Russell Slade's "overblown reputation" Says

Coventry City manager Russell Slade's "overblown reputation"


Cardiff City reporter Phil Smith also says the former Bluebirds boss was an obvious choice for Coventry City


BY SIMON GILBERT

THURS 22 DEC 2016

Coventry City boss Russell Slade has an “overblown reputation” according to the man who covered his spell as Cardiff City manager.

Phil Smith, football reporter at the Telegraph’s sister title in Wales, said he also rubbed Bluebirds fans up the wrong way when he claimed he deserved more credit than he got for his time at the club.

Slade managed Cardiff City between 2014 and 2016 where he led them to consecutive mis-table finishes in the Championship.

But the reporter also said it was no surprise Slade had been chosen by the Sky Blues given his track record for succeeding at troubled clubs.

Prior to joining Coventry, he has also had spells at Charlton Athletic and Leyton Orient who have experienced troubles with their respective owners.


Smith told the Telegraph: “It’s no surprise that Russell Slade has been picked by Coventry.

“He seems to have gained a bit of a reputation as a crisis club troubleshooter because of the way he settled things down at Cardiff following the turbulent tenures of Malky Mackay and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

“He did do well in that sense, he managed Vincent Tan’s mannerisms and quirks well and the owner grew to really trust him.

“Even after letting him go, he tried to keep him on as someone to look after transfers and the like.



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“His reputation is a bit overblown, he had a very decent squad at Cardiff and they were exposed tactically against the big teams in the Championship.

“Many Cardiff fans bristled at the accusation that he deserved more credit and would say his failure at Charlton more accurately reflected his abilities.

“Still, he was clearly a good man manager and his teams were very difficult to beat.

“He could steady the ship at Coventry and with him in charge I’d expect them to steer clear of relegation danger.”


Coventry City confirm Russell Slade as new manager:

Slade has taken charge until the end of the season and his first fixture in charge will be the Boxing Day clash with Bristol Rovers.

The club currently sits in the League One relegation zone and is blighted by off the field distractions including a campaign calling on Coventry City’s London hedge fund owners Sisu to put the club up for sale.

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I have to agree,its well overrated,Slade for me is a lower division manager,a grafter,honest,good person,but a manager who won't take a club far.

At least he doesn't have to change the tattoo on his arm.

The squad he took over at City was never in a million years a relegation threatend squad he gets far too much credit for that.

We were 14th when he took over after 10 games we were hardly cut adrift at the bottom.

He gets all this credit for slashing the wagebill but most of the players he got rid of were not in the playing squad anyway and even after all the cuts we still had a massive wagebill.

I also think people forget we turned back to blue 3 months after his arrival which helped "calm things" down more than what Slade was serving up on the pitch.

In all fairness to Slade he did what he could , and where was this great squad he had , trouble is we had an over rated squad
players who were not that good but for some reason they were apparently to good to be at Cardiff ???

However have any of these great players gone further? besdides Fabio and Marshall out of a very big list who have gone they havent done any better ,

So I still think Slade did ok at City was never going to get us promoted but I really believe we would not have been relegated either .

Rate him much higher than Trollop and OIle who are the worst I have seen in many years at Cardiff

In all fairness to Slade he did what he could , and where was this great squad he had , trouble is we had an over rated squad
players who were not that good but for some reason they were apparently to good to be at Cardiff ???

However have any of these great players gone further? besdides Fabio and Marshall out of a very big list who have gone they havent done any better ,

So I still think Slade did ok at City was never going to get us promoted but I really believe we would not have been relegated either .

Rate him much higher than Trollop and OIle who are the worst I have seen in many years at Cardiff

I think I would lean more to this view of Slade. OK not brilliant but did a competent job when the circumstances are considered. That said he had the touch of Dave Jones about him when it came to the end of season play-off push when he fell flat on his face.

Had to go but as we now know Trollope was not the answer as his replacement.

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

Bollocks

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

never got the stabilise bit tbh.
like everyone else i was disappointed at our start but we were not bottom three and not losing to rags, those 2 home defeats were against the teams that finnished 3rd and 4th and would compete the play off final.
the 7 players that were moved were mostly fringe players and were not moved on by Russ and his wheeler dealer skills but by VT getting out a cheque book . the 7 that came in were generally poor.
what state did he leave our club in ?
first team squad?
how many RS signings are in our 1st team 6 months on?
our accademy?
and how many fans { i was one} found themselves sat there asking themselves for the first time in 40 years why they were there.
thousands with tickets just stopped going.
the mess is what he left and not what he started with

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

Bollocks

I really think that if he has got a pacy goal scorer we would've got into the play offs we were always within touching distance of the play offs all season but those dropped points in the games where Mason and Revell then Pilkington and Lawrence were played upfront proved costly an Andre Gray would been perfect or the dream front line of Saadi and Tony watt.

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

never got the stabilise bit tbh.
like everyone else i was disappointed at our start but we were not bottom three and not losing to rags, those 2 home defeats were against the teams that finnished 3rd and 4th and would compete the play off final.
the 7 players that were moved were mostly fringe players and were not moved on by Russ and his wheeler dealer skills but by VT getting out a cheque book . the 7 that came in were generally poor.
what state did he leave our club in ?
first team squad?
how many RS signings are in our 1st team 6 months on?
our accademy?
and how many fans { i was one} found themselves sat there asking themselves for the first time in 40 years why they were there.
thousands with tickets just stopped going.
the mess is what he left and not what he started with

The stabilize when he took over from Ole we could've went into freefall but he guided us to calmer waters and cleared out the over sized squad.

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

never got the stabilise bit tbh.
like everyone else i was disappointed at our start but we were not bottom three and not losing to rags, those 2 home defeats were against the teams that finnished 3rd and 4th and would compete the play off final.
the 7 players that were moved were mostly fringe players and were not moved on by Russ and his wheeler dealer skills but by VT getting out a cheque book . the 7 that came in were generally poor.
what state did he leave our club in ?
first team squad?
how many RS signings are in our 1st team 6 months on?
our accademy?
and how many fans { i was one} found themselves sat there asking themselves for the first time in 40 years why they were there.
thousands with tickets just stopped going.
the mess is what he left and not what he started with

The stabilize when he took over from Ole we could've went into freefall but he guided us to calmer waters and cleared out the over sized squad.

i dont think so, we played 4 games in between ole and slade and only lost 1.peoples disappointment in not being promotion candidates changed into being in freefall which is a myth . yes dross in mid table is defo calmer than a run for play offs

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

Bollocks

I really think that if he has got a pacy goal scorer we would've got into the play offs we were always within touching distance of the play offs all season but those dropped points in the games where Mason and Revell then Pilkington and Lawrence were played upfront proved costly an Andre Gray would been perfect or the dream front line of Saadi and Tony watt.

he brought in revell and actually played him ahead of KJ quoting he runs around more {his words}.

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

Bollocks

Absolutely right Rydo, we finished 8th and was in it until game 45, of course a good striker would have got City in the play offs

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

never got the stabilise bit tbh.
like everyone else i was disappointed at our start but we were not bottom three and not losing to rags, those 2 home defeats were against the teams that finnished 3rd and 4th and would compete the play off final.
the 7 players that were moved were mostly fringe players and were not moved on by Russ and his wheeler dealer skills but by VT getting out a cheque book . the 7 that came in were generally poor.
what state did he leave our club in ?
first team squad?
how many RS signings are in our 1st team 6 months on?
our accademy?
and how many fans { i was one} found themselves sat there asking themselves for the first time in 40 years why they were there.
thousands with tickets just stopped going.
the mess is what he left and not what he started with

The stabilize when he took over from Ole we could've went into freefall but he guided us to calmer waters and cleared out the over sized squad.

i dont think so, we played 4 games in between ole and slade and only lost 1.peoples disappointment in not being promotion candidates changed into being in freefall which is a myth . yes dross in mid table is defo calmer than a run for play offs

But didn't it turn out that there was "bad eggs" in the squad like Guerra Cala and the Norwegian players Eikrem and Berget and the confidence was low in the dressing room all season when Matty Kennedy came in and said in the last summer Pre season Slade had a big job to when he came in with the 49 player squad I don't think it was quality squad yes there was good individuals brought in but not as a team it was just a big Ole pick & mix mess.

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

Bollocks

Absolutely right Rydo, we finished 8th and was in it until game 45, of course a good striker would have got City in the play offs

in it of course meaning mathematically possible?

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

Bollocks

I really think that if he has got a pacy goal scorer we would've got into the play offs we were always within touching distance of the play offs all season but those dropped points in the games where Mason and Revell then Pilkington and Lawrence were played upfront proved costly an Andre Gray would been perfect or the dream front line of Saadi and Tony watt.

he brought in revell and actually played him ahead of KJ quoting he runs around more {his words}.

Yeah that was his fault though yeah work rate is one thing but you need quality to go with it.

He did a good job stabilized the club and if he had brought in a good striker we would've got top 6 last season.

Bollocks

I really think that if he has got a pacy goal scorer we would've got into the play offs we were always within touching distance of the play offs all season but those dropped points in the games where Mason and Revell then Pilkington and Lawrence were played upfront proved costly an Andre Gray would been perfect or the dream front line of Saadi and Tony watt.

he brought in revell and actually played him ahead of KJ quoting he runs around more {his words}.

Yeah that was his fault though yeah work rate is one thing but you need quality to go with it.

anyway.im glad he has gone and it feels more like the club ive supported this last 40 odd years now than it ever did under king canute

he is not an outstanding manager, but still a good one, who is better than many in this division. the fact he managed the club when we were red, and that he knew the key to keeping his job here was to suck up to tan, counted against him, as did his lack of a proven record.

warnock can do no wrong to most fans here, yet slade could do no right. he cleared up the mess OGS left, and managed the team on very little money to 11th and 8th. where are we now? what would people say of warnock if he got us to 11th this season?

Good Luck to him - Did well to clean up some of the mess left behind by " CLUELESS CLOWN - OGS " .

All I will say his football bored me to death .descent bloke good luck slade but don't ever come back to us it was dire