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Former Rangers midfielder and Liverpool first team coach Alex Miller has been sacked as coach of Chiba-based JEF United following a miserable spell in charge of the J. League strugglers. Miller was drafted in following the sacking of Croatian tactician Josip Kuze midway through last season, but after overseeing United's dramatic final-day escape from relegation, the Glaswegian paid a heavy price for his failure to strengthen United's squad in 2009. A 2-1 home defeat to Shimizu S-Pulse was the final straw for club officials, but it was Miller's constant penchant for chopping and changing his starting eleven that arguably sealed his fate.