You can take the man out of Watford. But you can’t take the Watford out of the man.

Yesterday, after just six games in charge, Forest Green Rovers confirmed that Troy Deeney would no longer remain as manager, as Forest Green remains likely relegation candidates, seven points off safety, albeit with two games on hand over 22nd place Colchester United.

It was a strange choice given the circumstances, I commented on the appointment just a month ago, calling it “either inspired or disastrous”, and given the manner of his removal, ticks the latters box.

Troy Deeney was never a player you imagined as a manager. You look at some players, and you just get the feeling they would make great managers. I get that feeling with Ílkay Gungodan, Juan Mata or Cesc Fabregas. Not in a million years could I imagine Deeney taking that role.

That’s not to say he’s not had his moments, Deeney is the holder of probably one of the most iconic moments in EFL football, but his appointment inspired as much confidence as Wayne Rooney’s ill-fated appointment at Birmingham City.

He didn’t show much in six games, but, to be fair, you can’t really judge a manager in that short amount of time, and especially before he’s even had a chance to get comfortable, and potentially geting reinforcements in the January window. Poor results with a poor team that’s struggled under numerous managers in the past years can be more than understood, especially for a first-time manager, but attending the Joey Barton School of Man Management cannot.

I truly don’t understand why you would throw your players under the bus like he did during a post-match interview. He’s an experienced footballer who’s worked with numerous managers, surely he would recognise that lambasting players never works out. Even Jose Mourinho had to learn that.

So lambasting players publicity was truly a spectacularly horrible move. Not only from a mental health and relationship perspective. Like seriously, come on. This is a man who’s spoken about his own mental health issues, surely he has to realise he’s very possibly harmed someone else’s, and that mental health is, very right so, something managers need to consider the importance of.

That does nothing to endear fans, or players, to the gaffer. And the four match ban for “improper and/or abusive and/or threatening behaviour and/or language” just makes it far, far worse. Doesn’t seem like a man with the maturity for a job where, let’s be real, you have to work with many young men who need guidance and help in what is an extremely stressful work environment.

And such, he was gone. Forest Green Rovers chairman Dale Vince confirmed it was a mixture of all the above issues that culminated in his early P45. What a mess eh?

In today’s age of mental health and caring groups, it’s hard to imagine Troy Deeney getting another managers job. But who knows, good old Joey was able to get two managerial roles.

As for Forest Green? Well, Dale Vince needs to get the next one right. The EFL’s only vegan and eco-friendly club needs it.