Former Motherwell boss Graham Alexander has opened up on his Fir Park exit after leaving the membership by 'mutual consent' final week within the aftermath of the membership's embarrassing European exit.
The 50-year-old's remaining act on the Steelmen was to supervise a 3-0 combination loss to League of Eire aspect Sligo Rovers within the second qualifying spherical of the Europa Convention League final Thursday.
He was let go the next day and changed by Steven Hammell on an interim foundation, with the 'Nicely academy director guiding the membership to a gap day win at St Mirren within the Scottish Premiership.
However now Alexander has damaged his silence, releasing a press release by means of the League Managers Affiliation to talk of his delight at what he and assistant Chris Lucketti achieved of their 18 month spell at Fir Park, taking the membership from the underside of the Premiership in January 2021 to a fifth place end final season and a enterprise into Europe.
The assertion learn: "While mine and Chris Lucketti’s time at Motherwell Soccer Membership has come to an finish, it's a interval that I'll all the time bear in mind fondly and be pleased with what we achieved throughout our time in cost.
"First, I wish to thank the board for giving us the chance to guide the membership and for his or her continued assist all through my tenure. The employees behind the scenes have been nice, and my assist employees have been unbelievable to work with making it a pleasure to enter work day by day.
“It has been a privilege to educate the gamers and so they deserve a lot credit score for what we achieved. We now have made many associates and meaning as a lot to us as our report of outcomes.
"After we had been trusted with main the membership 18 months in the past, it was a frightening problem. Backside of the league and staring relegation within the face, the duty was fairly clear.
"Succeeding in preserving Motherwell’s SPL standing, with just a few video games to spare, was so essential to the membership each on and off the pitch, as we knew what relegation would imply to the membership and its followers.
“Our subsequent problem was to trim and enhance the squad, to create a bunch of gamers that would intention for a high half end.
"While focussing on these goals, we additionally reintroduced the U/18’s again into full-time coaching, permitting us to incorporate a number of academy gamers in our senior squad.
“In our solely full season, we managed to do all of this and qualify for Europe, after spending 27 weeks of the season within the high six.
"That achievement is one that everybody on the membership can look again on with delight.
“I'll all the time bear in mind what we, as a workforce, achieved collectively – qualifying for Europe, incomes the third highest factors tally behind solely Celtic and Rangers, and being the fourth highest scorers throughout the league.
"It has been a implausible 18 months. Lastly, thanks to the supporters who received behind the workforce and helped us to achieve Europe final season.
“Good luck to everybody and take care.”
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