Well if he has got us ninth in the Premier League with Championship tactics just think what he will do when he gets his head around Prem tactics.just read that the owners are now wanting a bigger name as a manager .and i have to say as good as we were at the start of the season playing smiths tactics there are championship tactics and we fail to have a plan B
but i dont know who would be better suited and you have to give it to smith for getting in konsa/cash/olly all who have taken to life in the prem very well but we do need a few seasoned pros in there too
.and i have to say as good as we were at the start of the season playing smiths tactics there are championship tactics and we fail to have a plan B
Bottom half in the Championship to top ten in the premier league in a couple of years, not good enough, SMITH OUT.
And it's not like "top managers" just pop into existence fully formed. They were up and coming once and I wonder if their teams at the time were wondering if the club had "outgrown" them.There is, of course, always the possibility of DS outgrowing us. In the real world managers are judged by their record, and on that measure Dean is doing fine. Remember, we sign players we can improve, not the finished article.
I'm puzzled by these mythical top managers who we should be signing. Ancelotti is a very good manager, but we've been closing the gap on Everton. Jose is a very good manager, but he hasn't been an instant success at Spurs. Improvement takes time, everywhere.
Dean puzzled me last season with his selection of twe usually ineffective wide men and a one man defensive minded midfielder who, not surprisingly, was rarely Marvellous. Still think wide men not premiership quality and we look a tighter unit when Marvellous sits in front of the back four. Another season at the top level means we can grow again. The skullduggery of Liverppool,Man City and Man u is fired by the realization that the likes of the Villa,Everton,Hammers and Newcastle are capable of putting their houses in order and challenging what is effectively a cartel. Time will tell.At times he frustrates the hell out of me and other times I love him!
As long as he finally learns from his mistakes (and he has made more than a few) then nothing would give me more satisfaction than to see him do well and a successful Dean Smith means a successful Aston Villa and that's all that matters.
I still have my doubts but I'm pleased the board hasn't been hasty in changing and they have given him the time to show us if he really is the real deal.
It's up to you now Dean mate!?
What is your suggestion for a plan b ?
I think I'd return more to the rap side of his career, rather than the focus on pop.
But this is for the music thread really.
I have to agree. Would never want anyone like Bowyer at VP but even their abysmal owners saw the problem and changed it.All down to a change of management.