even though Slade is on holiday, I have heard that he has already made contact with potential signings. This is good news!
How can you call signing Mooney and Lisbie 'good news' ?
They know the club and have experience of the lower leagues - they will spearhead our strikeforce as we aim to get out of league 1 at the first attempt (and prepare for our first season in League 2)
Let's be frank. There is no evidence to suggest that Slade would DEFINITELY fare better than Adkins, Evans, Cotterill, Davies, Wilder et al. There is no way of telling for certain.
Sometimes managers do well at some clubs and poorly at others for no apparent reason.
However, the FACT is that Slade has had relative success in League 1 and The Championship, working with a limited budget and has never achieved relative success through spending money.
Slade must have an excellent knowledge of League 1 players and what is required to succeed in League 1.
I would suggest that he wasn't a great success at Cardiff, but he did ok.
He did well at Orient and had them CHALLENGING AT THE TOP OF LEAGUE, with a squad that imo overperformed. Yes they fell away as everyone expected.
He also did well at Yeovil and Grimsby, although I would admit that he wasn't outstanding.
Adkins wasn't a success at Sheff U. Evans I believe has been found guilty of "dodgy" practices. Cotterill got Bristol City relegated. Davies has alleged drink issues and appears somewhat unstable. Yes Wilder did brilliantly in LEAGUE 2 with Northampton, but he chose Sheff U in any case.
All the above have had successes as well, I'm not denying that.
Slade does have 10 years experience of managing in league 1, so it unquestionable that he does have the relevant experience we need.
If it's to be Slade it MUST be a better option than a Belgian nobody.
Let's get behind him & pray that he is given the autonomy and support that he needs to be a success.
Slade has won stuff, manager of the month x 3 and two manager of the year in League One, how much had Curbs won before he was appointed, or any of our previous managers for that matter. The last 6 years as a manager he has been pretty successful and not is coming on off a couple of sackings. He has more experience than Wilder. Not a bad appointment IF it happens.
Slade has won stuff, manager of the month x 3 and two manager of the year in League One, how much had Curbs won before he was appointed, or any of our previous managers for that matter. The last 6 years as a manager he has been pretty successful and not is coming on off a couple of sackings. He has more experience than Wilder. Not a bad appointment IF it happens.
Dowie got Palace relegated - that's a pretty big accomplishment
Kenwyne Jones, one in four striker but now getting past it. No no no no no! We need to know who is recruiting players. Hopefully not RD keyboard scouts.
how can he make potential signings if he not the manger yet
He's probably just rang these players in question and said I'm possibly going to be Charlton manager /head coach and asked them if they would come and join him! Sounds positive to me.
I remember hearing 15k/week for JBG, but that may have been before the new contract. Even at 25k a week, that's a decent deal if you look around what that gets you in the Prem. I suspect that's middle ground for a very good Championship player.
Regarding Kenwyne Jones, saw him in the flesh a couple times for Sunderland. He could be an absolute handful, very good player on his day. I think it was John Terry who said at one point that he was the toughest player to play against in the division.
That said, those days were a long, long time ago. The amount he would probably cost in wages would almost certainly be prohibitive. If it came down to him or a lower league journeyman, I'd probably take a punt on him. He's only 31 and even if he's a one-in-four striker, if he fancies it, he can be an excellent modern center forward. I fear that it will end up being a lower league journeyman, as it seems that most of the handful of player we have been linked with have been the rest of the lower leagues.
If it is Slade, the one element of credit he has is that he didn't get the job by going behind the previous manager's back, unlike every other appointment under the RD regime. Personally I would have preferred another network appointment, if only to reinforce the perception of farce that is CAFC, and to accelerate RD / KM's demise. This has the danger of being "acceptable".
New ex army man coming in as fitness coach worked with Slade at Cardiff , Simon Clark may get the assistant manager role with new coach brought in to work alongside , but more likey an assistant manager will arrive with Clark staying as coach .
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Charlton's new management team getting ready for pre season
Slade has won stuff, manager of the month x 3 and two manager of the year in League One, how much had Curbs won before he was appointed, or any of our previous managers for that matter. The last 6 years as a manager he has been pretty successful and not is coming on off a couple of sackings. He has more experience than Wilder. Not a bad appointment IF it happens.
Dowie got Palace relegated - that's a pretty big accomplishment
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Regarding Kenwyne Jones, saw him in the flesh a couple times for Sunderland. He could be an absolute handful, very good player on his day. I think it was John Terry who said at one point that he was the toughest player to play against in the division.
That said, those days were a long, long time ago. The amount he would probably cost in wages would almost certainly be prohibitive. If it came down to him or a lower league journeyman, I'd probably take a punt on him. He's only 31 and even if he's a one-in-four striker, if he fancies it, he can be an excellent modern center forward. I fear that it will end up being a lower league journeyman, as it seems that most of the handful of player we have been linked with have been the rest of the lower leagues.
All makes sense now.