rodders0223 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Said it before....say it again....loyalty to these old useless stagers will end him before he gets started. Get them out; force them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avcol Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 He cannot be immune to criticism. We are in total disarray in defence and it doesn't matter what Bruce did or didn't do anymore, it is down to Smith to fix it. I want nothing more than for him to get it right so bodies need to come in quickly. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 People often say Jedinak isn't a Dean Smith type player and wouldn't fit in. Dean Smith teams concede 60+ goals a season. Maybe Smith needs to think about a Jedinak type player. I think he is exactly what we need in front of the back 4. Just saying...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Jedinak isn't the answer. His legs haven't got 90 minutes in them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted January 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, KHV said: People often say Jedinak isn't a Dean Smith type player and wouldn't fit in. Dean Smith teams concede 60+ goals a season. Maybe Smith needs to think about a Jedinak type player. I think he is exactly what we need in front of the back 4. Just saying...... What we need is Leroy Fer ran the show today! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5, 2019 Our squad is absolutely horrendous when you consider how much we've spent over the past 3 years. I think that's the most embarassing thing. Smith shoulders no blame for that. It's going to take a long time to sort it out and we're going to be stuck in this division for a long time whilst trying to do so. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I don’t think he’s good enough. His defensive record at other clubs also worries me. There, I said it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 What worries me is this. For his teams to be on it and effective they need to be of good individual ability. Good eye, passing, play at pace. When this doesn't work we look poor and are shipping way too many. It's like he keeps playing the only way he knows how despite it not working - with these players. Gotta be able to adapt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Strange decision to start Hutton at CB. Might as well have given Revan the opertunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted January 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5, 2019 Going backwards, which is down to Smith. Grealish missing is not a good enough excuse. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I don't think we have gone backwards under Smith. Our record in the league has been better than under Bruce this season. He needs to be given the time Bruce was afforded. He was handed this lop-sided squad. That's not his fault. lests see what he does in the transfer window 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Disgraceful to take O’Hare off whilst Hogan and Whelan swanned around 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 To be fair the players in defence must be shite, Terry coaches the defence and they have learnt nothing from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Just back from VP and it is becoming like groundhog day. We are allowing teams way too much space in wide areas and simply not closing teams down allowing them to stroll into our box. The way we allow teams so much space out wide is to do with the way we set up tactically and not personnel. I could put it down to personnel if it was one or maybe even two players doing it but it doesn't matter if it is Elmo, Bree, Hutton, Taylor at fullback they play really narrow. You may be able to do this if we are asking our wide midfielder/forward to get back but we aren't. Week in week out now teams are targeting our wide areas and we could bring in two new full backs and it wouldn't stop us being so open. The manager has to change tactics in this regard and tighten us up as we aren't going to be able to score 2,3,4,5,6 goals just to be able to win a game. I love Smiths attacking intent and it was initially like a breath of fresh air but there has to be some balance and you have to also try to stop the opposition and not allow them carte blanche to attack you. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5, 2019 1 minute ago, PaulC said: I don't think we have gone backwards under Smith. Our record in the league has been better than under Bruce this season. He needs to be given the time Bruce was afforded. He was handed this lop-sided squad. That's not his fault. lests see what he does in the transfer window Could be wrong, but I think the argument is that we’ve gone backwards since late November/early December. Which is a fair assessment. It looked like we were building something and it’s stuttered/ground to a halt/gone backwards, depending on your view point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 18 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Our squad is absolutely horrendous when you consider how much we've spent over the past 3 years. I think that's the most embarassing thing. It is. The squad is a disgrace at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 It's DS who makes the decision to play Hutton at cb, keeps playing Whelan who offers nothing. He needs to be criticized for that. Anyone with a haf decent football brain can see those 2 players are way off the pace at this level, it's shocking to keep playing them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 16 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: Could be wrong, but I think the argument is that we’ve gone backwards since late November/early December. Which is a fair assessment. It looked like we were building something and it’s stuttered/ground to a halt/gone backwards, depending on your view point. I think there is a lack of a Plan B at the moment, which to be fair is difficult to have when your squad options are the likes of Hutton at centre half and Whelan in midfield. The problem is after a while the negativity starts building a momentum, I've seen it so often over the last decade and it's really hard to get going the other way again. We need more signings again, I'm sick of saying that. How we have no squad depth considering the money we've spent is infuriating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Not his fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 26 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Disgraceful to take O’Hare off whilst Hogan and Whelan swanned around What did O'hare do? Also we were losing to it meant we could play two forwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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