Mantis Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Ingram85 said: I don’t think they will keep him based off of performances. If the thinking was ‘hey, even if we get relegated we need to keep Smith’ then surely that was based on going down with a fighting spirit. They look truly awful and Smith has leant hard into the long ball, plodding style of play he had here. I don’t think they will stick him if it stays as it is. I think this move has set him back a few years imo. This is what I don't get about Smith - he's sort of going down the same road Lambert did. Started off with progressive attacking football, but has slowly regressed into dour hoofball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 One of the bigger criticisms of his time here was that we couldn't play vs 10 men. Now I see Liverpool fans and Klopp complaining about a similar thing. Maybe it wasn't so easy after all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, Peter Griffin said: Farke got a job today for some Russian league team 22 hours ago, Zatman said: Not a bad job either. They were in Europe last season Invading? Edited January 14, 2022 by TheStagMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Mantis said: This is what I don't get about Smith - he's sort of going down the same road Lambert did. Started off with progressive attacking football, but has slowly regressed into dour hoofball. The negative football started when he appointed Shakespeare Under JT and ROK we played good football 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 hours ago, villalad21 said: The negative football started when he appointed Shakespeare Under JT and ROK we played good football But you wanted him sacked in the championship? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 I’m not sure why he took this job. Will 100% be relegated, nothing he can do about it, he will Shoulder the blame, be fired and end up managing someone like Ipswich. Should have waited for a better opportunity either at a high end championship club or a not-the-worst team in the premier league 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted January 15, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2022 5 hours ago, Spoony said: I’m not sure why he took this job. Will 100% be relegated, nothing he can do about it, he will Shoulder the blame, be fired and end up managing someone like Ipswich. Should have waited for a better opportunity either at a high end championship club or a not-the-worst team in the premier league Agree 100%. That said if he can stay on, managing Norwich in the Championship is a decent gig, and could turn into a platform to long term success. Suspect he’ll do what he did at Villa then lose his job to a European no mark when they are back in the Prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Did Norwich really expect Smith to keep them up? If they're content with bouncing between divisions they should have stuck with Farke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 15, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2022 2 hours ago, jacketspuds said: Did Norwich really expect Smith to keep them up? If they're content with bouncing between divisions they should have stuck with Farke. I don't blame them for being content with that. The alternative is to spend oodles of money and put the future of the club at risk when it doesn't work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 13 minutes ago, sidcow said: I don't blame them for being content with that. The alternative is to spend oodles of money and put the future of the club at risk when it doesn't work. Absolutely. I just think that Farke, who has got them promoted successfully from the Championship, as Champions, twice in a row, was the obvious choice to manage them. Unless he wanted to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 2 hours ago, jacketspuds said: Did Norwich really expect Smith to keep them up? If they're content with bouncing between divisions they should have stuck with Farke. I think they did, otherwise why sack Farke if they were content in going down? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Spoony said: I’m not sure why he took this job. Will 100% be relegated, nothing he can do about it, he will Shoulder the blame, be fired and end up managing someone like Ipswich. Should have waited for a better opportunity either at a high end championship club or a not-the-worst team in the premier league I said this many times. Went down in my estimations slightly when he ran into this job. He should have thought more of himself that he would get another job in the prem, instead of flapping and taking the Norwich job. It won't do his reputation any good at all, I doubt he will manage in the Prem again after this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Go on Dean! Loves managing v Everton. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Praying for. Norwich Watford double today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: I said this many times. Went down in my estimations slightly when he ran into this job. He should have thought more of himself that he would get another job in the prem, instead of flapping and taking the Norwich job. It won't do his reputation any good at all, I doubt he will manage in the Prem again after this. People keep saying this but I really don't see who else would've taken him on in prem so really at best he'd have had to wait for top end championship job to come up like for Chris Wilder at Boro. For all Norwich's woes they win today and Watford don't and they are 1 point off 17th so still loads to play for and they have more winnable games over next two months so you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Great escape could be on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Yes deano!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 35 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Great escape could be on. Don't think so. Teams around them have games in hand. The current table doesn't tell the whole story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: Don't think so. Teams around them have games in hand. The current table doesn't tell the whole story. Mental side though isn't it I'd rather have points on the board and a win in my last game than a game in hand and no wins in the last 7 or 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: Mental side though isn't it I'd rather have points on the board and a win in my last game than a game in hand and no wins in the last 7 or 8 Still think they will be 6-7 points off safety once games starts to catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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