Utility man Richard Taundry says he rates current manager Dean Smith as the best Walsall boss he has ever worked with, according to the Express and Star. The 22-year-old reckons the Saddlers are lucky to have Smith and praised his man-management and running of the club. Smith took Walsall to safety with last term's 'Great Escape' as they avoided relegation to League Two by a single point. The Saddlers had been eight points from safety at New Year. Taundry's previous managers have been Chris Hutchings, Jimmy Mullen and title-winning Richard Money, but he insists Smith ranks above the others. He said: âWhat he did from Christmas was unbelievable, it was a big achievement so it just shows heâs capable of doing the job. âAround the club heâs talking to each player and there are no favourites. Thereâs a good feeling around the club when you know you can go into the office and have a five-minute chat here and there. âIâve had a few managers and, with man management, heâs the best. He keeps on top of his players and knows what weâre doing. Personally heâs been brilliant with me so Iâve got no problems. âThe main aim was to stay in the league and our chairman, Jeff Bonser, has given the gaffer the opportunity to start afresh next year and everyoneâs excited to see whatâs going to go on.â
He's a very good manager but I wouldn't say he's better than Richard Money, on par maybe. I'm guessing Taundry is trying his upmost best to get in Deano's good books. Because he's a **** football player.