The inevitable occurred this morning, as Walsall parted company with Kevan Broadhurst.

Broadhurst was bought in to try and save the club from relegation and Saturday’s defeat at home to Huddersfield Town meant that he has failed and the parting of the ways had to come.

His record as manager will, unfortunately, go down with some of the worst of those that had preceded him, being:-

Played 11, won 1, drawn 4, lost 6.

However, that also has to be seen in context. He was given a near thankless task, taking over after the transfer window had closed and with a squad riven by cliques and which had been mismanged, badly put together and badly coached for so long. He did his best, but his best was never going to be enough and one would question the wisdom of making such a short term appointment in the first place, when someone could have been brought in to make a fresh start, looking ahead to next season.

Which brings us to what Jeff Bonser will do next.

His tenure as Chairman and owner has been a catalogue of mistakes and disasters since his refusal to back Colin Lee at Christmas, following the Cardiff game. The culmination of that, coupled with the ruinous reign of the hapless Paul Merson, has been relegation to the bottom tier of League football, the sacking of two managers in two and a bit months and a squad which is demoralised, dejected and demotivated. The ability of the next man to change things is even limited by the farcical number of long term contracts Bonser let Merson grant.

So Jeff, tell us, where the Hell do we go from here?

Kevan Broadhurst has been sacked as Walsall manager this morning following the club’s relegation to League 2. His reign lasted just 11 games, during which time the club managed one win. It will be interesting to see what Broadhurst says publicly, if anything, about the state of Walsall FC, as he was intending a major clear-out and revamp if he’d been given next season as well. Expect there to be some sort of confidentiality clause as part of the financial settlement between the club and Broadhurst.

Mark Kinsella has been put in temporary chance. Meanwhile we wait to hear who is next in line to receive the permanent chalice from chairman Jeff Bonser.