Grant departure result of poor form

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Grant, 42, left by mutual consent on Tuesday after the 1-0 defeat at bottom club QPR on Monday left the Canaries in the relegation zone with just eight points from their opening 10 matches.

He told the club's website: "It was a very, very difficult decision for us to make but it was right for myself and for the football club to go forward. We are in a results-driven business and I don't like being second best at anything."

Grant suffered horrendous luck with injuries during his 12-month tenure at Carrow Road and was also hamstrung by the sale of key players Robert Earnshaw and Dickson Etuhu to Premier League sides Derby and Sunderland respectively.

But after luring last year's Championship top scorer Jamie Cureton back to his first club from Colchester in the summer Grant was expected to vastly improve on last year's showing.

But instead his side have failed to score in their last six matches in all competitions and have slipped to 22nd place in the table.

The Scot believes he could have had more luck but he believes the Canaries' season will pick up.

He said: "Unfortunately for me I feel that the balls haven't bounced the right way for me over the last 12 months.

"But the most important things for me have always been the supporters and the club itself. They are the two constants while managers and players come and go."

Coach Jim Duffy will take temporary charge of first-team affairs at Carrow Road with the next fixture not until the visit of Bristol City on October 20.