Slade: We are a side in transition

Last updated : 09 February 2015 By Michael Morris

Russell Slade

"We're going through a period of transition and stability and I know people don't want to hear those words but it's the way it is, it's a fact, that's what we're going through.

"And the hierarchy are absolutely aware of what we're trying to do. We don't want to get into a situation where in nine months' time we've got sanctions against us when Financial Fair Play kicks in. We're trying to deal with that now.

“There's still a lot of work to do. The attitude of the players was one of wanting to achieve something and turn things around. It has been difficult not picking up points. But we got something to build on and we need to do that. We need to dust ourselves down and be ready to go again and show the same attitude we had here which was first class from the start.”

On the game, Slade added: “Arguably we were the better side first half and created a couple of openings and our desire and character our togetherness was there. We were under a lot of pressure in the last 15 minutes with a team coming at us but we stood firm.

“And it's that we feel that can get us through. I was really pleased we stayed in there when they were throwing the kitchen sink at us. If we could have just element of control in those final stages, that last pass rather than giving it away too rapidly which we did, we might have had more joy.”

C:WindowsTempphpF59F.tmpWednesday boss Stuart Gray felt his side should have won and took a dig (pun alert) at the Hillsborough pitch (which was a disgrace at this level).

"I should be sat here talking about three points because we dominated the second half, we'd got them penned in and the only thing you're worrying about then is maybe getting done on a counter-attack.

"As we saw, our final ball again on this pitch can cause you problems, for ourselves and probably for the punters in the stand as well."