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Offline The_ads

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6720 on: February 23, 2020, 09:00:22 AM »
My major concern, other than the abject performances, is we have arguably the best centre half in premier league history as coach yet our defence is akin to the keystone cops

Offline The_ads

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6721 on: February 23, 2020, 09:01:54 AM »
Sorry Dean, but after the final he should be removed. Then hold our noses and ask Sam to come in and save us.


Fucking hell no. No no no no.


No

Offline aj2k77

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6722 on: February 23, 2020, 09:02:06 AM »
Wolves new owners showed they meant business by employing someone who had managed in European knockout football, finished runners up in a league and had worked miracles with a tiny club. We employed someone who had finished mid table in the Championship. 

As much as I like Smith, he is very limited and working miles above anything he's done before and it's showing.

Eventually we are going to have to entice a really good manager to work with us because for the past 10 years we've had a selection of shit ones.

Offline The_ads

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6723 on: February 23, 2020, 09:05:05 AM »
We know things have got bad when we are comparing what life might be like with Steve Bruce

Offline Luke8

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6724 on: February 23, 2020, 09:14:25 AM »
Anyone really expecting Smith to get sacked before the end of the season?


No chance whatsoever. I think he stays even if we go down too.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6725 on: February 23, 2020, 09:25:15 AM »
Then we deserve what we get.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6726 on: February 23, 2020, 09:25:27 AM »
Anyone really expecting Smith to get sacked before the end of the season?


No chance whatsoever. I think he stays even if we go down too.
I really hope not, at some point this club has got to start planning to be a successful Premier League club.

Offline itbrvilla

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6727 on: February 23, 2020, 09:29:52 AM »
Anyone really expecting Smith to get sacked before the end of the season?


No chance whatsoever. I think he stays even if we go down too.
Where do we draw the line?

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6728 on: February 23, 2020, 09:46:54 AM »
He won’t get the boot this season and might not if we go down. It is debatable though that he should go now

Offline aj2k77

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6729 on: February 23, 2020, 09:57:48 AM »
If you get relegated you should get the sack. You have failed and the performances have been poor.

Offline CT

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6730 on: February 23, 2020, 10:00:04 AM »
Sorry Dean, but after the final he should be removed. Then hold our noses and ask Sam to come in and save us.


Fucking hell no. No no no no.


No

Sam fucking Allardyce. Time to knock it on the head for me if that happens.

Still, the local stationery firms should do well with sales of Jiffy bags and brown envelopes.

Offline Clark W Griswold

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6731 on: February 23, 2020, 10:16:45 AM »
I think we're going down if he remains. If by some miracle we win the League Cup next week i would keep him on and let him have a go at getting us back up which i think he's capable of. If we lose next week that would be the point where we could seriously think about a change but would it be too late? Would we make the right choice? You'd like to think that considering how well he did last season and that we have seen glimmers of guts and quality this season that he would get the chance to have another go next season, but in the modern football world there is so much money riding on it that it's not really practical. The owners have money and ambition and if we can get someone in that clearly has a more impressive CV and bigger presence in the game then we're surely going to have to. But do we go for someone as a quick fix (not necessarily Alladyce but that sort) in the hope of a very quick turnaround or do we go for a longer term plan? I suppose it depends who's available.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6732 on: February 23, 2020, 10:34:34 AM »
If you get relegated you should get the sack. You have failed and the performances have been poor.
No not necessarily. Burnley kept faith with Dyche and came back up. Smith has only been in charge just over a year. That's not long enough and may be he  promoted us too early without an organic team and proper plan and now that is showing up. We do need to keep over nerves steady now.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6733 on: February 23, 2020, 10:42:19 AM »
I guess we'll find out over the next couple of games whether his calling out of the players was the act of a strong manager imposing some discipline or the last roll of the dice by a desperate man. I'm not too hopeful.

Offline hilts_coolerking

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6734 on: February 23, 2020, 10:44:37 AM »
Anyone really expecting Smith to get sacked before the end of the season?


No chance whatsoever. I think he stays even if we go down too.
Where do we draw the line?
God knows.  Smith does seem an unlikely choice to pin all the club's hopes on.

 


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