The sackings of Kevin Thelwell and Patrick Stewart should have taken no one by surprise and yet the timing of their departures seemed to take most people aback. Maybe not, but having backed both chief executive and sporting director so vehemently just a month ago, Andrew Cavenagh has finally accepted neither man was carrying out their duties to the standards demanded of them, not least by the club’s supporters. There are also suggestions these two staff changes will not be the last, while reports of some of Thelwell’s summer signings being made available for transfer in January abound as well.