Having signed towards the end of the January transfer window, Adam Smith speaks about the move and his future at Dean Court.
Speaking in the Bournemouth Evening Echo, Smith is quoted as saying: "I haven’t played a lot of games so it was good to get some match time because when my opportunity comes, I need to be ready. There was a lot of difference compared with the intensity of a first-team match but I got out of it what I needed to. I am naturally fit and, fortunately, I didn’t really feel any tiredness. I feel okay".
On his move to Dean Court, Smith went on to say: "I had other options but I knew Eddie Howe from before and what stuck in my mind was how he improved me as a player. I wanted that again. He didn’t really have to sell the club – all I needed to hear was that he wanted me. I still had two-and-a-half years left on my contract at Spurs but I moved for the sake of my career. What happened (at Derby) was the defining moment in making me look elsewhere. The same thing had happened to me at Leeds and you do doubt yourself. Deep down, though, I knew that a lot of it came down to circumstances. It wasn’t down to me why the loans didn’t work out. I think I am now ready to play a full, competitive game so I just have to keep on training well and try to give the manager a decision to make".