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Offline manic-road

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5190 on: December 12, 2019, 12:15:02 PM »
I've never thought that he should be kept on if he takes us down.  That would be unacceptable.

Worked well at Burnley, going onto gain European footy.

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« Reply #5191 on: December 12, 2019, 02:49:31 PM »
Going down should be seen as a failure. If we keep Dean or not, in that circumstance is up to the owners. If it was me, I think I would keep him. However I am a little worried if Dean can cut it as a manager at this level.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5192 on: December 12, 2019, 06:55:50 PM »
I think the owners will review the situation if we are in the bottom three on January 1st, given we'll have played all the bottom teams by that point.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5193 on: December 12, 2019, 08:31:43 PM »
SGT nearly took us down after he got us back up, that first season was a right struggle but we persevered and the on nearly went and won the league.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5194 on: December 12, 2019, 08:44:23 PM »
SGT nearly took us down after he got us back up, that first season was a right struggle but we persevered and the on nearly went and won the league.

After Sunday's game I thought thank God there was no internet in 1989, SGT would have been slaughtered.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5195 on: December 12, 2019, 09:02:13 PM »
The fitness thing allways gets raised after a run of poor results.
Check out the 2 boat race crews after the race.
The victors look like they could row it again, the losers have hands down breathing heavily looking totally shagged out.

That’s a really good point!
They do.
I agree, you can’t underestimate the power of positive thinking, adrenaline and serotonin (if that’s the natural high I mean) when a final assault on the oppo’s defence has paid off.
If it hasn’t, you’re right, everything negative kicks in.


Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5196 on: December 13, 2019, 10:16:58 AM »
SGT nearly took us down after he got us back up, that first season was a right struggle but we persevered and the on nearly went and won the league.

After Sunday's game I thought thank God there was no internet in 1989, SGT would have been slaughtered.

Could that argument / point of view, have been used to keep Bruce or Lambert?

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5197 on: December 13, 2019, 03:27:11 PM »
Lambert had a long, long time to get things right though. He even had time to re-invent us into a total football machine based on his travels in Germany.

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« Reply #5198 on: December 13, 2019, 07:29:25 PM »
Lambert had a long, long time to get things right though. He even had time to re-invent us into a total football machine based on his travels in Germany.

Yes he did ha ha

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5199 on: December 13, 2019, 09:24:35 PM »
SGT nearly took us down after he got us back up, that first season was a right struggle but we persevered and the on nearly went and won the league.

After Sunday's game I thought thank God there was no internet in 1989, SGT would have been slaughtered.

Could that argument / point of view, have been used to keep Bruce or Lambert?
No, not really. Lambert had enough to time and Bruce had pocket full of cash to get us up. He turned us around and fair play, but his time had come. In all honesty I think we came up ahead of schedule or maybe unexpectedly. We’re not quite ready and the money we spent is not a lot in the real terms of this league.

Anyway I still believe in a Smith and can’t believe after what he has done he’s being seriously questioned already. Ok it’s not been perfect but at times it’s been better than I hoped. We haven’t quite had the rub of the green and we haven’t had the nous or experience to come away with the 3 points we have often deserved. We’re still learning and rebuilding and if history is anything to go on so was SGT.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5200 on: December 13, 2019, 10:20:14 PM »
I was watching Snodgrass and thinking how valuable someone with his nous might have been to this team.
We really don’t have anyone to help the guys on the pitch see out a game.

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« Reply #5201 on: December 13, 2019, 10:24:12 PM »
Yes I agree, he’d be brilliant for us this season.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5202 on: December 13, 2019, 10:36:38 PM »
I was watching Snodgrass and thinking how valuable someone with his nous might have been to this team.
We really don’t have anyone to help the guys on the pitch see out a game.

That's why I wouldn't be as averse as some to signing one or two older heads. Just one or two, and not on crazy length contracts.

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« Reply #5203 on: December 13, 2019, 10:38:38 PM »
There’s old heads like Snoddy and Milner and then there’s your Lescotts and co.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5204 on: December 13, 2019, 11:00:04 PM »
Well, quite. Obviously we would need to get it right, but the same goes for younger targets. We have signed some incredibly average players in the last decade.

 


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