"When you're in it, it is hard to reflect. But I never wanted the interim period to be about me."
Life has been pretty full on for Brighton's interim boss Amy Merricks since October 31. That Monday morning Hope Powell, manager at the club for five years and former England coach from 1998-2013, stepped down following an 8-0 defeat to Tottenham. In a rollercoaster season for the Albion that felt the lowest point.
Since then Powell's former assistant has stepped in to the breach to help turn the campaign around. Merricks, 29, is the youngest manager currently in the WSL, a full seven years younger than next on the list Reading's Kelly Chambers. She did have one brief spell in charge as caretaker prior to Powell taking the job in 2017, but that was during pre-season, this time she was straight in at the deep end.
