ANOTHER week of uncertainty and drama at Weymouth Football Club has passed with no solution to the turmoil seemingly on the horizon.

The Terras’ name is being dragged through the dirt once again and the reputation of the club is heading ever downward as this crisis deepens.

Manager John Hollins has been sacked after being put on gardening leave and is accused by majority shareholder Malcolm Curtis of being disloyal and lazy.

Dave Higson and his consortium have said they will take over the club if Curtis leaves it debt free.

However, after weeks of mulling over a bid to takeover the Terras Dorchester Town chairman Eddie Mitchell has decided to end interest in any such deal and any possible merger for now.

The majority of fans are very much against the proposal and this week Magpies’ secretary David Martin and the proposed supporters’ trust have both pleaded with Mitchell to drop the idea.

The precarious financial situation at the moment has obviously been a big obstacle for Mitchell.

But the decision will reassure fans from both clubs who were very much against any proposed deal.

After the sacking of Hollins, Curtis revealed the reasons why he ended the contract of the former Chelsea star.

The ex-Crawley Town boss was accused of being lazy and disloyal.

He said Hollins failed to turn up at training on a number of occasions and had not kept within the strict playing budget.

Discipline had slipped among the players and some were given days off and sometimes a week off.

The final straw, apparently was when Hollins approached fellow Blue Square Premier side Woking about their vacant managerial post.

This smacked of being devious and disloyal to the club says Curtis, who also added he felt Hollins was losing interest in the job at the Wessex Stadium.

Is it any wonder?

The club has been in turmoil for months. It is reputed to be losing £30,000 a month, and has become isolated after the land surrounding the stadium was sold to Ernie Battey’s investment company Morgan Sindall.

The club has been forced to try and offload players to cut the wage bill but this has been unsuccessful due to financial meltdown and the fact that the January transfer window is due to open soon.

Curtis is refusing to speak to the Press at the moment and talks seem to have stalled with Higson’s consortium.

Yes, some have suggested that Hollins was relieved of his duties purely because of financial shortcomings at the club.

So, if that is not the case, then why didn’t Curtis deal with the situation with Hollins at the time.

He should have monitored the budget if Hollins was overspending because surely the chairman was aware of it.

If Hollins did not attend training then a quiet word in his ear would have remedied that problem.

As for making enquiries about the Woking post – most people keep an eye on the job market and would admit to taking an interest in another vacancy while being employed.

If everyone who had done so were disciplined then the already frail recruitment market would collapse.

We can only hope that an agreement can be reached with the consortium, and Dave Higson steadies the ship before it sinks without a trace.