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Offline AsTallAsLions

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7155 on: March 09, 2020, 09:48:06 PM »
Bye Dean. If you're not pushed, please jump. It was a lovely narrative while it lasted but you're failing, and badly, and you'll sink us without a fight if you stay.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7156 on: March 09, 2020, 09:50:00 PM »
Fuck off Smith you useless twat, and when you’ve fucked off, fuck off some more.

Offline Villan82

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7157 on: March 09, 2020, 09:50:21 PM »
All the goodwill I had for him has been seeping away.

What was the point in going up to come back down. Worse still risking losing Jack Grealish to keep Smith on is fucking criminal.What the actual fuck were they thinking? Grealish is the best thing to happen us in at least 15 years if not longer. Staying up was paramount, absolutely paramount.

Purslow can get lost too.

« Last Edit: March 09, 2020, 09:53:48 PM by Villan82 »

Offline richrunner

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7158 on: March 09, 2020, 09:51:44 PM »
That stupid hoarding on the side of the north stand was one hell of a bad omen, eh? Talk about hubris.

Hopefully it gets taken down soon.

You could write a book about Dean Smith's pathetic season as an out-of-depth Premier League manager, he really channelled his inner Phil Brown last week at wembley, I see it worked wonders tonight

Offline LukeJames

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7159 on: March 09, 2020, 09:52:53 PM »
I guarantee when we finally get rid, he will never manage in the Premier League again. Miles out of his depth.


Offline itbrvilla

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7160 on: March 09, 2020, 09:53:18 PM »
What was the point in going up to come back down. Worse still risking losing Jack Grealish to keep Smith on is trucking criminal.
Fucking negligence.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7161 on: March 09, 2020, 09:53:40 PM »
I don’t give a fuck about any kind of big plan. Unless that plan includes firing Dean Smith in the next 24 hours. Fucking abysmal. Thank you for last season. But it’s time to go.

Offline Demitri_C

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7162 on: March 09, 2020, 09:55:21 PM »
Anyone absolutely anyone want to defend him??

Thanks for the memories but he should be sacked tonight

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7163 on: March 09, 2020, 10:00:20 PM »
Can’t defend him anymore. This constant waiting for it to get worse before changing and he’s inability to make tactical decision to effect games especially against 10 men has cost him in the end. Good 18 months or so but we need a hero galvanise us now. Inject something new.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7164 on: March 09, 2020, 10:00:56 PM »
That'll do then, Deano.

Offline colin69

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7165 on: March 09, 2020, 10:02:48 PM »
The whole coaching set up is bollocks. They all need to go tonight. Even if Smith stays and somehow got us up next season, he cannot manage at this level. He stands there doing fuck all!!!!

Offline AsTallAsLions

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7166 on: March 09, 2020, 10:04:53 PM »
His tactics make Lambert and Sherwood look like mad geniuses.

Online pauliewalnuts

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7167 on: March 09, 2020, 10:06:34 PM »
Start brightly
Press self destruct button
Fall apart
Half time - no changes
No change to shape or formation
Keep doing same thing that hasn't worked at all this season, let alone this match
Wait far too long, make ineffective sub once game is already over

*repeat*

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7168 on: March 09, 2020, 10:09:48 PM »
His tactics make Lambert and Sherwood look like mad geniuses.

I disagree.

But only because that would imply Smith has tactics, but he doesn't. If he did, we'd be able to discern some sort of shape or intention in the way we play, but there never is any.

It's just 11 half-arsed idiots ambling around the pitch for 90 minutes counting down the games until they can fuck off on their tacky holidays in Dubai.


Offline Uknowthescore

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #7169 on: March 09, 2020, 10:10:56 PM »
Has any other club got rid of their manager this late in the season and has it worked. Surely it’s worth a try, smith looks clueless

 


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