Turner questions sack race
19 Sep 2008 - 12:34:24
Hereford United supremo Graham Turner has called into question the speed with which several managers have lost their jobs already this season.
Turner, who is both manager and chairman of the Edgar Street club, has been saddened by the axing of Keith Downing by Cheltenham Town and the sackings of Kevin Bond and Alan Buckley at Bournemouth and Grimsby Town respectively.
He told the Hereford Times: "What surprises me is that directors will entrust the assembly of a squad of players for the season, allow a manager to pay transfer fees and accumulate a big wage bill and then promptly sack him in the first few weeks of the season.
"If a manager lasts six matches into a new season then clearly the directors must have had serious doubts about his ability to manage in the close-season.
"If that is the case then why allow him to spend the club's money on fees and wages in the first place?"