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He is a player that can improve he has a wider scope for development. I will say that i see him more as a defensive box to box midfielder. His strengths are winning the ball and closing down players with his high intensity.

To expect major improvement after 3 games is laughable. Seriously a question to those that are even questioning DS ability after 3 games Do you know anything about football?

I think Calum O'Hare could do a job on the wing. links well with other players and he moves around the pitch to find space. I would really consider him for the Bolton match.

100% agree

I didn't expect us to win this game as i stated in the pre match thread. It is going to take ALOT of work to get this team challenging for promotion. I have written off promotion. These players do not fit DS style. Only Grealish out of our midfielders has a good first touch, it is going to be very tough to get these players to play one touch, two touch passing football. Our wingers are not good enough even Bolasie. My concern is that we are in the depth of a season and we are transitioning everything. I hope we can remain patient.

As DS illuded to previously he has not had a lot of on ball training with these players so they are struggling. We have confidence issues and tactical issues. We have a high percentage of possession yet we are unable to make any use of the ball we do not move the ball quickly on counter attacking possessions. Our width is very weak and we are unable to coordinate passes in the midfield to supply our strikers. We look likely to score from set pieces. I blame Bruce for the squad he has left us with. A very imbalance squad. Chester is lacking confidence and he has no one to challenge him for his position because we are so short in that position. DS has his work cut out and there are a few players that need moving on. I genuinely cannot see us being promoted.

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You can tell that we just lack the players that can play a passing style. It looks new to them.

Eze @ QPR is tremendous talent. He will cause us problems.

he played midweek he is clearly recovering and come back from injury..

Tough away game Hemed and Wells are a dangerous striking pair. Their height and pace will cause issues and they are direct. I cannot see us winning this one.

I will also reserve my judgement on DS. He has had very little time to work on our players and he is still assessing the squad. He will certainly need to bring in his own players and also get rid of a few in our squad. I think we have players that are good quality but i have a feeling some do not fit the style of our head coach. Nyland needs more work however we are lacking a proper goalkeeping coach to really work with him. DS needs a lot of time and support to do his job. I am going to be very patient with him.

Very underrated comment. Whilst I was watching the game, i could hear fans saying shoot when we were looking for an opening or becoming discontent when we playing it around the back four. I hope the fans become accustomed to how we now try to play. Even when the line up was announced the fans began to moan about the line up. However DS has had very little time with a full squad and we have a game on Tuesday and Saturday so he will be rotating the squad. I am surprised by DS because I had very low expectations of him especially because of the role he had at Brentford. He is about the coaching and tactical aspects of the game. I liked when he said that he played Grealish deeper to keep possession although it felt as if he did not want to do that because of Jack's attacking qualities. 1st half the passing was really good. In particular I was watching how many touches each would player take before passing and whether we would look to make short passes or long passes. Our players were averaging around 2-3 touches in the 1st half however at times we became unstuck because players were not making themselves available to receive the ball. DS will be working on this on the training ground so that our possession game is a lot more fluid. The 2nd half was like watching SB's team play so i am sure that this will be ironed out in the future. The positive aspect is that at this level we have a group of very talented players and they are capable of taking in tactics and picking up things quickly. I am excited for the future but I am also nervous about the Norwich game because Carrow road is a difficult place to go to.

We started well and at times looked like a different side however we became sloppy in the 2nd half and we should have won by more. Nyland kept us in the game also. McGinn is the real deal and is a premier league player. Dean Smith has got his work cut out however he has a better squad at his disposal. Good win there is much more to come from us.

Good performance 1st half. I think there have been changes to our play, our build up play appears to be improving and our CB's look comfortable on the ball. We are pressing them and forcing mistakes when we do not have the ball. Our final ball does seem to be lacking in some ways but that can be worked on. I am also uncomfortable with Grealish on set pieces..

I have a feeling that he is going to flourish under DS. DS likes his wingers to cut inside with good technical ability.

I certainly think that he would want to look at some of our youth players in the coming weeks especially Bedeau. I would assume Pitarch does not have extensive knowledge on lower league talent so DS will hopefully discuss plans in scouting and sourcing lower league talent.

Thomas Frank and the board are pretty much saying that he (Thomas Frank) played a major role in the development in Brentfords style in football on the training ground. Only time will tell. Can we just appreciate the first 21 seconds of this clip. Imagine in a few months starting a game like this.

I am not sold on this guy as I have mentioned many times in this thread but we shall see. I am hoping that further appointments are made to help him fulfil his day to day work

Very intelligent appointment. Appoint the man that helped introduce the profit & sustainability rules as CEO.

How can we replicate Brentford’s system if we don’t know the full system and process? DS doesn’t even know the full process at Brentford. Also how do we even know if their way is successful?

Dean Smith will have to be careful until the summer transfer window. There are huge influencers in the dressing room that may not be fit for Smiths style of play. Jedinak, Whelan, Taylor & Hutton. Those players command huge respect in the dressing room and Dean Smith needs those players on side so he can settle in. The moment Dean Smith decides to isolate them from the entire squad is the moment the whole players will turn against him and Terry. He needs to box clever and have those players on side until next summer.

Some quotes from Brentford fans

Dean Smith will be bringing his own staff too. I believe that would be Richard O Kelly as his 2nd assistant head coach as well as a few others. The compensation package must include some additional members of staff. Brentford have mentioned that they will make a further announcement on their first team football structure.

wow that was quick