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Paris Mariner
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We were alright against Spurs


We played really well against Newcastle too. Had it not been for an unlucky slip as Bolly went out to close the winner we probably would have taken them to extra time.


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No, we weren't as good as everyone remembers especially against the better teams. Slade's promotion record speaks for itself - he has never got anyone over the line, including us.


In his defence, how many seasons was he expected to actually get anyone promoted?

First season here was a rebuild.  Second season we fell short.
At Yeovil he wasn't expected to get promotion, never in a million years but got them to a play-off final.
Brighton he was firefighting against relegation and succeeded.
Orient he punched above his weight.  Kept them up with another fire fighting job, achieved finishes of 7th, 20th and 7th in League One before taking them to within a penalty shoot-out of the Championship.  They've dropped like a stone since.
At Cardiff he was fighting the tide and achieved finishes of 10th and 8th in the Championship despite having his squad cut to meet financial constraints.  
Charlton and Coventry were both basket case clubs.
2nd spell here I'm not sure how much expectation was on him to achieve promotion as opposed to offload the high earners.  

He got it wrong here, absolutely wrong and he cost us so much momentum in his relatively short spell.  But I'm not sure we can beat him with the 'never got a promotion' stick when he's probably only had one realistic chance of achieving it.
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In his defence, how many seasons was he expected to actually get anyone promoted?

First season here was a rebuild.  Second season we fell short.
At Yeovil he wasn't expected to get promotion, never in a million years but got them to a play-off final.
Brighton he was firefighting against relegation and succeeded.
Orient he punched above his weight.  Kept them up with another fire fighting job, achieved finishes of 7th, 20th and 7th in League One before taking them to within a penalty shoot-out of the Championship.  They've dropped like a stone since.
At Cardiff he was fighting the tide and achieved finishes of 10th and 8th in the Championship despite having his squad cut to meet financial constraints.  
Charlton and Coventry were both basket case clubs.
2nd spell here I'm not sure how much expectation was on him to achieve promotion as opposed to offload the high earners.  

He got it wrong here, absolutely wrong and he cost us so much momentum in his relatively short spell.  But I'm not sure we can beat him with the 'never got a promotion' stick when he's probably only had one realistic chance of achieving it.


No it was of my opinion when he came that after the biggest job of his career to date at cardiff, he had accepted two bad clubs at the time who were already in trouble, coventry fans were not happy with his management and he probably shouldve taken a break from the game, I bet he’ll look back and regret not having longer out after cardiff.

Then he came here and if you think about it he had the mentality of taking over another troubled relegation side when at that time we were actually fine. He focused on playing for results and got rid of long term prospects for short term solutions.
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That 2006 side had two goes at promotion and failed - ultimately they weren't good enough
Yet on paper every player is better than what we have now.


Christ you all wanted him sacked a few months ago. 6th place finish and he's now the messiah and can do no wrong  
Update:  I think I've got this right - He was the messiah. He then wasn't. He then was again. Then it turned out he actually wasnt. He turned into one big huge messiah again. Now he's not actually the messiah we thought he was . Now I'm hoping he rises again quickly
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