The English coach's contract is expiring and it's hard to argue for an extension
If success in football was judged simply on results, Warren Joyce would have a solid case to extend his stay in charge of Melbourne City.
The beautiful game, however, is a brutal, all-encompassing business that has rightly cast Joyce's future at the club in major doubt.
A run of one win across City's past eight matches has come at the worst possible time for the coach with fan discontent refusing to go away.
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Like it or not, Joyce's hard-line stance with Bruno Fornaroli rubbed a number of fans the wrong way as they were forced to see their star man rot away in the stands before sealing a move to current league leaders Perth Glory.