That transition from assistant to manager is tricky, as several of Sir Alex Ferguson’s sidekicks discovered. Fortunately for Bournemouth, Jason Tindall seems to know the secret to succeeding.
After 12 years of assisting Eddie Howe, Tindall’s team are now battling at the top of the Championship. ‘You can’t be the same person,’ he says of going from No 2 to No 1 and good cop to bad cop. ‘You need to be different. That’s how it was with me and Ed.
‘The manager is always the bad guy. When you’re leaving players out of the team, you’re the bad guy.