I must say I was surprised that the board decided to relieve Dave Artell of his duties however I have never seen him so down as he was after the Doncaster game so it could have been mutual will we ever know?
Personally I think the Dave Artell is a thoroughly decent chap who did his very best for the Alex as player and manager and was a fan as well it is sad to see it ending as it has and did not deserve some of the comments aimed at him.
I think he had some huge challenges this season especially having all the talent removed prior to the season starting it was always going to be a struggle so it was all about recruitment and budget, he recruited what he thought were good enough and what he could afford and those signings were not up to the job hence many were shipped out in January and another number of signings made initially they looked OK but injuries hit and they all disappeared leaving us short on numbers and having to blood numerous youngsters who to their credit performed well and showed commitment unlike some of the mercenaries we signed. The appointment of the next manager is of paramount importance and we need to get the right person to develop the younger players but has the knowledge of league two to understand he needs good experienced pros as well, a major sort out and rebuild is required a difficult task. I have said it before we need a solid spike GK,CH,CM,CF of the like of Nicky Hunt, Paul Green etc and go again.
The Chairman is on Radio Stoke tonight will be interesting to hear what he has to say.