Simon Grayson

EARLY EXIT: Nick Daws

Kevin Nolan

Gary Johnson

LIKE all managers, I’ve had my share of sackings. It hurts, but you know it’s going to happen one day. That’s the business, unfortunately. The first time, at Leeds,
I didn’t really see it coming. Yes, we’d just lost 4-1 to Birmingham. But we’d been three points off the play-offs and were still in a strong position.
Same at Huddersfield. I went into a meeting with (owner) Dean Hoyle thinking we’d be talking about transfer targets, this and that. I came out...