wilko154 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: I appreciate there is more to your post, and you made some good points.... But come on, this isn't true. I don’t mean we have gone backwards since his appointment. I mean we have gone backwards in terms of the style of football we are playing, or attempting to play since the end of last season and even the start of this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie09 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Smith recently stated his teams improve as the season progresses. This can’t be his team because we’re getting worse with each league game. Bournemouth, Southampton and then tonight. Utter garbage. And I have no doubt he isn’t the man to get us promoted next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Just posted this on Twitter: The question is do we sack Smith now accepting that he seems totally out of his depth in the PL and we are performing worse than the capability of the team. There is a slim chance a new manager could save us BUT if we are relegated Smith would be the best shout to get us up #avfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Just now, Harry said: Just posted this on Twitter: The question is do we sack Smith now accepting that he seems totally out of his depth in the PL and we are performing worse than the capability of the team. There is a slim chance a new manager could save us BUT if we are relegated Smith would be the best shout to get us up #avfc Would he? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie09 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, Harry said: Just posted this on Twitter: The question is do we sack Smith now accepting that he seems totally out of his depth in the PL and we are performing worse than the capability of the team. There is a slim chance a new manager could save us BUT if we are relegated Smith would be the best shout to get us up #avfc Massive flaw in your argument. Smith won’t get us back up. May as well roll the dice now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 38 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Should probably give him credit. He improved all of them massively and I think Mings was his signing in the first place Should probably not tbh. Which players have massively improved. Mings was a great signing but has he got better as the seasons wore on? He was also in the Prem when we got him so was on the right track anyway. Where else we going? Steve Bruce, De Matteo, Lambert.....All made decent signings but that means jack diddly if the overall product is crap because the manager doesn't play the right way or to their strengths. I see marginal improvements at best. Those stepping up this season are either already pretty accomplished or talented enough to perform at this level. I don't see any overall improvement in the team as a unit. It's gradually got worse as the season has wore on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screwdriver Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) More evidence he's lost the plot...... Smith isn't talking about winning games he talked about being "hard to beat" in tonights post match name and shame video. so we lose 1-0 and not 4-0 then? great! he's touching his ear many times with suggests he's lying. (In Italy, however, this gesture is used to indicate that someone is effeminate or gay.) He also touches his nose which suggests he might feel discomfort, or to alleviate an itch. *addendum* he clearly pulls his earlobe severly like an african tribeswoman when answering about if he still backs reina. therefore I think we can safely say Reina won't be in the nets on Saturday. However actually I think he'll wait to see if Pep punishes his keeper for their blooper then go with that. Edited March 10, 2020 by screwdriver *addendum* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, Harry said: Just posted this on Twitter: The question is do we sack Smith now accepting that he seems totally out of his depth in the PL and we are performing worse than the capability of the team. There is a slim chance a new manager could save us BUT if we are relegated Smith would be the best shout to get us up #avfc I honestly don't know where people are getting this from? Yes he took us up last season but that was with an exceedingly good squad for that division and even then it was only after going on a ridiculous run of form and scraping through the play-offs. People seem to forget how awful we were last season when Grealish was out injured. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 19 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: Would he? So that prompts the ‘who then’ question either right now or next season which tends to generate totally unrealistic suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) I still quite like Dean Smith but we are going down now so if he is going then I want a manager who will build a style of play ready for next season in the Championship. Grealish is gone so yet again we will find ourselves in need of building a midfield. Edited March 10, 2020 by ciggiesnbeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, Harry said: So that prompts the ‘who then’ question either right now or next season which tends to generate totally unrealistic suggestions. Offer Grealish player-manager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 48 minutes ago, TRO said: I think if we go down, it will far more reaching than folk realise......we know how hard this league is to get out of.....at present we are likely to lose another 10, that will destroy any confidence for next season i.e Stoke, middlesbrough. We have a big, big decision to make.....maybe one last throw of the dice. Big Sam in a ten game challenge, would be an option, but a new man maybe fanciful. I think we have left it too late to see a change.....the writing was on the wall months ago. 100% agree. Smith said they work hard to set pieces. Which is strange when you see how much is wrong. He should have gone ages ago. Getting to the league cup final only masked the problems. He’s clearly out of his depth in the Premier League 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 20 minutes ago, Mantis said: I honestly don't know where people are getting this from? Yes he took us up last season but that was with an exceedingly good squad for that division and even then it was only after going on a ridiculous run of form and scraping through the play-offs. People seem to forget how awful we were last season when Grealish was out injured. Yes and we had Tammy Abraham banging them in. It’s like spurs without Kane in the Premier League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 55 minutes ago, Mantis said: I honestly don't know where people are getting this from? Yes he took us up last season but that was with an exceedingly good squad for that division and even then it was only after going on a ridiculous run of form and scraping through the play-offs. People seem to forget how awful we were last season when Grealish was out injured. and the one win in 10, prior to the run....he is the epitome of inconsistency and the team mirrors the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) In terms of player development.....we have actually gone gradually backwards, in most players.....that is sinful. most are worse than when they first arrived. Edited March 10, 2020 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, GingerCollins29 said: Would he? No, Not a chance. He would be out of a job by November Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 The change should start now.....ready for next season.....and some guy has 10 games to make himself a hero.....and he has 10 games to see what he has for next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Anyone thinking we'll get a Sam figure in is in for disappointment. I'd be stunned if they sack Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I would be shocked if they sacked him too but for me it is time. Another shocking performance but then we get those most weeks do we not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villianusa Posted March 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2020 I honestly don't see what he is doing week to week in training. You would expect to see some gains in some areas, but the same issues are continuing game after game. Some of the issues are below: 1. We cannot defend set pieces 2. Teams are tearing us apart in wide areas 3. We play too high a line, and teams are playing off the shoulder of the last defender and we are getting beaten fro pace 4. Our center midfielders are offering the defense very little protection 5. El Ghazi is the only wide player who is offering any pace and crosses into productive areas 6. Grealish is constantly played out of position to force in another center midfielder, so he becomes very ineffective and the balance of the team is off 7. Samatta is often isolated when he wins the ball, and along with Grealish he has to come so deep to collect the ball that he isn't being productive in front of goal 8. We cannot not seem to keep up an tempo in the game, and we often sit back and allow teams to come at us. This often allows teams to score after the pressure forces individual errors 9. Grealish is being hustled and kicked out of games and Smith hasn't identified another way to attack to allow Grealish some freedom of the park 10. Players are not doing the basics within their position, and it is leading to some very embarrassing and costly errors I could keep going on, but it's very depressing. I can see him doing a job if we get relegated, but his words of late shows me he is feeling the pressure and his lack of ability to inspire the players make me wonder if he is the man for the job. The team doesn't seem to know what it doing, and the players very rarely show much fight when we go behind. Night All! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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