villalad21 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 50 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: He deserves a lot of praise. Yes he hasn’t been in long, but all the summer signings look to have really improved the team. If we do lose Luiz to city (I’m not convinced we will), but you’d trust him and the board to have a replacement lined up and to get the deal of the line. We don't know who are his signings and who are Smith's signings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 24, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 24, 2021 42 minutes ago, thejoker said: I’m quite surprised that we’ve never heard from him. No sit-down interview, nothing (unless I completely missed it). I guess actions speak louder than words. That's because Purslow dives in front of any camera 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 53 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: That's because Purslow dives in front of any camera I am more than happy with this, it leaves the football side to go about its business quietly and under the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted January 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2021 12 hours ago, villalad21 said: We don't know who are his signings and who are Smith's signings it has already been established there's no such thing. smith said last summer that him, suso and purslow are all one team and agree on every signing 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, tomav84 said: it has already been established there's no such thing. smith said last summer that him, suso and purslow are all one team and agree on every signing Then Suso deserve just as much credit in the bank. Konsa, Luiz, Trez, Targett, Nakamba. These are all important first team players this season. When you have to sign 12 players in one summer you are bound to get a few of them wrong. But on a general note i think Suso did well Edited January 25, 2021 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted January 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Then Suso deserve just as much credit in the bank. Konsa, Luiz, Trez, Targett, Nakamba. These are all important first team players this season. When you have to sign 12 players in one summer you are bound to get a few of them wrong. But on a general note i think Suso did well yep. summer of 2019 not looking like as much of a disaster now is it? and smith was full of praise for suso in the interview he gave shortly after he left. think he was just a fall guy, as we came so close to going down. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 3 hours ago, tomav84 said: it has already been established there's no such thing. smith said last summer that him, suso and purslow are all one team and agree on every signing Nice to have a manager on this group that knows what players he wants, how he will coach them, and how they will integrate into the team. FWIW, my view is that the DoF role is now the one that changes with some degree of regularity (perhaps every 3 years?) It isn't healthy for any organisation to have the only same voices making decisions for a long period of time - and Purslow and Smith are pretty fixed for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 3 hours ago, villalad21 said: Then Suso deserve just as much credit in the bank. Konsa, Luiz, Trez, Targett, Nakamba. These are all important first team players this season. When you have to sign 12 players in one summer you are bound to get a few of them wrong. But on a general note i think Suso did well Nakamba might have to play a few more games than his one start and one substitute appearance before he can claim to be an "important first team player". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KAZZAM Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 12 hours ago, Sam-AVFC said: Nakamba might have to play a few more games than his one start and one substitute appearance before he can claim to be an "important first team player". He started and played vs Burnley too when Douglas was banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Keener window-cleaner said: Edited January 26, 2021 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 16 hours ago, tomav84 said: it has already been established there's no such thing. smith said last summer that him, suso and purslow are all one team and agree on every signing I think it’s still obvious that certain signings are initiated by one of them, though. Konsa and Watkins are clearly Smith picks, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 17 minutes ago, KentVillan said: I think it’s still obvious that certain signings are initiated by one of them, though. Konsa and Watkins are clearly Smith picks, for example. Perhaps but DOF’s are the main players in player purchasing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Thinking of Lange as Steve Buscimi, just takes me back to Con Air, all Lange has to do now is sing( hes got the whole world in his hands) Edited January 26, 2021 by Dave-R 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted January 26, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2021 6 hours ago, KentVillan said: I think it’s still obvious that certain signings are initiated by one of them, though. Konsa and Watkins are clearly Smith picks, for example. fair point but i think if any one out of smith, purslow or lange objects to a player put forward then i doubt the transfer goes ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Agree with @paul514 and @tomav84 that it's a team decision and they must all have veto power. I just think it's clear that they're all feeding in their own picks. My guess is most of the promising talent from the Championship is players Smith has taken a shine to over the past few years - i.e. Konsa, Targett, Watkins (and Jota, but that one didn't work out). Three of them played for Brentford, and Targett obviously had that decent loan spell at Fulham. I also suspect Smith was behind our pursuit of Kalvin Phillips. Then Engels, he's admitted himself was a player he'd previously tracked, and Nakamba he's said was a player he spotted while scouting Wesley. Beyond that, he can't possibly have the time to be doing that initial search for players in other leagues, so it must be the DoF + scouting team who drive that, with Smith getting involved when a player has attracted someone's interest. As we become more of a stable PL team, Smith will start having favourites at other PL clubs who he'll fancy his chances of signing. We can beat most / all of the lower half sides for wages now, so imagine we'll start to see a few of these signings in the next couple of seasons. Anyway this is all guesswork. Who knows exactly what's going on behind the scenes, but I think this is the most plausible take on how the responsibilities break down, based on what's been said publicly. Edited January 26, 2021 by KentVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StefanAVFC Posted January 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2021 They muzzled my guy. No more. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hank Scorpio Posted January 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2021 21 hours ago, Keener window-cleaner said: Just look the sexy sonofabitch. What a guy. The ultimate male perhaps. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 6 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: They muzzled my guy. No more. Hiding his teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 6 hours ago, paul514 said: Hiding his teeth This photo is the wrongest thing i have seen this year . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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