He’s answered questions on transfers during the week. What more is he going to say other than what he’s already said that they are looking at a number of players? He’s hardly going to name players or even positions to strengthen.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on January 12, 2019, 06:01:53 PMHe’s answered questions on transfers during the week. What more is he going to say other than what he’s already said that they are looking at a number of players? He’s hardly going to name players or even positions to strengthen.O k then
other teams are now doing to us, what we were doing to them when Smith first came here. Press Chester and he will give you the ball, decent defender but not a great footballer, same as Taylor, Bree, Hutton and Elphick. Hourihane and Whelan are so one dimensional, slow or anonymous they are not worth their place in the squad. Hourihane and Lansbury came to us as big fish in small pools and they have been found out. I know Hourihane scored, what, 11 goals last season, but he was freed from defensive duties and we are now asking more from him and he cannot deliver. Bolasie and El Ghazi are so inconsistent, they will do one good thing and five poor, so what's the point in having them? Sadly, Smith's decisions making and 'go to' players are the only ones he has available. Smith really needs fresh blood as he is quickly falling foul of a bad tempered, short of patience fan base that has simply had enough of the same old shit. That said, he is absolutely contributing to his own down fall. We are not a team. We are a group of individual players thrown together and hoping it comes off.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on January 12, 2019, 05:43:50 PMPost match interview. He looks a bit lost and he’s right he needs to look at himself in the mirror also. It’s honest but that’s not changing anything right now.https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1084141689588072448?s=12Why don't they ever ask about potential transfers when they interview. Three questions; what went wrong today, how are you going to put it right, can you provide an update on potential transfers.
Post match interview. He looks a bit lost and he’s right he needs to look at himself in the mirror also. It’s honest but that’s not changing anything right now.https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1084141689588072448?s=12
Quote from: Newby on January 12, 2019, 05:51:29 PMother teams are now doing to us, what we were doing to them when Smith first came here. Press Chester and he will give you the ball, decent defender but not a great footballer, same as Taylor, Bree, Hutton and Elphick. Hourihane and Whelan are so one dimensional, slow or anonymous they are not worth their place in the squad. Hourihane and Lansbury came to us as big fish in small pools and they have been found out. I know Hourihane scored, what, 11 goals last season, but he was freed from defensive duties and we are now asking more from him and he cannot deliver. Bolasie and El Ghazi are so inconsistent, they will do one good thing and five poor, so what's the point in having them? Sadly, Smith's decisions making and 'go to' players are the only ones he has available. Smith really needs fresh blood as he is quickly falling foul of a bad tempered, short of patience fan base that has simply had enough of the same old shit. That said, he is absolutely contributing to his own down fall. We are not a team. We are a group of individual players thrown together and hoping it comes off. Pretty much exactly how I feel. - Yes, Whelan's shit. So put in Hourihane. Oh, he can't do the job either. Or Bjarneson - poor today. Or Lansbury - can't tackle and usually injured anyway.- Drop Taylor. And put in a right-footed Hutton who has been shit at left-back all season. Or Bree who is a young kid who isn't a left-back either.- Tuanzebe's out. So bring back Elphick who is average at best. Or play Jedinak there who is injured and crap at centre half. Or some untried kid from the youth team (Suliman or Bedeau) who the regular youth-team watchers don't think are up to it.- If Tammy were out - we've got Kodija who isn't half the player he was before his injury, Davis who is just back from months out or Hogan who is shit.For the amount of money we've spent, the depth of our squad is absolutely appalling. We've got a collection of players who were either good in YouTube highlights or were good about five years ago. At a minimum we need a left back and holding midfielder now just to have a chance of the playoffs, but come the summer there needs to be a big turnover of players.
Next summer I want us to do away with loans. We need to start again from the ground up. Buy players, use the academy. Tammy has been great but we need to have more long term certainty. And we absolutely have to much younger, faster and more energetic.
Quote from: olaftab on January 12, 2019, 05:42:39 PMRemember same Manager ripped apart Boro and Derby away 3-0. The problem is since than other teams have realised how Smith plays and counteracted to nullify our players. In turn our current squad are nowhere near good enough to get round opposition tactics. This is players job on the pitch not Managers. Better quality players would find a way to still play the sort of football that blew away Middlesbrough and Derby etc. Sorry but that’s the manager’s responsibility as well. If teams adjust to our style, the manager needs to adjust tactics to counteract that.
Remember same Manager ripped apart Boro and Derby away 3-0. The problem is since than other teams have realised how Smith plays and counteracted to nullify our players. In turn our current squad are nowhere near good enough to get round opposition tactics. This is players job on the pitch not Managers. Better quality players would find a way to still play the sort of football that blew away Middlesbrough and Derby etc.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on January 12, 2019, 06:07:53 PMNext summer I want us to do away with loans. We need to start again from the ground up. Buy players, use the academy. Tammy has been great but we need to have more long term certainty. And we absolutely have to much younger, faster and more energetic.Completely disagree. Get whatever players it takes to get promoted. We will then be in position to make much better permanent signings than we can down here.