Carlisle United have parted company with Steven Pressley.
The Cumbrians are in the hunt for a new manager to help turn their season around, The72 have picked out five potential candidates for the job.
The League Two side are currently 19th in the league having won five games out of their opening 17 matches.
Pressley, who has previously managed Falkirk, Coventry City and Fleetwood Town, won 34.5% of games in charge of the Brunton Park outfit.
Carlisle released an official club statement yesterday which read: “Steven has given his all and has worked tirelessly since the day he joined us. We understand the challenges and have supported him throughout, but we haven’t seen the evidence of progress we expected or needed to see.”
“This is not something we can allow to continue, so sadly it is time to change, move on and look forward. I want to say a personal thank you to Steven, he has been a pleasure to work with and this has not been an easy decision for us to make.”
Here is how the Carlisle fans have reacted on Twitter to Pressley’s departure from the club:
Worth bearing in mind this is a decent guy who’s worked his socks off for us and has just lost his job. It didn’t work out for him but I don’t think the abuse off some fans is called for…
— Sir Stanley 💙 (@sirstanley129) November 13, 2019
Bit of a mixed feeling about Pressley being sacked.
Always seemed like a nice man and has given youth a chance over the last few weeks.
However insistence on playing Webster through awful form, lowest gates in decades and strange substitutions have sealed his fate.#cufc
— Michael Grace MP (@FizzyBoB) November 13, 2019
So it seems getting kicked out the EFL cup by losing away to a team that had nothing to play for was the final nail in the coffin for #Pressley. Thought after the FA cup game he might have got a bit longer but seemingly not. #CUFC
— Steven (@stevenbatey96) November 13, 2019
Surprised they've sacked Pressley? No. Surprised they've sacked him right now? Astonished.Hope they aren't considering the EFL Trophy in it, and before that we've had three positive results, granted with poor performances but still. Don't disagree with it, but very shocked. #cufc
— Ste Alderson (@Salderson91) November 13, 2019
Who are the cheap options about then to replace Pressley? Grainger, Murphy, Skelton, Jansen? Whoever it is, it will be on the cheap #cufc
— ccoulthard (@ccoulthard) November 13, 2019
Desperately wanted it to work out for Pressley – said all the right things etc. although got enough time which never unfortunately came to anything worthy.
Summer was poor and this season felt doomed but the problem lays above.@d3d4football | #CUFC
— Nathan Ridley (@nathan_ridley_) November 13, 2019
Footballing wise, I'm not that disappointed or surprised. It wasn't working. How much is the fault of Steven Pressley is debatable. Some, not all, IMO.
From a human side, I feel sad that a decent man has lost his job.
But it's not personal, Sonny, it's strictly business.#cufc pic.twitter.com/5SiDvPnYjX— All about Steve (@1StevieKilner) November 13, 2019
