Firstly, paragraphs man, paragraphs
It’s a difficult one to answer without using hindsight which distorts the truth somewhat.
I’ll be perfectly honest with you. He should have been sacked in March right before lockdown - he was awful and getting worse not better. However after restart he had earned the right to continue and the break gave him chance to adjust things the way many wanted him to much earlier.
I’m very happy with the start to this season, the results have certainly come our way. Some performances look more coherent which is mainly what I look for and bang on about with respect to coaching ability.
I just want him to continue to improve and for Villa to be successful.
When that improvement stops/ plateaus then it’s time to move on for both parties (for clarity I think there’s a way to go before we reach this point).
In the finality, I am an Aston Villa FC fan, not a Dean Smith fan, so my only loyalty is to the club and not to players, staff, coaches, owners etc who are a means to an end.
Yep, hindsight is a wonderful thing but that’s why I thought the question is an interesting one now we’ve had a transfer window and a decent start.
Would you say in hindsight, sacking him last February would have been wrong in view of the fact we stayed up, had a decent window and a decent start or too early to judge that one?
And most importantly....how are the paragraphs looking....?!