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Author Topic: Dean Smith - Confirmed  (Read 1814252 times)

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15015 on: October 22, 2021, 09:37:23 PM »
It was so obvious that the system was not working, any one who witnessed the Wolves defeat knew that it wasn’t working and yet he played the same team with the same tactics. It does  not take a genius to work out the stupidity of going again.
Thanks for everything he has done but it’s over.


This I think is correct, but not sure he will go before the season has finished?

Online OzVilla

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15016 on: October 22, 2021, 09:39:38 PM »
It was so obvious that the system was not working, any one who witnessed the Wolves defeat knew that it wasn’t working and yet he played the same team with the same tactics. It does  not take a genius to work out the stupidity of going again.
Thanks for everything he has done but it’s over.


This I think is correct, but not sure he will go before the season has finished?

I can see him gone before the month has finished at this rate. The owners will be hugely unimpressed by this shit show after last weeks and the week before.

Offline johny

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15017 on: October 22, 2021, 09:43:51 PM »
Time to go. To constantly keep trying to shoehorn a man ure player to play this turgid 3 at the back is unforgivable. We look shitter by the game.

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15018 on: October 22, 2021, 09:45:14 PM »
It was so obvious that the system was not working, any one who witnessed the Wolves defeat knew that it wasn’t working and yet he played the same team with the same tactics. It does  not take a genius to work out the stupidity of going again.
Thanks for everything he has done but it’s over.


This I think is correct, but not sure he will go before the season has finished?

I can see him gone before the month has finished at this rate. The owners will be hugely unimpressed by this shit show after last weeks and the week before.

I will be amazed if Dean is sacked in October

Online OzVilla

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15019 on: October 22, 2021, 09:47:40 PM »
I hope he’s not and gets that result but the ice is cracking.

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15020 on: October 22, 2021, 09:51:59 PM »
I hope he’s not and gets that result but the ice is cracking.

To be honest I think he’s time is coming to an end, I think he’s done all he can. He’s been good and lucky in equal measure. I think he will go next year or the end of this season.

Offline Mellin

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15021 on: October 22, 2021, 10:40:46 PM »
12/1

Offline Legion

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15022 on: October 22, 2021, 10:42:06 PM »
He's not exactly doing himself any favours at the moment.

Offline TonyD

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15023 on: October 22, 2021, 10:42:39 PM »

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15024 on: October 22, 2021, 10:44:35 PM »
12/1

Good bet really. We'll struggle to even get point v West Ham given the job they did on Everton last week and Southampton away feels the sort of match where a poor performance and defeat could really force the board to do something especially with two week break and then Palace and Brighton after.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15025 on: October 22, 2021, 10:45:23 PM »
He's lost the plot. 60 million spent on wide players. Two already at the club who scored 17 last season...and he keeps playing the 3-5-2,

To be fair, Traore and Bailey have been out injured. Buendia hasn't been available a lot either.

That's all I'm saying on that.

Tonight was garbage.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15026 on: October 22, 2021, 10:46:09 PM »

Online aj2k77

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15027 on: October 22, 2021, 10:48:12 PM »
Where has he pulled this 3 at the back, fullbacks as your only width and 2 centre mids shite from? His arse? Really. really poor decisions from Smith. The set piece defending is back to being a monstrosity again aswell. So much for the set piece coach.

Offline oldhill_avfc

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15028 on: October 22, 2021, 10:51:28 PM »
Let’s hope that after tonight

1. He knows when and when not to play 3-5-2
2.  He knows that Buendia is very limited
3. He has t play Watkins in the middle with Ings on the bench




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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #15029 on: October 22, 2021, 10:51:44 PM »
Where has he pulled this 3 at the back, fullbacks as your only width and 2 centre mids shite from? His arse? Really. really poor decisions from Smith. The set piece defending is back to being a monstrosity again aswell. So much for the set piece coach.

He did it against Manure which worked because they struggle to break teams down. That’s fine - it’s keeping that formation since that’s utterly baffling and completely wrong. It fundamentally doesn’t work for our squad. You’d hope the manager would fucking know that.

 


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