Russell Who?

[TrickyOne]

Is this the Russell Slade who saved us from almost certain relegation last season? Is this the Russell Slade who spoke with eloquence, intelligence and was one of the most genuine managers we have ever had? Was this the Russell Slade who, having just relocated his young family has now to move them yet again? Is this the Russell Slade who brought many of the players who are now part of our team to the club?

Russell Who? Give me strength!!!!

Agreed, I met him on several occasions and he always came across as a genuine bloke, shame it didn't work out.

 

[The Large One]

Anyone still missing Slade?

A number of posters were villified for calling for his head, but it is looking as if our chairman made the right decision. Well done Tony Bloom.

Why don't you wind your neck in once in a while?

 

[Man of Harveys]

What Alan said. Without the "once in a while" bit.

 

[Icy Gull]

I will forever be grateful to Russell for what he achieved last season, however I think the job of full time manager at this club with no recognised quality coach was too big a challenge for him.

 

[Mellotron]

Why? Sunday was the Albion doing what the Albion do best. Winning when cast in the role of plucky underdogs. We'll probably do the same on Saturday v Leeds. It's the bread and butter stuff we can't hack. Wycombe are a thoroughly wretched side, almost guaranteed to go down, and we yet again struggled to overcome mediocre opposition tonight. The current set of players are going nowhere fast. Just hope the new manger is smart enough to realise that there's a helluva lot of dead wood still in the squad, despite the most blatent examples having been cleared out over the Summer.

Genuine question Tom, which of the following are "dead wood" (ie not up to League One standard)

Elliott Bennett
James Tunnicliffe
Gary Dicker
Glenn Murray
Nicky Forster
Jimmy McNulty
Andrew Crofts
Michel Kuipers

That looks like a very strong spine to me.

 

[fleet]

Well he was the one that bought the players in that scored tonight. Without them we wouldn't have won these games.

We owe Russell a lot of thanks.

SHould be end of thread really