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Offline ez

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5235 on: December 14, 2019, 05:01:07 PM »
Hes a good championship manager but regrettably I think that's all.

Offline Rudy65

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5236 on: December 14, 2019, 05:01:59 PM »
Is this really a surprise? He managed Brentford to mid table and now he is mixing it with the big boys in the prem. Prior to that it was league one and Walsall.

I was worried when his name was touted during summer 2018 to replace Bruce, but he proved me wrong last season. But maybe the prem is now a step too far. Changes need to be made and fast

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5237 on: December 14, 2019, 05:02:10 PM »
Hi Dean,

Please start being proactive rather reactive, and if you have to be reactive please start being good at it.

Lots of love,
AVFC

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5238 on: December 14, 2019, 05:03:09 PM »
Smith talks very well. He can explain what he wanted to do and why it did or didn't work. But increasingly Smith the talker and Smith the coach are drawing further apart.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5239 on: December 14, 2019, 05:03:26 PM »
He was lucky to inherit two players in Grealish and McGinn who were too good for the Championship last season.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5240 on: December 14, 2019, 05:04:36 PM »
Reminds me so much of the run from Dec to Feb last season. He's a very streaky manager so we have to pray the good run starts soon, next Saturday ideally.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5241 on: December 14, 2019, 05:06:06 PM »
Seriously though, if we're sliding this fast it'll have to happen with the majority of the transfer window still available, and it'll need to be a manager who has a defined, organised style and knows how tough it is to grind out cheap results in this league. I can only really think of Benitez.

Offline mr underhill

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5242 on: December 14, 2019, 05:06:41 PM »
SJM has been largely shit this season.

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5243 on: December 14, 2019, 05:07:10 PM »
Midfield is not good enough to play as we do 4-2-3-1, we need to stop this & never start Lansbury again

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5244 on: December 14, 2019, 05:08:26 PM »
Reminds me so much of the run from Dec to Feb last season. He's a very streaky manager so we have to pray the good run starts soon, next Saturday ideally.

Southampton is an absolutely must win game.  We might need to win it just to go back ahead of them, depending on what happens today.  Even if they lose today, if they beat us we'll be three points from safety.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5245 on: December 14, 2019, 05:08:55 PM »
Lose Tuesday and I really do fear for him and us.

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5246 on: December 14, 2019, 05:09:28 PM »
Hes a good championship manager but regrettably I think that's all.

I think in time he can be good lower end prem manager but simply week in week out he's too slow tweaking things when games start going away from us and we're losing points on regular basis. You simply won't get away with it compared to championship as the standard is so higher up here compared to playing likes of Bolton and Rotherham.

Next 4 games will decide lots, just have to hope we step up in at least two of them.

I certainly agree just giving him a new deal after a few good wins was very premature although not quite as bonkers as the one Lambert got in 14/15.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5247 on: December 14, 2019, 05:10:17 PM »
Lose Tuesday and I really do fear for him and us.

Just me, but I couldn't care less about Tuesday.  A nothing game against Liverpool reserves, and even if we win we'll only get knocked out the first time a decent club plays their first team against us.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5248 on: December 14, 2019, 05:11:16 PM »
Reminds me so much of the run from Dec to Feb last season. He's a very streaky manager so we have to pray the good run starts soon, next Saturday ideally.

Southampton is an absolutely must win game.  We might need to win it just to go back ahead of them, depending on what happens today.  Even if they lose today, if they beat us we'll be three points from safety.

Can see Southampton being a low scoring 1-1 tbh. Their results have actually been very good on the whole since their 9-0 defeat and they don't concede that many.

I'd be getting that sinking feeling if we can't beat Norwich given we won 5-1 away and they will come and push their FBs up so we will get more space to work with.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5249 on: December 14, 2019, 05:12:22 PM »
Up until now he's been the right man for the job, he needs to start showing more that he's the right one for the future.
« Last Edit: December 14, 2019, 05:18:30 PM by PeterWithesShin »

 


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