villa4europe Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 The frustrating thing is he has us playing decent stuff but the lack of subs is baffling and blatantly killing us Wesley was on for a good 20 mins longer than he should have been 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 It’s quite alarming how much poorer we are in the second half of games. Going to be struggling for survival at this rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Lost count now of how many points we've dropped from half-time. There are clearly big issues here and Smith doesn't seem to be able to fix them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 The team can play good football we have seen. Went the same way with Bruce couldn't get the best out the team and kept shipping goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 We are getting there, painfully slowly but I see an upward curve. DS is still a good manager. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Doesn’t know how to close games out and change tactics mid game. Worrying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 (edited) If you think Smith sits safe if he doesn't start picking up results you are lost of reality. It's on the players but also on the coaching staff to set a winning mentality into the players. That's why Klopp and Pep are so successful. Edited September 28, 2019 by villalad21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 In game again. Start of second half Dyche puts on our friend Rodriguez and changes teams's shape to a 4-3-3 to match us. Burnley then start getting corners and pushing up the pitch and eventually leads to the 1-1. Subs he could've made, Davis on for Wes much earlier to try to hold ball up better in second. Trez on for fresher legs in counter attack. Even Jota but probably not his sort of game. It seems an oddity our conditioning to last 90 minutes is one of worst in prem and yet we're one of the slowest to make changes in opening twenty minutes in second half, particularly when we're struggling in periods. Curious way to approach top level management anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: If you think Smith sits safe if he doesn't start picking up results you are lost of reality. Honestly, I think it's the opposite - no matter how many leads we chuck away and how many points we drop I think Smith will be here (rightly or wrongly) for a while yet. Edited September 28, 2019 by Mantis 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LxYoungAVFC Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 His face is starting to piss me off in the post-match interviews. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, penguin said: It’s quite alarming how much poorer we are in the second half of games. Going to be struggling for survival at this rate. Genuinely dont think he trusts some of the players especially in attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Dean Smith is not telling the team to stand off and drop 20 yards deeper when we score I tell you that. The second Burnley got the ball after we scored our second I said we are in trouble here. It was shambolic. There was not a man willing to press a man. Conor the usual suspect inviting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, villalad21 said: If you think Smith sits safe if he doesn't start picking up results you are lost of reality. It's on the players but also on the coaching staff to set a winning mentality into the players. That's why Klopp and Pep are so successful. I'll listen to that when we next see Pep or Klopp starting a prem season having finished 5th in the championship the previous season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 I think this result was entirely on him not changing things. We were shit for the vast majority of the second half, and he just stood there and thought "yeah, nothing I can do to change this"? Again. His game management appears to be lacking, and it's cost us again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 (edited) If games finished at half-time we'd have 9 extra points than we have now - almost triple what we currently have. After only 7 games that's pretty **** pathetic and in-game management by Smith is atrocious. Edited September 28, 2019 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Mantis said: Honestly, I think it's the opposite - no matter how many leads we chuck away and how many points we drop I think Smith will be here (rightly or wrongly) for a while yet. He needs to win one of our next two pretty badly. If not then it's very likely we won't win again until late November. Can't see owners being impressed with that considering we've had a relatively kind start with the fixture list compared to many other teams e.g. Norwich played Liverpool and Man. City already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holteend1982 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Didn't respond to dyches changes at half time, Only subs he made were forced apart from bringing davis on in the in the 86th minute even though you could tell after 20 minutes wes was having one of those games. Need to be beating sides like Burnley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Genuinely dont think he trusts some of the players especially in attack Or he does trust then to take the gane all the way and win it, which is why he doesnt subs as early as some think he should. I for one am glad he has the guts to stick to his guns. If it isn't working, even making changes there's no guarantee that the changes made would aid us, in fact there just as much chance those changes could make it worse. But you can't win with some fans, they are impatient and want it all now and I see that attitude of its our right to beat teams somehow creeping back in that we as Fans seem to of forgotten about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Just now, VillaChris said: He needs to win one of our next two pretty badly. If not then it's very likely we won't win again until late November. Can't see owners being impressed with that considering we've had a relatively kind start with the fixture list compared to many other teams e.g. Norwich played Liverpool and Man. City already. They'll stick with him I reckon, not least because of that bad patch we went through at the beginning of this year and then ended up winning 10 on the bounce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, LxYoungAVFC said: His face is starting to piss me off in the post-match interviews. Jesus calm down a bit. I thought he made the right changes to the line up. I think the Mings-Taylor combo needs to be avoided at all costs even with Targett out. I'd rather have Mings at left back and bring Konsa in or stick Hause at left back. One or the other. Wes is a problem that I'm struggling to see a solution to, even if he does get 1 goal in 3 games it isn't enough to make up for how bad the rest of his play is. Probably worth picking Davis but that will probably kill off Wes's career with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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