' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:52 pm
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Wednesday 24th Sept 2014.
After handing in his resignation on Wednesday evening he is almost certain to be Cardiff City's next manager. But what do we know about the man behind the football manager?
It looks likely Russell Slade will be Cardiff City's new manager before Saturday.
After three rebuffed approaches from Cardiff the 53-year-old resigned on Wednesday, paving the way for him to take up the reins at the Cardiff City Stadium.
If - as expected - he is put in place, he has a huge job on his hands reinvigorating a squad shorn of form and confidence.
So what kind of personality is Slade? Who are his influences? And what kind of relationship does he have with his players?
From Winston Churchill to FIFA 14, we have taken a closer look at the man behind the manager. Here are 13 things you might not know about Russell Slade...
INSPIRATIONS
Having spent most of his managerial life with underdogs, Slade has revealed he has paid close attention to the approach of great leaders.
Among those he has taken inspiration from are Vince Lombardi - the famous NFL coach who turned a downtrodden Green Bay Packers team into the game's dominant franchise - and Winston Churchill.
In an interview last year, Slade said: "Those with their backs to the wall – like Churchill – who are still very positive and can still find a way to win against the odds I find really intriguing."
WHAT HE HAS IN COMMON WITH MOURINHO, VILLAS-BOAS AND HOULLIER
Slade didn't have a professional career. He was an uncontracted reserve at Notts County.
While many see playing as an advantage going into management, there are a few decent bosses who have taken a different route, as Slade himself alluded to last year.
“My playing career is very, very modest but so was [that of] Mourinho, Wenger and Villas-Boas," he said.
TEACHING
Slade trained to be a teacher and qualified as a PE instructor in the early 1990s. He has also been a swimming coach, tennis coach and cricket coach in his time.
He says that those disciplines have helped in certain aspects of his work in football day-to-day.
Slade said: "In terms of coaching, organisation and preparation, I think that probably has helped but nothing totally prepares you for management and everyday happenings in a football club."
MAN-MANAGEMENT
Slade's mantra, as described by himself, is 'know your players'.
He says the best person he has worked with who adopted that philosophy was Howard Kendall, who would take players for a Chinese meal as well as engaging with them on the training field.
BANNING VIDEO GAMES
Slade banned Leyton Orient players from playing FIFA 14 on matchdays at one point - despite the game being the club's shirt sponsor.
"I believe in focus and, if they're playing on the coach and then just hopping off and putting on the kit while thinking, 'Oh I was 3-1 down to our central defender,' I don't think that's great," he said.
'SHANKLYISM'
Former Orient owner Barry Hearn has described Slade as a champion of "Shanklyism" - with reference to the legendary Liverpool manager.
That term describes those teams that embrace a socialist ideology with respect for team-mates rather than relying on individual superstars.
SPOTTING A BARGAIN
Slade has worked on a shoestring in many of his roles and for many years didn't spend a penny for a player at Leyton Orient.
He took Phil Jagielka to Sheffield United - along with Blades stalwarts Nick Montgomery and Michael Tonge - all for nothing on the same evening in 1998 during his spell at the South Yorkshire club.
CUP PEDIGREE
Slade has thrived on the big stage in the FA Cup.
When he was in charge at Scarborough in 2004, he ran megabucks Chelsea - and a starting XI including Frank Lampard, John Terry and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - close in a fourth-round tie while he took Arsenal to a fifth-round replay with Orient.
LONGEVITY
Slade has been in post at Brisbane Road for four-and-a-half years as he saved the club from relegation and narrowly missed out on promotion to the Championship last season.
It makes him the fourth-longest serving manager in the English football system. Arsene Wenger, Paul Tisdale and Mark Yates are the only bosses to have been serving their current clubs for longer.
COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE
When Slade first took over at Orient, he actually lived in one of the flats built at Brisbane Road - or the Matchroom Stadium as it is referred to these days.
At the time, he said of the arrangement: "Most people get the chance to get away from the office if they have a bad day but I wouldn't want it any other way."
SCARBOROUGH
Views of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. October 1963.
Slade managed the seaside club and says his relaxation away from football still comes by the water in North Yorkshire, where his family live.
He said last year: "I relax by the sea in Scarborough, sit in a little café with the wife."
FAMILY
Married with four children, Slade has admitted the distance between himself and them in Scarborough hasn't been easy.
He said: "She has to deal with the kids, school, all the activities, and I’m not around. But if you want to be a success you have to make sacrifice."
Slade has said in the past, if his side has won on a Saturday afternoon he rewards his daughter the next day by buying her a magazine.
'HE'S GOT NO HAIR, BUT WE DON'T CARE'
Action Images / Frances LeaderLeyton Orient manager Russell Slade (L) and Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson
Slade's trademark baseball cap had its own sponsor last season.
City of London tax advisory firm Westleton Drake put their logo on the headwear which Slade often waves to fans in response to their chant 'he’s got no hair but we don’t care'
Wednesday 24th Sept 2014.
After handing in his resignation on Wednesday evening he is almost certain to be Cardiff City's next manager. But what do we know about the man behind the football manager?
It looks likely Russell Slade will be Cardiff City's new manager before Saturday.
After three rebuffed approaches from Cardiff the 53-year-old resigned on Wednesday, paving the way for him to take up the reins at the Cardiff City Stadium.
If - as expected - he is put in place, he has a huge job on his hands reinvigorating a squad shorn of form and confidence.
So what kind of personality is Slade? Who are his influences? And what kind of relationship does he have with his players?
From Winston Churchill to FIFA 14, we have taken a closer look at the man behind the manager. Here are 13 things you might not know about Russell Slade...
INSPIRATIONS
Having spent most of his managerial life with underdogs, Slade has revealed he has paid close attention to the approach of great leaders.
Among those he has taken inspiration from are Vince Lombardi - the famous NFL coach who turned a downtrodden Green Bay Packers team into the game's dominant franchise - and Winston Churchill.
In an interview last year, Slade said: "Those with their backs to the wall – like Churchill – who are still very positive and can still find a way to win against the odds I find really intriguing."
WHAT HE HAS IN COMMON WITH MOURINHO, VILLAS-BOAS AND HOULLIER
Slade didn't have a professional career. He was an uncontracted reserve at Notts County.
While many see playing as an advantage going into management, there are a few decent bosses who have taken a different route, as Slade himself alluded to last year.
“My playing career is very, very modest but so was [that of] Mourinho, Wenger and Villas-Boas," he said.
TEACHING
Slade trained to be a teacher and qualified as a PE instructor in the early 1990s. He has also been a swimming coach, tennis coach and cricket coach in his time.
He says that those disciplines have helped in certain aspects of his work in football day-to-day.
Slade said: "In terms of coaching, organisation and preparation, I think that probably has helped but nothing totally prepares you for management and everyday happenings in a football club."
MAN-MANAGEMENT
Slade's mantra, as described by himself, is 'know your players'.
He says the best person he has worked with who adopted that philosophy was Howard Kendall, who would take players for a Chinese meal as well as engaging with them on the training field.
BANNING VIDEO GAMES
Slade banned Leyton Orient players from playing FIFA 14 on matchdays at one point - despite the game being the club's shirt sponsor.
"I believe in focus and, if they're playing on the coach and then just hopping off and putting on the kit while thinking, 'Oh I was 3-1 down to our central defender,' I don't think that's great," he said.
'SHANKLYISM'
Former Orient owner Barry Hearn has described Slade as a champion of "Shanklyism" - with reference to the legendary Liverpool manager.
That term describes those teams that embrace a socialist ideology with respect for team-mates rather than relying on individual superstars.
SPOTTING A BARGAIN
Slade has worked on a shoestring in many of his roles and for many years didn't spend a penny for a player at Leyton Orient.
He took Phil Jagielka to Sheffield United - along with Blades stalwarts Nick Montgomery and Michael Tonge - all for nothing on the same evening in 1998 during his spell at the South Yorkshire club.
CUP PEDIGREE
Slade has thrived on the big stage in the FA Cup.
When he was in charge at Scarborough in 2004, he ran megabucks Chelsea - and a starting XI including Frank Lampard, John Terry and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - close in a fourth-round tie while he took Arsenal to a fifth-round replay with Orient.
LONGEVITY
Slade has been in post at Brisbane Road for four-and-a-half years as he saved the club from relegation and narrowly missed out on promotion to the Championship last season.
It makes him the fourth-longest serving manager in the English football system. Arsene Wenger, Paul Tisdale and Mark Yates are the only bosses to have been serving their current clubs for longer.
COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE
When Slade first took over at Orient, he actually lived in one of the flats built at Brisbane Road - or the Matchroom Stadium as it is referred to these days.
At the time, he said of the arrangement: "Most people get the chance to get away from the office if they have a bad day but I wouldn't want it any other way."
SCARBOROUGH
Views of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. October 1963.
Slade managed the seaside club and says his relaxation away from football still comes by the water in North Yorkshire, where his family live.
He said last year: "I relax by the sea in Scarborough, sit in a little café with the wife."
FAMILY
Married with four children, Slade has admitted the distance between himself and them in Scarborough hasn't been easy.
He said: "She has to deal with the kids, school, all the activities, and I’m not around. But if you want to be a success you have to make sacrifice."
Slade has said in the past, if his side has won on a Saturday afternoon he rewards his daughter the next day by buying her a magazine.
'HE'S GOT NO HAIR, BUT WE DON'T CARE'
Action Images / Frances LeaderLeyton Orient manager Russell Slade (L) and Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson
Slade's trademark baseball cap had its own sponsor last season.
City of London tax advisory firm Westleton Drake put their logo on the headwear which Slade often waves to fans in response to their chant 'he’s got no hair but we don’t care'
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:57 pm
Looks like a no nonsense boss who wants to see the team working together... something we are desperately lacking now!
He might not be a big name, but I hope it works out for him and I hope everyone gets behind him Saturday
He might not be a big name, but I hope it works out for him and I hope everyone gets behind him Saturday
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:58 pm
CalShepCCFC wrote:Looks like a no nonsense boss who wants to see the team working together... something we are desperately lacking now!
He might not be a big name, but I hope it works out for him and I hope everyone gets behind him Saturday
Im getting butterflies in my stomach here Cal, I've got a good feeling about this
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:00 pm
Gavin wrote:CalShepCCFC wrote:Looks like a no nonsense boss who wants to see the team working together... something we are desperately lacking now!
He might not be a big name, but I hope it works out for him and I hope everyone gets behind him Saturday
Im getting butterflies in my stomach here Cal, I've got a good feeling about this
I have the complete opposite feeling
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:01 pm
Just what we need .
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Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:01 pm
Gavin wrote:CalShepCCFC wrote:Looks like a no nonsense boss who wants to see the team working together... something we are desperately lacking now!
He might not be a big name, but I hope it works out for him and I hope everyone gets behind him Saturday
Im getting butterflies in my stomach here Cal, I've got a good feeling about this
He sounds similar to Pulis, which is most people's 1st choice... He's not my choice, but from reading stuff like this and what people who have worked with him are saying, I'm starting to think he's what we need!
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:35 pm
CalShepCCFC wrote:Gavin wrote:CalShepCCFC wrote:Looks like a no nonsense boss who wants to see the team working together... something we are desperately lacking now!
He might not be a big name, but I hope it works out for him and I hope everyone gets behind him Saturday
Im getting butterflies in my stomach here Cal, I've got a good feeling about this
He sounds similar to Pulis, which is most people's 1st choice... He's not my choice, but from reading stuff like this and what people who have worked with him are saying, I'm starting to think he's what we need!
I read up on him when his name was mentioned, I think he deserves a shot at this level...the players will be glad to have a proper manager after 9 months without one
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:54 pm
"There's only 1 Russell Slade
1 Russell Slade.
He's got massive nuts
And some pie in his guts
Walking in a as Slady wonderland"
1 Russell Slade.
He's got massive nuts
And some pie in his guts
Walking in a as Slady wonderland"
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:47 am
Appointing Slade is akin to when the J**ks appointed Kevin Cullis some years back! Remember him lol & I hope Slade lasts as long as Cullis did & we get a proper proven manager in like Pulis etc?
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Thu Sep 25, 2014 9:54 am
JonCCFC wrote:Gavin wrote:CalShepCCFC wrote:Looks like a no nonsense boss who wants to see the team working together... something we are desperately lacking now!
He might not be a big name, but I hope it works out for him and I hope everyone gets behind him Saturday
Im getting butterflies in my stomach here Cal, I've got a good feeling about this
I have the complete opposite feeling
Yeah me too.
I remember Ole saying he was going to play fast free flowing & counter attacking football lol.
Words are cheap.
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:10 am
Kinell...don't know whether to laugh or cry...
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:12 pm
What formation does this guy play at o? Doesn't say much about his style of football.
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:39 pm
Just don't like this idea, of him becoming manager at the club.
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:47 pm
OriginalGrangeEndBlue wrote:JonCCFC wrote:Gavin wrote:CalShepCCFC wrote:Looks like a no nonsense boss who wants to see the team working together... something we are desperately lacking now!
He might not be a big name, but I hope it works out for him and I hope everyone gets behind him Saturday
Im getting butterflies in my stomach here Cal, I've got a good feeling about this
I have the complete opposite feeling
Yeah me too.
I remember Ole saying he was going to play fast free flowing & counter attacking football lol.
Words are cheap.
You had Malky who was too defensive and Ole who was too gung ho. I am hoping that Slade is somewhere in between. Everyone who knows him says that he motivates players and I think that is what we need at the moment. Our players have lost heart, you can see that. We have the talent in the squad. We just need a manager who can get the best out of them and play the players in their best positions.
Re: ' Russell Slade - In the Spotlight '
Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:16 pm
Stan_B wrote:OriginalGrangeEndBlue wrote:JonCCFC wrote:Gavin wrote:CalShepCCFC wrote:Looks like a no nonsense boss who wants to see the team working together... something we are desperately lacking now!
He might not be a big name, but I hope it works out for him and I hope everyone gets behind him Saturday
Im getting butterflies in my stomach here Cal, I've got a good feeling about this
I have the complete opposite feeling
Yeah me too.
I remember Ole saying he was going to play fast free flowing & counter attacking football lol.
Words are cheap.
You had Malky who was too defensive and Ole who was too gung ho. I am hoping that Slade is somewhere in between. Everyone who knows him says that he motivates players and I think that is what we need at the moment. Our players have lost heart, you can see that. We have the talent in the squad. We just need a manager who can get the best out of them and play the players in their best positions.
Well I saw virtually all home games under Ole & I can never remember us being gung-ho!!
I remember us not being able to keep the ball for more than 4 passes most of the time & I can remember us being outplayed & generally being shite but never gung-ho.
I agree with the rest of you've post though.