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The statement inevitably means Slade will get the sack next week if we lose to Newport
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This is the board saying that we would lose too much face by sacking him so we're going to let him have some more cash because it would be cheaper than paying off two contracts. In the middle of that, they've employed a PR consultant to write a couple of decent press releases.
This short term response will surely lead to long term disaster?
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The statement inevitably means Slade will get the sack next week if we lose to Newport
And possibly we keep Wilko on as manager for the remainder of the season as he had a say in the new signings, therefore saving the board from the accusations of letting a condemned man waste the budget before dispatching him. It's all making sense....
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So the next 3 games are Newport at home, Colchester away and Luton at home, All teams above us. What happens if after signing 3 or 4 players we don't win any of the games plus our terrible goal scoring continues. Do we then get rid of the management team or do we just keep hoping whilst the crowds keep dwindling?
I think only one man knows the answer to this.
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Basically the board have taken note of the ONLY thing that matters to them, the dwindling attendances. Purely because less people through the door equals less £££ in the coffers and increases the chance that they'll have to cover possible losses, because of their awful decisions, poor PR, amateurish at best management ethos and basic contempt of any kind of criticism of how they "run" the club.
Problem for me now is, I don't trust RS to manage the players, Jf to run the club or pick RS's replacement, which leaves me with only one option. If I don't trust someone with my money, I don't give them it. Like my money, trust has to be earned.
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How has this guy still got a job , if I was awarded a12 month contract installing boilers onto a building site and even tho a few were successful BUT my last 4 jobs had left massive leaks causing damage throughout the property I'd be down the road no questions asked ,, I definitely for one wouldn't have been backed by the site manager saying we are working closely with the plumber with the view to buying him a better product and better tools to carry out his work in order to stop the faults and he will still be working here in 6 months time , with even better tools in the summer to use ,,,, not a chance ,,, my point is it's not the tools it's the tool in charge , the current players we have clearly have been spotted by other teams or academies at some point some were and have obviously been good players at some point but have ended up at grimsby town yes they need to show some heat , some passion , some pride but Russel slade clearly isn't any good at getting the best out of players
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So the next 3 games are Newport at home, Colchester away and Luton at home, All teams above us. What happens if after signing 3 or 4 players we don't win any of the games plus our terrible goal scoring continues. Do we then get rid of the management team or do we just keep hoping whilst the crowds keep dwindling?
Yes, these are my thoughts too. The statement is all well and good but we need to see action and change, and quick. If we lose the next two or three and struggle to score a goal that statement is going to look pretty hollow with the board unequivocally backing the management team and the fans opposing management and board and not turning up. Crowds of 2500 at BP would surely force the board the act in opposition to that statement. I might have been more inclined to not issue it and concentrate on just doing the things that the statement says we will do. A handful of quality signings are now expected and a change in tactics.
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Elgringo it's all well and good saying that but you haven't put into consideration the effort you've put into the boilers that leak and if you'd tried to install them in a way that your paying customers liked it to be installed and made it look good for them...
Back onto topic though, I kind of like this statement they've made. Atleast it's some sort of sensible communication and I read that they're going to give some money to get in players of better quality / relieve some players. Whether this happens who knows. Does it change my view on Slade Fenty and everyone? No. Does it change my mind in not going anymore until the footballing side of it improves (not results the style of play) No.
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2500 there on Saturday and another defeat and it might have been better to have delayed that statement.
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And possibly we keep Wilko on as manager for the remainder of the season as he had a say in the new signings, therefore saving the board from the accusations of letting a condemned man waste the budget before dispatching him. It's all making sense....
The whole point of getting Wilko I thought was that he was independent from Slade. We let MB bring his own people with him which added to the expense of sacking him. It worked quite well with PH in slightly different circumstances.
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