RUSSELL SLADE SAYS "4 MINS OF MADNESS LOST US THE GAME"

" SLADES LOST THE PLOT "

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WATFORD FC NEWS
Cardiff City boss Russell Slade says four minutes of madness cost his side against Watford during their 4-2 defeat


First published 33 minutes ago in Watford FC News

by Adam Newson, Senior sports reporter


Russell Slade believes “four minutes of madness” cost his Cardiff City side during their 4-2 defeat against Watford this afternoon.

The Bluebirds led the Hornets thanks to an Adam Le Fondre header but the Golden Boys struck twice in four minutes before the break, through Adlene Guedioura and Odion Ighalo, to go in at half time in front.


A thunderous strike from Guedioura put Watford 3-1 ahead and Gabriele Angella then added a fourth. Kenwyne Jones grabbed a late consolation for the hosts in second half stoppage time.

Slade felt his side played well for 40 minutes of the game but said his players didn’t do the basics needed to win matches after that.

He explained: “I thought we stuck to the game plan well early on, certainly we were pleased at 1-0. But we were looking a little bit tired and jaded shortly before half time when Watford were coming into the game.

“Then four minutes of madness before the break has cost us dearly. You have to do the basics really. You have to stop runners, close down players, mark players, track runners and win those 50/50s and at times today we were well short of that.”

He continued: “I thought for 40 minutes we looked in good condition and were in decent control. If someone saw the 4-1 coming at 1-0 that would shock me.

“I didn’t see that coming but the two goals before half time hurt us. When you concede a goal then that is the time to regroup and make sure you don’t concede again. The disappointing thing is that we conceded that second goal.”

Slade was criticised by the home support during the second period for his substitutions and the Cardiff fans chanted ‘you’re getting sacked in the morning’.

The Bluebirds boss accepted supporters pay for the right to criticise but said he was only focused on the match.

He said: “People are entitled to their opinion and I accept that. When their team is not playing well, as we weren’t in the second period, you have got to expect that situation to arise.

“From my point of view I was still working to find a way back into the game.”

He never seemed to have the plot. Absolutely gutless second half performance

What about the other 86 minutes when City were outplayed at home. The game ended with a 32% possession stat for City, the highest of the day. That says something.

That is a ridiculous statement to come out with. 4 minutes did not cost us. We were poor throughout and have been for some time.

What's all this b#llocks about tiredness and jaded?
Not fit enough, not committed enough, don't give a sh#t more like

TAN OUT, SLADE OUT, YOUNG AND GABIDDON OUT

No wonder they are ' tired and jaded' when they are chasing shadows for 70% of the game because we cannot keep possession!!
Seen it time and time again when a manager loses the dressing room the players underperform to get rid of him.

No wonder they are ' tired and jaded' when they are chasing shadows for 70% of the game because we cannot keep possession!!
Seen it time and time again when a manager loses the dressing room the players underperform to get rid of him.

That could well be the case.

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More than 4 minutes you bald c### try the last 4 weeks+ the team from top to bottom is absolutely f%cked. Disgrace.. I feel embarrassed and ashamed at the moment. Slade out - tan out. There is a cyst at the club that needs to be removed before this great club can move forward.

He's says in the statement above they were looking a bit tired and jaded before half time that's just another excuse to cover up the goals we conceded before half time tired and jaded on the wages that these players get do me a favour they are young men for God sake

The only "madness" at Cardiff City is the narcissistic arrogance of the owner who hates the clubs supporters. And yet all he needed to do is compromise over the clubs heritage and traditions and ensured the management on and off the field was at least partially competent.

He never sees it coming that's the biggest problem

I seen it coming weeks ago, you don't need crystal ball

slade, simply not good enough and in denial,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, get pulis in asap....
tan out,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I've tried to stay patient when it comes to Slade, with the opinion that he needs time to fix the mess he inherited. However, he can't hide from the stats confirming we have the worse possession percentage of any team in the league. The team, the manager and of course the owner are all a bloody disgrace. Total shambles from top to bottom. Slade is clearly bereft of any ideas and is so far out of his depth.
I suppose if you're going to do anything, then always do it properly. I never thought fcuking it up would also be included. The only way changes will ever be made is if people boycotted home games and travelled away instead. Tan would simply be forced to act.

FOUR minutes of madness!!

That left the score at 1-2. How does that equate to 4-1 and eventually 4-2???

Rubbish possession and the crowd booing the team off at half time. Supporters don't do that just because you're a goal down. They do it because the football is poor.

Get out Slade, you EXCUSE for a manager. At least Ole admitted when the performance was dire.

Slade has from the start had his work cut out dont forget he couldn't even choose his own back room staff. The negatively already at the club was not slades fault .its been hard for slade but his tactics are old school he doesn't seem to be able to motivate his team who confidence wise are done in.
The club is in melt down tan chose the wrong man to take us forward we're actually going backwards its not all slades fault but he just doesn't fit this club does he

Once again more Rubbish from Mr Slade "We were looking a bit tired just before half time" no Mr Slide we didn't look interested just before half time hence the scoring of two simple easely earned goals, tired my arse don't treat us as fools or idiots Mr Slade, a lot of us have been watching football for a long time, we may not know how to run a football team,but we do know bullshit when we hear it.

Manager Russell Slade has bemoaned four minutes of madness in our four two loss to Watford.

A goal from Adam Le Fondre put us into the lead, but Watford hit back with two goals of their own in the space of four minutes to take the advantage and it was a situation we just couldn't recover from, as they then added the third and the fourth, before we got ourselves a second consolation through Kenywne Jones.

In quotes carried by the Watford Observer following Slade's after game interviews, he explained that he felt we played well for 40 minutes, but just didn't do the basics right to give ourselves a chance of winning the game.

'I thought we stuck to the game plan well early on, certainly we were pleased at 1-0. But we we're looking a little bit tired and jaded shortly before half time when Watford were coming back into the game. Then four minutes of madness before the break has cost us dearly. You have to do the basics really. You have to stop runners, close down players, mark players, track runners and win those 50/50s and at times we were well short of that.'

Slade added that five minutes from half time, if anybody had told him the score would then be four one in their favour he'd have laughed at them as it just didn't see it coming and the two goals before the break really shock the players and they just couldn't, for whatever reason, rally and regroup well enough.

With fans chanting the age old 'you're getting sacked in the morning' following the result, the manager admitted that you have to expect that and fans are entitled to air their frustrations when things aren't going well, but his focus was in 'accepting' the criticism and then doing all he could to win the fans over again, and get our form back to where he wants it.

With Slade being Vincent Tan's 'personal appointment' the vote of confidence he's received is no great shock, nor are the continuing rumours of an exodus in January, leaving Slade free to offload he isn't happy with and then bring in his own men.

For everyone's sake and our hopes for this season, the sooner that can be done the better and then Slade can at least make a proper fist of this with 'his men' as at that stage he will then 'live or die' by his own sword.

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