Comparisons with Lambert are unfair. Smith has been naive and in my opinion we should be doing better with this squad but Lambert was on another level when it came to incomprehensible incompetence.
It’s shit that on Thursday, Man U will field Rashford and Greenwood from their youth system. We have Davis and Vassilev. The gap in quality of products coming out of our system vs the likes of Man U or Chelsea is frightening.
When relegation is confirmed, there will be many understandably calling for Smith's head, but a new management team will mean spaffing yet more compo up the wall and starting from scratch all over again.Probably better to sort out which players are going and which are staying, which can step up from the U23's and just make a few key signings to make sure we can bounce straight back up.Money should be no problem with income from sales and parachute payments.Smith's a Championship manager. Might as well give him another chance in the Championship.
Chris Wilder - British manager - has already done what I suspect Bielsa will do: promote a squad of players and have them playing fast, aggressive and mid-table Premier League football in their first season in the EPL.For me, it's about the sustainable building of a squad of players who play for each other, are super-fit, use the ball effectively and are committed to a vision that the manager has articulated and 'sold' to them; seeking to improve incrementally the overall squad quality every time the transfer market opens.