There's a couple of reports doing the rounds tonight that DS is going to be replaced by Bruno Lage, the former Benfica boss.....
Here's one of them;
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/foo...h-replaced-Bruno-Lage-Premier-League-survival
Think I'd rather stick if this is the best we can come up with.
Evolution not revolution agreed. I'm thinking that the owners will give Dean next season now. A few people's livelihoods rested on that result. Maybe JT will move on and we'll bring in a new coach or two.I disagree on that. I'd like Suso to continue to be our abroad scout, but I'd bring in the chap that worked at Saints and then Spurs (now moved to Germany - is it Paul Smith or something) as the overall head because he has the UK market nailed as well.
DS shouldn't be given the final say on transfers, but he should have 1/2 veto's. Otherwise we are back to lurching from a MON to a Houllier to an Eck etc and no defined style of play, plan, continuity etc.
We need to tweak not overhaul.
He's done an excellent job and I can't wait to see where we are in 12 months time. Just like at Walsall and Brentford, he's climbing the rungs of the ladder towards success. Such a positive man, I'd have loved to have played for him.
He's going to go down as a legend of this football club. I hope the club invests in a few high class players to play with Heaton, Mings, Konsa, Douglas, Grealish, McGinn next season. Anything is possible if we have the right players.
He's done an excellent job and I can't wait to see where we are in 12 months time. Just like at Walsall and Brentford, he's climbing the rungs of the ladder towards success. Such a positive man, I'd have loved to have played for him.
He's going to go down as a legend of this football club. I hope the club invests in a few high class players to play with Heaton, Mings, Konsa, Douglas, Grealish, McGinn next season. Anything is possible if we have the right players.
Hope he stays and gets his deserved place in the England squad.
I doubt Suso would take a step down, if he does fine but if not he’s got to go for, I just can’t trust him to mastermind another spending spree.I disagree on that. I'd like Suso to continue to be our abroad scout, but I'd bring in the chap that worked at Saints and then Spurs (now moved to Germany - is it Paul Smith or something) as the overall head because he has the UK market nailed as well.
DS shouldn't be given the final say on transfers, but he should have 1/2 veto's. Otherwise we are back to lurching from a MON to a Houllier to an Eck etc and no defined style of play, plan, continuity etc.
We need to tweak not overhaul.
Expectations rise next season again but I have no doubts that he will deliver. We just have to hope that recruitment is right, that we bring in the right players this time. I think we've gone from four players suitable for the starting XI first team before lockdown (Heaton, Mings, Grealish, McGinn) to six now (Konsa, Douglas). 150m on five top quality first team players and I think we can challenge on all fronts next season. That'll be the expectation like you say, like any coach he will be judged season to season. I have total faith.As one or two pointed out, cannot see him being moved on unless there's an amazing candidate out there who will want the job, i.e. a Pochettino type.
On that basis I think we will be continuing with Dean, he certainly has earned it, we were what, 13th in the Championship like a year and a half a ago? He has done brilliantly.
I do think the parameters will shift a bit, we will see continued investment and more of a drive for quality over quantity. Expectations will be that bit higher as a result. A bad run over the course of 10 games might see him moved on next season whereas this season he had a lot more leeway since the goal was just survival.
Dean Smith did, within six months of getting the Villa job and at first chance of asking. Did Bielsa?