In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, former Sheffield Wednesday loanee Dean Windass has described the appointment of Darren Moore as a "positive" one for the Owls.

Wednesday had been without a manager since Tony Pulis was sacked following a run of just one victory in 10 Championship matches towards the end of December.

First team coach Neil Thompson was placed in interim charge and enjoyed an excellent start in the Hillsborough dugout, leading the Owls to five wins in his opening seven games which saw them climb out of the relegation zone.

However, four defeats on the bounce has left Wednesday in serious danger of losing their Championship status, and just three days after they squandered a two-goal lead to lose at Luton, Moore left his duties at League One promotion-chasing Doncaster Rovers to make the short trip across Yorkshire.

And despite losing his first game to Rotherham on Wednesday night, Windass told FFC that he was upbeat about Moore's appointment. He said:

"I think it's a positive one. I was speaking to Josh on Tuesday when he came into the training ground and met all of the players. He's my ex-teammate, so I know Darren really well when I signed for Bradford, he was our big man at the back. Josh said to me 'he wants to play from the back, he doesn't want to launch it long'.

"He did a magnificent job at West Brom, unfortunate to lose his job in my opinion, and then obviously got back into the game with Doncaster."

Doncaster currently sit 6th in the League One standings, so is Windass surprised that Moore opted to leave?

He added: "It's a strange one in a sense of they're flying high in League One. But maybe sometimes in football nowadays, it's not so much about the money, it's about the challenge and Sheffield Wednesday is a massive football club. It's a big challenge for him, but fair play to him for leaving League One and Doncaster maybe getting promoted."

There's so much to admire about Moore, but following their defeat to Rotherham, Wednesday are now in serious danger of being relegated, so he needs to get results or he'll be a League One manager quicker than he might have thought.