1 Crowd 17,554 Away Support (310 )


Mon Dec 26 – Sky 5:15pm Cardiff City 0 Queens Park Rangers 0 Crowd 18,539 Away Support ( 720 )

Thu Dec 29 – Coventry City 0 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 21,422 Away Support 2,182




Sun Jan 1 – SKY 12pm kick off Blackburn Rovers 1 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 12,499 Away Support ( 283 )




Sun Jan 8th FA CUP 3RD RD Cardiff City 2 Leeds United 2 Crowd 20,324 Leeds Fans 6,380



Sat Jan 14 – Cardiff City 1 Wigan Athletic 1 Crowd: 18,045 Away Support( 645 )





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The problem is if he says wins a couple of games then the job is his, going on our history under this Regime.

Cheap and inexperienced and controlled.

And the spiral will continue, maybe we are going for the most managers in one season record.

The transfer impact:

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Another big aspect of all this is the impact it has on the transfer strategy.

Last week, things started to look up. A good performance against Leeds United, the first instalment of the Emiliano Sala fee was paid and the transfer embargoes were in the process of being lifted.

Mark Hudson had been given the green light to start looking at transfer targets, with recruitment desperately needed to aid their woes up front.



But now, what happens?

Well, presumably, a new manager has to come in before any transfers are rubber-stamped, because what's the point in bringing in players a new boss might not want?

That is another big reason this situation cannot rumble on for weeks. Cardiff have to be decisive and get to work in the January window. Because they need more goals and more creativity in the building - that is inarguable.

Rivals cannot be afforded any more advantage over Cardiff like getting a jump on them in the window. Cardiff have already seen half the transfer window fly by under an embargo, they cannot allow the second half to zip past, too.

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Betting means nothing

Tan going down the mwnager list to find something down the bottom to match our position.

Hudson MK2. Would make no difference and send us down.

This can't happen, Hudson knew the club, loved the club and the city. This guy has no affiliation with us at all, I know that don't mean much but I think it's why we all wanted Hudson to succeed

And the spiral will continue, maybe we are going for the most managers in one season record.

It's getting Embarrassing now