@CrossMagic@JosephWMJ@AmirM96__@CallumCastel7 All these fans claiming his career did take off after leaving to one of the biggest clubs in the country, everyone else is asking "Who is Dean Smith?"
@MXReformed Took over in the first part of the season so 15th is a bit misleading, had the biggest wage bill in the championship, would definitely be expecting promotion. 2 solid seasons in the prem then his career completely nosedived... so how is that nonsense?
@PhilKeenan11@AmirM96__@CallumCastel7 Which, if anything, means he was underperforming with them? If its his players that are 3rd now, yet he got fired with the same players when they were around 15th
@CrossMagic@AmirM96__@CallumCastel7 And Brentford were more successful once he left, which is the point. 3 firings and 2 relegations in the space of less than 2 seasons for Dean Smith put a nail in his prem career
@AmirM96__@CallumCastel7 didn't say he had no success, he had a couple good years then absolute car crash 2 years and would really struggle to find a job in the prem again
@Phenomenon_One@CallumCastel7 There is a very similar parallel with our strikers over the same time period, most hit their best form at Brentford. The system we play means a good finisher should always get consistent goals and it's a great place for a striker to make a name for himself
@CallumCastel7@cosmo_nffc Goes a bit deeper than that. B-Team/ First team playing style/ formation etc does not alter between different managers as it is set up for the long term. This allows us to recruit younger players knowing they will fit in in the future no matter who is managing us
@KarlBridges@CallumCastel7 Yeah, very bad decision to Join Norwich... maybe if he had gone elsewhere or been more patient things could have been different
@nickdes@TalkRhythmics@CallumCastel7 Don't think I said they peaked, I think I said that their careers don't maintain after they leave which is also true of Smith despite a couple of great years at Villa. He is a good manager so maybe it's a bit unfair, but Brentford did surpass his career pretty quickly
@_YCCM@CallumCastel7 It's only a 4 min video haha, the general picture of Smith's career is that it took a downturn, even though he did have a couple great years at Villa
@bonty_jonty@CallumCastel7 Definitely won't get them to agree which is fair enough but looking at Smith's career after leaving Brentford he definitely didn't sustain a career in the prem, brentford surpassed him. Good manager but the video is about how BRentford keep improving no matter who is in charge
@Jonocol@CallumCastel7 He did well at villa for a couple years before getting fired and then fired and relegated at Norwich and Leicester in the space of less than 2 seasons. Career wise, nothing I said is not factual...
@ryzo_11@CallumCastel7 Going from first team manager to assistant says it all. I love the bloke but he was deemed a genius for what he did at Brentford, never recreated that after he left