Slade was left bitterly disappointed & admitted his men were

Cardiff City boss Russell Slade at a loss to explain mental and physical breakdown in second-half against Charlton

Saturday Dec 27, 2014

By Steve Tucker
Russell Slade was left bitterly disappointed and admitted his men were lucky in the end to escape with a point

With Watford visiting the Welsh capital on Sunday he said "the Bluebirds needed to learn quickly from this match"


Cardiff City manager Russell Slade admits his players must find some consistency if they are to have any chance of making the Championship play-offs this season.

The Bluebirds led 1-0 at Charlton when Tom Adeyemi scored his first goal for the club and then the Addicks were reduced to 10 men when striker Callum Harriott was sent off for a reckless challenge on Craig Noone.

But the 10-man hosts outplayed Cardiff in the second period and a late equaliser from Johann Gudmundsson earned Bob Peeters’ side a share of the points.

Slade was left bitterly disappointed and admitted his men were lucky in the end to escape with a point.

“When you have been in total control for 45 minutes and bossed the game and they go down to ten men then you have to be disappointed with the second 45 minutes,” said Slade.



“We did not do the things in the second-half we had done so well and efficiently in the first.

“We did not do the same things as we did in the first. You have to look at the mental side or the physical side and ask why are we not as strong in the second period? Physically we started dropping deeper. They looked like the team with the 11 players not us.

“I’m disappointed that we did not build on the first-half . That was the most efficient first-half performance we have had, certainly away from home.

"From my point of view the second-half against 10 men was poor. We stopped doing the things we did well, we were slipping balls down the side of them causing them a problem. We had them stretched and we stopped it.

"We took too many touches and when we got possession we did not retain it well enough. They had the better chances, my goalkeeper was excellent and had to be. They could have score more goals.”


Slade said Harriott’s challenge deserved a red card and with Watford visiting the Welsh capital on Sunday he said the Bluebirds needed to learn quickly from this match.

“We have to show more consistency and perform like we did in the first half for 90 minutes. The teams with that consistency will be in the shake up to get out of this league.”

“It was absolutely a sending off for me. It was high, I’ve seen where it is on his leg. You cannot get away from with that these says.”

Yes but russel you keep picking the same players who underperform week in week out and keep coming up with the same shit excuses, change the record if you hadent got rid of all the best players we would be fine but fact is russell you are tans puppet and tans puppet is clearly out of his depth!!!!

SO f**k OFF WITH YOUR EXCUSES SLADE

TAN OUT SLADE OUT

Yes but russel you keep picking the same players who underperform week in week out and keep coming up with the same shit excuses, change the record if you hadent got rid of all the best players we would be fine but fact is russell you are tans puppet and tans puppet is clearly out of his depth!!!!

SO f**k OFF WITH YOUR EXCUSES SLADE

TAN OUT SLADE OUT

And is getting rid of the quality players on his masters orders.

Its Slade who needs to learn to be a manager and a man.

You can't just turn consistency on like a tap, it is the result of getting it right on the pitch - a blend of coaching, training, team selection, formation, system, style, tactics, passion, motivation, work ethic, intelligence, ability etc.

At the moment we aren't delivering on any of these fronts so how the hell does he expect us to be consistent, other than consistently rubbish of course?

Yes but russel you keep picking the same players who underperform week in week out and keep coming up with the same shit excuses, change the record if you hadent got rid of all the best players we would be fine but fact is russell you are tans puppet and tans puppet is clearly out of his depth!!!!

SO f**k OFF WITH YOUR EXCUSES SLADE

TAN OUT SLADE OUT

And is getting rid of the quality players on his masters orders.

Its Slade who needs to learn to be a manager and a man.

Exactly its a joke. How can slade expect any respect from the fans when he is just tans puppet. What a joker.

The fact he said 'the bluebirds need to learn' is strange

The fact he said 'the bluebirds need to learn' is strange

Slade didn't actually say "the bluebirds" though, Steve Tucker wrote it in the article to make it look like he did and the title of this thread is completely wrong unless I'm blind

No. You need to learn quickly Slade.
When Charlton changed their formation and tactics in the second half you were not good enough to realise it, and we're unable to combat it.
Stop being a yes man and puppet and stand up to Tan and also get rid of Young and the rest of the coaching staff instead of our talented players.

For all he says he deosnt explain why it wrong second half.
And thats because he doesnt know what it was.

The fact he said 'the bluebirds need to learn' is strange

Slade didn't actually say "the bluebirds" though, Steve Tucker wrote it in the article to make it look like he did and the title of this thread is completely wrong unless I'm blind

Jon
Ive just looked and your right,there is no quote from Slade saying that so I have changed the headline.

The fact that Slade wanted the team to do the same things in the second half says it all! Charlton changed their formation and tactics, could he not see that?

Slade is a lower leagues manager playing lower leagues football. A nice chap I'm sure but way out of his depth. We can only hope its for the very short term and Tan, the narcissist, sells up so we can have a complete clear-out and start again.

The fact he said 'the bluebirds need to learn' is strange

Slade didn't actually say "the bluebirds" though, Steve Tucker wrote it in the article to make it look like he did and the title of this thread is completely wrong unless I'm blind

Jon
Ive just looked and your right,there is no quote from Slade saying that so I have changed the headline.