Source: Team_Talk
Seagulls chief hails new boss
Slade signed a new two-year contract on Tuesday after successfully steering the club away from relegation and Knight is hopeful the club will be ready to offer the former Yeovil boss another long-term deal in time for the stadium opening, due in August 2011.[LNB]Work has already begun on the construction of the 22,500-seater arena and Knight told the club's official website: "Obviously we've escaped going down into League Two and our objective has to be at the other end of the League One table challenging to go to the Championship.[LNB]"In an ideal world we'd be in the Championship by the time we go to Falmer at the very least but I don't want to put too much pressure on him.[LNB]"I'd like to see Russell take the club into Falmer but he is realistic, we all are in football, that we have to be pragmatic about things and he's got a real chance to move this club forward in the two years.[LNB]"I hope very much that before the end of the two years we'll be offering him a new longer contract to really take the club forward to Falmer. He's got the make-up and resources to take this club forward a long way."[LNB][LNB]
