Of course he wasn’t a poor manager

But Emi made a huge difference and we’ve never had anyone close to his impact in midfield.

I’ve never said Smith is the great future. I didn’t want him when we were hiring, and I’ve mentioned a few times that if he gets us promoted we should fire/replace him.

And if we put together a run of games which leave us well off the top 2 and out of the top 6 then he should be replaced sooner. Might well happen seeing the recent dip from key players and injuries.

Posted By: SCC 28 on October 19th 2022 at 09:52:17

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Is there a single player in our team/squad who is playing at their best/usual level? (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 19, 08:33:32
- Lots of hard truth in this sadly (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Oct 19, 11:14:44
- I agree pretty much. (NCFC) - APB, Oct 19, 09:38:40
- This is the red flag for me (NCFC) - camcan, Oct 19, 08:39:45
  - We're too stretched,as you say we move the ball too slowly and we often take one (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Oct 19, 08:46:07
  - Gibbs is going backwards now as well. Of course all players have natural dips in form but (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 19, 08:44:36
    - maybe it's a fitness issue (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 19, 09:27:54
      - Fitness and lack of understanding I think (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 19, 10:05:07
  - Do they want to get promoted that badly now (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 08:44:23
    - I know your theory is that basically Deansmith and Daniel are as competent as each other, (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Oct 19, 09:17:47
      - My theory is that Emi feeding Pukki made us great (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 09:27:53
    - Emi and a superior coach and playing style (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Oct 19, 09:04:41
      - We were still shite without him under Farke (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 09:12:03
        
        No, that’s not true. We may not have won as many, but we still played well (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Oct 19, 09:18:41
        
        We barely ever won IIRC (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 09:28:37
        
        Seriously you’re like Pants and Roeder (NCFC) - camcan, Oct 19, 09:45:21
        
        Of course he wasn’t a poor manager (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 09:52:17
        
        The thing about Emi is that other teams do get promoted without him (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 19, 10:04:15
        
        Yes those teams find another way to play (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 10:06:25
        
        It wasn't just Emi either - Stiepi, not a great player, was (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 19, 10:10:12
    - Do the players want to get promoted? (NCFC) - Chicken, Oct 19, 08:57:14
- Hernandez and Gibson are as expected (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 19, 08:37:32
  - Gibson has shown he's capable of a bit better before (n/m) (NCFC) - jAC, Oct 19, 08:47:44
    - I actually thought Gibson did quite well last night and that aside from the goal we (NCFC) - Jim, Oct 19, 08:53:54
      - Thing is, those errors have occurred on a frequent basis (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Oct 19, 09:39:21

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