The timing of this is ridiculous. We have put together some decent results recently, although the football has been dire at times. We were awful on Saturday but we did have a few players out on international duty.
May well have been written at that time but not 'posted.' several times TS claimed that there had been no official statement, it concluded the programme saying that which was 9.30 ish. Several people checked on here as well. I saw it just after 9.45
My guess is the article would've been written and published but not posted. That way the link could be shared with the interested parties so they could approve it before being put on the site.
Richard Cawley @RichCawleySLP 6s7 seconds ago Think one of the things that went unseen by fans with Slade was some of foundations put in behind scenes - improved spirit around the club.
Richard Cawley @RichCawleySLP 11s11 seconds ago Because was experienced boss he could fend off unwanted players and he did things to build positive mood for players.
Richard Cawley @RichCawleySLP 7s7 seconds ago Made quite a few changes at training ground. You can make case that team wasn't exciting to watch but he had one transfer window.
Richard Cawley @RichCawleySLP 30s30 seconds ago Couple of deals didn't quite fall in summer. Waited on getting Louis Thompson from Norwich but he ended up sticking where he was.
Richard Cawley @RichCawleySLP 14s14 seconds ago And the run until Christmas is tough. Home to Port Vale, Sheff Utd and Peterborough - all in play-off positions.
Richard Cawley @RichCawleySLP 6s6 seconds ago Away to Bristol Rovers, Bradford and Millwall. Something for the new boss to get his teeth into.....
O'Loughlin will relish this.
He'll probably lose all six and we'll be on our third manager by Christmas.
So what if we don't get one by Saturday? It took them months in the summer? Do we just all pitch up pay our money and watch a managerless team until Xmas with no communication?
Or will The saviour of the Congo league surprisingly be at the training ground tomorrow morning.....
My Sons under 11 team at Bromley is so better run than CAFC.
Poor decision. Anybody that was at the FA Cup game would have seen a good side, playing smart football with above all team spirit. I am not convinced sacking Slade helps us one little bit.
Slade was, at the very least, a safe pair of hands who wasn't going to screw the playing side up. He might not be a tactical genius but he was obviously trying to run the playing side professionally and I agree with Palace Louis' assessment that some of the foundation stones were being laid and that it was always going to be a long slow rebuild. I'd set my expectations on being mid-table in November with signs of improvement, we were slightly behind that and Saturday was a big backwards step, but our form was solid at least over the previous six and the cup game hinted as some potential.
We're now going to get another under qualified chancer who will come in and not really know what he is doing and any good work Slade has done will be undone and any mistakes will be compounded.
It's getting more like watching an episode of the Apprentice than a football club.
Sounds like we've got Belgiums very own answer to Alan Sugar and Donald Trump.
I blame the guys protesting in Belgium for this one,
He'd clearly forgotten all about us, you lot turn up with your big banner emblazoned with a Charlton badge, and in clear video footage you can see him look and think "shit, I'd forgotten all about them", checks his phones, checks the league table ... and BOOM, Russell Slades sacked
And it took them c10 hours to come up with that complete non statement. Russel's crowning achievement "the processes and disciplines he has instilled at the training ground" - talk about being dammed by faint praise - what did he do - break up the card schools and smoking behind the sheds?
People take the piss out of things like the pictures in the tunnel, the changes in the canteen but at least he was trying to instill some kind of togetherness. The discipline probably refers to things like the fitness plans he introduced which we lacked last season and which undoubtedly contributed to long term injuries to Vetokele, Diarra and Kashi and their recoveries or maybe the players eating together or wearing suits to the ground. These may seem like small things to some but they may have helped contribute to something in the future. Let's see what the next idiot does with the team. I'm getting to be past caring now though....
In the OS it says 2hrs and 38 minutes under the club statement. 2hrs 38 mins of what? Since we have been managerless?
I spotted that too. According to the time on the article, the announcement was on the site just after 7pm.
It probably took Katrien and Sue Perks that long to work out how to post the announcement after 7 hours of working out what to say - just the lack of basic professionalism that now runs throughout the club.
I wonder if the PR Agency has now followed in the footsteps of Mel Baroni - they certainly didn't have much input into the announcement or if they did they are just plain rubbish.
not sure what to make of it all. Stability builds confidence but we sack 2 managers a season. RS not my ideal choice & his tactics left a lot to be desired. Didn't help himself by picking the players he did on Saturday - but then he didn't have many other options,
His biggest mistake IMHO is that he went along with the stupid idea of playing the game with our missing players. SOMEONE at the club should have had the balls to tell the FL to feck off, The 3 player rule is there for a reason. Either turn up with the missing 3 player's named on the team sheet or name just 8 starters - either way you make a statement.
And it took them c10 hours to come up with that complete non statement. Russel's crowning achievement "the processes and disciplines he has instilled at the training ground" - talk about being dammed by faint praise - what did he do - break up the card schools and smoking behind the sheds?
People take the piss out of things like the pictures in the tunnel, the changes in the canteen but at least he was trying to instill some kind of togetherness. The discipline probably refers to things like the fitness plans he introduced which we lacked last season and which undoubtedly contributed to long term injuries to Vetokele, Diarra and Kashi and their recoveries or maybe the players eating together or wearing suits to the ground. These may seem like small things to some but they may have helped contribute to something in the future. Let's see what the next idiot does with the team. I'm getting to be past caring now though....
The bloke preceded over a very unhappy dressing room. Once that happens. You are toast. Ask Jose Mourhinho.
Even if Slades job is harder then usual for a manager, under these specific circumstances laid in front of him, at the end of the day, if the team is underachieving it's usually always the manager that gets moaned at by the fans, the eventual blame. Then sacked. He shouldn't be surprised. It's a pressurising job!
Its what football is.
This sacking is probably a knee jerk reaction by Roland due to getting taken the piss out of at lunch. Probably forced Roland to maybe see what's going on and actually check the league table.
Or maybe this decision was already made before the Swindon game, hence the dire performance.
Slade tried. Wasn't good enough.
There won't ever be a manager that's good enough though.
Because the owner and SMT f*ck everything up themselves.
It will be the revolving door that eventually spirals out of control.
The door has already spiralled out of control................a long time ago.
"...the club wants to give itself the best possible opportunity of achieving its number one priority – winning promotion to the Sky Bet Championship at the earliest opportunity"
I've never been in charge of achieving this but I'm pretty sure if this was my goal I wouldn't start by appointing someone who had never managed a promotion in 23 years of trying to.
We've been an absolute shambles from start to finish under RD/KM and so it goes on.
The final nail in Slades coffin was the Swindon game for which he was without his best player (Holmes) through his own ineptitude in picking him for the Scunthorpe cup game when he had Lookman and Botaka as alternatives
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I actually quite liked Slade and I'm pretty upset he's gone but I did think it would be a shame to miss out on a few lols.
several times TS claimed that there had been no official statement, it concluded the programme saying that which was 9.30 ish. Several people checked on here as well. I saw it just after 9.45
All seems very strange, and a shambles.
He'll probably lose all six and we'll be on our third manager by Christmas.
So what if we don't get one by Saturday? It took them months in the summer? Do we just all pitch up pay our money and watch a managerless team until Xmas with no communication?
Or will The saviour of the Congo league surprisingly be at the training ground tomorrow morning.....
My Sons under 11 team at Bromley is so better run than CAFC.
He'd clearly forgotten all about us, you lot turn up with your big banner emblazoned with a Charlton badge, and in clear video footage you can see him look and think "shit, I'd forgotten all about them", checks his phones, checks the league table ... and BOOM, Russell Slades sacked
So....jobbing football coach CoL is next eh? Whatever.
His biggest mistake IMHO is that he went along with the stupid idea of playing the game with our missing players. SOMEONE at the club should have had the balls to tell the FL to feck off, The 3 player rule is there for a reason. Either turn up with the missing 3 player's named on the team sheet or name just 8 starters - either way you make a statement.
I've never been in charge of achieving this but I'm pretty sure if this was my goal I wouldn't start by appointing someone who had never managed a promotion in 23 years of trying to.
We've been an absolute shambles from start to finish under RD/KM and so it goes on.