Slade Out (merged)

Quoted from friskneymariner

Yeah where are the happy clappers now,lets hear your views.

Quoted from horsforthmariner

There is no way Fenty is going to get rid of Slade this season. I've heard that it was always a two season plan - get rid of the bignot dross, sort out the club off the field, save as much cash to invest next season.

If thats the case (and I suspect it is) we've got a boring season ahead. I personally groaned when he was appointed. I hate his style of football and goes against everything that Buckley had us playing when I first watched town. Frankly, I hate the way we play. But if it gets us promoted next season then it's a compromise most fans will accept.

Quoted from Tommy

"sort out the Bignot dross."

How many of our squad are actually Bignot's signings? FOUR. And two of those (Jones and J.Osbourne) are seen as two of our better players. (Clements and Asante being the other two).

Most of the "dross" you say needs sorting, although I wouldn't use such a strong word myself, is from Hurst and Slade signings. In fact so far, I'd argue Bignot's recruitment in general was better than Slade's (so far).

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

I can’t see much sense in sacking Slade when there is no-one else any better around and the playing budget is so limited. That’s not to say the football is good or the results not disappointing but I would guess both would be a lot better if Slade had been able to recruit his targets. The past is the past is the past though. We can’t keep living in it.

I am not in the least surprised we are not scoring goals. Jones isn’t a genuine striker and Vernon plays like the poor man’s LJL. We is stuck at the minute, isn’t we? I would like to see Jones and Osborne in midfield and 2 strikers up front with Dembele even if we sacrificed a little width. It may not solve everything but I can’t see much benefit in changing managers just now even if JF was minded to, which I doubt.

Quoted from MarinerMal

I think this appointment is a mistake.

Since the Bristol Rovers play-off final defeat I think the board and fans all seem to be pulling together. There has been such positivity around the club which we haven't seen for many years. With promotion this only increased.

It may have waned a little this year as we achieved our initial objective of safety relatively quickly and only ever really flirted with the edge of the play-offs.

However, I can't imagine a more divisive appointment than that of Russell Slade. He left us, not for a bigger club but for Yoevil. He made that play-off final all about him in the build up, with the speculation surrounding his future. The football his team produced was dire (not just in that final but general style of play), anyone remembering anything else are deluding themselves.

This is a very backward appointment but typical of Fenty's managerial appointments, he's just not very good at them. In football, nobody ever knows for sure but in my mind you have made one huge mistake here, John.