Dean Smith - Confirmed

[richtheholtender]

I thought at the start of the season that he deserves this year and most of next regardless. I still believe this to be the best course of action.

[SoccerHQ]

Lose Tuesday and I really do fear for him and us.

Just me, but I couldn't care less about Tuesday.  A nothing game against Liverpool reserves, and even if we win we'll only get knocked out the first time a decent club plays their first team against us.

Surely we need to win just to get the morale up again? Everything has gone very flat very quickly which can happen at premier league level.

I know it's Liverpool under 12s but a win is a win and all the better if we knock in a few goals.

In our current state I simply don't think we can just dismiss it as it will just add to the negativity.

[Jon Crofts]

Lose Tuesday and I really do fear for him and us.

Just me, but I couldn't care less about Tuesday.  A nothing game against Liverpool reserves, and even if we win we'll only get knocked out the first time a decent club plays their first team against us.

Surely we need to win just to get the morale up again? Everything has gone very flat very quickly which can happen at premier league level.

I know it's Liverpool under 12s but a win is a win and all the better if we knock in a few goals.

In our current state I simply don't think we can just dismiss it as it will just add to the negativity.

My thoughts exactly, a routine 2-0 home win would be fabulous thanks.

[Malandro]

What concerns me most,  none of his signings are playing very well.

Targett looks a coward and not particularly very talented.

I'd stick with him. Glad it's not my decision.

[pauliewalnuts]

There is no chance of him getting the sack any time soon. We've just given him a fat new contract!

[Rudy65]

There is no chance of him getting the sack any time soon. We've just given him a fat new contract!

But triggered by his original contract?

[themossman]

He’s had a chance in the pl which was right and fair. He’s left us in touch. He’ll leave very advantageously with his new contract. I think we need to be really dispassionate from here on in.

[The Moose]

Pochettino still available......

[Risso]

What concerns me most,  none of his signings are playing very well.

Targett looks a coward and not particularly very talented.

I'd stick with him. Glad it's not my decision.

I think that's his one excuse so far, in that I think the real transfer decisions are made by Pitarch and signed off by Purslow.  Wesley has been truly woeful, but Trezeguet, Targett and Luiz haven't been much better.  Where Smith does get the full blame though is his godawful tactics and inability to either see a game out when we're winning, or make an influential change when we're losing. 

[ChicagoLion]

There is no chance of him getting the sack any time soon. We've just given him a fat new contract!

You really think that our owners will risk relegation because of this?
Money talks bullshit walks.

[tomd2103]

Reminds me so much of the run from Dec to Feb last season. He's a very streaky manager so we have to pray the good run starts soon, next Saturday ideally.

We obviously went on an excellent run towards the end of last season and Dean did a very good job getting us promoted, but how ordinary we were in that mid season spell without Grealish and how we lacked ideas was something that just nagged away slightly after the euphoria died down.

Like today, if Grealish is off form, we just don’t have any attacking threat. 

[levico]

There is no chance of him getting the sack any time soon. We've just given him a fat new contract!

You really think that our owners will risk relegation because of this?
Money talks bullshit walks.

Hope you are right. No time for sentimentality when many millions are at stake.
Time for us to step up to the next level in management terms.

[kippaxvilla2]

Brentford are in the top four now.  With one of his former assistants in charge.

[Risso]

I guarantee that he'll do that face he always does in post-match interviews after we've lost.  The one where he looks wide-eyed and puffs his cheek out.  The non-verbal equivalent of Steve Bruce's "roll your sleeves up" alternative to having a clue.

[garyshawsknee]

Brentford are in the top four now.  With one of his former assistants in charge.

I read something recently online from a Brentford fan which did worry me, something a long the lines of " great to see us play without conceding lots of chances ".