Russell Slade

For most of the season we had Parkinson on the left.

Slade has never been successful in his life=he's my worst nightmare-kick ball fly rings a bell from when I was a kid

Quoted from Sigone

Anyone remember "that Frenchman":-https://soundcloud.com/markstilton/slade-interview

Christ, that just reminds me what a d1ck he is. If Bignot had laid into a player like that, there would be hell on.

From a Cov fan sums up my feelings about appointing this clown to Manage our club.

Grimsby, don't do it to yourselves!! The clown in the cap should be barred from football management... Sacked by two clubs in a season - by March!! Embarrassing

The worst City manager of all time. SISU are the flipping problem but my god did Slade make things worse.
Yesterday at 9:31 PM

Don't see why it's slades fault at Coventry to be fair not his fault there in the excrement with no money and that I believe it was tony Mowbray who put them there in the first place, we will be fine am sure of it in sladey I trust if appointed that is 😂

Like most Town fans I was mightily disappointed by how the 2006 season ended and sickened by reports that Slade had decided to jump ship before the final. But I don't know if that was in fact true, and I don't know what the exact circumstances were. Some have suggested that he was offered an insultingly poor deal given how he had turned the club into genuine promotion hopefuls.

The fact that he is coming back to the club suggests that his conduct was possibly not as bad as some make out. I don't know the facts, none of us do. Anyway It's pointless dwelling on events 11 years ago. We should look to the future.

What we do know is that Slade took three clubs to play off finals in eight years. Ok, so he didn't win, but we all know that play off finals can go either way and can be something of a lottery. But getting to a play off is a real achievement, especially in L1. It means you have assembled a good squad, put out well organised teams and achieved a good level of consistency over 46 games. A guy that does that regularly clearly knows his stuff.

Finishing 8th in the Championship is no small achievement either. Steve Maclaren couldn't do it with Derby.

I don't think it is fair to brand Slade a failure given what he did with Yeovil, Brighton, Cardiff and Orient. He is an experienced manger with a decent track record in L1 and the Championship.    If it wasn't for the memory of the 2006 final (when, incidentally we lost our main man after 20 minutes, and then suffered a terrible refereeing decision to deny a cut and dried penalty!)  I am sure we would all be really excited about a guy with his record taking over.

Let's give him a chance. He will come here determined to succeed. I think there is every chance he will.

Yes of course they loved him down in Cardiff:
  
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/russell-slade-even-more-unpopular-10734331

The only way I can see the return of "Judas" Slade as a positive appointment is IF it's true Wilko is going to be number 2 and it is he who is going to be guided/groomed as the next Town manager. In other words a temporary "safe pair of hands."
Otherwise I can only see it as another in a long line of Fenty intercourse - ups. A more divisive amongst older fans appointment I'd have difficulty thinking of.  

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

Yes of course they loved him down in Cardiff:
  
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/russell-slade-even-more-unpopular-10734331

Well he took them to 8th place, rather better than their miserable showing this season.

Quoted from Badger57

The only way I can see the return of "Judas" Slade as a positive appointment is IF it's true Wilko is going to be number 2 and it is he who is going to be guided/groomed as the next Town manager. In other words a temporary "safe pair of hands."
Otherwise I can only see it as another in a long line of Fenty intercourse - ups. A more divisive amongst older fans appointment I'd have difficulty thinking of.  

Wilkinson is a great hero to us Town fans as a player. But he  is pretty untried in management so it's a big unknown. Great players don't always make good mangers. Even the great Futch, who I thought was one of the most intelligent readers of the game to pull on the shirt never really made it in management.

Time will tell.