It's hard to believe how anyone can be in two minds about Slade...so many excuses being made...joining a sinking ship etc etc...making comparisons with Venus and TM.
Otis, what I said was these players are better than they APPEAR! They aren't given the chance to give their best, whatever that might be.....but whatever it is it would make a difference in my opinion. And I have to disagree with you about Lameiras...probably the most talented player we have, but has never, under any manager been given the run he deserves....wasn't even on the bench yesterday as an option, like him or not. Neither was Stevenson...what's that all about. And what about Stokes? I'm seriously baffled
Obviously results are the most important measure of a managers success, and they speak for themselves, but if you outside of the results nothing points to him being a good manager.
His tactics are one dimensional with no plan b, no thought to the oppositions style/tactics, just long ball. He fails to react to the game and insists on sticking with an ineffective tactic that has consistently proven to be a failure.
In extension, his team selection is appalling. Anyone who continues to play Andy Rose in CM AND expect him to be a creative force is clueless. His insistence with Burge is also baffling, I appreciate RCC is not the finished article but he's a better keeper and his confidence would have been sky high after Swansea.
His recruitment has been average to poor, bar Beavon who is a standard above the rest of the team. Reilly has also shown signs of improvement, but the rest are all bang average or not good enough. In addition, he failed to address areas that required attention, especially based on his long ball tactics i.e. target man and wingers, and other poor areas such as full back.
I appreciate he came into an already sinking ship, but he's absolutely failed to save it and has in fact quickened the speed at which it is sinking.
It's the worst football I've ever witnessed, and the fact it isn't even working means there is no saving grace. He's a poor manager who's been asked to do a job only a truly great manager could have achieved.
Doesn't make for good reading at all does it.This season (league only)
Mowbray P10 W0 D6 L4 G6 A12 Pts 6 ppg 0.6 position 24th
Venus P12 W4 D1 L7 G13 A18 pts 13 ppg 1.1 position 24th
Slade P11 W1 D3 L7 G10 A22 Pts 6 ppg 0.55 position 24th
Awful
Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
Imo they would
Mowbray is proof of that. We drew more than we lost in league under mowbray this season
Now we lose more than we draw i think under slade
Lets change manager now and try win a few before seasons end
Very true.Calling Slade a pub manager or non league is pretty dumb. His overall career record is better than a lot of managers we've had.
I guess we shouldn't have just let him take a job on the short term. That ended up with him coming here without his regular support team. All managers I can remember get their back up staff. As a result he just seems to be alone on the bench.
Calling Slade a pub manager or non league is pretty dumb. His overall career record is better than a lot of managers we've had.
I guess we shouldn't have just let him take a job on the short term. That ended up with him coming here without his regular support team. All managers I can remember get their back up staff. As a result he just seems to be alone on the bench.
We did save wages though on Mowbray didn't we.It would have cost to bring in his support staff so was never likely to happen and may have meant that people like Oggy would become surplus and imagine the hassle when he goes.
tbf to our owners they've got one thing right, that our fans seem to jump on the manager even if it's a thankless task.Very true.
I don't know why we didn't give him a longer contract. You would have thought he should be the type of manager we would have been looking for, for League Two should we go down.
Very true.
I don't know why we didn't give him a longer contract. You would have thought he should be the type of manager we would have been looking for, for League Two should we go down.
It would have cost to bring in his support staff so was never likely to happen and may have meant that people like Oggy would become surplus and imagine the hassle when he goes.
We did save wages though on Mowbray didn't we.
We offered his assistant the job?!
If that were true, that wouldn't reflect well on him.We offered him one he didn't want it. I think he pretty much admitted as such in an interview.
But you can make an offer that you know they won't accept so you can say well we tried.
Over 10 games Mowbray and Slade have identical points.
Venus was the better manager then according to your logic.
well no. We offered the job and he initially agreed and then turned it down. There was even a Twitter release by the club announcing it was happening
When we say we wouldn't spend the money it wouldn't have cost us anything as much as paying wages for the likes of Yakubu
This season (league only)
Mowbray P10 W0 D6 L4 G6 A12 Pts 6 ppg 0.6 position 24th
Venus P12 W4 D1 L7 G13 A18 pts 13 ppg 1.1 position 24th
Slade P11 W1 D3 L7 G10 A22 Pts 6 ppg 0.55 position 24th
Awful all round.
Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
Point still stabds. Change of manager can help us get some wins on board like when venus took over.
But slade the worst ppg
Worst if seasoj and maybe worst all time. I mean andy thorn was unbeaten in league 1 lol
On to the next one on to the next one!
Slade is being judged by his record here one league win in eleven games, how can that be defended ? players he brought in no better than what he inherited or unfit. Track record as you say is there for all to see. .tbf to our owners they've got one thing right, that our fans seem to jump on the manager even if it's a thankless task.
He's got exactly the track record we need for next season, regardless of which division we end up in. Can't see him staying now, though, so we start the merry-go-round again.
Our midfield is shockingly bad, it wasn't great last year but would love to have it back nowNot sure these players are a hell of a lot better.
Both keepers are not good enough. Haynes is not a left back by any stretch of the imagination.
Still a question mark over DKE, despite his great endeavour and enthusiasm.
Lameiras is not good enough, nor is Reid, nor is Ghadzhev, nor is Rose. Tudgay is all but past it.
Said before, if we compiled a list of which players we would ideally like to retain, it wouldn't be very big.
Below average keepers, leaky defence, poor midfield, not enough goals up front.
I honestly don't think these players are at all a hell of a lot better than they appear.
I didn't rate Fleck particularly highly at all, but our midfield this season is most definitely inferior.Our midfield is shockingly bad, it wasn't great last year but would love to have it back now
Only a SISU lover would ignore context...Slade is being judged by his record here one league win in eleven games, how can that be defended ? players he brought in no better than what he inherited or unfit. Track record as you say is there for all to see. .
We were lucky in the games Venus did win.That's a valid point. Venus managed to get some new manager bounce out of the player's he inherited but Slade didn't. Why not? No new player bounce either from the players he's signed. If anything we've gone backwards in every aspect.
I didnt rate him either but Rose or Fleck ... no contestI didn't rate Fleck particularly highly at all, but our midfield this season is most definitely inferior.
Mowbray knew it was impossible so did the honourable thing and walked away without a penny
Slade was desperate and took the job but has made things worse...he won't walk away because he will not get another job easily and wants to go to Wembley
Might not have got to Wembley without Slade...Mowbray knew it was impossible so did the honourable thing and walked away without a penny
Slade was desperate and took the job but has made things worse...he won't walk away because he will not get another job easily and wants to go to Wembley
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?