well that was just...sh1t wasnt it?

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Can't keep changing managers every 6 months again, that's the shite that got us relegated. Drop the debt and clear the boardroom.

I believe that we were relegated because we didn't replace Neil Woods.

Quoted from chicaneuk

I just don't understand what the board thought that Slade was going to bring to the table given his lack of results in recent years.

You’re assuming that this appointment was a board decision rather than what it actually is - a Fenty appointment (and yet another bad one) that will ultimately cost the club financially (due to reduced gates and the inevitable pay off when Slade is eventually sacked), which will yet again be ‘funded’ by even more ‘benign loans’.

When the time comes for Slade to be given his P45 any pay off should come out of Fenty’s own pocket rather than him lending the club even more money to pay for this.

Unfortunately, we’ve then got the same overarching problem within the club (Fenty) making the next appointment.

Until the club is rid of Fenty we will continue to stagnate and slowly die.  

Quoted from arryarryarry

I believe that we were relegated because we didn't replace appointed Neil Woods.

Corrected  

Memory may be playing up but was it 11 games as caretaker with no wins before he was chosen as the man to lead us ?
23 game run without a win ?

4 winless league games as caretaker, before 16 more as permanent manager. (Newell's last 5 games made it a magnificent 25 game run in total)

And of course, the caretaker spell also included that Bath game.

Quoted from Sigone

Go listen to slades interview on the BBC website..im still in shock.

Just listened to the start of it but gave up after a few seconds.

If RS decides he has had enough of football management he could always try for a role in La La Land 2.

Quoted from Abdul19

4 winless league games as caretaker, before 16 more as permanent manager. (Newell's last 5 games made it a magnificent 25 game run in total)

And of course, the caretaker spell also included that Bath game.

From the Fishy :-

TOWN caretaker boss Neil Woods's chances of becoming Grimsby manager on a permanent basis look to be all but dashed after the Mariners sunk to another low with a 2-0 cup exit to Bath City. Town were deservedly beaten by the non-leaguers, who outplayed them for large spells of the game.

Bath scored from a free kick on 31 minutes. Poor defending by the Mariners allowed Holland the time and space to head the ball past Colgan.

Danny North replaced the Jean Louis Akpa-Akpro after half time, but it still took Grimsby until 74 minutes to get a shot on target.

Before then though Bath had doubled their lead. Edwards latched on to a loose ball in the box, which deflected off Boshell past the hapless Colgan.

Grimsby now face Leeds United on Tuesday in the JPT and desperately need to find a new manager before their next league game at Northampton on Saturday. Former boss Russell Slade is a leading contender for the post after formally applying this week.



Would he have kept us in the FL  

Quoted from arryarryarry

From the Fishy :-

TOWN caretaker boss Neil Woods's chances of becoming Grimsby manager on a permanent basis look to be all but dashed after the Mariners sunk to another low with a 2-0 cup exit to Bath City. Town were deservedly beaten by the non-leaguers, who outplayed them for large spells of the game.

Bath scored from a free kick on 31 minutes. Poor defending by the Mariners allowed Holland the time and space to head the ball past Colgan.

Danny North replaced the Jean Louis Akpa-Akpro after half time, but it still took Grimsby until 74 minutes to get a shot on target.

Before then though Bath had doubled their lead. Edwards latched on to a loose ball in the box, which deflected off Boshell past the hapless Colgan.

Grimsby now face Leeds United on Tuesday in the JPT and desperately need to find a new manager before their next league game at Northampton on Saturday. Former boss Russell Slade is a leading contender for the post after formally applying this week.



Would he have kept us in the FL  

I would have expected him to have done

He rescued Brighton when they were all but dead and buried and now look at them

Maybe he's not got a promotion on his CV but then again, neither does he have a relegation to blot his copybook

Quoted from arryarryarry

Danny North replaced the Jean Louis Akpa-Akpro after half time, but it still took Grimsby until 74 minutes to get a shot on target.

Other subs that day were Josh Fuller and Chris Jones. How did we lose?!

Still trying to get my head round Slade's post match comments that we were the much better side last night. I think he's losing the plot.

Colchester were shite...so were GTFC. Play like that on Saturday and we will be humiliated.

We have the oldest back four in the history of football with little mobility. We are devoid of any attacking ideas apart from hoofing hopeful 50 yard balls for our strikers to try and win what are no better than 50/50's. No creativity in the middle of the park and the only flair is on the wings but we dont get them into the game enough.

Slade has built up a big squad of over 30 players but already the centre midfield area looks woefully inadequate. Plenty of endeavour in the team, cant knock them for that, and i think there is some quality in there somewhere but the tactics leave me numb.

gates are dwindling and fans are voting with their feet. Its boring to watch and not even getting results. Colchester were poor last night and in the end we have had to salvage a late point. Simply not good enough.

Slade has never won a promotion in his career...and the signs are he is dong nothing to threaten that record. I take the point over constantly changing managers rarely leads to success but sometimes (like Bignot) you have to quickly realise the current manager is not the right one.

Could somebody point out the link to the interview for me? I've checked the BBC site and can't seem to find it. They don't seem to attach it to the match reports any longer.