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friskneymariner
August 21, 2017, 4:52pm

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Always felt Slade was only appointed,

a) he was available,

b) Fenty knew he could control him,

Not really reasons for appointing a manager,

We don't what went on to lead to Bignot's sacking but we beat Carlisle,Plymouth and Blackpool away, and had some abysmal performances as well.


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Bignot`s biggest failure for me was the signing of Gunning, Slade`s achilles heel could be Hooper and Kelly
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Not the signing but the constant playing. Think Slade has inherited a shed load of poor players he is stuck with,too early to judge Hooper or Kelly but hope you are nor right we are carrying too many passengers.


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Possibly. But you are left with the feeling that Bignot was spending money like a kid in a sweet shop and Slade has been left with the loose change.


Lots more staff and a bigger squad, I can't see how that equals spare change.
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The surprising thing so far this season (first game aside) is that we don't appear to be very well-organised.

This was something we complained about under Bignot where the players clearly didn't have the foggiest what they should be doing much of the time but, when Slade replaced him last season, the team at least began to show a bit more nouse here and there in the remaining games.

It seems this has all gone out the window upon first contact with the enemy, so to speak. Very peculiar, especially after the strong start at Chesterfield and decent pre-season performances in the friendlies.

Can't help but wonder if Slade's game plan depended on a particular couple of players who he didn't manage to sign and we ended up with makeweights to fill up the gaps in the squad.
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Lots more staff and a bigger squad, I can't see how that equals spare change.


Bigger squad? Not sure of the numbers. Better quality? Questionable. More staff? We're not non-league any more.
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Bigger squad? Not sure of the numbers. Better quality? Questionable. More staff? We're not non-league any more.


How does any of what you are saying relate to Slade has a smaller or more constrained budget because Bignot 'supposedly' spent all the money?

More players and more staff suggests the opposite, especially given the fact that there have been multiple multi year contracts to players coming down a level.

It looks like he's been backed reasonably to me, if the quality isn't there it's not because Bignot spent all the money.
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I dont think money has a lot to do with our situation,, its prob just a fact that good players that Slade wanted  did not want to come here ,, back of beyond  and bottom division and all that,, so we end up with what is availabe and cant get a contract else where
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Not the signing but the constant playing. Think Slade has inherited a shed load of poor players he is stuck with,too early to judge Hooper or Kelly but hope you are nor right we are carrying too many passengers.



But he has signed 10 new players, which is more than enough to replace the poor players he inherited.


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Mostly other teams cast offs.


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