" MALKY MACKAY AND DAVE JONES? "

" MALKY MACKAY AND DAVE JONES "

Would they have?

As everyone knows we need at least four wins from our remaining five league games to make the play-offs.

If say Malky Mackay or Dave Jones had this current squad and needed those four wins, do you think either of them in the same position would achieve it?

My personal opinion Yes Malky Mackay would,as he knew how to grind out results, even if it was not the best football, our defence would be solid and we would scrape one nil wins. Malky in the Championship was also very consistent as his record proves that.

As to Dave Jones, Hmmmmm?
Jones would go on a good run, but if things went wrong, Jones would struggle to get out of it and in his six years we did play good football, but he was always a nearly man.

By the way I believe this current squad is good enough to make the play-offs if the right manager had been in place.

But well done to Slade for getting us further than I ever thought he would.

Final question, Do you want Russell Slade to be Cardiff's manager next season?

Yes give him an other go

Let's remember we match Wednesday's results only have to better one win when they lose

Going into the last game 2 points behind there's no pressure on us we could turn them over

QPR and Bolton are 100% winnable even Brentwood away we could win

" MALKY MACKAY AND DAVE JONES "

Would they have?

As everyone knows we need at least four wins from our remaining five league games to make the play-offs.

If say Malky Mackay or Dave Jones had this current squad and needed those four wins, do you think either of them in the same position would achieve it?

My personal opinion Yes Malky Mackay would,as he knew how to grind out results, even if it was not the best football, our defence would be solid and we would scrape one nil wins. Malky in the Championship was also very consistent as his record proves that.

As to Dave Jones, Hmmmmm?
Jones would go on a good run, but if things went wrong, Jones would struggle to get out of it and in his six years we did play good football, but he was always a nearly man.

By the way I believe this current squad is good enough to make the play-offs if the right manager had been in place.

But well done to Slade for getting us further than I ever thought he would.

Final question, Do you want Russell Slade to be Cardiff's manager next season?

Dave Jones, flat track bullies, go behind and they would fold like a pack of cards. On the flip side, it was good to win 3/4-nil and give a team a hiding. That doesn't happen any more

To answer the question Annis, Malky's and dare I say Slade's style of management can lend itself well to getting results without having to play that well offensively.

" MALKY MACKAY AND DAVE JONES "

Would they have?

As everyone knows we need at least four wins from our remaining five league games to make the play-offs.

If say Malky Mackay or Dave Jones had this current squad and needed those four wins, do you think either of them in the same position would achieve it?

My personal opinion Yes Malky Mackay would,as he knew how to grind out results, even if it was not the best football, our defence would be solid and we would scrape one nil wins. Malky in the Championship was also very consistent as his record proves that.

As to Dave Jones, Hmmmmm?
Jones would go on a good run, but if things went wrong, Jones would struggle to get out of it and in his six years we did play good football, but he was always a nearly man.

By the way I believe this current squad is good enough to make the play-offs if the right manager had been in place.

But well done to Slade for getting us further than I ever thought he would.

Final question, Do you want Russell Slade to be Cardiff's manager next season?

Russell Slade is doing what I expected win some, lose some, draw some resulting in a flirtation with the play offs , if he stays I believe next season it will be more of the same or worse.

No. Get Warnock in ASAP if he will leave Rotherham

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

" MALKY MACKAY AND DAVE JONES "

Would they have?

As everyone knows we need at least four wins from our remaining five league games to make the play-offs.

If say Malky Mackay or Dave Jones had this current squad and needed those four wins, do you think either of them in the same position would achieve it?

My personal opinion Yes Malky Mackay would,as he knew how to grind out results, even if it was not the best football, our defence would be solid and we would scrape one nil wins. Malky in the Championship was also very consistent as his record proves that.

As to Dave Jones, Hmmmmm?
Jones would go on a good run, but if things went wrong, Jones would struggle to get out of it and in his six years we did play good football, but he was always a nearly man.

By the way I believe this current squad is good enough to make the play-offs if the right manager had been in place.

But well done to Slade for getting us further than I ever thought he would.

Final question, Do you want Russell Slade to be Cardiff's manager next season?

I think both managers would get us the 4 wins needed to get the playoffs however if either manager was in charge for the whole season then I don't think we would be talking about needing the 4 wins I think both would have us in the playoffs already and one of the teams in there now would be playing catchup

As for Slade in charge next season I hope he's not I believe he's taken us as far as he can be did a decent job but I don't think he has the tactics to take us forward as demonstrated through most games this season after half time the opposition manager has changed tactics and Slade has struggled to adapt and we have either held on or crumbled

" MALKY MACKAY AND DAVE JONES "

Would they have?

As everyone knows we need at least four wins from our remaining five league games to make the play-offs.

If say Malky Mackay or Dave Jones had this current squad and needed those four wins, do you think either of them in the same position would achieve it?

My personal opinion Yes Malky Mackay would,as he knew how to grind out results, even if it was not the best football, our defence would be solid and we would scrape one nil wins. Malky in the Championship was also very consistent as his record proves that.

As to Dave Jones, Hmmmmm?
Jones would go on a good run, but if things went wrong, Jones would struggle to get out of it and in his six years we did play good football, but he was always a nearly man.

By the way I believe this current squad is good enough to make the play-offs if the right manager had been in place.

But well done to Slade for getting us further than I ever thought he would.

Final question, Do you want Russell Slade to be Cardiff's manager next season?

Russell Slade is doing what I expected win some, lose some, draw some resulting in a flirtation with the play offs , if he stays I believe next season it will be more of the same or worse.

Agree

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

Um they are not his players some in the starting 11were signed by Dave Jones and malky

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

Um they are not his players some in the starting 11were signed by Dave Jones and malky

As you said "SOME" which means most were not

I don’t think either of them would have to be honest, the squad is quite short in quality despite no doubt still a huge wage bill.

If they had the time Slade has had:
Malky I think would have got us to about where Slade has taken us, both quite similar with a lot of limitations as shown at Wigan but like the same kind of players.

Dave Jones I think would have spent better the money better and used the loan Market as he did previously, probably would have got us into the play/offs and failed.

Final question, Do you want Russell Slade to be Cardiff's manager next season? no, would want any of the three mentioned actually.

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

Um they are not his players some in the starting 11were signed by Dave Jones and malky

As you said "SOME" which means most were not

you said they were his players I was pointing out they are not all his players and some were signed by the other 2 managers Annis asked if they would do better than Slade so your argument that Slade would do better as they are his players is void

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

Um they are not his players some in the starting 11were signed by Dave Jones and malky

As you said "SOME" which means most were not

you said they were his players I was pointing out they are not all his players and some were signed by the other 2 managers Annis asked if they would do better than Slade so your argument that Slade would do better as they are his players is void

Squad vs Fuham

Marshall - Jones
Peltier- Slade
Manga- Ole
Morrisson- Ole
Malone-Slade
Noone-Malky
Whittingham-Jones
Gunnarsson-Malky
Ralls-Malky(youth)
Lawrence-Slade
Immers - Slade
Jones- 2 Malky- 3 Ole - 2 Slade - 4

So 7 of the players in the 11 arent Slades signings

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

Um they are not his players some in the starting 11were signed by Dave Jones and malky

As you said "SOME" which means most were not

you said they were his players I was pointing out they are not all his players and some were signed by the other 2 managers Annis asked if they would do better than Slade so your argument that Slade would do better as they are his players is void

Hear we go Peltier, Malone, Magna, Pilkington, Zohore, Saadi, Fabio, Ameobi, Lawrence, Lex, Dikgacoi, Morrison none of which played under either Jones or Malky.

So even if you include Marshall, Connelly, Whittingam and Noone the vast majority would be Slade's players and thus give him a better chance of getting the results required. After all Annis specifically set the question "given this group of players"

The only thing that's void is your reasoning....

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

Um they are not his players some in the starting 11were signed by Dave Jones and malky

As you said "SOME" which means most were not

you said they were his players I was pointing out they are not all his players and some were signed by the other 2 managers Annis asked if they would do better than Slade so your argument that Slade would do better as they are his players is void

Hear we go Peltier, Malone, Magna, Pilkington, Zohore, Saadi, Fabio, Ameobi, Lawrence, Lex, Dikgacoi, Morrison none of which played under either Jones or Malky.

So even if you include Marshall, Connelly, Whittingam and Noone the vast majority would be Slade's players and thus give him a better chance of getting the results required. After all Annis specifically set the question "given this group of players"

The only thing that's void is your reasoning....

read my post above about fulham and the starting 11 only had 4 players signed by Slade ,his own players were either on the bench or completly out of the squad which shows he's not up to identifying players good enough to break into the first team with players signe by previous managers so for me

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

Um they are not his players some in the starting 11were signed by Dave Jones and malky

As you said "SOME" which means most were not

you said they were his players I was pointing out they are not all his players and some were signed by the other 2 managers Annis asked if they would do better than Slade so your argument that Slade would do better as they are his players is void

Hear we go Peltier, Malone, Magna, Pilkington, Zohore, Saadi, Fabio, Ameobi, Lawrence, Lex, Dikgacoi, Morrison none of which played under either Jones or Malky.

So even if you include Marshall, Connelly, Whittingam and Noone the vast majority would be Slade's players and thus give him a better chance of getting the results required. After all Annis specifically set the question "given this group of players"

The only thing that's void is your reasoning....

read my post above about fulham and the starting 11 only had 4 players signed by Slade ,his own players were either on the bench or completly out of the squad which shows he's not up to identifying players good enough to break into the first team with players signe by previous managers so for me

With reference to Annis question (not your post) he was specifically referring to this 'squad' which have all played under Slade and only a handful under Malky and 2 (I think under Jones). There was no mention of his ability to identify decent players (although I would answer any argument about that with 'Lex') hence I would back Slade above the other 2 managers to get us into the play-offs or make the best fist of it.

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

Um they are not his players some in the starting 11were signed by Dave Jones and malky

As you said "SOME" which means most were not

you said they were his players I was pointing out they are not all his players and some were signed by the other 2 managers Annis asked if they would do better than Slade so your argument that Slade would do better as they are his players is void

Hear we go Peltier, Malone, Magna, Pilkington, Zohore, Saadi, Fabio, Ameobi, Lawrence, Lex, Dikgacoi, Morrison none of which played under either Jones or Malky.

So even if you include Marshall, Connelly, Whittingam and Noone the vast majority would be Slade's players and thus give him a better chance of getting the results required. After all Annis specifically set the question "given this group of players"

The only thing that's void is your reasoning....

read my post above about fulham and the starting 11 only had 4 players signed by Slade ,his own players were either on the bench or completly out of the squad which shows he's not up to identifying players good enough to break into the first team with players signe by previous managers so for me

With reference to Annis question (not your post) he was specifically referring to this 'squad' which have all played under Slade and only a handful under Malky and 2 (I think under Jones). There was no mention of his ability to identify decent players (although I would answer any argument about that with 'Lex') hence I would back Slade above the other 2 managers to get us into the play-offs or make the best fist of it.

you say you would back Slade to get us into the playoffs Malky and Jones both achieved this. Slade hasn't and I don't believe he will due to us being way to inconsistent under him

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

Um they are not his players some in the starting 11were signed by Dave Jones and malky

As you said "SOME" which means most were not

you said they were his players I was pointing out they are not all his players and some were signed by the other 2 managers Annis asked if they would do better than Slade so your argument that Slade would do better as they are his players is void

Hear we go Peltier, Malone, Magna, Pilkington, Zohore, Saadi, Fabio, Ameobi, Lawrence, Lex, Dikgacoi, Morrison none of which played under either Jones or Malky.

So even if you include Marshall, Connelly, Whittingam and Noone the vast majority would be Slade's players and thus give him a better chance of getting the results required. After all Annis specifically set the question "given this group of players"

The only thing that's void is your reasoning....

read my post above about fulham and the starting 11 only had 4 players signed by Slade ,his own players were either on the bench or completly out of the squad which shows he's not up to identifying players good enough to break into the first team with players signe by previous managers so for me

With reference to Annis question (not your post) he was specifically referring to this 'squad' which have all played under Slade and only a handful under Malky and 2 (I think under Jones). There was no mention of his ability to identify decent players (although I would answer any argument about that with 'Lex') hence I would back Slade above the other 2 managers to get us into the play-offs or make the best fist of it.

you say you would back Slade to get us into the playoffs Malky and Jones both achieved this. Slade hasn't and I don't believe he will due to us being way to inconsistent under him

Fine that's your opinion but I think it's wrong (I refer you to previous answers)

Of the 3 Slade would have the best chance. The reasoning is these are his players. Malky could grind out results but that was with his squad in 2013. If Jones took over at Barcelona he would choke, forever the nearly man.

I would like Slade to continue next year but there must be some doubt as neither the club nor Slade himself seem over keen to seal the deal.

Um they are not his players some in the starting 11were signed by Dave Jones and malky

As you said "SOME" which means most were not

you said they were his players I was pointing out they are not all his players and some were signed by the other 2 managers Annis asked if they would do better than Slade so your argument that Slade would do better as they are his players is void

Hear we go Peltier, Malone, Magna, Pilkington, Zohore, Saadi, Fabio, Ameobi, Lawrence, Lex, Dikgacoi, Morrison none of which played under either Jones or Malky.

So even if you include Marshall, Connelly, Whittingam and Noone the vast majority would be Slade's players and thus give him a better chance of getting the results required. After all Annis specifically set the question "given this group of players"

The only thing that's void is your reasoning....

read my post above about fulham and the starting 11 only had 4 players signed by Slade ,his own players were either on the bench or completly out of the squad which shows he's not up to identifying players good enough to break into the first team with players signe by previous managers so for me

With reference to Annis question (not your post) he was specifically referring to this 'squad' which have all played under Slade and only a handful under Malky and 2 (I think under Jones). There was no mention of his ability to identify decent players (although I would answer any argument about that with 'Lex') hence I would back Slade above the other 2 managers to get us into the play-offs or make the best fist of it.

you say you would back Slade to get us into the playoffs Malky and Jones both achieved this. Slade hasn't and I don't believe he will due to us being way to inconsistent under him

With regards to Immers yes he's a good signing but most of his players have been duds (hence most not starting or shipped out on loan) yes all managers make bad signings but Slade makes more bad then good , Malky and Jones made much better signings with the latter having no money to spend and using the loan market and signing quality on the cheap

With regards to Immers yes he's a good signing but most of his players have been duds (hence most not starting or shipped out on loan) yes all managers make bad signings but Slade makes more bad then good , Malky and Jones made much better signings with the latter having no money to spend and using the loan market and signing quality on the cheap

Sorry you cannot sweep under the carpet the poor signings of Dave Jones and Malky McKay. MM signed Andreas Cornelius and Peter Odemwingie and wasted at least £10m. Slade signed Alex Revell and Eion Doyle which at most cost £1m so the assumption Slade is worse than MM is absurd.

Jones signed a full starting 11 of duffers (listed a few the other day and that was just his strikers) and also wasted money paying dead beats Robbie Fowler and JFH.

As for utilising the loan market I would point out Lex is on loan and Dave Jones was the manager who ended Danny Drinkwater's (whatever happened to him ) loan early (boy he knew a player when he saw one).

Finally on midfield players didn't Slade sign Stuart O'Keefe?

With regards to Immers yes he's a good signing but most of his players have been duds (hence most not starting or shipped out on loan) yes all managers make bad signings but Slade makes more bad then good , Malky and Jones made much better signings with the latter having no money to spend and using the loan market and signing quality on the cheap

Sorry you cannot sweep under the carpet the poor signings of Dave Jones and Malky McKay. MM signed Andreas Cornelius and Peter Odemwingie and wasted at least £10m. Slade signed Alex Revell and Eion Doyle which at most cost £1m so the assumption Slade is worse than MM is absurd.

Jones signed a full starting 11 of duffers (listed a few the other day and that was just his strikers) and also wasted money paying dead beats Robbie Fowler and JFH.

As for utilising the loan market I would point out Lex is on loan and Dave Jones was the manager who ended Danny Drinkwater's (whatever happened to him ) loan early (boy he knew a player when he saw one).

Finally on midfield players didn't Slade sign Stuart O'Keefe?

He did sign O'keefe didn't play him for most of the season until forced to through injury and wwhen he is in his best form drops him after just 2 games after international break

As for sweeping Malky/Jones signings , I didn't sweep them under the carpet "all managers make bad signings" I pointed out that Slade makes more bad than good , and regards to Jones and Malky they made bad signings but both still made the playoffs (or won the league ) despite the bad signings hence they must of made more good than bad

With regards to Immers yes he's a good signing but most of his players have been duds (hence most not starting or shipped out on loan) yes all managers make bad signings but Slade makes more bad then good , Malky and Jones made much better signings with the latter having no money to spend and using the loan market and signing quality on the cheap

Sorry you cannot sweep under the carpet the poor signings of Dave Jones and Malky McKay. MM signed Andreas Cornelius and Peter Odemwingie and wasted at least £10m. Slade signed Alex Revell and Eion Doyle which at most cost £1m so the assumption Slade is worse than MM is absurd.

Jones signed a full starting 11 of duffers (listed a few the other day and that was just his strikers) and also wasted money paying dead beats Robbie Fowler and JFH.

As for utilising the loan market I would point out Lex is on loan and Dave Jones was the manager who ended Danny Drinkwater's (whatever happened to him ) loan early (boy he knew a player when he saw one).

Finally on midfield players didn't Slade sign Stuart O'Keefe?

He did sign O'keefe didn't play him for most of the season until forced to through injury and wwhen he is in his best form drops him after just 2 games after international break

As for sweeping Malky/Jones signings , I didn't sweep them under the carpet "all managers make bad signings" I pointed out that Slade makes more bad than good , and regards to Jones and Malky they made bad signings but both still made the playoffs (or won the league ) despite the bad signings hence they must of made more good than bad

O'Keefe is a Slade signing and he is a member of the first team squad, hence he plays when 'fit' and available. Malky and Jones rotated their squads sometimes it worked other times it didn't. With regard to Fulham nobody yet has explained how playing O'Keefe (when not match fit) would have prevented either goals which were due to defensive lapses.

Slade has taken League 1 teams to the play-offs a couple of times and did it using far less resources than MM or Jones had. This is still his first full season in charge and if we finish 7th it will be one place lower than MM achieved. Jones needed several attempts before getting us there including the pathetic 2009 season and the six nil Preston gate scandal. Just how you can put him above Slade is baffling.

With regards to Immers yes he's a good signing but most of his players have been duds (hence most not starting or shipped out on loan) yes all managers make bad signings but Slade makes more bad then good , Malky and Jones made much better signings with the latter having no money to spend and using the loan market and signing quality on the cheap

Sorry you cannot sweep under the carpet the poor signings of Dave Jones and Malky McKay. MM signed Andreas Cornelius and Peter Odemwingie and wasted at least £10m. Slade signed Alex Revell and Eion Doyle which at most cost £1m so the assumption Slade is worse than MM is absurd.

Jones signed a full starting 11 of duffers (listed a few the other day and that was just his strikers) and also wasted money paying dead beats Robbie Fowler and JFH.

As for utilising the loan market I would point out Lex is on loan and Dave Jones was the manager who ended Danny Drinkwater's (whatever happened to him ) loan early (boy he knew a player when he saw one).

Finally on midfield players didn't Slade sign Stuart O'Keefe?

He did sign O'keefe didn't play him for most of the season until forced to through injury and wwhen he is in his best form drops him after just 2 games after international break

As for sweeping Malky/Jones signings , I didn't sweep them under the carpet "all managers make bad signings" I pointed out that Slade makes more bad than good , and regards to Jones and Malky they made bad signings but both still made the playoffs (or won the league ) despite the bad signings hence they must of made more good than bad

O'Keefe is a Slade signing and he is a member of the first team squad, hence he plays when 'fit' and available. Malky and Jones rotated their squads sometimes it worked other times it didn't. With regard to Fulham nobody yet has explained how playing O'Keefe (when not match fit) would have prevented either goals which were due to defensive lapses.

Slade has taken League 1 teams to the play-offs a couple of times and did it using far less resources than MM or Jones had. This is still his first full season in charge and if we finish 7th it will be one place lower than MM achieved. Jones needed several attempts before getting us there including the pathetic 2009 season and the six nil Preston gate scandal. Just how you can put him above Slade is baffling.

getting to league one playoffs is alot easier than championship playoffs also he still has never won promotion after getting there with lower level teams so I don't see how you think he can possibly take us up next season we will have exactly the same season we will come up short as he's not good enough

also finishing one place lower than Malky is outside of the playoffs which the cub and Slade have stated is the aim so if he finishes 7th he has failed .
And Jones frst season he took over a relegation threatened Cardiff side which we only just survived and first season finished 11th (bare in mind Slade inherited a side relegated from the Prem and Jones a side that only just surived a relegation to league one) , 2nd season was 13th and season after we got to a FAcup final we were in the playoffs all season virtually then collapssed (probaly due to the amount of games)and everyseason after that we finished in the playoffs

With regards to Immers yes he's a good signing but most of his players have been duds (hence most not starting or shipped out on loan) yes all managers make bad signings but Slade makes more bad then good , Malky and Jones made much better signings with the latter having no money to spend and using the loan market and signing quality on the cheap

Sorry you cannot sweep under the carpet the poor signings of Dave Jones and Malky McKay. MM signed Andreas Cornelius and Peter Odemwingie and wasted at least £10m. Slade signed Alex Revell and Eion Doyle which at most cost £1m so the assumption Slade is worse than MM is absurd.

Jones signed a full starting 11 of duffers (listed a few the other day and that was just his strikers) and also wasted money paying dead beats Robbie Fowler and JFH.

As for utilising the loan market I would point out Lex is on loan and Dave Jones was the manager who ended Danny Drinkwater's (whatever happened to him ) loan early (boy he knew a player when he saw one).

Finally on midfield players didn't Slade sign Stuart O'Keefe?

He did sign O'keefe didn't play him for most of the season until forced to through injury and wwhen he is in his best form drops him after just 2 games after international break

As for sweeping Malky/Jones signings , I didn't sweep them under the carpet "all managers make bad signings" I pointed out that Slade makes more bad than good , and regards to Jones and Malky they made bad signings but both still made the playoffs (or won the league ) despite the bad signings hence they must of made more good than bad

O'Keefe is a Slade signing and he is a member of the first team squad, hence he plays when 'fit' and available. Malky and Jones rotated their squads sometimes it worked other times it didn't. With regard to Fulham nobody yet has explained how playing O'Keefe (when not match fit) would have prevented either goals which were due to defensive lapses.

Slade has taken League 1 teams to the play-offs a couple of times and did it using far less resources than MM or Jones had. This is still his first full season in charge and if we finish 7th it will be one place lower than MM achieved. Jones needed several attempts before getting us there including the pathetic 2009 season and the six nil Preston gate scandal. Just how you can put him above Slade is baffling.

How anyone can put Slade over Jones is bafflling we played much better football under Jones always scoring freely and Jones acheived something Slade hasn't ( and I don't believe he ever will) in getting us to the playoffs also he got us to an FA Cup Final so how you can possibly rate Slade higher than Jones is crazy

With regards to Malky, I think you only have to look at burnley this season, hard working nick a win etc. that was Malky for us.

I think the club has changed in regards to how the club signs players. Dave Jones & the majority of Malky signings were there own recommendations to the club.

Now it's a grey area between club signings and Slade ones. Basically, any foreign purchases are not Slade signings!

I think the club has changed in regards to how the club signs players. Dave Jones & the majority of Malky signings were there own recommendations to the club.

Now it's a grey area between club signings and Slade ones. Basically, any foreign purchases are not Slade signings!

Dave Jones signings were all through Peter Ridsdale. I think Malky had more of a free, hands on approach, along with Moody,,,remember his dossier on players? Both managers had their successes, & their failures in the transfer market.

I think the club has changed in regards to how the club signs players. Dave Jones & the majority of Malky signings were there own recommendations to the club.

Now it's a grey area between club signings and Slade ones. Basically, any foreign purchases are not Slade signings!

Dave Jones signings were all through Peter Ridsdale. I think Malky had more of a free, hands on approach, along with Moody,,,remember his dossier on players? Both managers had their successes, & their failures in the transfer market.

Yes, Malky/Moody signings were brilliant at this level, absolute disaster the level up from where we are

Dave Jones is prob the last manager that could add value to a signing in the transfer market, I can only think of Mason actually increasing value in the TM as a Malky signing

I think the club has changed in regards to how the club signs players. Dave Jones & the majority of Malky signings were there own recommendations to the club.

Now it's a grey area between club signings and Slade ones. Basically, any foreign purchases are not Slade signings!

Dave Jones signings were all through Peter Ridsdale. I think Malky had more of a free, hands on approach, along with Moody,,,remember his dossier on players? Both managers had their successes, & their failures in the transfer market.

Yes, Malky/Moody signings were brilliant at this level, absolute disaster the level up from where we are

Dave Jones is prob the last manager that could add value to a signing in the transfer market, I can only think of Mason actually increasing value in the TM as a Malky signing

Mason was another player associated with Peter Riddsdale. PR, who at the time was running Plymouth Argyle, touted him to raise some cash.

Malky would grind out 5 draws.