Dean Smith - Confirmed

[tomd2103]

Hourihane is a pretty similar player to Westwood.Hourihane the better deadball specialist and finisher,Westwood is a better passer and offers better movement.Both of them can't tackle.
Westwood is in a hardworking ,competitive team and offers that bit of guile in the midfield. For me,Bardsley is the surprise inclusion in the Burnley side.I have a lot of respect for Dean Smith but I think that he erred by not playing Hourihane in an advanced role in Grealish's absence.

Always said that Westwood is OK in the right set up.  If he is playing the defensive midfield role in a three man midfield with two mobile players either side of him, he is OK.  He did pretty well in that system when he had Sylla and Delph (end of Lambert's first season), and then Cleverley and Delph (Sherwood's first few months) alongside him.  Taken out of that system though and he struggled.   

[ChicagoLion]

I wish I knew what role he is suited to.
Cutting up the half time oranges?

[robleflaneur]

I wish I knew what role he is suited to.
Cutting up the half time oranges?

I presume it's Hourihane that you are referring to as Dean Smith can shoulder more responsibility than being in charge of oranges.Hourihane got a hattrick v Norwich playing a more advanced role and feeding of Davis' lay offs.Bruce barely played him in that position after that.Hourihane,for all his faults,is probably technically the best finisher in the club.Tammy will get into lots of goakscoring positions but will waste a fair few but at this level still scores shed load.For me ,Hourihane if he starts has to play a supporting role for the main striker.
Grealish will always be the better option but if the wide men are misfiring why not 2 central midfielders  in Xmas tree formation or 2 central midfielders at the top of a diamond ?

[PeterWithesShin]

[villa `cross the mersey]

We won't be getting Brendan Rodgers in the summer then

[Chris Smith]

We won't be getting Brendan Rodgers in the summer then

Obviously not as there will be no vacancy.

[Villa75]

We won't be getting Brendan Rodgers in the summer then

Obviously not as there will be no vacancy.

You can't possibly know that?

What if a major Premier League/European club comes and makes Smith an offer he can't refuse?

[Steve67]

Gone to Leicester. Wow. Brendan must have been truly desperate to get out of Scotland.  I reckon he'd have walked to VP had we offered him the job.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

We won't be getting Brendan Rodgers in the summer then

Obviously not as there will be no vacancy.

You can't possibly know that?

What if a major Premier League/European club comes and makes Smith an offer he can't refuse?

He would refuse it!!

[mr underhill]

I want to renew my faith in Dean, but that means some big performances between now and Norwich, starting on Saturday.

[Clampy]

We won't be getting Brendan Rodgers in the summer then

Obviously not as there will be no vacancy.

You can't possibly know that?

What if a major Premier League/European club comes and makes Smith an offer he can't refuse?

Well, If he's doing as poor a job as you say he is, then that probably won't happen.

[Villa75]

We won't be getting Brendan Rodgers in the summer then

Obviously not as there will be no vacancy.

You can't possibly know that?

What if a major Premier League/European club comes and makes Smith an offer he can't refuse?

Well, If he's doing as poor a job as you say he is, then that probably won't happen.

Aha! We have a winner!

😂

[Risso]

The table is looking decidely unclever at the moment, and I think he could really do with it not getting any worse.

[Clampy]

We won't be getting Brendan Rodgers in the summer then

Obviously not as there will be no vacancy.

You can't possibly know that?

What if a major Premier League/European club comes and makes Smith an offer he can't refuse?

Well, If he's doing as poor a job as you say he is, then that probably won't happen.

Aha! We have a winner!

😂

Its hard to tell sarcasm through the misery sometimes.

[cdbearsfan]

If the next two games go badly he will be under all kinds of pressure. Let's hope Grealish can propel us back up the table and we can forget we ever had any doubts in the manager.