Ross County: Stuart Kettlewell sacked as manager after defeat by Hamilton Academical
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Stuart Kettlewell has been "relieved of his duties" as Ross County manager following their 2-0 home defeat by Hamilton Academical.
Kettlewell revealed his departure in a BBC Scotland interview after the loss left his team four points adrift at the bottom of the Scottish Premiership.
County then confirmed the news, which comes after a run of 10 league games without a win, eight of them defeats.
"From my point of view it's obviously gut wrenching," said Kettlewell.
"I just want to front that one up and say that's the situation just now. I'll need to go and speak to the players, speak to the staff and all the people who have been behind me.
"It's obviously a bit raw. I'll take it on the chin and take responsibility for what's not been good enough, and it hasn't been good enough. We find ourselves at the bottom of the league.
"Hopefully whoever comes in, whoever gets that responsibility, can pick the players up and start finding results and watch the football club move up the table."
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Kettlewell was appointed sole manager of County in June, having been co-manager with Steven Ferguson since March 2018.
The Dingwall club started the season strongly under the 36-year-old, beating Motherwell and Hamilton Academical in their opening two Premiership matches.
However, they have won just once in the league since, with last month's shock League Cup win at Celtic Park a rare bright spot in a torrid autumn.
'You have to question the state of that club' - analysis
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer Tom English
Ross County chairman Roy McGregor is pretty ruthless. He's gone through a few managers now. Are they any further ahead than they were before?
I thought it was a surprise when they got rid of Jim McIntyre and Billy Dodds in 2017. McGregor said he wanted the club to reconnect with the community - that sounded odd to me.
It's pretty rare that a manager gets sacked directly after a game. You have to question the state of that club. Is it a stable club?
They seem to make a lot of decisions to change managers, change set-ups, squads changing all the time. It seems to me they seem to be making poor decision after poor decision there.
They're bottom of the league, they've scored 10 league goals this season, the last win was ironically and bizarrely against Celtic. They can't score goals so once they concede that's game over.
Stuart Kettlewell has gone, he's a sacrificial lamb, but what else is going on that makes it a failing club right now?
