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Note: apologies for that rant after now reading the other comments slamming Slade on the thread. I saw the first pro-spade comment and it just riled me.  |
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| StiggsGTFC |
| September 26, 2014, 11:12am |
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Note: apologies for that rant after now reading the other comments slamming Slade on the thread. I saw the first pro-spade comment and it just riled me.
No need to apologize, couldn't have put better myself. |
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| jonnyboy82 |
| September 26, 2014, 11:44am |
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I wish people would get over Slade. We played s*** football under him. He had a massive budget for League 2 at the time and he was ultimately undone by managers who played better football and out thought him. This was poignantly underlined in the play-off final in Cardiff when he decided to throw Futcher up front when we had an attacker on the bench. It was woeful. That season, if I remember rightly, we didn't beat any of the top three in the League and, ultimately, lost to Cheltenham in the game that matter.
He went on to Yeovil, where he had very expensive loan signings from Chelsea and Manchester United. They didn't win promotion, despite a play-off appearance, and went into financial downturn after his departure (as, notably, we did). Slade left Yeovil because they wouldn't give him more money. Sound familiar?
On to Leyton Orient, who have some fairly decent signings for the level (it would not surprise me if they had one of the higher budgets in League 1 since his arrival) and he still - as per his other clubs - hasn't won a promotion.
We're better off without and he isn't all some people on here crack him up to be. When we signed him, Scarborough were hardly setting the Conference on fire, they'd simply caused a bit of a stir in the Cup.
And how we have pushed right on since he left. Best manager we had since alan buckley. |
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| September 26, 2014, 1:09pm |
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And how we have pushed right on since he left.
Best manager we had since alan buckley.
That's not saying much though is it? He might have been the best of a bad bunch but it doesn't mean he was any good - just better than the rest of the dross we have had. I just don't get this " rose tinted " view of Russell " super morphing power manager " Slade. He wasn't liked when he was here, produced boring hoof ball and sold us down the river when he couldn't get what he wanted. Fans say his departure was down to Fenty but if that was the case why did he apply to be manager when NW left? If JF had done the dirty on him then surely he wouldn't want to work for him again especially if he was such a good manager. If he was that good then loads of clubs would have wanted him. He is a " nearly man " and always will be. |
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| September 26, 2014, 2:12pm |
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If he'd come back we'd have stood a better chance of nearly getting relegated.
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| September 26, 2014, 2:13pm |
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Going back to the Cheltenham game at Cardiff,
I was there and I think we lost because Michael Reddy went off injured in the 1st half,
If he had stayed on we would have won imo,
Makes you wonder what would have happened next don't you think.
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| September 26, 2014, 3:12pm |
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And how we have pushed right on since he left.
Best manager we had since alan buckley.
Genuine question: How can people be so pro-Slade and yet so anti-Hurst? They've both achieved the same thing at GTFC - getting into play offs but no promotion. |
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| September 26, 2014, 3:36pm |
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Genuine question:
How can people be so pro-Slade and yet so anti-Hurst?
They've both achieved the same thing at GTFC - getting into play offs but no promotion.
Yeah, but one of them has been slated for his team's style of route one punting whereas the other... Oh, wait a minute, that doesn't quite work out. |
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| psgmariner |
| September 26, 2014, 3:38pm |
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Genuine question:
How can people be so pro-Slade and yet so anti-Hurst?
They've both achieved the same thing at GTFC - getting into play offs but no promotion.
That's a good question as I was (and still am) a big admirer of Slade but remain to be convinced that Hurst is the man to take us up. I guess it is to do with expectation. Slade got us in the playoff final and almost achieved automatic promotion in the last game of the regular season. He also beat Spurs and got us playing a proper system that, despite not being to everyone's tastes, worked pretty well. Hurst has the scalp of Scunny away and two playoff semi finals so far. We haven't really developed an established style or system and have never looked like being automatically promoted. Stumbling in to the playoffs is as close as we have come. Due to our full time status, big crowds and big budget we are always expected to be challenging for the title in non league. In League 2 all teams are full time and our budget and crowds were not the best although I don't have the facts and figures to back that up. Getting Slade's team within 1 game of automatic promotion to League 1 feels a lot bigger than almost reaching a playoff final in the conference. It is impossible to say how Paul's career will pan out but personally I doubt he will manage in the Championship. |
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| September 26, 2014, 3:53pm |
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Going back to the Cheltenham game at Cardiff,
I was there and I think we lost because Michael Reddy went off injured in the 1st half,
If he had stayed on we would have won imo,
Makes you wonder what would have happened next don't you think.
Or if we'd have been awarded that penalty when Andy Parkinson was clearly fouled in the area. It's all what if's though and we are where we are now. |
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