Tickled pink

Quoted from Marinerz93

I thought the video lagged at that point and meant to add another 50 points or more if possible, if he really did mean 50 points and he needs to give his head a wobble.

50 points is the target next season, less points than we've got now????

That can't be right surely, what on earth is going on.

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

50 points is the target next season, less points than we've got now????

That can't be right surely, what on earth is going on.

50 as soon as possible was how i heard it. Slade said top seven, so no pressure.

Quoted from ginnywings

50 as soon as possible was how i heard it. Slade said top seven, so no pressure.

That's more like It!

Quoted from chaos33

I can see why he doesn't want to go into detail on the Bignot departure

Hopefully Bignob will tell us as soon as the cheque is cleared

Quoted from ginnywings

50 as soon as possible was how i heard it. Slade said top seven, so no pressure.

Exactly right - 50 points by January then (reasonable?) and top six even.
Hope they can do it.

Quoted from ginnywings

Exactly what i thought and the first ( i'm reluctant to say lie) misdirection? Slades return was being talked about on Friday in the pubs of Blackpool. No way was all this sorted yesterday, while he was up a mountain.

He did well to get a call up a mountain in Wales and then meet JF that evening for fish & chips as he mentioned in the press conference. I think RS tried to cover JFs backside on that one...........Well I suppose its a team game.

50 points asap is literally 17 games!  I don't understand the mincing with words. If the real target is another total after 46-ganes then just say it.

Quoted from ginnywings

What is the target-50 points or play off spot? Delete as appropriate next season. That press conference answered no questions at all and a lot of stuff glossed over in the process.

You are absolutely right and I don't know why we persist with those stage managed stiff as a board press conferences. None of the answers given are in depth enough or from the heart and it is only as events unfold we hear the full story. They looked like a group of rabbits caught in headlights which is a shame because I think this is an important day for the club.

I have met Russell Slade and he is one of the most personable and charming people I have spoken to, but the non chairman does not have the natural charm in front of camera to be the main man in such a situation. I am sure he has many qualities but being media savvy is not one of them.

I bet the individual interviews with Fenty Slade and Wilkie will be much more revealing in the Tellywag tomorrow, and we will learn much more about their hopes for the future, or at least I hope so.

I found the interviews were far more insightful on Sports Talk tonight.

I don't believe for one minute that Fenty only contacted Slade for the first time yesterday!

But aside from that, Fenty gave a bit more clarity around why the board sacked Bignot (their concerns grew at the end of January when we had a squad of 31 players and were unable to offload more on loan).

Immediately I can relate to that. I can understand how having such a big squad of players was going to create cliques and divide the dressing room, and that it would take a strong manager to keep them all happy.

Obviously the standard of football on show had been pretty dreadful too, with absolutely no one able to say what formations we were playing and what our approach or philosophy was.

Slade still sounded a bit hesitant though. I think he knows he'll need to work hard to both turn things around and win over a section of fans who will be naturally sceptical about his reappointment.

Quoted from RichMariner

I found the interviews were far more insightful on Sports Talk tonight.

I don't believe for one minute that Fenty only contacted Slade for the first time yesterday!

But aside from that, Fenty gave a bit more clarity around why the board sacked Bignot (their concerns grew at the end of January when we had a squad of 31 players and were unable to offload more on loan).

Immediately I can relate to that. I can understand how having such a big squad of players was going to create cliques and divide the dressing room, and that it would take a strong manager to keep them all happy.

Obviously the standard of football on show had been pretty dreadful too, with absolutely no one able to say what formations we were playing and what our approach or philosophy was.

Slade still sounded a bit hesitant though. I think he knows he'll need to work hard to both turn things around and win over a section of fans who will be naturally sceptical about his reappointment.

I thought JF was a honest as he could  be on RH, its difficult because there could be some legal restraints and its a thin line before you look like you are slinging mud or pointing the finger. From what I have seen and heard from Slade today I think he was playing it a bit humble and understands he possibly needs to do some work and win some games to get some credit in his good will account with the supporters.

As well as the size of the squad I think for me the Macca thing on RH after the Stevenage game (Jan 28th) was a real concern as that sent out a message that the unity on the squad was disappearing fast!

Some people have posted today that the board should have stepped in here and stopped MB doing this there etc.. etc... but professional football managers are employed to manage and once directors start dabbling it can get very messy.