rodders0223 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Utterly out of his depth. There is losing to a great team and then there is this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said: When Steve Bruce started the season with too few central defenders there were suggestions that he'd done it on purpose to get himself sacked. I don't see how it's any worse than Smith going into this season with Wesley, Kodjia and Davis. Particularly with the latter two being so injury prone. To be fair Smith didnt send a striker out on loan right at the end of the window like Bruce did with Elphick from what I remember. I can see what Dean tried here but this isn't the group of players to pull off parking the bus. This has been the worst midfield performance I've ever seen I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Too many performances like this it suggests he doesn’t know what he doing and it’s reflecting on the players ... Bin him and hope we can get a new manager bounce like Watford seem to have done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattVillaPortsmouth Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 No fight, sorry but that down to manager. Poor selection, that’s down to manager. Individual errors he can’t d9 much about. Seriously needs to up his game, but I also question Terry, surely if DS can’t inspire a team then JT should Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just now, tonyh29 said: Too many performances like this it suggests he doesn’t know what he doing and it’s reflecting on the players ... Bin him and hope we can get a new manager bounce like Watford seem to have done Or stick with him and get a Hasselhuttl bounce (or whatever his name is). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Needs to do something at HT to stem the flow. Conor off and Marvellous on would be a start. Maybe Guilbert for Elmo? Hard to do too much with the personnel to be fair but a wholesale change in attitude would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairy In Boots Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Or stick with him and get a Hasselhuttl bounce (or whatever his name is). Delusional he keeps picking Elmohamady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Drops Guilbert after a great display the other day, Elmo comes in, garbage, terrible for the second goal. Brings Drinkwater straight in who has absolutely no match sharpness and plays pathetically. Drinkwater, Luiz and Hourihane starting, absolutely weak as piss combination, leaves a defensive specialist in Nakamba on the bench. 'Clueless' springs to mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 The team he picked was not far off the best available. Drinkwater shouldn't have started, instead Nakamba (who at least wouldn't have let Mahrez beat him twice FFS), and Guilbert should have started instead of Elmo, but apart from that, what else could be different? The fact is we largely have a crap squad, and that crap squad are looking quite likely to be playing Championship football next season, sans Grealish and Mings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Hard not to be too knee jerk and call for his head. Citeh can do this to any team on their day So need to keep calm ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano'sLob Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 it's really hard to find any positive to this display, not sure the selection helped anyone in the starting 11, not saying that the manager cant motivate the team to play one of the best in the league but something isn't right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted January 12, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, thabucks said: Hard not to be too knee jerk and call for his head. Citeh can do this to any team on their day So need to keep calm ... We played like this against Watford, Leicester H, Southampton, and even the Norwich performance was horrible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: The team he picked was not far off the best available. Drinkwater shouldn't have started, instead Nakamba (who at least wouldn't have let Mahrez beat him twice FFS), and Guilbert should have started instead of Elmo, but apart from that, what else could be different? The fact is we largely have a crap squad, and that crap squad are looking quite likely to be playing Championship football next season, sans Grealish and Mings. This is true, crap squad, crap manager (at this level). Lots of things need to change if we want to stay up. Edited January 12, 2020 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 No pride, no fight, defeated before they kicked off. Smith out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 14 minutes ago, thabucks said: Hard not to be too knee jerk and call for his head. Citeh can do this to any team on their day So need to keep calm ... It’s the manner of the defeats. It’s all too similar. No motivation or fight and that is on the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said: We played like this against Watford, Leicester H, Southampton, and even the Norwich performance was horrible. I know .... Was trying to stay positive and behind him ... this is embarrassing no press no heart clue or desire ... needs to go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Atrocious today, never looked like doing anything, the players didn’t even look up for it and that is shocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 The last time we put in so many pathetic and spineless performances was under Remi Garde. Sorry but I no longer back Smith, would be sad to see him go based on last season and I'm hardly going to be shouting "Smith out" from the rooftops but Smith isn't not good enough for the task in hand I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 He really has to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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