The undermining of Dean Smith

[dave.woodhall]

Dave Collett writes about the story of the season, so far.

https://heroesandvillains.info/2022/05/01/the-undermining-of-dean-smith/

[olaftab]

Very good. Agree with every word.

[Legion]

Done.

[ChicagoLion]

We still do not know who was responsible for the shit show of a summer for which Smith ultimately paid the price with his job.

[gpbarr]

Good read. Spot on

[garyellis]

The timing of the loss of his two assistants is still baffling.

[Chris Harte]

The timing of the loss of his two assistants is still baffling.

We crucified Martin O'Neill for similar timing, yet these pair leaving barely raised an eyebrow.

[ChicagoLion]

The timing of the loss of his two assistants is still baffling.

I was hoping this might shine some light on that.
We will have to wait for Smiths memoirs I guess.

[Aldridge Villa]

A very good read, thanks Dave

[Nelly]

Thanks for this, glad to have read it. It's been a difficult year and not a lot has gone our way. I still feel like we were premature in sacking Smith - "credit in the bank" means nothing it would seem. Also the wider implication of seemingly changing direction in terms of "head coaches" who play roughly the same way to ensure continuity. Smith was probably my favourite manager since Gregory so it still rankles that he was fired. We had great days for what felt like the first time in years.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

A cracking read. Thanks for posting.

[KevinGage]

The timing of the loss of his two assistants is still baffling.

We crucified Martin O'Neill for similar timing, yet these pair leaving barely raised an eyebrow.

The rumour is they were asked to leave by Sawiris.

Grealish has asked Terry what he should do about the Citeh offer and he said you've got to take the opportunity. Sawiris heard this, was non to happy and told Terry to do one. ROK complained, and he was told he could do one n'all.

Terry was prob at a stage where he felt he was ready for a management gig anyroad (though doesn't seem like clubs of any real standing agree).

[robleflaneur]

Losing to Wolves was the turning point.None of our substitutions worked.Young ,Ramsey and Nakamba, for Cash,Luiz and Buendia ,completely lost the midfield when we were totally in control.Tuanzebe also proved to be weak at last ditch defending.

[Legion]

Great article, by the way.

[Legion]

Losing to Wolves was the turning point.None of our substitutions worked.Young ,Ramsey and Nakamba, for Cash,Luiz and Buendia ,completely lost the midfield when we were totally in control.Tuanzebe also proved to be weak at last ditch defending.

Tuanzebe?