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Author Topic: Dean Smith - Confirmed  (Read 1816481 times)

Offline RamboandBruno

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8370 on: June 29, 2020, 08:18:33 PM »
Also struggling with the SGT Smith comparison.

I wasn’t comparing SGT and Smith, I was comparing the league situations of the 88-89 team and now, having both come up and both fighting relegation the season after coming up. One of the points I was making even the likes of SGT would of got ‘stick’ on a forum like this, that season. But it was only one point in the overall post

Offline brian green

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8371 on: June 29, 2020, 08:28:03 PM »
Would have

Offline RamboandBruno

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8372 on: June 29, 2020, 08:31:33 PM »
Would have

Thank you!

All hypothetical nonsense though I admit

Offline Steve67

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8373 on: June 29, 2020, 08:33:28 PM »
Would have

Thank you!

All hypothetical nonsense though I admit

I do remember standing on the Holte End during that season and there were murmurings about SGT out.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8374 on: June 29, 2020, 08:36:54 PM »
If it was written by a reporter it would be labelled as lazy journalism.
It was Swindon.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8375 on: June 29, 2020, 08:37:40 PM »
One very important difference between SGT and DS was that SGT won the hearts and minds of the fans with his total honesty.  He told it how he saw it.  No flannel, no bull, no excuses.

Offline RamboandBruno

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8376 on: June 29, 2020, 08:46:31 PM »
One very important difference between SGT and DS was that SGT won the hearts and minds of the fans with his total honesty.  He told it how he saw it.  No flannel, no bull, no excuses.

Yes I agree. But I wasn’t comparing SGT to Smith.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8377 on: June 29, 2020, 08:48:14 PM »
There's no reason at all that finishing around 12th should have been beyond us.  Everybody from say, Burnley in 11th down is eminently beatable, and it's really just down to shit scouting, and even shitter coaching that we are where we are. 

Burnley's midfield this season has mostly been Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Jeff Hendrick and Dwight McNeil.  Pretty bloody ordinary by anybody's standards, but coached into an effective unit by Dyche.

just watching them now. you can just see the aggression, hunger and fight across the whole team. haven't got a clue who most of their players are

Offline Richard E

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8378 on: June 29, 2020, 08:50:44 PM »
Yet we took 4 points off them but couldn’t beat ten man West Ham and lost home and away to Bournemouth. Villa in a nutshell.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8379 on: June 29, 2020, 08:59:00 PM »
I know that Rambo.  My comments were not intended to suggest otherwise.  Lazy posting on my part for which I apologise.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8380 on: June 29, 2020, 09:20:49 PM »
If Dyche was appointed, would Villa Park be full every game?

Offline RamboandBruno

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8381 on: June 29, 2020, 09:46:55 PM »
I know that Rambo.  My comments were not intended to suggest otherwise.  Lazy posting on my part for which I apologise.

No worries Brian. Oh for a Graham Taylor now hey

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8382 on: June 29, 2020, 09:48:33 PM »
He was one of a kind. A great man.

Offline brian green

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8383 on: June 29, 2020, 10:49:35 PM »
I have heard of Offa's Dyke.  If he joined us VP would be filled by a ticketing strategy known as Dyche's Offers.

Offline hilts_coolerking

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #8384 on: June 29, 2020, 10:59:26 PM »
I have heard of Offa's Dyke.  If he joined us VP would be filled by a ticketing strategy known as Dyche's Offers.
This has a nice Two Ronnies flavour to it.  Bravo.

 


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