Carl Curtis : It is not just Slade’s fault

‘ IT IS NOT JUST SLADE’S FAULT ‘

Russell Slade will get the criticism tonight and as the manager he is partly responsible but the issues at our club run deeper than the manager. I have said for weeks to friends that Slade in my opinion is not the right man for the job but we can criticise him all day long but it matters for absolutely nothing. Whilst Vincent Tan is making footballing decisions then we will always have problems.

No matter what side of the fence you sit on regarding Vincent Tan, the one thing you cannot argue against is that he should not be making the decisions on footballing matters.

The troubles at this club stem from the very top, the running of the club is not right and we will continue to deteriate until a solution is found.

Russell Slade is not beyond criticism, he took the job and is therefore accountable too but he he is working without his own management team, which incidentally is not the most important issue if you have the right coaching team behind him but we don’t, Slade hears of players leaving through the media which again is very wrong but what Slade can be judged on is his tactics and again today we were not at the races.

I have to question whether the players believe in Slade because it is my opinion that the players are not fighting for the manager and are going through the motions for large periods of the game.

It is soul destroying watching this unfurl at our club but the bottom line is we have no leadership, on or off the pitch, the owner of the shares does not come to watch this team, the players are clearly lacking leadership on the pitch, again today you could visibly see heads dropping and not one player was dishing out any sort of words of action, there is no soul in the club or on the terraces, we have no identity and no game plan on or off the pitch.

Does anyone know what Tan’s plans are for the club, does anyone know what is really going on ?

This cannot go on much longer.