Message from Fenty

Better than an attack and a good attempt at dealing with the protests and secret recordings.

I would say that the things he's said about the Trust and the fans in his statement are miles away from what he has said when he didn't know he was being recorded. They're out there and can't be taken back.

Good statement.

And I'm with him, I do believe we have a good enough team, and positives could be seen yesterday.

Malik and Jackson showed improvement to previous weeks.

Whilst I'm still in the Slade Out brigade, I won't call for his head during a match, only back the 11 players on the pitch

Good on Fenty

Least he trys to make a effort to talk to the fans on here and in person

Sorry for him that one fan let him down  

I like to think most of us arent like that

Maggy Thatcher would be proud of his Tory logic.  Deflect the real problem by buttering up the fans and paying compliments, while avoiding the real problem, which is a manager who has not got a clue how to get the best from his players.  I DO believe the current bunch CAN avoid the drop, but only if managed properly..  And get rid of the bloody hoofball

Thing is J.F. has been conned by a snake oil salesman with his fancy presentations and his visions,that is not a comfortable position to have to admit.Let us show the morale supreme and help him find away out,even to the extant it is a fund raising campaign to get rid of Slade,(needs must when the devil drives).

Sums the bloke up - a narcissist

Quoted from pontoonlew

All this statement does for me is offer an extremely worrying insight into Fentys mind. He genuinely believes we have a team that can kick on. He's either very naive or very stupid, we've got some okay players yes. However, we've got rid of our midfield, we played FOUR strikers yesterday because of this.

On top of that, the team is littered with journeymen and loanees.

Naive or stupid John, which one is it?

I mean, he’s hardly going to come out and say “ok guys, I copulated up, and we’re totally excrement” is he.

He needed to make a statement. He has done and he’s trying to rally everyone whilst there’s a very serious threat of relegation. It’s not going to miraculously change anything, but we need all the positivity we can get right now. Let’s get safe and then assess at the end of the season.

That's an excellent message - honest and passionate. Good to see the commitment to work with the Trust and supporters - and the feedback from the players was telling.

On previous occasions any response was likely to be defensive or dismissive - this one reflected an openness and well-crafted phrasing that I've not seen before. The sentiment is one of a willingness to build bridges.

Of course, the proof is in actions, not words - so what transpires next is important. And whilst the issues that have caused such discontent haven't disappeared, if this results in a more united front in vocally supporting the team (whatever people might feel are its limitations), it can only help with squad motivation - and that's crucial in the fight for points.

I think the secret recording highlights JF’s true feelings about the managerial poisition and his normal 6 game rule of thumb approach to a manager’s suitably to continue in charge.

A defeat next week will be double this and I would guess will see the trigger pulled, I cerythink if we win neither of the next two away games that Slade will still be here for the Exeter game.

No board openly states a Manager has one, two or three games to save his job but ultimately this is how things turn out. So by the end of February we will either have had a win or two or be looking for a new Manager.

Does anyone believe we would have had this statement if the videos hadn’t been posted?