Dean Smith - Confirmed

[Risso]

She's confirmed it is true, and others have also said they saw it. Sanson chucked a bottle at Smith and gave him the finger. Last we see of him ever then, I guess.

If true I’m not sure our owners will want their investments involved in these sort of incidents and will get to the bottom of it. If a few fans have seen it I’m sure everyone within the club will know about it.

Football is a high passion game for the players, managers and owners. Not just the fans. Emotions run high and during bad times they obviously spill out in public.

We need to deal with it and start look like we enjoy playing football again because since Man Utd we haven’t looked quite right at all.

Of course passions run high, but normally these things happen in private in training. The last two players rumoured to have had a spat with Smith (Engels and Guilbert) were hardly seen again.

[OzVilla]

I don’t blame Sanson for being upset. He should have been given the 2nd half at least.

[brontebilly]

I don’t blame Sanson for being upset. He should have been given the 2nd half at least.

Said the same at half time. Think Smith decided very early on that he doesn't rate him. Ramsey has been poor lately so can understand why Sanson would be seething (as Hause has every right to be too) but if he has thrown a bottle at Smith then that's him done under Deano. Ramsey coming on and scoring pushes him further down the pecking order anyway.

[Ian.]

She's confirmed it is true, and others have also said they saw it. Sanson chucked a bottle at Smith and gave him the finger. Last we see of him ever then, I guess.

If true I’m not sure our owners will want their investments involved in these sort of incidents and will get to the bottom of it. If a few fans have seen it I’m sure everyone within the club will know about it.

Football is a high passion game for the players, managers and owners. Not just the fans. Emotions run high and during bad times they obviously spill out in public.

We need to deal with it and start look like we enjoy playing football again because since Man Utd we haven’t looked quite right at all.

Of course passions run high, but normally these things happen in private in training. The last two players rumoured to have had a spat with Smith (Engels and Guilbert) were hardly seen again.

I agree, it needs to be dealt with and like I said our owners will not be happy that another of their assets are involved in a spat in the public eye. If this is the end of Sanson like the two you mentioned I’m sure questions will be seriously asked if Smith. On top of the last two performances in particular which to me have been a result of tactics and not personal.

[caster troy]

Something's definitely not right. Maybe the players staged an intervention over this 532 garbage and Smith stood his ground. Hence the 'told you so' attitude. I guess this is the first time Dean Smith has had to manage a large squad of internationals with competition for places, and it doesn't seem like he is coping very well.

[Ian.]

Yes that’s a very hard part of managing lots of players in the squad and keeping them happy. Has Smith got the bollocks to leave one of his top players out? It’s odd how he’s built a career of one up front and suddenly we’ve got Ings and we have to play two central strikers from KO in every match.

[caster troy]

Yes that’s a very hard part of managing lots of players in the squad and keeping them happy. Has Smith got the bollocks to leave one of his top players out? It’s odd how he’s built a career of one up front and suddenly we’ve got Ings and we have to play two central strikers from KO in every match.

Yep. And Tuanzebe/Hause seemingly having to play each week too.

[chrisw1]

I'm not sure than Sanson has any right to be chucking bottles.  He's been injured for months and go injured again at Chelsea.  I want to see him integrated into the side but not getting the nod for 20 minutes in a disaster of a game coming back from another few weeks on the treatment table hardly seems a tipping point to me.

But it;s not a good look and if Smith has lost the dressing room then he needs to go.  I'm sure I said sticking with 3/5 at the back woud cost him his job.

[RamboandBruno]

Its interesting and maybe im reading too much into it, but whenever we lost last season, Smith seemed reasonably calm. Ive personally thought he’s loojed really rattled in interviews after the last two games.

[ChicagoLion]

Its interesting and maybe im reading too much into it, but whenever we lost last season, Smith seemed reasonably calm. Ive personally thought he’s loojed really rattled in interviews after the last two games.

His interview last night reminded me of Lambert.

[pauliewalnuts]

Its interesting and maybe im reading too much into it, but whenever we lost last season, Smith seemed reasonably calm. Ive personally thought he’s loojed really rattled in interviews after the last two games.

His interview last night reminded me of Lambert.

My thoughts exactly.

[edgysatsuma89]

Its interesting and maybe im reading too much into it, but whenever we lost last season, Smith seemed reasonably calm. Ive personally thought he’s loojed really rattled in interviews after the last two games.

His interview last night reminded me of Lambert.

My thoughts exactly.

It's got a feeling of the 'beginning of the end' to me.

[Toronto Villa]

Its interesting and maybe im reading too much into it, but whenever we lost last season, Smith seemed reasonably calm. Ive personally thought he’s loojed really rattled in interviews after the last two games.

His interview last night reminded me of Lambert.

My thoughts exactly.

That’s all of them. Garde, Sherwood, TSM2, Bruce and now Smith. They all talk utter bollocks as the walls close in around them. Nobody will ever outdo Lambert for that, but Dean Smith blaming players, talking nonsense about systems as he changes what he has been committed mid game shows he’s losing the plot. I just hope someone puts him out of his misery before we all fall out with him. He’s still one of us and I would hate to see us have a bitter taste when discussing him in the future.

[Tayls_7]

It's a shame but if he's lost a number of the players it's hard to come back from.

[chrisw1]

Is it worth merging these Smith threads?