That's kind of my point...we are a good team, maybe too good for the championship

but we are playing Premier league teams and with players not suited to Smith's preferred style. Also we seemed to have horrendous luck at pivotal moments e.g. The COVID outbreak, that we didn't push hard enough to be rescheduled to the injuries of AO and AI just as we had a bit of momentum under Smith.

I know now it feels like we are utterly desperate as a team but look at the championship table. I am sure we are better than Huddersfield, Luton 'ex NCFC' town, Middlesbrough and Sheffield 'geriatrics' Utd and we wouldn't be outclassed by Forest or Bournemouth. So next season with a few tweaks won't be that bad, I feel.

Posted By: Maillot Jaune on May 9th 2022 at 13:06:04

Message Thread

If you can't possibly expect Smith to have done better because it's not his squad (NCFC) - jamesward, May 9, 09:50:00
- Farke was done for either way, unfortunately (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 9, 11:55:58
  - I would hope in the end of season debrief, he and the recruitment team, admit as much! (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, May 9, 12:52:27
    - I think he might admit it didn’t work out (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 9, 13:05:21
      - I agree, but in the grand scheme of things, what he tells the fans is unimportant (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, May 9, 13:13:26
- He should be at least expected to motivate them and have belief, regardless. (n/m) (NCFC) - ChengdeCanary, May 9, 11:19:03
- This is my constant refrain (NCFC) - camcan, May 9, 10:59:53
  - so how do you view a manager that takes recruits (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 9, 12:19:21
  - but you can't give a mechanic a Porsche and expect him to be competitive in F1 (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, May 9, 11:22:31
    - But for me, a Porsche is still quite and expensive car, so while I can forgive it for not (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, May 9, 12:47:24
      - That's kind of my point...we are a good team, maybe too good for the championship (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, May 9, 13:06:04
    - so we go back full circle (NCFC) - camcan, May 9, 11:49:17
      - Which is exactly what we were trying to move away from, wasn’t it? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 9, 11:58:32
        
        which was the bigest and most justifiable fear when Smith got the gig (NCFC) - mr chimp, May 9, 12:53:20
        
        Plans shouldn't be set in stone though... (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, May 9, 13:20:50
        
        yup (NCFC) - CWC, May 9, 12:02:36
        
        I think I can summarise this (NCFC) - camcan, May 9, 12:08:29
        
        and said he was doing loads of things that he basically wasn't doing (NCFC) - paulg, May 9, 12:16:19
        
        all built on an underlying assumption (NCFC) - CWC, May 9, 12:19:42
        
        If by system you mean Farkeball, then it clearly wasn't working in the PL (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, May 9, 12:43:37
        
        But there seems to have been a failure (NCFC) - paulg, May 9, 13:51:18
        
        Yeah agreed…. (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 9, 12:36:22
        
        Second (NCFC) - Old Git, May 9, 12:29:14
        
        fair (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, May 9, 12:40:01
- If we want to transition to a more Prem friendly squad (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, May 9, 10:58:27
- Was more in hope than expectation (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 9, 10:05:58
  - Not sure we look way worse off going into next season …. (NCFC) - loz, May 9, 10:10:53
    - But we wanted to stay up (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 9, 10:13:12
      - Yep but that was about Webber saving face over his recruitment …. (NCFC) - loz, May 9, 10:16:46
- August 2019 (NCFC) - Duck, May 9, 09:59:51
  - Remember that game when Halle took out Zimbo (NCFC) - Old Splat, May 9, 10:45:16
  - Yes, it was stark that day and equally so yesterday (NCFC) - jamesward, May 9, 10:02:27
    - This is the most irritating thing (NCFC) - Old Git, May 9, 10:30:44
      - Not even *that* fast (NCFC) - jamesward, May 9, 10:40:42
      - Well not Burnley tbf (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 9, 10:33:15
        
        Burnley as a concept (NCFC) - Old Git, May 9, 10:34:28
- My point of view is (NCFC) - ParrotPuncher, May 9, 09:58:20
  - Don't disagree (NCFC) - jamesward, May 9, 10:01:32
    - But we don't have the players to do it...we have a squad designed to play a specific way (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, May 9, 11:04:44
      - Normann 'our most physical player' is a pretty much as damning as you can get (NCFC) - Brom, May 9, 16:10:18
  - Yep and he’s not trying to get the best out of the young talent we did sign… (NCFC) - loz, May 9, 10:00:06
    - Tzolis isn't very good (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, May 9, 10:53:17
      - See I disagree even in the Newcastle away game when he got 45… (NCFC) - loz, May 9, 10:59:56
    - I', not sure playing in this team at the moment will help anyone's development (NCFC) - mr carra, May 9, 10:26:10
      - Yep they won’t gain any confidence playing against decent oppo (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 9, 10:31:28
        
        how will they get to learn Smith's championship-winning style though? (NCFC) - CWC, May 9, 10:39:17
        
        This, this and thrice this (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, May 9, 11:01:49
        
        Not sure they’ll learn much barely getting a kick (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 9, 10:41:37
        
        Don't fed the troll (n/m) (NCFC) - ParrotPuncher, May 9, 10:44:34
        
        if he thinks our team for next year is *that* bad we may as well give up (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, May 9, 10:44:20
        
        Only at competing against prem players (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 9, 10:49:17
        
        Made me laugh when Smith said post match that he brought (NCFC) - jamesward, May 9, 10:48:07
        
        Could argue he is giving youth a chance (NCFC) - jamesward, May 9, 10:41:29
        
        Might be some appearance fees playing a part with Tzolis. (NCFC) - lurd, May 9, 11:15:14
        
        But we were terrible under farke at start of season yet … (NCFC) - loz, May 9, 10:36:16
        
        Yeah might be worth it with (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 9, 10:44:28

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