JASON Tindall was sacked as AFC Bournemouth manager on Wednesday morning after four consecutive defeats in the league.

The 43-year-old took over from departing Eddie Howe, whom he worked as an assistant for during the club’s meteoric rise to the Premier League.

However, with the club in sixth place, and having not won in the league since January 2, Tindall was relieved of his duties after 22 years’ service as a player, assistant manager and manager.

Reacting to the news, Cherries fan Dariz Hataisantiwong, 23, from the New Forest, said: “I think it is a good decision, I hope it has not affected his legacy at the club and what he has done with Eddie Howe.

“I don’t think he had the right tactics to be a manager just yet, we were too defensive, and really bad defensively.

“We needed a new manager with a whole new take on the squad. I don’t think Tindall had the influence to take on this club to get us back in the Premier League.

“He has been a great servant to the club, he shouldn’t be remembered for this season, he should be remembered for what he did as a player and with Eddie, he is a big part of our history.”

Meanwhile, Dan Cox, 32, from Ringwood, said: “I definitely think it was the right decision.

“I think it was coming, performances were only getting worse, the team didn’t seem to have any tactical direction, the players seemed lost in whatever system they were trying to play.

“I thought they might have given him a couple more games but after four losses in a row, three to teams who are nowhere, then the writing was on the wall.

“It started quite well but we were beating teams through individual brilliance, goals from Danjuma or Brooks, we weren’t putting in good performances.

“I think he should be remembered as being part of the best management duo we have ever had. His management doesn’t take away from how good a number two he was.”

Cherries parted company with Eddie Howe last summer after the club was relegated from the Premier League.

Jason Tindall took over and started his tenure with a 3-2 win against Blackburn Rovers, and it wasn’t until November that he lost in the Championship.

And season ticket holder Harry Gaston, 25, said he thought he deserved more time.

“I am not going to say he has done an amazing job,” he said. “I think he has done an alright job, this is the first sticky patch we have gone through.

“We are desperately lacking characters in the team. We probably have more ability than most but that doesn’t automatically mean you win the league.

“He should be remembered very well. If you were there in the League One and League Two days, it was a double act him and Howe, he doesn’t get enough credit for what he did."