9 points from 27/in relegation zone is not good enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

[KneeOn]

There is a lot of support for Slade clearly but if you look at the harsh facts we are presently in the relegation zone and limped out of the league cup at the first hurdle.

This comes after spending £ 1 400 000 which in this league is very sizeable.

2 wins from 9 games is POOR.

It is clear as I said last week this season is a write off with us to be " also rans " again.

Another Withdean " nothing to see here Son move on " season. People may say Slade is doing well with 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats and " I will be happy with 5th bottom at the end of the season " and other such gems but if it were McGhee he would be spit roasted by now. Adams came in for massive abuse last season with a much better starting record.

Every game we fail to win, the same excuses come out, we were robbed, the ref stitched us up, we were the better side, we are still gelling etc etc.

No one knows what is going on in Blooms mind but I cannot believe he is happy with our present position and 2 wins all season. It does not bode well for Slade being able to get a team automatic promotion, ie 25 wins in a season which everyone seems to think will be a formality after this write off season is concluded.

Slades league one record is

23 games
8 wins
5 draws
10 defeats
29 points

So he has effectively had a full half season and will be on target to get 58 points over a season.

Adams, Coppell, Taylor, McGhee and wilkins all achieved FAR superior records to Slade with the same facilities and restricitons and MUCH less money.

I do not think Slade has it within him to motivate a team or is tactically astute enough and good enough in the buying market or spotting good players to get a team promoted at this level let alone the ultimate aim of the getting promoted from the Championship.

On that rationale it would be better to relieve him of his services sooner rather than later and get the right Man in for Falmer.

Look, I have to say, that as a fellow human being, you disgust me.

I've got some advice for you, you stupid stupid man. I'll say it slowly so it gets through you thick skull and your shield of ignorance and FUD.

Shut. The. f***. Up.
Get. The. f***. Off. Our. Board.
f***. Off. Up. To. Palarse.
Stay. There.

Do that, and you'll satisfy everyone. Palarse will be happy to have one more person to add to their collection of inbred mongrels and you'll be off our hands. Every one is a winner.

 

[Blackadder]

Blimey FDM Gloves You may not agree with US's views but that response was well over the top. At the end of the day he is an Albion fan. (And No.. I don't know him!)

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

" Look, I have to say, that as a fellow human being, you disgust me. "

Hey I made some criticisms of our football team and manger. I did not personally abuse anyone but was abused myself personally but thats par for the course on here nowadays. I have not murdered anyone or raped anyone. Do you not think as you have never met me and now nothing about me to say as a fellow human being I disgust you because I had a different opinion on after all in the grand sceheme of things a trviality is a little over the top ?.

 

[Stoo82]

I can unserstand where you are comming from. It is frustrating to see us in a postions. BUT, if you saw Slade's interview last weekend, he said somthing like: "We should not look at the table untill 12 games and then you can start to see where we are as a team". With this i agree.

So Mr US I challenge you and everyone one else who holds your opinionto hold on for 3 more games and then start to critisies. I think Slade will do well for us in the end.

Or we will end up like Newcastle United.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

We will see. At least I can discuss it with you without being called to f*** off or am a wanker or a disgusting human being. Time will tell. I hope you are right.

 

[Bwian]

We will see. At least I can discuss it with you without being called to f*** off or am a wanker or a disgusting human being. Time will tell. I hope you are right.

Do you though? At a guess I'd say 98% of your posts are nothing but negative whingeing. It is tediously boring.

I don't think you have had anything positive to say about one of our managers in years-it's hardly surprising people get fed up with your moaning. We are 9 games into the season with some key players still out because of injuries and you're already in full moan mode and have been for months.

I've done my share of moaning (we all have) but the majority balance it out by not moaning all the ruddy time.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

It all depends how you look at it. If you look at Slade's overall record, it points to a lower mid-table finish. If you look at it for the whole of this season, then it points to relegation.

But, as others have said, there are mitigating factors at play. The rot had truly set in last season by the time Slade took other. Players were not taking responsibility on the pitch, out of form or had got into certain bad habits in their play. It can be legitimately argued that it may take a little while to turn things around, and it did.

Similarly, this season, it can legitimately be argued it that sometimes it takes a while for a very new team to play well together. The fact we are in the relegation zone is due to the poor start we had to the season, rather than what we are about now as a team. We've had 10 games this season:

First five games: W0 D1 L4
Second five games: W2 D2 L1

Most people here seem satisfied with the massive improvement in results and performance since the first five matches. Which is why Uncle Spielberg's 'harsh facts' assessment jars so much. That said, FDM's Gloves is being well out of order.

 

[Everest]

First five games: W0 D1 L5

Maths not a strong point then?

 

[pasty]

f*** me. I normally don't bite on these sort of threads, but christ on a bike, what would this place have been like if we'd lost yesterday?

Personally, and feel free to shoot me down in flames if you like I really don't care, but I think an away draw at the team third in the league who had conceeded only 2 goals in four previous home games is quite satisfactory thank you very much.

Edit - and we took the lead with only 10 men as well.

 

[Stoo82]

f*** me. I normally don't bite on these sort of threads, but christ on a bike, what would this place have been like if we'd lost yesterday?

Personally, and feel free to shoot me down in flames if you like I really don't care, but I think an away draw at the team third in the league who had conceeded only 2 goals in four previous home games is quite satisfactory thank you very much.

Quite.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Do you though? At a guess I'd say 98% of your posts are nothing but negative whingeing. It is tediously boring.

I don't think you have had anything positive to say about one of our managers in years-it's hardly surprising people get fed up with your moaning. We are 9 games into the season with some key players still out because of injuries and you're already in full moan mode and have been for months.

I've done my share of moaning (we all have) but the majority balance it out by not moaning all the ruddy time.

McGhee - total support
Wilkins - negative, then acknowledged success but not a great fan
Adams - very positive but then turned against him mid season
Slade - negative, positive, negative

My support for our manager at the time tends to be good or bad depending on the results and league position which is hardly suprising.

I am a moaning git though I cannot deny that. Just frustrated at seemingly lack of progress on the pitch.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Maths not a strong point then?

No, typing isn't !

 

[Acker79]

To look at slade's record overall is going to give an inaccurate projection.

You include the poor run of games as Slade got to know the squad and got them working together, playing the way he wants them to. We saw how successful the team could be when achieving what he wanted them: to 5 wins out of 6.

You're also including the early season losses as the new team got to know each other.

All the while our rate of success is increasing any projection will be inaccurate. Below shows how our points per game average has been increasing so far this season, showing we are still improving, so you can't project anything from results so far.

 

[Seasider78]

I think our biggest issue is our home form which has been poor for long before Slade. We always seem to pick up points on the road but Withdean is far from the fortress it used to be. If we could address that combined with the results away from home I think we would be a real threat at this level.

 

[Rodfox]

1 Leeds United 9 4 0 0 11 2 4 1 0 6 2 13 25
2 Charlton 9 4 1 0 10 4 3 1 0 10 3 13 23

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3 Bristol Rovers 9 3 1 1 6 3 3 0 1 8 4 7 19
4 MK Dons 9 2 1 2 6 6 3 1 0 4 1 3 17
5 Colchester 9 3 0 1 7 4 1 3 1 10 5 8 15
6 Huddersfield 9 3 2 0 12 3 1 1 2 6 8 7 15

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7 Swindon 9 2 3 0 5 3 1 2 1 4 8 -2 14
8 Oldham 9 1 2 1 4 5 2 1 2 4 5 -2 12
9 Gillingham 9 3 1 1 11 2 0 1 3 4 10 3 11
10 Southend 9 1 3 1 5 3 1 2 1 7 7 2 11
11 Hartlepool 9 1 1 3 5 7 2 1 1 4 2 0 11
12 Millwall 9 2 2 0 6 2 0 2 3 1 6 -1 10
13 Stockport 9 1 1 2 4 6 1 3 1 6 6 -2 10
14 Norwich 9 1 2 1 8 11 1 2 2 6 6 -3 10
15 Brentford 9 1 2 1 4 5 1 2 2 4 6 -3 10
16 Walsall 9 0 3 1 4 5 2 1 2 4 7 -4 10
17 Yeovil 9 2 2 1 9 6 0 1 3 3 7 -1 9
18 Carlisle 9 1 1 3 5 7 1 2 1 4 5 -3 9
19 Leyton Orient 9 1 2 2 6 7 1 1 2 6 9 -4 9
20 Exeter 9 1 2 1 5 5 1 1 3 4 8 -4 9

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21 Brighton 9 1 0 3 5 8 1 3 1 5 9 -7 9
22 Wycombe 9 1 1 2 3 4 0 2 3 6 11 -6 6
23 Tranmere 9 1 1 3 7 11 0 0 4 1 10 -13 4
24 Southampton 9 1 3 0 4 2 0 3 2 4 7 -1 -1

and if we had held on for the win yesterday, where would we be ? nothing to worry about at this early stage

Absolute twat, BHA DREW....BUT IF THIS HAPPENED AND IF.....

 

[Rodfox]

Luckily you're in a minority on that one.

I see a manager that is motivating the team and is largely getting the tactics right. The only issue at the start of the season was the personell, but he's corrected that now. I think we have turned a corner and the last few performances have been promising and I'm convinced there's alot more to come from this side.

The big difference between Slade and McGhee + Adams is that he can spot where he's going wrong and is willing to change it. M + A were so stubborn that they refused to believe that they'd ever got anything wrong and would persevere with things that clearly weren't working. They were both engineers of their own downfall.

Turned a corner?? 9 out of 27 points, In the relegation zone ffs!!!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Exactly. Feel we have a pretty good squad now, lets have a bit of stability over the next months and who knows what can happen next year. Just look whats happened to Bristol Rovers.

I personally think we're an experienced centre-half away from a decent team....presuming McNulty gets fit again, Forster can stay fit and/or Murray can be arsed.

 

[KneeOn]

Bloody hell. Since i'm being slow now, i can't find an edit button.

I'll simply retract instead of edit my comments about US. That was way out of line to say.

Sorry.

 

[Dandyman]

Well thats just great and sums up your capability of debate. Just because I have a differerent opinion to you you say " f*** off you miserable old man ". How old are you , 12 ?.

The facts are I a a BHAFC supporter have been for 36 years and I not a Slade supporters or any othr manager come to that. They are just keeping the seat warm for however long they are in charge and will f*** off at the drop of a hat if/when a better offer comes along. Slade is not different. Do you honestly think he really gives a stuff about this club, yes whilst he is heere but as soon as he moves on he would never give BHAFC another thought. As Harty says I am a lifer and have seen 20 plus managers come and go.

You seem incapable of adding to the debate and just verbally abuse anyone who has a different opinion to you. A sure sign you have lost the debate. Maybe when you grow up a little you may be able to have a debate but at the moment I would wipe the floor with you little Man.

Perfectly entitled to your view and to be honest I welcome it. The simple reason being your unceasing ability to be wrong about virtually anything. Slade is a professional doing a job, he is no more obliged to love the Albion than any of us are obliged to love our employers. What we are both obliged to do is to exercise our talents and abilities to the best in exchange for a salary.

Slade for my money is a intelligent, talented and pragmatic manager who I hope will be around for some time to come. We have had a significant turnover of players and are in the process of building a team/squad to take us forward. Slade has clear motivational powers as yesterday's game demonstrated. IMO he needs to sort out the defence (although I thought Elphick was a different player at Bristol to the indecision of a week ago) and ensure we do not waste attacking options but at the moment I do think we are moving forward.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Turned a corner?? 9 out of 27 points, In the relegation zone ffs!!!

I'm talking about performances on the pitch. I can see with my own eyes that the team is playing better than it was.

You sound like you're just another armchair fan slagging a team you haven't watched from behind a computer.