So as he’s a local bloke what are all our tenuous links to Deano?I met him at Boldmere St Michaels when he was Walsall manager. He was with a mate of mine who went to school with him and was watching their youth team play in the Bham Senior Cup. Nice fella, just seemed a straight up normal lad.
No leaks in the media about the appointment prior to the announcement, that's how a club should act.James Nursey was tweeting that Faria was about to sign for Villa just a few hours before Smith was announced, they just make it up for sales and clicks.
Quote from: nigel on October 11, 2018, 08:17:45 AMQuote from: levico on October 11, 2018, 04:46:46 AMIs this the first time we have had a manager who was a childhood fan of the club?I can think of a few who adopted the club but no lifelong supporters.Can’t help but think that the club have called the fans bluff on this one. We got what many asked for (shudders at Lambert memories).Could be they've called everyones bluff.Dean Smith could have been the n.o 1 all along but they allowed the media to speculate with the likes of Henry, Faria, Rodgers etcTo what end?I think it's clear we talked to other managers, they weren't interested, but we were always working off of a shortlist and eventually got the man best suited for the role when he responded positively to an approach.In other words, we did it right. For once.
Quote from: levico on October 11, 2018, 04:46:46 AMIs this the first time we have had a manager who was a childhood fan of the club?I can think of a few who adopted the club but no lifelong supporters.Can’t help but think that the club have called the fans bluff on this one. We got what many asked for (shudders at Lambert memories).Could be they've called everyones bluff.Dean Smith could have been the n.o 1 all along but they allowed the media to speculate with the likes of Henry, Faria, Rodgers etc
Is this the first time we have had a manager who was a childhood fan of the club?I can think of a few who adopted the club but no lifelong supporters.Can’t help but think that the club have called the fans bluff on this one. We got what many asked for (shudders at Lambert memories).
The speed at which it's happened suggests we were talking to a number of people at the same time, which is a world away from Fox's shortlist of 1.Ł300k in compensation Percy is reporting. I doubt he's on Bruce's fat deal either.
Brentford have been playing with a 20 year old centre back this season. So I imagine he'll be prepared to stick with tuanzebe there Quite what he does about the left back and keeper situation in the short term, I've no idea I think it's probably nyland and Taylor and try and build their confidence up. Maybe you say to them that they've got the shirt for a good run of games to help with that Problem is they're both a bit of a liability
Feeling really happy about this this morning. Henry was like the hot girl who’ll inevitably break your heart, Smith is like her ugly mate who can suck a golf ball through a garden hose.
Any news on whether Deano is bringing any of his backroom team? I think this is important.