Stop the Sludge

Quoted from 75

That's harsh, the shirts looked clean enough to me. Especially our midfielders who didn't put a foot in all game.

you have a point to be fair , the strip looked as good at the end  as it did at the start, i was possibly a bit harsh about  him / her . prob cos all am seeing is red at the moment

The team needs some fresh idea but he seems to be playing in blue and yellow in Birmingham..

Changing the manager will achieve nothing.

If we sack slade who honestly believes that the board will make the right choice to replace him. It’s a mute point in any case as the major shareholder is unlikely to make his mate unemployed is he?

But. If the unlikely happens and slade gets the boot. Who comes in, and what budget will the new manager have?

This is a bigger issue than the manager. The manager is an issue but it goes higher. The problem with this football club is the same problem it has been for years.

We need a change at board level and we need some new direction. F*ck it we need A direction. Because what we have now is nothing.

Merely demanding we rid the club of slade gives the board an easy ride. They need to go. We need root and branch changes. We need investment.
We need direction.
We need a plan for the future beyond somehow getting a new stadium that’ll magically solve all our woes.
We need communication (2 way)
We need investment in back room staff. Coaches. Fitness coaches. PR professionals.
We need investment in facilities both stadium and training.

Then, we can consider management. At the minute changing the manager would be futile. I’m not saying I’m happy with Slade and his tactics but there needs to be an appreciation that the issues are much much greater than who is sat in the dug out.

Can someone please explain why DJ was taken off today? He caused more trouble for Accrington in the first 5 minutes than Woolford did all game on Boxing Day. The brave move would have been to take Jones off and put another midfielder on and push Dembele & DJ on and go 433 - not Slade's way to be innovative though is it?

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Slade has been utterly shown up so far today. zero  clue. Players instructed to play percentage football and they have no idea what to do if it’s not working. No options from the bench and no vision on the field. Miles off good enough and I can’t eemever such a shocking performance.
Get the bald one out now. Stop The Sludge.

That is almost word for word what we were saying today. Every time they scored, we did the same routine from the kick off. The players are set such a rigid gameplan that they have no clue what to do when it goes t1ts up. We just cannot get a charge on and pin a team back. The game was as good as over at 0-1.

Quoted from darren9

Changing the manager will achieve nothing.

If we sack slade who honestly believes that the board will make the right choice to replace him. It’s a mute point in any case as the major shareholder is unlikely to make his mate unemployed is he?

But. If the unlikely happens and slade gets the boot. Who comes in, and what budget will the new manager have?

This is a bigger issue than the manager. The manager is an issue but it goes higher. The problem with this football club is the same problem it has been for years.

We need a change at board level and we need some new direction. F*ck it we need A direction. Because what we have now is nothing.

Merely demanding we rid the club of slade gives the board an easy ride. They need to go. We need root and branch changes. We need investment.
We need direction.
We need a plan for the future beyond somehow getting a new stadium that’ll magically solve all our woes.
We need communication (2 way)
We need investment in back room staff. Coaches. Fitness coaches. PR professionals.
We need investment in facilities both stadium and training.

Then, we can consider management. At the minute changing the manager would be futile. I’m not saying I’m happy with Slade and his tactics but there needs to be an appreciation that the issues are much much greater than who is sat in the dug out.

I totally agree. I'm sure many agree and lets be honest, the points you make are nothing new. But HOW to make that in bold happen? That is the eternal question that never seems to get answered.

According to JF appointing managers is a lucky dip anyway. Can you imagine the majority shareholder of any other company saying that about recruitment? Says it all really.

The reason fenty is cr@p at running a football team is because he knows nothing about football... all he knows is how to gut and skin fis...come to think of it  thats what he is still doing,,, just we are the fish

Slade was never EVER going to succeed here.  Normally when a manager takes over he has the full backing of the majority of fans, maybe 5% would disapprove of his appointment but they will generally back him.  Slade, however, did not have that luxury. A very large portion of fans disliked him from his 1st time here and will never warm to him, due to his shite playing style, negative tactics, and his personality.  

Fenty should have known this and never appointed Slade.

This is an article from Cardiff City's perspective, seem familiar? http://www.walesonline.co.uk/s.....ssell-slade-11297487

A leopard doesn't change it's spots!

Football is evolving constantly. It outpaced even the great Alan Buckley in the end.

Slade's been standing still for 10+ years. He's only going to get worse if he's going to persist with this style of football.

And what's worse than League 2 football? Sadly, we know the answer all too well.