Dean Smith - Confirmed

[olaftab]

Smith is like Chris Hughton a thoroughly decent bloke but with a better football brain. So far so good but he has not achieved anything yet. I do hope that this season he  will do.

[adrenachrome]

Smith is like Chris Hughton a thoroughly decent bloke but with a better football brain. So far so good but he has not achieved anything yet. I do hope that this season he  will do.

Unmitigated twaddle.

He has kept a club, with a ground capacity of little over 7,000, in a division two leagues above their resources at a time when the PL is increasing parachute payments to those ejected from their ranks in the hope that they will come back soon.

In the meantime, his team has run rings around us in most of the games played because our erstwhile manager thought along the same lines as you.

[kippaxvilla2]

And I wouldn't agree with the Hughton football brain comparison bit either. Chris is a very decent manager with a very good football brain.

[hilts_coolerking]

Smith is like Chris Hughton a thoroughly decent bloke but with a better football brain. So far so good but he has not achieved anything yet. I do hope that this season he  will do.

Unmitigated twaddle.

He has kept a club, with a ground capacity of little over 7,000, in a division two leagues above their resources at a time when the PL is increasing parachute payments to those ejected from their ranks in the hope that they will come back soon.

In the meantime, his team has run rings around us in most of the games played because our erstwhile manager thought along the same lines as you.

I don't want to put words in his mouth but I think olaftab meant Smith hasn't achieved anything yet referring to his time with us.  He's improved us already of course but ultimately he'll be judged on whether he gets us up.

[PeterWithesShin]

So much for grounds being safer these days if Brentford's average attendance is a few thousand above capacity! 

[olaftab]

Yes exactly h_c.

[olaftab]

And I wouldn't agree with the Hughton football brain comparison bit either. Chris is a very decent manager with a very good football brain.

Smith's teams Brentford and now Villa play better football than Hughton's however I agree Hughton is a very good manager.

[Smoke]

Ian Holloway,on Quest,bringing out that old Chestnut that Bruce was ex Blues and was never accepted.No mention of the change in style of football and how Smith has improved players.

Nobody gives a shit what that Half arsed football manager who used to be famous thinks anyway.

[hilts_coolerking]

Ian Holloway,on Quest,bringing out that old Chestnut that Bruce was ex Blues and was never accepted.No mention of the change in style of football and how Smith has improved players.

Nobody gives a shit what that Half arsed football manager who used to be famous thinks anyway.

That'd be why we're still repeating a remark he made nearly 8 years ago.

[Brassneck]

You could argue that the (albeit) thick Wolves fans thought their manager was the best thing since sliced bread last season, Likewise Cardiff & Warnock.  We all know what happened at Fulham as well.

Let's keep our feet on the ground.  We're all delighted but it's a marathon not a sprint.

Interesting shout for RB next week.  Other than that, I think the team picks itself.  Personally, I wouldn't change it and I suspect that Smith won't either.

[PeterWithesShin]

Him believing that's the reason is why he's an out of work manager who's failed in his last few jobs. The game has moved on but the mentality of managers like him and Bruce is still where it was a decade or more ago.

[LeeB]

Him believing that's the reason is why he's an out of work manager who's failed in his last few jobs. The game has moved on but the mentality of managers like him and Bruce is still where it was a decade or more ago.

He knew his job inside out, so he thought. And that's why he's yesterday's man.

Mourinho seems to have fallen into the same trap, only that version is hilarious as it has no impact on us.

[kippaxvilla2]

The thing I have noticed about these 'old school' managers is they only ever seem to talk about themselves in interviews.  See Mourinho the other night, banging on about his CL qualifications, Bruce to a lesser extent banging on about who we would get who was better.  It is also very noticeable that all of the players are now talking positively about the coaching, the training.  Conor who was one of Bruce's biggest fans was waxing lyrical after the game tonight about what a breath of fresh air Smith et al have been.

[Smoke]

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[PeterWithesShin]

That's part of what I mean. Bruce was convinced his way was right, because it was the way that worked before. Anyone who thought otherwise was 'hysterical' and so on. I can't imagine Bruce ever really believing anything he did was wrong, I doubt if he watched our last few games there'd be a single question he'd ask himself about why the way we play is so far ahead of what he could serve up on a regular basis.

Comparing the way Smith talks about the game and then Bruce with his "put your boots on" or "it's off wi' me heed' nonsense it really is like they are talking about a different sport.