Blog: Andy Sinton's AFC Telford exit was overdue

To be brutally honest, he's been living on borrowed time for quite a while now and I can't help but feel he should have gone before Christmas.

We haven't won a league game since October 9 – yes, the beginning of October! – and ultimately that was not good enough in December, never mind the end of January.

If we had got a new manager in earlier we might have seen a turnaround in results by now, whereas we will are fast running out of games to survive.

I think we have struggled to attract players recently because there were question marks hanging over the head of the manager.

There aren't many players who will sign if they think the boss isn't going to be there in a few weeks' time. Like all supporters, I'm thankful for the job Sinton did in getting us into the Blue Square Premier but the reality is he had taken us as far as he could and we've gone backwards in the past couple of months.

Hopefully it won't have cost the club too much in terms of compensation and that won't impact on who takes over in the dugout.

In terms of a replacement, I think we should look at different type of manager.

Andy brought a little touch of glamour, being a 'name' and undoubtedly had some good contacts in the Football League which would have opened a few doors.

But in my book Telford need someone who knows the non-league game inside out with contacts in Midlands football.

Ideally we could do with someone like Gary Whild, who is Steve Burr's No 2 at Kidderminster Harriers.

He has a great handle on the players doing well at a level below us who are good enough to step up.

The same would apply to former Kettering manager Mark Cooper, who would be my other choice for the job and hopefully the club will investigate at least one of those options.

We still have time to get out of the mess we're in but we need to have someone in place quickly and get things moving again.