Big game bottlers or big game battlers – Slade and referee have stinkers

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   Daniel on March 16, 2014 at 4:34 pm

   At this point in time it would be shame if the current top three did not get promoted as they are by far and away the best three in the division. Orient have been so consistent all season so it is a pity Slade’s default position is always sulky and churlish, no class. For Brentford fans, the last 40 minutes of yesterday’s game was a combination of the 300 Spartans and Dunkirk, except for in the words of the great man, No defeat, No surrender.

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   Graham Roast on March 17, 2014 at 9:49 am

   I reply as one of the O’s fans there on Sat, and would like to give your article some
   perspective. Russell Slade for all his faults has always been a fair man in his after
   Match summaries praising the efforts of the opposing team regardless of how good or poor they may have been. I think on Sat he allowed his great disappointment that this defeat had on him and the fans after all the buildup to show.
   Ok Maybe not quite professional as the politically correct souls would like but at
   The end of the day human and a rare outburst I can assure you.
   As for the game good luck in taking the three points more due to the quality of our strikers finishing than anything else, but you took your chance and won the game and then defended well. Despite what you say above I do believe we now head to the dreaded playoffs, a bit of a lottery but someone’s got to win it.

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   Brian Miah on March 17, 2014 at 11:39 am

   Maybe Russel was just fustrated at such a big game ,and to be honest you dont get much time to compose yourselves before a camera is shoved in yer face, I think a lot of managers would have done the same, I also saw he was trying to remain positive for his team and tell his players that it is not over yet and there is plenty more to play for, Sour grapes nope Heat of the moment Yes, Good luck Orient.

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   Lichfield bee on March 18, 2014 at 10:02 am

   I guess ref Madleys hero must be Clive Thomas, another twat from the past who liked to take centre stage when in charge of a match

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