Dean Smith - Confirmed

[cdbearsfan]

Well done Dean. I'd stick with him now, his target was to have us a Premier League side at the end of his second season in charge, and he's managed it.

[Steve67]

Mings and McGinn will improve for the experience of this season.  We could do with Grealish being called into the England squad for the Wales friendly to show him he doesn't need to leave to realise his England dreams.  We need some pace and power, a strong central midfielder, Heaton back in goal and perhaps a couple of older heads as squad fillers.  Will be interesting to see what we do with Suso.  Hard work starts now on making sure that this never happens again.

[Malandro]

He's a very decent man, one of us. Would I ditch him? Probably.

Hello Poch.

[tomd2103]

Well done Dean Smith.  Not exactly convincing, but did the job he needed to do.  Not an easy season for him on and off the pitch given the loss of his Dad, but he got there.

Deserves the start of next season to see if he can improve.

[TaxDodger]

I love you, Dean.

[Toronto Villa]

I'm still not convinced but he will keep his job. But I can see there being no sympathy if we start next season struggling. We need 5 or 6 much, much better players and get rid of a good few

[SamTheMouse]

Kept us up and took us to a cup final - you can't really say fairer than that. He's given us a platform to build on. We have to keep him and establish some continuity. I think he's going to improve, and so will the players.

Next season will show us what he's really made of.

[CT Villan]

He has earned the right to start next season - which I thought was way beyond him. Well done Dean.

Over to you Sawiris and Edens...

[Monty]

I think we need to be unsentimental and, feeling sober, I don't think he's the guy to take us to the next level. Fantastic to survive, but I really think scraping safe by a ballhair is somewhere towards our ceiling with him.

[PeterWithesShin]

Unless someone like Poch was somehow interested DS absolutely should be manager next season. I do think he'll be given a lot less patience from the owners than he had this season though.

[levico]

Might as well let him start the new season but if it starts to go pear shaped - out he goes.

[jwarry]

Kept us up and took us to a cup final - you can't really say fairer than that. He's given us a platform to build on. We have to keep him and establish some continuity. I think he's going to improve, and so will the players.

Next season will show us what he's really made of.

Well said STM

[Risso]

They need to sort the recruitment policy out. Staying up by the skin of our teeth can’t hide the fact that the majority of players haven’t worked out.

[Rudy65]

He's a very decent man, one of us. Would I ditch him? Probably.

Hello Poch.

There was a great article in the Times yesterday about Poch. Effectively saying all the big jobs in Europe are tied up and he should do something different rather than going for the super elite. My immediate thought was come to us if we stay up. Now that would be a statement of intent

However, fair play DS, I didnt think you had it in you, but well done. UTV

[LukeJames]

So many doubts over him in general but he's achieved every target set and got us to a cup final. Chuffed as fuck for him.