Dean Smith - Confirmed

[GarTomas]

Suliman is 21 soon and has done nothing in his club career. He's out on loan at FC Emmen and has played about 10 minutes first team football for them. Last season he played an hour for Grimsby.

He got recalled a couple of days ago. He'd played ten minutes for them and it was mutually agreed that it was a waste of time him being there.

So they didn't pay a loan fee for him then.

Megalulz

[PaulWinch again]

Sort it out Dean. I know there are injuries, but the last few games have been really poor. Completely aimless today.

[Toronto Villa]

I think the players are reverting to what they know. I don’t think for a second a manager who plays one defined style sends the players out to play that way. Look at the stats. We are now a hybrid now of the two mangement styles and it naturally looks terrible. Lots of attacking play but when we get desperate long ball hit and hope. And defensively we are utter wank.

[paul_e]

I think the players are reverting to what they know. I don’t think for a second a manager who plays one defined style sends the players out to play that way. Look at the stats. We are now a hybrid now of attacking play but when we get desperate long ball hit and hope. And defensively we are utter wank.

We play it long later on in games because the midfield haven't got the legs to play through them, getting a proper defensive midfielder is the key to resolving that, and has the additional benefit of stopping us from conceding chances like the first goal.

[Toronto Villa]

I think the players are reverting to what they know. I don’t think for a second a manager who plays one defined style sends the players out to play that way. Look at the stats. We are now a hybrid now of attacking play but when we get desperate long ball hit and hope. And defensively we are utter wank.

We play it long later on in games because the midfield haven't got the legs to play through them, getting a proper defensive midfielder is the key to resolving that, and has the additional benefit of stopping us from conceding chances like the first goal.

I don’t disagree. That’s why I’m saying that it just won’t change until he gets a deeper squad of his type of players. He doesn’t have it right now and when we are still having to bring on the likes of Whelan late in games it doesn’t make this better.

[PaulWinch again]

Hourihane is a real problem. He should be a creative outlet, but so much of the game just passes him by.

[DB]

Another 2 goals conceded. We are going to go nowhere until we stop leaking goals.

[ChicagoLion]

Hourihane is a real problem. He should be a creative outlet, but so much of the game just passes him by.

Exactly.

[pauliewalnuts]

Another 2 goals conceded. We are going to go nowhere until we stop leaking goals.

14 goals conceded in last 5 home games. Even if you take out the 5 against Forest, what would still look piss poor.

[PeterWithesShin]

More damning, of the defence, is that we've scored at least twice in our last 4 homes games and not won any of them.

[passport1]

We wanted him to turn us into Brentford. He looks to be doing that according to the form league for the last six games.

https://www.twtd.co.uk/league-tables/competition:championship/form/matches:6/type:home-and-away

[PaulWinch again]

Another 2 goals conceded. We are going to go nowhere until we stop leaking goals.

14 goals conceded in last 5 home games. Even if you take out the 5 against Forest, what would still look piss poor.

Yep, although I blame the defence and midfield. Other than SJM the others are hopeless at tracking runners and protecting the back line.

[SoccerHQ]

Dean had a couple of these runs at Walsall.

Team would be playing fine and then out of nowhere things would drop off and the team wouldn't win for 10 games. Wasn't even as if the team was playing badly but would be loads of draws and all that.

Happened a couple of times in his 5 seasons there. He also had a horrible start at Brentford last season although they eventually snapped out of it.

Let's hope we do as this should be a good part of the season to generate momentum again.

[kippaxvilla2]

Critical of him bringing on Whelan instead of either Hogan or Davis when we needed a goal.

[ChicagoLion]

Critical of him bringing on Whelan instead of either Hogan or Davis when we needed a goal.

They kept running past Hourihane I would have made the swap earlier.