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Managers need time to succeed
AMID the hurly burly of transfer deadline day, it may have been overlooked by many that Justin Edinburgh had become the first managerial casualty of the new season.
Admittedly, the League One table did make grim reading for anyone with Northampton Town connections – bottom of the table with no points from four games and a goal difference of minus eight.
Poor form at the end of last season could also be added to the charge sheet, while there was also the case that a much-changed squad had increased expectations at Sixfields this season.
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