Yeah, I assumed he was paraphrasing

But as things progressed there really did seem to be limited evidence that the players understood their roles or what was expected of them.

I suspect that Smith is a well meaning manager who didn't have a firm grasp of the approach he was attempting to implement.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary on January 7th 2023 at 14:19:01

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My main observation from that initial training video is (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 7, 13:57:47
- I'd be fairly confident that any opinions drawn from a club video of training... (NCFC) - Brom, Jan 7, 16:14:41
  - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jan 7, 16:30:03
- 'leaving players to work things out' (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 7, 14:16:44
  - It’s all about balance isn’t it (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 7, 14:34:25
    - They didn't seem invested in it, certainly (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 7, 14:39:03
- I don’t subscribe to the notion that he left them to work things out (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Jan 7, 14:10:28
  - Our players arent as good as Grealish (n/m) (NCFC) - KevinBond, Jan 7, 15:33:02
  - Yeah, I assumed he was paraphrasing (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 7, 14:19:01
    - Smith isn’t a bad manager (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 7, 14:27:25
      - Sure, I don't think he's bad (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 7, 14:36:01
        
        I think he’s been the same everywhere (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 7, 14:40:26
        
        We definitely weren’t performing to a reasonable standard (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 7, 14:45:45
        
        No (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 7, 14:47:12
        
        Brentford actually only kicked on after he left and (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 7, 14:41:44

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