But on March 29, a 4-0 loss at home to relegation-threatened Crawley Town threatens to be the final straw, and one that brings a nightmarish end to the dream return to the Millers. Rotherham fans left in their droves before the final whistle and chanted for the dismissal of the former Boro boss. He offered his apologies but knows that those are just words, and he appreciates his time at the club may be up.
“The fans have watched an abject performance," he said. "I apologise but t he fans don’t want to hear apologies – they want the performance to be right. “I will always protect my players.
I think a lot of those players have not got credit in the bank at this football club. Maybe my credit will run out, I don’t know. “I thought we defended poorly.
Our players have played with a really heavy weight on their shoulders. “The facts are they have not played in a Rotherham United fashion for much of the season. “In the games that they have, we have won games comfortably.
“We won’t make excuses. I offer my apologies. The performance was limp and way off the minimum standards.
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