Bye bye Brabin

Well what can you say? Except for bugger. And arse. And other such expletives.

It's been clear for the last week or so that all has not been well in the good state of Cambridge United, but I didn't expect it to come to a head in such dramatic fashion. The to-and-fro'ing between Brabin and Rolls in the CEN was, frankly, pathetic from both men, although the Brabinator trumped chairman George in the stupidity stakes with the bizarre elevation of the previously out-of-favour Daryl McMahon to world class status ("Daryl McMahon can play any position and he's another quality player," he said in what turned out to be his final press conference).

You'd have hoped they could've worked through their differences rather than just ripping it all up and starting again, if for no other reason than we will now be using a portion of our (already limited) budget to pay off yet another manager. Our chairman/board of directors have managed to fall out with two managers in just over a year, and while I suspect neither were totally blameless for their demise, it seems there are too many egos battling behind the scenes for the club to function properly for any lengthy period of time. Are we going to keep changing managers every year until they find one that is totally compliant and never makes a fuss? It's a very strange way to run an organisation.

For whatever reason we're now back to square one again, only this time we have a squad full of contracted players who the new manager may or may not fancy. Plus there's the issue of what happens to Carden, because it will surely be a bit arkward if he reverts to a playing role from a position of relative authority.

The main priority now is that the board need to act quickly and decisively when appointing a next boss. We don't have time to mess about, and it's important for the new man to have time to come in and make his mark on the squad before the season starts.