The Championship is an unforgiving place for managers, Jos Luhukay can testify to that, but reports emerging this morning suggest the next manager facing an uncertain future is Stoke City boss Gary Rowett.

Rowett has struggled to maintain a play-off chase this season, the bare minimum fans expected after dropping out of the top flight in May. Whilst West Brom have stormed to the top four and Swansea have made steady progress on a smaller budget, Stoke have over spent and under achieved.

The Stoke supporters were booing the players and manager as they drew 0-0 with Bolton Wanderers at the weekend, also chanting the name of out of favour star Bojan during the game. Rowett lashed out at supporters and their relationship eroded a little further.

Reports today suggest the Potter's hierarchy have had enough and they're drawing up a list of suitable candidates, with former Everton and Manchester United boss David Moyes at the top of their list.

What would be the main benefits of such a move, and where might it fall down for Stoke City? We take a look at the pros and cons of sacking Rowett and bringing in David Moyes.

The main positive would be Gary Rowett out of Stoke City. The environment is toxic there and as we saw recently at Sheff Weds, that can only go on for so long.

When fans boo and you're lashing out at them in the post match interview, something has to give. The fans will be there in six weeks time, Rowett may not.

That won't be a bad thing.

The replacement is an uninspiring one and if anything, shows the same mistakes being plotted by them as Sunderland made.

They're hoping to go for an experienced manager who has been there and done it, but these same old names are fast losing their touch. Moyes has been bad since he left Everton and there's nothing to suggest the golden touch is still there.

There's no new fresh idea, nothing innovative and exciting like at Swansea City. It's stale and a recipe for disaster.

There's a good set of players at Stoke City and whether Moyes is the right man or not, it might give the squad a shake up.

They've got the players to be top six, there's little doubt about that. Benik Afobe is a top striker, Bojan is incredibly talented and in the middle of the park there's an embarrassment of riches with Ryan Woods, Sam Clucas and Joe Allen to name but a few.

Whether Moyes is the right man or not, there's every chance things would pick up by virtue of a chance and nothing else.

Financially, there has to be a concern for fans. Sacking Gary Rowett will cost money, appointing Moyes will do the same. He'll want to spend to, just like Rowett has done already. Heavily.

If they don't go up, which is the most likely outcome, how long before the FFP regulations take hold? They might have one more season, but failure over two years makes the third very, very tough.