Championship: Norwich City boss Dean Smith unfazed over future despite fan anger to Blackburn loss
- Planet Sport writer
- 18 December 2022
Norwich head coach Dean Smith revealed he will not be worrying about his future despite hearing fans call for his head following a 2-0 home defeat to Blackburn.
The Canaries remain in the play-off positions after the reverse but large sections of supporters were quick to voice their displeasure at a below-par display, making disparaging remarks about his team's style of play and demanding his dismissal.
"I only worry about things I can control and I can't control whether I stay here or not," he said. "All I control is preparing for our next game at Luton and ensuring we put in a better performance than we did today.
"We actually won two out of three games before today and could have gone third with a win. But there is a narrative here about our style of play which won't go away - and football is all about opinions, I totally understand that.
"I didn't expect it to be as vociferous as it was and it was a shame that it happened during the game, when we were trying to get back into it, as well as the end.
"That doesn't help. Sometimes I think we have to be two or three up to satisfy some people.
"The players had to play through a lot of fear at times and it was not nice to see. There were players getting stick who have been in two title-winning sides. It was tough out there."
As for his side's performance, Smith added: "We gave away a silly goal and after that had most of the possession, a lot of it in their half, but we did not create enough. Often we hit the first man with our cross or the final pass was lacking."
The match was settled by two tame goals, one right at the start of the game and the other towards the end.
Rovers went in front after three minutes when Sam Gallagher's attempted shot from a chipped Tyler Morton free-kick went in off Ben Gibson to leave Angus Gunn totally wrong-footed.
Norwich had the bulk of possession after that but struggled to create anything clear-cut and the game was settled five minutes from the end of normal time with another fortunate goal.
This time Tyrhys Dolan had the shot, after working himself some space on the right of area, and it was Sam McCallum who inadvertently changed the direction of the ball to beat the unlucky Norwich keeper.
