Paul Hartley Away

[TheDarkBlues]

Dundee Football Club have this afternoon relieved manager Paul Hartley of his duties. 

Paul took charge of the club in February 2014. He took the club to the SPFL Championship title before clinching a top six finish in our first season back in the top flight.

Last season after missing out on the top six on the final day, the club went on to finish 8th in the top division.

The club currently sit 11th in the Premiership table and the Board of Directors feel a change is needed ahead of five vital matches between now and the end of the season.

Managing Director John Nelms is currently addressing the players and staff and the club will release a further update shortly.

John Nelms said, “I want to thank Paul for his time with the club. Unfortunately, the business we are in, sometimes change is necessary to achieve the goals we have set. I think somebody in the near future is going to get a good hard working manager.”

[92.17@020516]

Confirmed.  More info to follow.

Edited 17 April 2017 by 92.17@020516
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[CC33]

PH got himself in a mess , never knew his preffered system , played players out position , done awful buisness in the summer ... he was doomed

His biggest un doing was that he try to be too clever and its cost him his job and prob our top flight status

[blythswood]

All the best Paul, thanks for the wonderful times. The bad bits are no longer relevant. 

I suspect he'll be a decent manager elsewhere.

After Saturday hard to argue that he should stay. 

Onwards, upwards. 

[Fas]

I wanted to see him succeed and crave stability but it became painfully obvious pretty f***** quickly he didnt have a clue. Hemmings and Stewart got him through last year but after that the game was up. He might learn from this and hope he goes on to be successful but this should have happened after 7 to the sheep! Unforgivable that one! 

[mainstand]

Tae be fair,this has been building and building.The League Cup displays at the start o, the season, papped oot the Scottish by a lower division at home, the sixes and sevens runs being beaten,the doing by Aberdeen at home.Tae be honest,the football on show this season has been 90% abysmal and there has been no sense of acheiving  an effective way of playing. Factor in the playing round pegs in square holes it really does seem tae hae been inevitable.Only time will tell if this decision has come too late.

[R2Dee2]

He wrote his own ending by admitting in the post match interview that he'd tried everything and didn't know what to do to change it.

 

[BCram]

Don't think it has come too late. It is still in our power to win our way out of the playoff spot.

[StobbieDee]

3 minutes ago, BCram said:

Don't think it has come too late. It is still in our power to win our way out of the playoff spot.

It is now but we need a replacement that will inspire players and fans alike to give us that impetus to get out this mess.

[EastLothianBlue]

All the best Paul. 

[Raptor]

Correct time to do it, after Saturday could not see where another win was going to come from.

 

get someone in quick and they have 2 weeks to gel with the team till our next crucial game.

We can do this!!!  DTID. 

[WESTENDDEE]

All the best Paul wanted you to succeed.