King himself was never popular with supporters and his appointment was a personal decision by the club’s owner Amar Alkadhi. Several key board members and the chairman didn’t support the decision and resigned when it was announced last summer.

King built an impressive squad but didn’t seem to bother with team preparation, and also didn’t help himself by promising the play offs as a ‘minimum’ achievement for the season. This was never likely, something recognised by most of the fans, but if a man insists he’s going to deliver something then it’s only fair he’s held to it.

The timing of the sacking was a surprise but all the club has said is that they hope to be able to give more details at some point in the future. It’s fair to say that King has something of a reputation in non league circles and this is not the first time he’s left a club in circumstances that aren’t publicly explained.

MTFC under the current owner are certainly not a club that thinks deeply or sensibly about long term planning. As a Silkmen fan, it pains me to say that I can’t see the current set-up bringing any success any time soon. King wasn’t the right man for the job and his swift departure was on the cards from the day he arrived.

Now, WCFC get around 700 for each game, and the directors claim they needed to more than double that number to survive? And now it’s merely just 700 STs they need, otherwise that £2.6m (After the tax bill has been paid) wont be enough to pay 20 part time players?

Someone’s having a laugh here.