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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2055 on: January 05, 2019, 08:41:12 PM »
Quote from: Alex Brucelink=topic=59028.msg3532909#msg3532909 date=1546719963
It's a good job Bruce was sacked as with that line up and performance there would have been riots

Rubbish. Bruce served up that sort of shite on a regular basis and no one rioted. Unless you count the lobbing of a cabbage.

We couldn't riot at Sheffield United with half of SYP deployed like Robo Cop.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2056 on: January 05, 2019, 08:43:07 PM »
O'Hare was awful. Lightweight and constantly giving the ball away.
I think that's a bit harsh on him  - I could see him getting frustrated when he found himself in space and good positions but didn't get the pass .....the first touch of most of our players was poor
,not just O`Hare.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2057 on: January 05, 2019, 08:44:30 PM »
It's a good job Bruce was sacked as with that line up and performance there would have been riots

Rubbish. Bruce served up that sort of shite on a regular basis and no one rioted. Unless you count the lobbing of a cabbage.

Yeah sure believe what you want, but deep down you know I'm right.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2058 on: January 05, 2019, 08:52:12 PM »
When he subbed O`Hare me and jnr just looked at each other and said
"What the fuck is he doing"?
After a promising start he now seems to be faltering albeit with  squad he inherited .....I think we can forget all about the play offs - there is too much to be changed in such a short time (January)
Being realistic I think we should be looking at a mass clear out and rebuild this summer - there is just not enough quality or heart in that squad

It sounded suspiciously like he was blaming the fans for that substitution in his post-match interview.  He can that to the list of shit he needs to cut out.

No he wasn’t . As I said in my other post he pretty much said the opposite. O’Hare did ok and most on the Holte agreed, ( and Dean acknowledged that) which is why they booed when he was taken off. He was just protecting him from the flak that was rightfully coming the way of some of his pathetic team mates who are much more senior pros than him ( Hogan, El Ghazi and Albert to name but three.
And what’s the list of shit he needs to cut out? Sounds like you and Mr B Green have already got the knives out for him. As I’ve said before - give the bloke a chance! And the kid !

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2059 on: January 05, 2019, 08:52:36 PM »
It's a good job Bruce was sacked as with that line up and performance there would have been riots

Rubbish. Bruce served up that sort of shite on a regular basis and no one rioted. Unless you count the lobbing of a cabbage.

Yeah sure believe what you want, but deep down you know I'm right.

Were their riots after Peterborough? Burton?

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2060 on: January 05, 2019, 08:53:44 PM »
It's a good job Bruce was sacked as with that line up and performance there would have been riots

Rubbish. Bruce served up that sort of shite on a regular basis and no one rioted. Unless you count the lobbing of a cabbage.

Yeah sure believe what you want, but deep down you know I'm right.

It rhymes with 'right', but is prefixed with 'talking'.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2061 on: January 05, 2019, 08:53:55 PM »
O'Hare was awful. Lightweight and constantly giving the ball away.

Lightweight true, but a long way from awful. Thought after McGinn  he was our next best player.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2062 on: January 05, 2019, 08:55:02 PM »
He gave the ball away and got bullied.
 

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2063 on: January 05, 2019, 08:56:33 PM »
It's a good job Bruce was sacked as with that line up and performance there would have been riots

Rubbish. Bruce served up that sort of shite on a regular basis and no one rioted. Unless you count the lobbing of a cabbage.

Yeah sure believe what you want, but deep down you know I'm right.

Were their riots after Peterborough? Burton?

Difference was no one turned up to them, had a capacity crowd like today (no way was there only 30,000 there) turned up it would have been riotious

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2064 on: January 05, 2019, 08:57:24 PM »
You talk some shite.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2065 on: January 05, 2019, 08:58:55 PM »
It's a good job Bruce was sacked as with that line up and performance there would have been riots

Rubbish. Bruce served up that sort of shite on a regular basis and no one rioted. Unless you count the lobbing of a cabbage.

Yeah sure believe what you want, but deep down you know I'm right.

Were their riots after Peterborough? Burton?

Difference was no one turned up to them, had a capacity crowd like today (no way was there only 30,000 there) turned up it would have been riotious
Rubbish.
Mind you I felt like rioting when Eric Black was our manager.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2066 on: January 05, 2019, 08:59:30 PM »
I only saw him give it away once. You’re ignoring all the really good stuff he did which some of the more senior pros didn’t . Why pick on a talented youngster rather than them Ads? I normally agree with a lot of what you say but I just don’t get where you’re coming from on this one ?

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2067 on: January 05, 2019, 08:59:57 PM »
You talk some shite.

As I've said believe what you want but deep down you know I am right

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2068 on: January 05, 2019, 09:00:46 PM »
I thought he did alright.

At least he tried and didn't hide, like most of his teammates.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #2069 on: January 05, 2019, 09:01:50 PM »
He gave the ball away and got bullied.
 

Sometimes, but that might improve with some gametime. He made intelligient runs and played some good balls, won some tackles he had no right to win and generally put effort in. Which some or his more experienced colleagues didn't.

 


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