Fulford
Vital Football Legend
What about all the coaching staff?
I would imagine that they are only being kept on for now as not all our players are away on International duty and somebody has to coach them until the new team are in place.
What about all the coaching staff?
What about all the coaching staff?
What about all the coaching staff?
Norwich would be a good fit for him. Villa is just too big of a job.I dont think Dean will be short of offers. Have a few months off then go again.
I agree with a lot of what you write mate, but if it’s ok I’ll agree to disagree with your assessment of Jack, regardless of who was manager Jack had it all, and was always destined to become the player he his today, no doubt Deans man management helped in some ways, but he didn’t takeover a Keenan Davies type player and turn him into a Jack Grealish kinda player let’s be honest!I'm personally deeply saddened by this. IMO he worked minor miracles here. He inherited a dreadful mess left by Steve Bruce and took us from bottom half of the Championship to Premier League in his first season. He then kept us up with a poor squad and last season took us to a solid finish of 11th, again with a squad that was hardly replete with quality.
Wonderful memories include the play off semi and final, the wins against Birmingham home and away, the demolition job of Liverpool at home, hell the United win at Old Trafford just a few weeks ago, all wonderful performances and memories.
He achieved great things here, people talk about it was all about Grealish but to my mind Smith made Grealish a much, much better player than he ever looked under other managers.
I'm disappointed in the players it has to be said, I think they've buried him, Smith didn't instruct them to not do the basics. I think we dropped the ball in the summer with transfers, the players bought for Smith we not right and certainly not ready made. He was also unfortunate to experience injury and fitness problems of the like I've never seen at the club.
That said, he was not perfect. I think his persistence with 3-5-2 was a big mistake, he just couldn't find solutions to the big problems which emerged this season. I do believe the widely speculated 'Smith ceiling' was hit this season in and among the complexity presented by all the above issues.
The owners now have a lot to do to nail the replacement, if the approach is anything like transfers in the summer then I'm not going to expect too much...
Anyway, Smith, for me, one of us and a legitimate Villa legend, I genuinely wish him all the best going forward, this is one of the saddest days I've experienced supporting the club in quite a long time.
Nothing to celebrate whatsoever so you can shove your balloons and celebration emoji's up your arse quite frankly @Divine_islet
Does anyone actually pay?.read a report from the telegraph (before paywall kicked in) suggesting he argued
I read a report from the telegraph (before paywall kicked in) suggesting he argued that Ings, Buendia, Bailey and a fourth player who I can’t remember had only played something like 26 minutes together on the pitch.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/11/07/dean-smith-sacked-aston-villa-five-straight-defeats/
You get injuries and set backs every week, you can’t expect the perfect conditions to perform. Those sorts of comments don’t sit well with me, every player who started on Friday was in their natural position of which 5 are internationals and a couple knocking on the door. He can’t hide behind these things making them seem unfortunate, they happen all the time to every club. You need to be able manage and build a side not reliant on certain players or it ends up being your downfall…
Footballs fans, generally speaking, talk a right load of sh*te most of the time .
Hear fucking hear.I'm personally deeply saddened by this. IMO he worked minor miracles here. He inherited a dreadful mess left by Steve Bruce and took us from bottom half of the Championship to Premier League in his first season. He then kept us up with a poor squad and last season took us to a solid finish of 11th, again with a squad that was hardly replete with quality.
Wonderful memories include the play off semi and final, the wins against Birmingham home and away, the demolition job of Liverpool at home, hell the United win at Old Trafford just a few weeks ago, all wonderful performances and memories.
He achieved great things here, people talk about it was all about Grealish but to my mind Smith made Grealish a much, much better player than he ever looked under other managers.
I'm disappointed in the players it has to be said, I think they've buried him, Smith didn't instruct them to not do the basics. I think we dropped the ball in the summer with transfers, the players bought for Smith we not right and certainly not ready made. He was also unfortunate to experience injury and fitness problems of the like I've never seen at the club.
That said, he was not perfect. I think his persistence with 3-5-2 was a big mistake, he just couldn't find solutions to the big problems which emerged this season. I do believe the widely speculated 'Smith ceiling' was hit this season in and among the complexity presented by all the above issues.
The owners now have a lot to do to nail the replacement, if the approach is anything like transfers in the summer then I'm not going to expect too much...
Anyway, Smith, for me, one of us and a legitimate Villa legend, I genuinely wish him all the best going forward, this is one of the saddest days I've experienced supporting the club in quite a long time.