So Slade goes.....who’s in?

At the Slade press conference, the remit was stated as "get to 50 points as quickly as possible". Slade talked of potential and not seeing any reason we can't get to the play offs and eventually League 1 where he had no doubt we were capable of being.

Getting there however, is a totally different proposition and i don't think he will ever achieve it. If he thinks those players he has signed are capable of getting us to the next level, i think he is sadly deluded and i can't believe he signed some of them. Most of them can't even force their way into the side and most games, only 4 of his signings are on the pitch. Clarke is no better than what we had and Dixon is far worse than the last incumbent. Woolford is a good experienced pro but we have signed him past his sell by date. Dembele is the only relative success and if you look at  his stats, they are not very impressive. Flatters to deceive in the main.

Quoted from ginnywings

At the Slade press conference, the remit was stated as "get to 50 points as quickly as possible". Slade talked of potential and not seeing any reason we can't get to the play offs and eventually League 1 where he had no doubt we were capable of being.

Getting there however, is a totally different proposition and i don't think he will ever achieve it. If he thinks those players he has signed are capable of getting us to the next level, i think he is sadly deluded and i can't believe he signed some of them. Most of them can't even force their way into the side and most games, only 4 of his signings are on the pitch. Clarke is no better than what we had and Dixon is far worse than the last incumbent. Woolford is a good experienced pro but we have signed him past his sell by date. Dembele is the only relative success and if you look at  his stats, they are not very impressive. Flatters to deceive in the main.

The discarding of Shaun Pearson told you all you need to know. I would love to know what is/our scouting network consists of and how it operates. Though Hurst got a good few wrong he seemed to know the players he wanted well in advance. RS just feels a bit out of touch.  

Quoted from HertsGTFC

The discarding of Shaun Pearson told you all you need to know. I would love to know what is/our scouting network consists of and how it operates. Though Hurst got a good few wrong he seemed to know the players he wanted well in advance. RS just feels a bit out of touch.  

Relatively recently Graham Rodger became chief scout I believe?

Grezz has been scouting for many years for many clubs around Championship level. It is  vitally important that our recruitment improves, we need to do this better than others and find those rough diamonds.

Although Hurst was much maligned by many his work ethic in watching games and making sure Doig and Warrington were doing the same.

So far Slade has signed 1 decent player. I reckon the must maligned Bignot signed 4 good players, Hurst signed bloody hundreds but he had more time to do so. Slade's football is more depressing than the other 2, the results are worse, the recruitment is dire and the PR no different.

Seriously someone should ask at the forum what are we doing?

Quoted from Mariner_09

So far Slade has signed 1 decent player. I reckon the must maligned Bignot signed 4 good players, Hurst signed bloody hundreds but he had more time to do so. Slade's football is more depressing than the other 2, the results are worse, the recruitment is dire and the PR no different.

Seriously someoneMaybe I should ask at the forum what are we doing?

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Quoted from Mariner_09

So far Slade has signed 1 decent player. I reckon the must maligned Bignot signed 4 good players, Hurst signed bloody hundreds but he had more time to do so. Slade's football is more depressing than the other 2, the results are worse, the recruitment is dire and the PR no different.

Seriously someone should ask at the forum what are we doing?

Osborne and Jones for sure. Who are the other good ones? Bignot and Slade have a very similar record but Bignot inherited the best and most in-form striker in L2 which went some way to gaining points.

This isn't defending Slade btw, he's been awful. But Bignot was also complete shite.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

The discarding of Shaun Pearson told you all you need to know. I would love to know what is/our scouting network consists of and how it operates. Though Hurst got a good few wrong he seemed to know the players he wanted well in advance. RS just feels a bit out of touch.  

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Osborne and Jones for sure. Who are the other good ones? Bignot and Slade have a very similar record but Bignot inherited the best and most in-form striker in L2 which went some way to gaining points.

This isn't defending Slade btw, he's been awful. But Bignot was also complete shite.

Bignot wasn’t actually far off Hurst’s PPG last year and half of Bignot’s games were without Bogle.

And to be fair to Slade, he hasn’t had Bogle at all.

This is the most laughable thread.  Typical of this board is people slagging off Slade for releasing Pearson.  When I last checked, Pearson is playing non league football.  Large numbers on here used to regularly say Jon Nolan was a rubbish signing but he's now playing at the top of league 1.

Lots of opinions on here but opinion is cheap.  

Quoted from HertsGTFC

i think the £138K was a number Golfer plucked out of the air I think, might be wrong

By being such a precise figure it has the aura of plausibility. Had he said 150K nobody would believe him.