Quote from: Jim Bradley on August 21, 2018, 08:54:32 AMIf Brentford are so good how come we finished above them last year?Because we had Johnstone, Terry, Snodgrass and Grabban. Who we've replaced with an accident waiting to happen, an aged midfielder out of position, Elmo semi out of position and no one.
If Brentford are so good how come we finished above them last year?
Quote from: Jim Bradley on August 21, 2018, 08:54:32 AMIf Brentford are so good how come we finished above them last year?Bruce got lucky
The problem with talking about Clough, Shankley or even Fergie when it's mentioned how his Yanited side "struggled" at first, is that you're talking about the very best managers to grace the English game.So unless Smith is a genius, I think he's far more likely to be swallowed by the enormity of the club then emerge as some genius.I respect what Dean Smith has done, but I don't think he'd be capable of replicating it here and I have no interest in granting him the opportunity to fail.
Why is size a non-footballing matter? This is a huge club with an enormous expectation and that provides a scale of pressure Smith has never come close to experiencing at two small outfits.Not that there's a vacancy and not that I expect Smith to be replacing Bruce anytime soon.
Anybody else keep thinking this game is tonight rather than tomorrow? Most annoying.
I don't agree at all. It's not a level playing field. There's dramatically more pressure at Real Madrid than anywhere else in Spain. Yes it's still 22 blokes on a pitch, but stripping it down to such simplicities renders it meaningless.There's not even close to the level of expectation at Brentford as at Villa. A start like Smith had last season would have seen him sacked. The start Bruce has had to this season has people calling for his head.That's a huge factor. This club ages managers and invariably eats them.GardeMcLieshLambert AtkinsonO'NeillLittleGregoryO'LearyOnly Taylor in the last 30 years has come out the otherside.