Quote from: kippaxvilla2 on January 19, 2019, 12:15:27 PMHe plays a certain high press attacking style of football. And for that he needs the right type of players at his disposal. He clearly hasn’t got enough of those at the minute. They’re so used to one paced, boring shit football, the older ones at least are probably not capable of adapting. When you add this to the fact that he still has remnants of McLeish’s, Sherwoods, Di Matteos and Bruce’s squads I think it’s a reasonable assumption that he needs a decent amount of time to get it right. I’ve said before that the younger players can adapt to his style quicker because they’re prepared to learn and change. See Axel, Jack etc. For once we as fans are going to have to be very patient, hold our nerve and allow him the time to develop it. I’m quite looking forward to it.You really should stop posting such balanced, sensible and calm words.
He plays a certain high press attacking style of football. And for that he needs the right type of players at his disposal. He clearly hasn’t got enough of those at the minute. They’re so used to one paced, boring shit football, the older ones at least are probably not capable of adapting. When you add this to the fact that he still has remnants of McLeish’s, Sherwoods, Di Matteos and Bruce’s squads I think it’s a reasonable assumption that he needs a decent amount of time to get it right. I’ve said before that the younger players can adapt to his style quicker because they’re prepared to learn and change. See Axel, Jack etc. For once we as fans are going to have to be very patient, hold our nerve and allow him the time to develop it. I’m quite looking forward to it.
Don't forget he's lost the dressing room too.
He looked lost in the first half today. Barely unfolded his arms for 45 mins
I get the impression that this season was written off as soon as they got rid of Bruce and put the new system in place behind the scenes. We decided what kind of club we wanted to be going forward and what style of coach we wanted to lead that. We clearly don't have anywhere near enough of the kind of players needed to play the way that we want to play, with Smith not having a pre-season with us I get the impression that he is looking at the players we have now and seeing which ones will fit within his style as we go forward, he seems to stick to his variations of 4-4-3 but rotate the players quite regurlarly, i also think this is why the loans have been recalled.I can see the remainder of the season playing out in the same manner as the last few weeks and it will be frustrating to watch in spells with the end result being that of only a few players being kept that can fit into the future.Purslow made it clear from day 1 that promotion wasn't important this season and also made it clear recently that our squad is full of players we need to get rid of. I think and hope that we have finally got a good backroom set up here that are looking to the future and beyond, even if it means sacrificing the present.
Smith said Thursday he fully expected us to be in the play-offs.
Quote from: XXVilla on January 19, 2019, 08:23:54 PMHe looked lost in the first half today. Barely unfolded his arms for 45 minsThat’s a clear breach of his contract. Get rid now I say.
Quote from: AlexAlexCropley on January 19, 2019, 10:10:56 PMSmith said Thursday he fully expected us to be in the play-offs.No, no. This can't be right?The owners, manager, and fans expected us to be outplayed by the likes of Swansea, Wigan, et al, and to be wining 1 in 9. Go look at the threads in early/mid December. It's full of posts about how we'd all be happy to be scrabbling about in mid table under Dean Smith. That's why we brought him in and got rid of Bruce.
Quote from: Villa75 on January 19, 2019, 11:04:01 PMQuote from: AlexAlexCropley on January 19, 2019, 10:10:56 PMSmith said Thursday he fully expected us to be in the play-offs.No, no. This can't be right?The owners, manager, and fans expected us to be outplayed by the likes of Swansea, Wigan, et al, and to be wining 1 in 9. Go look at the threads in early/mid December. It's full of posts about how we'd all be happy to be scrabbling about in mid table under Dean Smith. That's why we brought him in and got rid of Bruce.You're going to get alot of opportunities to practice that sarcasm over the next few months I feel.We tried the quick approach under Bruce, this ones the long haul i'm afraid. Strap yourself in.
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