Swindon Town have dismissed manager Phil Brown after a poor run of results saw them slump to 17th in the League Two table.
The former Hull City boss has paid the price for a poor start to the season, becoming the sixth club in the division to be hunting a new manager after jobs at Crawley, Cheltenham, Notts County, Macclesfield and Northampton have previously become available.
Richie Wellens is amongst those being mentioned for the role, but for now they remain rudderless, with the decline of the club evident since Lee Power arrived as chairman.
That hasn’t escaped the fans on Twitter either, with several of them pointing out that they believe the issue isn’t specifically the manager, but the haphazard ownership of the club.
Some believed Brown needed more time, others feel he should never have been appointed in the first place. One thing is for sure; Swindon Town have no business being in the bottom half of League Two, but they need a manager with credentials and ideas, not just a familiar name of another journeyman.
Here’s how the fans feel on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/gumptweet/status/1061732820555579392
We used to be a nice club, with a decent support. Promotions, play off wins. Good managers. Sure, time moves on. But one man will have the day we dropped into the Vanarama League under his ownership on his CV. One man. 👊
— RealPaddyStavros®🎗 (@PaddyStavros) November 11, 2018
wtf you don't want us to be promoted, do you? granted a few of the results so far this season haven't the great but surely Phil needed the season to prove himself. we are still in with a chance of a top 5, not now we won't not with this news. sorry phil and neil.
— Kevin (@Goode1970Kevin) November 11, 2018
Don't exactly do what it says on the tin, do you Mr Power ? pic.twitter.com/pPMkgI3gXV
— RealPaddyStavros®🎗 (@PaddyStavros) November 11, 2018
Laughable.. The club, the owner, 24 carat laughable.
— RealPaddyStavros®🎗 (@PaddyStavros) November 11, 2018
Brown is one of those managers that has gradually declined down the divisions. A couple of decent seasons at Hul has kept him in the game longer than he should have really. Was linked with us after Thorn I believe. #NarrowEscape
— Daniel Davenport (@DanielDav2017) November 11, 2018
Today you have made my day 👌🏻
Please appoint a young dynamic manager who wants to play good football #swindonuntilidie— Chuck (@damianholland4) November 11, 2018
This is not true. Power stopped the club losing money (would have meant there was not club at all) and made wrong decisions in management. He’s planning to buy the ground, create a training base of their own etc. But on the pitch the players need to be more responsible, they play like little kids and take no responsibility for form. When football players are clever enough to mark at set pieces the manager might stand a chance. Can’t see Power is the issue other than he doesn’t throw good money after bad, he seems to want to do it organically like the fans wanted, not to buy success like teams such as Bournemouth or Nottingham Forest or even in the Andrew Black era. Now that’s not good enough people need a scapegoat. Maybe look to the players who contributed nothing since the playoff final?