Simon Grayson's time at Blackpool has come to an end, after the League One club confirmed his sacking as manager on Wednesday afternoon.

Grayson, who had been appointed as the club's boss for the second time in his managerial back in the summer, leaves the club after just over seven months in charge at Bloomfield Road, with the announcement of his departure coming less than a day after his side suffered a last-minute 3-2 defeat at home to Gillingham.

Blackpool have parted company with Grayson with the club currently 15th in the League One table, 13 points adrift of the play-off places and 14 clear of the relegation zone, having played 29 league games this season.

So did Grayson deserve to be shown the door at Bloomfield Road?

Here, we put the spotlight on Blackpool's performances under their now-former manager this season, in order to find out.

Having won fewer games than they either drew or lost in the league this season, Blackpool were starting to face an uphill task in the battle for promotion, and having taken just one win from their last ten league games - a 2-1 win at home to lowly Southend - it is perhaps no surprise that the Seasiders' board elected to take action.

Interestingly, it could be argued that it is draws that have cost Grayson just as much as defeats, since turning even just a handful of those stalemates into victories, would have seen Blackpool much closer to the play-off places, and potentially kept Grayson in a job.

That, however, is not the only eyebrow-raising aspect of the club's season so far under Grayson.

The fact that Blackpool have scored one more goal than they have conceded is particularly surprising, when you look at the way the majority of their matches have played out.

With opposition sides averaging 1.5 more shots than Blackpool during games against the Tangerines, and with Grayson's men enjoying less than half the possession in those matches, you would have generally have expected more of the chances, and indeed goals, would have gone to the Seasiders' opponents.

That is not the case, and it is likely to have much to do with the contributions of Armand Gnanduillet, Blackpool's top scorer with 15 league goals this season, which is at least 11 goals more than any of his current teammates.

Consequentially, those sorts of numbers appear to suggest that Grayson simply wasn't getting enough out of his squad, which, when you consider the money those behind the scenes at the club have invested in it - signing 13 players in the summer, and a further 11 in January - was never going to bode well for Grayson.

It seems, therefore, that with the club making such a big statement of intent in their push for promotion to the Championship, Grayson simply wasn't getting enough out of the side at his disposal either in terms of results or performances, meaning his departure from the club, does seem to be an understandable one to some extent.