Russell Slade - What went wrong?

Quoted from denni266

He was well past it before he came here.. all he did was turf out the better players and bring in dross.. totaly ruined a fair squad . I hope he never gets another job in football for what he did here

Unless it's at Scunny.  

The thing I found strangest about it all, and which I still can't fully understand was how an experienced football manager like him was so thin skinned, defensive, and unable to take criticism or accept the reality.

Maybe his state of mind was not good, and it must have been an awful lot of pressure he was under. But continued comments in reaction to questions by Tondeur relating to the fans "Well they're entitled to their opinion John" and never being able to hold his hands up and show a little humility was baffling.

It'll have to go down in club history as one of the most bizarre tenures of a manager in recent decades.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Unless it's at Scunny.  

Good thinking  

Quoted from denni266

Good thinking  

He knew he was out of his depth

Fenty, Slade and the Board showed poor judgement, were arrogant and over-confident.

Slade had shown that he was failing before being appointed. The fans could see this.   After his behaviour at Cheltenham why was he re-appointed?

The Board might not have backed him as much as they could have done.  He was a poor recruiter of players, despite his vast experience.  Hurst was much better here.

The Fans Forum was a perfect storm.  In addition to the collective failings above, Slade was also a bully and showed a lack of class.  Was his presentation a tactic to reduce the time for any hostile questions?

Fenty wanted the Fans Forum before the 3 consecutive wins (whatever they are). His arrogance cannot be kept in check.  

Poojah's evidence of the severe reduction in league points after the forum is no coincidence.  What goes around comes around. If Slade behaves like that in public, what does he say in private to the players, and how does he cocme acroos to them?  Do they respect him?

Fenty should have sacked him much earlier.  Slade was out of his depth and past his sell-by-date.  More evidence of the collective failings shown above.      

The management of the Fans Forum was the catayst for our freefall.  The Club turned on itself.  The Board had set their stall out in a "war" with fans over Bra-gate and the lost of the SLO. The players were not exactly motivated to perform at their best with all this constant turmoil played out in public.

Does he drink ?

He never had it. His first spell was dire football-wise and he snatched play off defeat from the jaws of automatic promotion before flipping off. The whole Lincoln half-time debacle sums the bloke up and aligns nicely with the god complex comments on here. This time round all his failings are multiplied and even worse he has raped the club of and skill and dedication. We are left with a knackered Dembele (Gary Cohen anyone?) who has been run into the ground carrying the team. He failed to manage the players let alone coach them into a cohesive unit. I loath him for what he’s done.

Quoted from golfer

Does he drink ?

Think you have to , to stay alive

Quoted from ginnywings

Doubt he'll need to work again. I imagine he he's been paid a fair whack over his career.

Maybe that's part of it - he's on his way down, made his money, hunger no longer there. Compare to the work ethic of Hurst and hopefully Jolley who are desperately trying to climb the ladder.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

He never had it. His first spell was dire football-wise and he snatched play off defeat from the jaws of automatic promotion before flipping off. The whole Lincoln half-time debacle sums the bloke up and aligns nicely with the god complex comments on here. This time round all his failings are multiplied and even worse he has raped the club of and skill and dedication. We are left with a knackered Dembele (Gary Cohen anyone?) who has been run into the ground carrying the team. He failed to manage the players let alone coach them into a cohesive unit. I loath him for what he’s done.

I'm no fan but he did a good job at Yeovil and Brighton - there must have been something there at some point. The thing that jarred most with me this time was the continued bullshit about 'building something' when it was utterly blatant to anybody that anything but was happening with an ageing defence and mountains of inexperienced loanees. When he lost count of how many loanees he had it pretty much summed it up.