The French Connection
Vital Squad Member
It really is a strange feeling of sadness and relief rolled into one. I wish him the very best in his next managerial role. There’s always the Norwich job Dean.
I would actually say this was a top choice for where we were and what has been achieved in that time. I just hope the next guy is the one we can all get behind and is that next level.
Honestly mate it's not a day for celebration.
Not really arguing with today's decision but on the day Dean Smith was appointed you may as well have tied us to a tree and called us Sunderland. No one should forget that.I am expressing my own feelings and not taking the piss out of those who feel sad. I am happy that the owners have done the right thing. My reaction would have been the same regardless of who our manager was because he had 3 years to do what I feel he and every other manager should have done but failed to do. The owners have done what is best for the club. Thanks NSWE a lot. Hope the next one is a better choice and take us forward.
It really is a strange feeling of sadness and relief rolled into one. I wish him the very best in his next managerial role. There’s always the Norwich job Dean.
I'm glad it never got toxic like it has before with managers. He wouldn't have deserved that after everything.
Like the majority of Villans,l feel a sense of disappointment, even sadness,that Dean has gone. But, wont be a hypocrite,l believed that he deserved till Xmas as he had done what it said "on the tin". Jack or no Jack, he achieved an unlikely promotion, a Wembley final and kept a disjointed XI up. However, he didn't change his tactical masterplan to meet the challenges of the Premier league. Anwar and Trez out wide? Not for me. Crying out for a midfielder with bottle and nonsense,even to the end at Southampton. Matt Cash left isolated as Bailey went walkabout. The Wolves debacle as Targett is left exposed with no cover.For all that, great memories and good luck,Dean.Very sad day, he's the one manager in recent times where I can say we well and truly wanted him to succeed even in dark days. Bruce, Eck, etc. none of them had a connection. We never saw any of them as anything other than a means to an end.
Dean was different, there was a genuine hope he could be our Fergie and it truly was a joy to have a manager that was a fan. There was never going to be anything better for YKW, if United wanted him or if Barca wanted him you know he'd say no.
The next manager will not be so lucky, once again we're back to a man who is a means to an end. Dean made quiet a few mistakes but more than anything else what cost him his job were some of the players he continued to blindly trust.