Things can often moving quickly in football, just ask anyone currently keeping an eye on the situation at Sheffield Wednesday.

It was only late on Monday night that the Championship club announced that they had parted company with manager Garry Monk, but it already seems as though they are well on their way in their hunt to appoint a new man to take over in the Hillsborough dugout.

Several names have been linked with the Owls' hotseat in the 36 hours or so since Monk's departure, with the latest updates suggesting that Tony Pulis is leading Nigel Pearson and Paul Cook in the race to take over from Monk.

While Pulis is undoubtedly a good manager, and has a proven track record for doing the sort of job he would be required to do at Hillsborough, it could be argued the fact that Cook is not ahead in the race is somewhat surprising.

Cook is only recently out of a job in the Championship, having spent the last two seasons in the division with Wigan, and given he almost pulled off a miracle last season - with the Latics only going down on goal difference on the final day of the season despite being hit with a 12-point deduction with just a few games to go - the six point deduction Wednesday are having to deal with this season ought to be no issue for him.

But while that may make a strong case for giving Cook a chance at Hillsborough, the fact he appears not to currently be leading the race for the job at Wednesday, will be a big relief for one current Owls man, in the form of someone Cook himself previously signed for Wigan, Josh Windass.

Having joined the Latics from Rangers following their promotion to the Championship in the summer of 2018, Windass never really found his feet during his 18 months under Cook at The DW Stadium, turning in some far from consistent performances before earning a loan move to Hillsborough in the 2020 January transfer window.

Following that move to Yorkshire, Windass was not exactly shy about the reasons behind his departure from Wigan, admitting on Twitter that a failure to see 'eye to eye' with Cook had led to his exit from The DW.

Given those comments were there for all to see, and after some improved performances for Wednesday following his switch across the Pennines, it was perhaps no surprise to see Windass secure a permanent move to Hillsborough during the most recent summer transfer window.

But the recent news that Cook is on the shortlist to take over at Hillsborough in the aftermath of Monk's departure is unlikely to have been welcomed by Windass as a result of all that.

Not only does the fact the two, as Windass has said, do not see 'eye to eye' mean things could get rather awkward behind the scenes, potentially impacting the midfielder from a playing perspective if Cook were to take over, but his open admission of such - which if Cook isn't aware of, you can be sure someone will point it out to him - might only serve to strain relationships even further between the pair.

As a result, the fact that Cook does not seem to be the front runner for the role for the time being means Windass can rest a little easier for now.

Even so, this may be reminder for him of how quickly and easily circumstances can through people back together again in football, and you wonder whether this may force the midfielder into a different approach, when it comes to social media in the future.