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League Two is his level. His old style of management isn't cutting it anymore at the higher end of the football pyramid.

I don't know what went on at Motherwell, but wasn't he reasonably successful at Peterborough? They wanted to appoint him on a permanent basis at the end of the season he just has such an affiliation with the north, with family commitments etc he wouldn't move south - hence why he turned us down.

But in all fairness appointing Gannon at that time would have sent us down. We needed a motivator to get the players working hard and putting in high energy level performances to grind out results. Slade fitted that bill perfectly.

Micky Adams leaving for Sheffield United rocked the boat massively. Vale were playing a long-ball style of football, just hitting the two big front-men - either Marc Richards (their top scorer who is out injured, or Justin Richards.) During December - before Adams left and Gannon came in, the...