Russell Slade Named Cardiff City Manager: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction

Former Leyton Orient boss Russell Slade has finally been named as Cardiff City's new manager after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer left the Welsh outfit last month in the wake of a run of poor results.   

Slade resigned from Orient—where he had been since 2010—in September and had been widely rumoured as Cardiff's main target to take the top job at the Championship club, per BBC Sport.

Indeed, Cardiff finally confirmed the 53-year-old as their new boss Monday:

Slade thanked Bluebirds owner Vincent Tan for making the appointment and outlined his desire to get the best out of his new group of players, per Cardiff's website: 

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I’m grateful to Vincent for giving me this opportunity as Cardiff City is a fantastic Football Club. We have a large squad and it’s more than putting out the best eleven players on paper. We need the best group of players out there with the right balance and chemistry. It’s now about building a relationship with the players and installing a strong ethos and work ethic. That’s what I want us to take onto the pitch every week.

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Slade took Orient to third place in League One last season—although they did not achieve promotion—and was named manager of the year for his troubles.

He has spent the majority of his career taking charge in the lower leagues with the likes of Orient, Yeovil and Grimsby Town, but sports journalist Michael Bailey believes he deserves the move to Cardiff:

Tan will likely be expecting Slade to take his team—currently 15th in the Championship—into promotion contention considering they were in the Premier League last season before being condemned to the drop.

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Former Manchester United striker Solskjaer was let go after after just nine months in charge having failed to save the Bluebirds from relegation. He started the 2014-15 season poorly, winning just two matches in seven.

This is undoubtedly Slade's most high-profile job in his career and presents him with a huge opportunity to prove his worth at a higher level than the majority of his previous positions.

However, Tan has historically been short on patience if his managers under-perform, and Slade will thus need to return Cardiff to winning ways sooner rather than later.