RUSSELL SLADE OPENLY CRITICISES OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

Cardiff City boss Russell Slade slams predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for 'lack of thought' that went into Bluebirds squad

Thursday Nov 20, 2014

By Steve Tucker
The Bluebirds boss claims the club have "collected" too many players, as he seeks to offload some of the stars from his bumper 38-man Championship squad.


Russell Slade has openly criticised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer


Cardiff City manager Russell Slade has launched a withering pop at predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer by criticising the state of the squad he has inherited in the Welsh capital.

Slade has accused Solskjaer of lacking thought and planning when assembling his bumper group and of making the squad unwieldy by basically ‘collecting’ players on the way.

There has been an upturn in results under the new manager, particularly at home where Slade has a 100 per cent record so far.

Slade will be looking to keep that run going when Reading visit Cardiff in the Championship.

But Slade has explained how his efforts to improve things have been hampered by the size and complexion of the group of players he has inherited from Solskjaer, who left the club in September.

The new Bluebirds boss claims that he has too many players, with 38 professionals on the books, and insists not enough thought was put in to bringing the right sort of individuals to the club.


“There’s not been enough thought gone into the squad here,” said Slade in his pre-match Press conference.

“When you build any football team you are looking at building partnerships. There are not enough partnerships and not enough thought put into the players who have been brought to this club. Absolutely not.

“There’s huge potential here, but there are problems. There have been issues we have needed to solve and things we are working on.

“I see it like an iceberg in that you see the tip of the iceberg where we are making a little bit of progress even on the pitch, but there’s a lot of work beneath the water that is going on that people don’t see.

“We are working very hard to make sure we are building on a solid foundation. We are putting down a platform because if you don’t have that the moment things go pear-shaped everything collapses. And you can’t have that in football.

“You need to build from the bottom. I believe that is very important.”

Slade said one of his biggest tasks is to trim the amount of players at the club, with him seeking to move out a clutch of players when the transfer window opens in the new year.

Striker Javi Guerra, midfielder Guido Burgstaller and defender Juan Cala are out of favour under Slade, who has already confirmed he will be looking to get rid of Magnus Wolf Eikrem.

Eikrem’s gifted Norwegian teenage compatriot, Mats Daehli, is also unsettled since his mentor Solskjaer departed.

Slade wants to stamp his own identity on the Cardiff squad by bringing in some of his own players, but insists his hands will be tied unless others exit the club in January.

“Every manager likes to put his stamp on things and would like to bring one or two players in,” said Slade.

“The big problem we’ve got is we’ve collected players here. We’ve got 38 and I think January is going to be a very busy window for us.

“We need to unload one or two of our players. It’s in their interest as well, they are professional athletes and they need to be playing.

“I’ve had meetings with the various representatives and if the opportunity comes for one or two of them to leave then we try to need to make that happen. I can’t please the whole squad.

“That has to happen and if it does that will hopefully give me a little bit more flexibility to bring one or two players in.”

Cardiff City boss Russell Slade slams predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for 'lack of thought' that went into Bluebirds squad

Thursday Nov 20, 2014

By Steve Tucker
The Bluebirds boss claims the club have "collected" too many players, as he seeks to offload some of the stars from his bumper 38-man Championship squad.


Russell Slade has openly criticised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer


Cardiff City manager Russell Slade has launched a withering pop at predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer by criticising the state of the squad he has inherited in the Welsh capital.

Slade has accused Solskjaer of lacking thought and planning when assembling his bumper group and of making the squad unwieldy by basically ‘collecting’ players on the way.

There has been an upturn in results under the new manager, particularly at home where Slade has a 100 per cent record so far.

Slade will be looking to keep that run going when Reading visit Cardiff in the Championship.

But Slade has explained how his efforts to improve things have been hampered by the size and complexion of the group of players he has inherited from Solskjaer, who left the club in September.

The new Bluebirds boss claims that he has too many players, with 38 professionals on the books, and insists not enough thought was put in to bringing the right sort of individuals to the club.


“There’s not been enough thought gone into the squad here,” said Slade in his pre-match Press conference.

“When you build any football team you are looking at building partnerships. There are not enough partnerships and not enough thought put into the players who have been brought to this club. Absolutely not.

“There’s huge potential here, but there are problems. There have been issues we have needed to solve and things we are working on.

“I see it like an iceberg in that you see the tip of the iceberg where we are making a little bit of progress even on the pitch, but there’s a lot of work beneath the water that is going on that people don’t see.

“We are working very hard to make sure we are building on a solid foundation. We are putting down a platform because if you don’t have that the moment things go pear-shaped everything collapses. And you can’t have that in football.

“You need to build from the bottom. I believe that is very important.”

Slade said one of his biggest tasks is to trim the amount of players at the club, with him seeking to move out a clutch of players when the transfer window opens in the new year.

Striker Javi Guerra, midfielder Guido Burgstaller and defender Juan Cala are out of favour under Slade, who has already confirmed he will be looking to get rid of Magnus Wolf Eikrem.

Eikrem’s gifted Norwegian teenage compatriot, Mats Daehli, is also unsettled since his mentor Solskjaer departed.

Slade wants to stamp his own identity on the Cardiff squad by bringing in some of his own players, but insists his hands will be tied unless others exit the club in January.

“Every manager likes to put his stamp on things and would like to bring one or two players in,” said Slade.

“The big problem we’ve got is we’ve collected players here. We’ve got 38 and I think January is going to be a very busy window for us.

“We need to unload one or two of our players. It’s in their interest as well, they are professional athletes and they need to be playing.

“I’ve had meetings with the various representatives and if the opportunity comes for one or two of them to leave then we try to need to make that happen. I can’t please the whole squad.

“That has to happen and if it does that will hopefully give me a little bit more flexibility to bring one or two players in.”

10 min too late ,annis

All he needs to do now is give Malky's dick a suck and he'll fit right in on this message board.

He is right OLE was surprisingly one of the worst managers we have had

Cardiff City boss Russell Slade slams predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for 'lack of thought' that went into Bluebirds squad

Thursday Nov 20, 2014

By Steve Tucker
The Bluebirds boss claims the club have "collected" too many players, as he seeks to offload some of the stars from his bumper 38-man Championship squad.


Russell Slade has openly criticised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer


Cardiff City manager Russell Slade has launched a withering pop at predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer by criticising the state of the squad he has inherited in the Welsh capital.

Slade has accused Solskjaer of lacking thought and planning when assembling his bumper group and of making the squad unwieldy by basically ‘collecting’ players on the way.

There has been an upturn in results under the new manager, particularly at home where Slade has a 100 per cent record so far.

Slade will be looking to keep that run going when Reading visit Cardiff in the Championship.

But Slade has explained how his efforts to improve things have been hampered by the size and complexion of the group of players he has inherited from Solskjaer, who left the club in September.

The new Bluebirds boss claims that he has too many players, with 38 professionals on the books, and insists not enough thought was put in to bringing the right sort of individuals to the club.


“There’s not been enough thought gone into the squad here,” said Slade in his pre-match Press conference.

“When you build any football team you are looking at building partnerships. There are not enough partnerships and not enough thought put into the players who have been brought to this club. Absolutely not.

“There’s huge potential here, but there are problems. There have been issues we have needed to solve and things we are working on.

“I see it like an iceberg in that you see the tip of the iceberg where we are making a little bit of progress even on the pitch, but there’s a lot of work beneath the water that is going on that people don’t see.

“We are working very hard to make sure we are building on a solid foundation. We are putting down a platform because if you don’t have that the moment things go pear-shaped everything collapses. And you can’t have that in football.

“You need to build from the bottom. I believe that is very important.”

Slade said one of his biggest tasks is to trim the amount of players at the club, with him seeking to move out a clutch of players when the transfer window opens in the new year.

Striker Javi Guerra, midfielder Guido Burgstaller and defender Juan Cala are out of favour under Slade, who has already confirmed he will be looking to get rid of Magnus Wolf Eikrem.

Eikrem’s gifted Norwegian teenage compatriot, Mats Daehli, is also unsettled since his mentor Solskjaer departed.

Slade wants to stamp his own identity on the Cardiff squad by bringing in some of his own players, but insists his hands will be tied unless others exit the club in January.

“Every manager likes to put his stamp on things and would like to bring one or two players in,” said Slade.

“The big problem we’ve got is we’ve collected players here. We’ve got 38 and I think January is going to be a very busy window for us.

“We need to unload one or two of our players. It’s in their interest as well, they are professional athletes and they need to be playing.

“I’ve had meetings with the various representatives and if the opportunity comes for one or two of them to leave then we try to need to make that happen. I can’t please the whole squad.

“That has to happen and if it does that will hopefully give me a little bit more flexibility to bring one or two players in.”

10 min too late ,annis

I realised Wez, so I dropped mine as a sticky and put the other one up