westbanker
Vital Reserves Team
Brighton have sacked Houghton. Cue another foreign unknown manager.
Brighton have sacked Houghton. Cue another foreign unknown manager.
Ridiculous, hope they get a quick reality check next season and go down.
To be honest I'm not surprised that he's gone as Brighton have been dismal since Christmas. I'm sure the owners envisaged another season of struggle if he had stayed.
Murphy was going backwards at Lincoln at that time - we only reached safety from relegation the game before the Bradford fire (v. Cambridge from memory). The view was that he had lost momentum and it was time for a change. Despite what he had achieved a few years earlier, I don't remember too many objections when he left. Lincoln's error was the manager they selected to take his place, rather than the decision to part company with Murphy.I can see why clubs try to do something about medirocracy- It may galvanise improvement, but equally it can lead to a decline and a relegation. Two times when I think this has applied to City is first in 1970 when we sacked Ron Gray and had to apply for re-election the following season. The other was when Murphy departed in 1985,and we subsequently suffered 2 sucessive relegations to the Conference.