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Online PaulWinch again

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1650 on: December 29, 2018, 06:24:48 PM »
Well given that it all fell apart after Kodjia came off in that game it wasn’t a great decision. He might not have tracked back, but it bloody stopped them overloading on that flank. As soon as he went off they slaughtered us down there.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1651 on: December 29, 2018, 06:28:36 PM »
Whelan is too old to be playing 3 games in six days. Deano should've rotated more. Lucky to get away with it today. Although Bjarnason's miss was criminal.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1652 on: December 29, 2018, 06:29:16 PM »
I think it says more about how many fit players we have at present. It's some state of affairs that for all the money we've spent since relegation that on our bench we have a kid as our only fit defender and someone coming back from injury as our only CM.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1653 on: December 29, 2018, 06:30:38 PM »
Well given that it all fell apart after Kodjia came off in that game it wasn’t a great decision. He might not have tracked back, but it bloody stopped them overloading on that flank. As soon as he went off they slaughtered us down there.
Just trying to explain why he is out of favour again.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1654 on: December 29, 2018, 07:26:47 PM »
Well given that it all fell apart after Kodjia came off in that game it wasn’t a great decision. He might not have tracked back, but it bloody stopped them overloading on that flank. As soon as he went off they slaughtered us down there.
Just trying to explain why he is out of favour again.

Maybe he took a knock vs Leeds as is not fit enough to start.

Offline Risso

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1655 on: December 29, 2018, 07:54:01 PM »
I think it says more about how many fit players we have at present. It's some state of affairs that for all the money we've spent since relegation that on our bench we have a kid as our only fit defender and someone coming back from injury as our only CM.

A state of affairs solely down to that ****** Bruce.

Offline mr underhill

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1656 on: December 29, 2018, 08:06:40 PM »
but a cnut who got us to the play off final.

Offline VinnieChase84

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1657 on: December 29, 2018, 08:10:42 PM »
5 points off play offs with performances that show what we can do, after Bruce effectively handicapped us with the first 11 games.
63 points up for grabs starting Tuesday. Most of the top sides have to come to VP.
We’ve become very resilient away from home too which has always been an issue for us over the last 2 seasons. It’s in our hands!

Recruit well this month as quick as possible and push on.it will be blindingly obvious to Dean and his team what we lack. UTV

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1658 on: December 29, 2018, 09:16:55 PM »
but a cnut who got us to the play off final.

You are Alex Bruce and I claim my £5!

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1659 on: December 29, 2018, 09:39:06 PM »
but a cnut who got us to the play off final.

Is that a measure of success or are you actually taking the piss?  We might as well have not bothered, the way we were set up that day.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1660 on: December 29, 2018, 09:42:00 PM »
Wahoo we get turned over by Fulham with ease at Wembley. Put it in the trophy cabinet with the ash tray. No hang on, we're not Small fucking Heath, so really, who gives a good fuck?

We lost, he should have been sacked.

Offline VinnieChase84

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1661 on: December 29, 2018, 10:03:52 PM »
Wahoo we get turned over by Fulham with ease at Wembley. Put it in the trophy cabinet with the ash tray. No hang on, we're not Small fucking Heath, so really, who gives a good fuck?

We lost, he should have been sacked.

THIS. It’s the number one thing that used to boil my piss about Bruce, him using that day as a symbol of success when it’s abject failure in reality

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1662 on: December 29, 2018, 10:19:58 PM »
couldn’t stand Bruce but even he got us into the play offs even if it took nearly two seasons
I still fully expect Smith to do it in his first


Offline mr underhill

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1663 on: December 30, 2018, 07:28:54 AM »
it was an ironic comment btw.

Offline four fornicholl

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #1664 on: December 30, 2018, 06:25:33 PM »
He's started looking old already, I hope to god that this job isn't a step to far, there's an awful lot of expectation on his shoulders. Is he the new messiah? I have a nagging doubt it's going to be all too much for him.
Obviously I hope I'm wrong.

 


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