Annoyed Dundee United chairman Mark Ogren has ripped aside Jack Ross' transient spell as boss at Tannadice after a "largely disappointing" begin to the marketing campaign.
The previous Hibs and Sunderland boss was proven the door at Tannadice with the heavy defeat to Celtic proving the ultimate straw for Ogren. The spectacular first leg win over AZ Alkmaar in Europa Convention League qualifying proved to be an outlier amid a run of rotten outcomes, with the 7-0 trouncing away to the Eredivise aspect dealing an early bodyblow to Ross' tenure.
United have by no means recovered having misplaced their final 4 Scottish Premiership video games with the 9-0 thrashing by Celtic within the Metropolis of Discovery leaving the followers, homeowners and gamers shellshocked. The anger was palpable from the stands with a stream of punters heading for the exits on the interval with their aspect trailing 4-0 to Ange Postecoglou's aspect, and Ogren and the board determined to wield the axe simply seven video games into the marketing campaign.
Ogren has now damaged his silence on the choice, and known as for endurance from the followers to discover a successor. In a prolonged assertion, he wrote: "I want to tackle the present state of affairs amid what has been a largely disappointing begin to the on-field marketing campaign.
"A string of poor performances and unacceptable outcomes led to the board making the choice to alleviate Jack Ross of his place as Head Coach. Such actions are by no means taken calmly and, as a board, we took a interval of reflection and knowledge gathering after Sunday’s sport earlier than coming to our resolution.
"This has been a horrendous run of outcomes for the membership and for that we apologise unreservedly to our followers. Nonetheless, it's my perception that the instruments and infrastructure stay in place for us to attain success on the sphere. This may require everybody to be united behind what we are attempting to do.
"Within the nearly 4 years of possession at this membership, we've got achieved almost all of our targets and aims sooner than anticipated and as a board, we consider we are able to take issues even additional quickly. I'm assured the gamers, employees, government group, and board at the moment in place are those to take us ahead alongside a brand new Head Coach.
"As we start the method of on the lookout for our new Head Coach, please know it will take a while and I ask you all to stay affected person and supportive.
"Your assist has been distinctive, each when it comes to ticket gross sales and vocal backing and I do know you merely crave success for our membership. I can guarantee you I share that craving and definitely anticipate we'll once more quickly be seeing performances during which we are able to all be proud."
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