Russell Slade - what went right

Quoted from rancido

I think Gunning gets a lot of unfair criticism on this site. Bignot only signed him to the end of the season and nobody knows if he would have been retained in the summer. Slade released him and he went to Port Vale where , by all accounts , he was quite a favourite with the fans and I do believe played at left back. He left them to go to Village Green Rovers on more money and they have moved up the table to above us. I think he is a reasonable defender at this level but unfortunately Bignot tried to use him as a defensive mid-fielder at every opportunity which seemed to alienate him from the fans.

Agree - Nathan Clarke makes Gunning look like a Prem defender, and to think we also let Shaun Pearson go too.

What went right. I think the penny has dropped in quarters that might have been previously resistant to real change at the top.

I blame Slade for the state of the team now and I hold him solely responsible for dismantling an up and coming team and just about relegating us in the quickest time possible!!! It’s a good job he is Fentys mate, Christ knows what he would have done if he disliked him. Four points from the last forty five, yes, just four. I hope you’re bleeding proud of yourself and I hope you never do this again to any other football team, except Lincoln,Scunthorpe and Cheltenham!!

Bigdog nailed it on page 1

Indeed he did Chaos, worth a bump but it really does make you wonder why this was ever allowed to happen.  

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The result came as a massive surprise to me after our poor and unbalanced recruitment before the start of the season. It's often described as one of our best performances of the season. I was obviously pleased with the result but when looking further into the statistics for the game there was one that unnerved me and stopped me from becoming any more confident about Slade and the squad. Chesterfield had thirty shots. Thirty. That's one every three minutes and look how Chesterfield have fared over the season. Maybe the thirty shots set the tone for the season rather than the 3-1 result? Add that to our panicky poor additions at the end of the summer transfer window a couple of weeks later and I was really fearful from that point, and still am, right up to where we are today. Even those three consecutive wins didn't fool me. I felt a bit of a mood hoover at the time by saying this squad could quite easily go on a long run of games without winning as it was so fragile. I didn't quite envisage how bad the run was going to be though..

The rot set in in the summer transfer window, could have been rectified in January but was made ten times worse, and now we have a bright young manager starting out with both hands tied behind his back. If MJ pulls this squad around to get the points required, it will be a minor miracle. He might just be the breath of fresh air we need in the next ten games to make up for a disastrous transfer policy led by Slade and signed off by the board..

What went right with Slade? Signing Dembele and establishing the need for proper due diligence for future managerial appointments, and that's about it..[/quote]

Quoted from KingstonMariner

What went right. I think the penny has dropped in quarters that might have been previously resistant to real change at the top.

This. Despite the pain of it all i have some hope that the board are now in an untenable position and its just a matter of time before they go.

Sacking the useless twaat went well apart from it being three months too late

what went right, things were relatively ok upto Christmas but then went wrong with the situation with Jamey leaving on loan, and I'm convinced something happened behind the scenes, as Jones's body language had changed.  Maybe some players didn't like the style so RS got rid.

Dembele isn’t even that good. Really overrated by some Town fans. I’ve seen virtually every game and Barnet away was the only really good game he had. Other than that he’s been ineffectual and his final ball is lacking.

Gunning never had a run of games at CB, was mostly played as a defensive midfielder