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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5205 on: December 14, 2019, 12:18:21 AM »
Some older players bring more than their physical contribution to the team. Chris Sutton was not around for very long but he had a presence about him which helped the team.
Pirese waste of space.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5206 on: December 14, 2019, 06:41:45 AM »
Some older players bring more than their physical contribution to the team. Chris Sutton was not around for very long but he had a presence about him which helped the team.
Pirese waste of space.

Pires was not a waste of space. He was brought in when we were very thin on the ground due to an horrendous injury list. It was at the wrong end of his career obviously but he helped us out when it was needed.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5207 on: December 14, 2019, 10:50:20 AM »
Some older players bring more than their physical contribution to the team. Chris Sutton was not around for very long but he had a presence about him which helped the team.
Pirese waste of space.

Pires was not a waste of space. He was brought in when we were very thin on the ground due to an horrendous injury list. It was at the wrong end of his career obviously but he helped us out when it was needed.
I don’t remember him contributing much to any game though.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5208 on: December 14, 2019, 11:24:22 AM »
There’s old heads like Snoddy and Milner and then there’s your Lescotts and co.

Villa let go a lot of big experience in summer and only replaced
Hutton
Jedinak
Whelan

-with Heaton experience wise

I think of the 3 Whelan could have been in and around the squad .
Even Hutton.
They could have done what Jedinak did last season in championship. Just a solid experienced head who would come in for pitch time and be an asset in training and no problem to the squad.

Micah Richards type experience and influence isn't necessary but 2 of those 3 could have hung around.
That's posibly your most sensible post to date.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5209 on: December 14, 2019, 11:24:45 AM »
I remember him lobbing our keeper.  Oh that was against us.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5210 on: December 14, 2019, 11:45:07 AM »
Some older players bring more than their physical contribution to the team. Chris Sutton was not around for very long but he had a presence about him which helped the team.
Pirese waste of space.

Pires was not a waste of space. He was brought in when we were very thin on the ground due to an horrendous injury list. It was at the wrong end of his career obviously but he helped us out when it was needed.

Much as I admired Pires as a player, his legs had gone when he played for us.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5211 on: December 14, 2019, 11:59:03 AM »
I never wanted to sign Terry but, and I may have just misremembered, but I don't recall us surrendering too many leads the season he played for us.

Imagine how many points we would have if we were better at defending leads. We could have beaten some of the best teams in the World and be looking at possible European football next season, instead of constantly worrying how pish like Norwich are getting on.

A couple of calm heads wouldn't hurt. Maybe up front, someone with a bit of nous who can run down the clock while still offering a goalscoring threat.

Cavani!

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5212 on: December 14, 2019, 12:31:31 PM »
Hi never wanted Terry either, especially with our track record in the last 10 years with players at the end of their careers. He proved me completely wrong. His commitment, attitude and character was one of the biggest surprises I’ve had in football. He was the complete opposite in all that I thought he would be.

We definitely could do with a player or two I like him and Snoddy. Just to help the young team along. Attitude has to be priority as long as their legs actually still do work.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5213 on: December 14, 2019, 12:36:42 PM »
That’s the point, they have still got to be able to function physically but its that extra bit of nous experience brings which helps players around them.
Pires legs had gone so he couldn’t help.
Yes even Whelan for  10 20 minutes would not be a disaster.
« Last Edit: December 14, 2019, 12:41:08 PM by ChicagoLion »

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5214 on: December 14, 2019, 02:22:56 PM »
Pires is a differrent case though, the window had shut and we had awful injuries and he was probably the best option of the free agents. If it had been during a transfer window I very much doubt we'd have signed him.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5215 on: December 14, 2019, 04:23:09 PM »
What a silly decision a new contract was.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5216 on: December 14, 2019, 04:25:27 PM »
What a silly decision a new contract was.

Yep crazy really.

Offline Demitri_C

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5217 on: December 14, 2019, 04:32:32 PM »
God we are in trouble. Looks out of his depth at pl level

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5218 on: December 14, 2019, 04:32:35 PM »
This may be proved wrong at the end of the game, and I hope it is, but come up with some sort of way to vary tactics Dean. Your inability to change a game and unwillingness to change system when required is becoming a real problem.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #5219 on: December 14, 2019, 04:33:20 PM »
It was, but thankfully the new owners won’t care about the money if they have to pay him off.

He needs to earn that new contract, because right now, it’s simply not good enough.

 


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